White iPhone vs EVO 3D Story

[afazel]

When he called it a girl phone, I just took it to mean it was because it was white. I don't know many guys that would use a white iPhone (except when the 3G came out and there were no blacks to be had).

 

[novox77]

As for the photos, can't you host them on a file sharing site?

If you're referring to the "you must wait 1 minute and then download slowly because you should pay us, and oh btw, we use misleading ads that say DOWNLOAD NOW just to confuse you" file sharing sites, no thanks Given that the Evo 3D is an Android phone, Google should get their act together and make Picasa 3D-ready, just like they did for Youtube. We should be able to view albums with our phone, and the phone should auto-detect stereoscopic images (just like with YT videos). Seamless integration.

And after I hit submit, I'm going to look around on picasa's site for a suggestion box to see about telling them to start allowing 3D pics.

Edit: I have forgotten how counter-intuitive Google's help area can be.

Yep. After digging around, I found a page that said there is no way to get support for picasa via email. You have to "ask a question" on their help forums. Which tend to be pretty useless. Anyhow, I left a "question" telling them to support .mpo and .jps file formats.

 

[jerofld]

If you're referring to the "you must wait 1 minute and then download slowly because you should pay us, and oh btw, we use misleading ads that say DOWNLOAD NOW just to confuse you" file sharing sites, no thanks Given that the Evo 3D is an Android phone, Google should get their act together and make Picasa 3D-ready, just like they did for Youtube. We should be able to view albums with our phone, and the phone should auto-detect stereoscopic images (just like with YT videos). Seamless integration.




Yep. After digging around, I found a page that said there is no way to get support for picasa via email. You have to "ask a question" on their help forums. Which tend to be pretty useless. Anyhow, I left a "question" telling them to support .mpo and .jps file formats.

Android modding sites have just gotten me so used to those stupid file sharing sites that I just see past the crap. And I didn't bother to post a 'question' because it was clear that it would get lost in a stream of questions.

 

[EarlyMon]

Google's got its hand full now, so we'll see if 3D is supported after the transition -

EXCLUSIVE: Google To Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push

Surely, Picasa logins will still work (Google+ will be open by then, I think) and I'd expect some grace period for that.

And I'm trying to imagine how that's going to impact HTC and us for updates, across the board - Picasa integration is a major feature in Sense.

Analysts seem to be predicting that Google+ will be the new killer app, impacting the iProducts as well, so that could open the door to better cross-platform sharing between the two user groups.

 

[Vanquished]

TITCR.*

Apple and their iPhone has done a lot to advance the industry forward, constantly innovating and forcing Android mfrs to catch up. They have been the first to introduce many new features that have since become standard on Android phones, including the digital compass, the multi-axis gyroscope...

Without Apple constantly competing, Android wouldn't nearly be as good as it is today -- and over a year after the iPhone 4 introduction, it still has a ways to go.

We probably wouldn't have qHD screens as quickly (thank the Retina display for making pixel density an issue, and we haven't met it yet), the iPhone 4's digital camera is better than pretty much any Android phone in production (except perhaps the Sony Arc, yet unreleased in the US over a year after the iPhone 4's introduction), the iPhone had much better video and audio codec encoding until recently, the iPhone 4 with it's underclocked (800Mhz A4?) still has a vastly smoother UI than a dual core 1.2Ghz Android 2.3.3 device... the list goes on.

I don't think I'll ever own an iPhone (for a variety of reasons, both practical and philosophical), but I sure as hell respect it.

*Urban Dictionary: titcr

I was watching this show on the history channel a week or so ago called "100 top gadgets" or something like that, and the "smartphone" is considered the number one gadget of all time. I would probably have to agree with that, and also say that Apple is what really forged the way for it. I know others had come out before, such as Palm and BlackBerry, but it really was the iPhone that revolutionized the idea.

 

[jerofld]

Analysts seem to be predicting that Google+ will be the new killer app, impacting the iProducts as well, so that could open the door to better cross-platform sharing between the two user groups.

The last time I saw the +1 thing in action, it was only a half-baked rip off of Facebook. So, when you said this, I didn't doubt you, but I found it far fetched. Then I did the interactive tour of Google+ and...yeah, I can see how it could be the next best thing. Maybe even put Facebook in line.

And from reading that article, I wonder how much would actually change for Sense / picasa integration? Perhaps it could be changing addresses and port assignments.

 

[EarlyMon]

And from reading that article, I wonder how much would actually change for Sense / picasa integration? Perhaps it could be changing addresses and port assignments.

Can't recall a good example, but one day I tried to get some service using its old address and was instead directed to the generic product page. Full retirement is just a matter of time - won't pretend to know how much, tho.

 

[novox77]

I was watching this show on the history channel a week or so ago called "100 top gadgets" or something like that, and the "smartphone" is considered the number one gadget of all time. I would probably have to agree with that, and also say that Apple is what really forged the way for it. I know others had come out before, such as Palm and BlackBerry, but it really was the iPhone that revolutionized the idea.

I give more props to Blackberry than Apple for the idea of a smartphone. Rarely are things revolutionary these days. The term ought to be used much more sparingly, IMO. Electricity was revolutionary. The iPhone is not.

If the evolution of phone tech went from flip phone directly to iPhone, I'd be more willing to accept the revolutionary label. But it didn't happen that way. Phones incrementally got more powerful and got more features. No one phone can really be called revolutionary.

To Apple's credit, they mainstreamed the capacitive touchscreen for mobile devices.

Carbon nanotubes are the next revolution. Like electricity, their application appears limitless.

 

[AndroidTwins]

When he called it a girl phone, I just took it to mean it was because it was white. I don't know many guys that would use a white iPhone (except when the 3G came out and there were no blacks to be had).

Yes, I was definitely talking about the white iPhone 4 being for girls. The only reason he went from a black iPhone 4 purchased on launch day last year to a white one is because he couldn't stand the sight of the EVO 3D. Apple didn't have the latest and greatest this year for its customers so some of them are dazed, confused, and don't have a clue what to do.

And look at the killer EVO 3D commercial running on VH1. Nothing like a father hitting a ping pong ball super hard at some kids talking about now that's some 3D gold! My kind of dad! Speak of the commercial, it just came on again.

 

[EarlyMon]

Oddly, after I installed the Google+ app, it integrated with all sharing.

Between that and the new Google mobile web, both platforms are being positioned for easy user information interchanges.