Official HTC EVO Review Thread

[abrigham]

Just thought I'd chime in to answer some of the concerns people have raised...

1) Can't use stylus for apps that require signature capture - they actually make styli for capacitive screens - just google capacitive stylus, you'll find some w/ a blunt end like the one marketed for iPhone and some w/ a pen-like tip.

2) "I'm not in a 4G area, so Qik and the front-facing camera are useless to me" - I'd have to do some digging, but Sprint has verified that video chat will work over 3G, it does not require a 4G connection.

3) removing the 3G cap - someone said, if there's a cap on 3G why call it unlimited... the "cap" of 5GB is not really a cap, per se. They don't cut you off completely once you reach 5GB, they just have the option of limiting your bandwidth when you reach that point. So, 3G data on all of the Everything/Everything Data plans is still unlimited. I've never noticed them doing that on my TP2, but the possibility is always there. Part of the "Premium Data" charge is that in order to ensure the "rich data experience" they are basically removing that soft cap and saying they will allow full bandwidth on all 3G and 4G data regardless of how much you use.

[redd214]

Originally Posted by abrigham

Just thought I'd chime in to answer some of the concerns people have raised...

1) Can't use stylus for apps that require signature capture - they actually make styli for capacitive screens - just google capacitive stylus, you'll find some w/ a blunt end like the one marketed for iPhone and some w/ a pen-like tip.

for me personally the issue is the app itself not the stylus. a capacitve stylus will work sure but i highly doubt the app im refering to will ever be ported to android. and like said the current office substitues for android are good but not great and i use excel/word daily. powerpoint gets a fair amount of use from me as well. those are the main reasons i will continue to lug around my tp2

[abrigham]

Originally Posted by redd214

for me personally the issue is the app itself not the stylus. a capacitve stylus will work sure but i highly doubt the app im refering to will ever be ported to android. and like said the current office substitues for android are good but not great and i use excel/word daily. powerpoint gets a fair amount of use from me as well. those are the main reasons i will continue to lug around my tp2

Trust me, I know what you mean. I have a few apps that I'm nearly positive will never make it to Android (specifically a program that contains a virtual library of religious books) so I'll still be lugging around my TP2 as well... just as a glorified PDA, though, cuz it won't be activated... lol

[OMGWTF_BBQ]

Originally Posted by abrigham

Just thought I'd chime in to answer some of the concerns people have raised...

1) Can't use stylus for apps that require signature capture - they actually make styli for capacitive screens - just google capacitive stylus, you'll find some w/ a blunt end like the one marketed for iPhone and some w/ a pen-like tip.

Here's a DIY Capacitive Stylus for all the cheap bastards out there like me.
LifeHacker

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Originally Posted by OMGWTF_BBQ

Here's a DIY Capacitive Stylus for all the cheap bastards out there like me.
LifeHacker

Pretty cool... Thanks for the link!!!