Posting from my $400 Evo

[apristel]

I'm calling shenanigans on this Bundo!! Pictures or it didn't happen.



really this is a joke, hope everything is ok. I get bored at 3:40am

[TheBundo]

Okay, I'm home now. This was an 8 hour journey, not just for the phone, but it was a 300 mile drive all things considered. I won't be able to give all the details, as I haven't discovered them all myself yet, but I mostly like it. Yes, it is my first Android phone, and it doesn't have the number of widgets available for the home screen like the Sprint Lover's ROM on the TP2 has. But that may be able to be fixed later. My biggest issues, or things to get used to, are the lack of keyboard (as expected), and the fact that the screen is of the type that requires you to use your fingers. The stylus from my TP2 has no effect on it, so I imagine neither does a hand with a glove on it. Hence, since there is no Send and End keys (only on-screen), you would ONLY be able to answer the phone with a bare hand. If your hands were too dirty, you couldn't answer it with anything else, like a toothpick or whatever.

Many other issues I am finding solutions for, though I haven't implemented or tried any of them yet, like a task switcher, etc. There is a long way to go yet. However, both gmail and yahoo mail set up easily, and Google Sync brought in my contacts and calendar with ease.

As to the larger screens's larger keyboard, it helps some, but it still leaves a lot to be desired compared to the physical one, especially for a large-fingered guy.

Again, for the most part, I'm happy, and think/hope software will take care of many of the issues. We'll see.......

[TheBundo]

Here's a recording I took at a Max Muscle store I built, after hours tonight, on the way home from San Francisco, where I got the Evo, and uploaded to YouTube. This was shot in 720p, so don't forget to raise the resolution in YouTube. Not all that impressive, IMO. And the file for this minute of video is 42 megs on my phone, compared to 3 or 4 megs on the TP2. This certainly isn't 10 times better, and files of this size are not emailable, whereas I email the TP2 videos almost everyday. Of course, I can lower the settings to match those of the TP2 so I can shoot and email. We'll have to see how those turn out. All in all, the camera, like almost all of the other phone camera, falls far short of how they make it sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdQC31kS-JY

[apristel]

yeah video isn't what you would expect for "HD." I'm still feeling it is better than most phones which is good.

Seems when you are still and not moving the quality is much better.

Thanks for the video!

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by apristel

yeah video isn't what you would expect for "HD." I'm still feeling it is better than most phones which is good.

Seems when you are still and not moving the quality is much better.

Thanks for the video!

Yeah, and the lighting was a weird mixture of halogen and fluorescent. But the file size means you couldn't shoot more than a very few seconds and still be able to email it, so for my daily use, the setting will have to be ramped way down. Still, it may be just about as good, since as we all know, the lens is the a big limiting factor here.

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by twennywonn

Posting from MY $400 EVO its pretty good but mostly sucks and may have killed my dog, will report back later.......................

The only thing that sucked about it was that there was no physical keyboard, AND nothing but your fingers work on the on-screen KB. I tried my TP's stylus, no workie. I guess it's another iPhone issue were being forced to integrate. And don't try to answer the phone with gloves on - no physical Send or End keys. These are some realities we have to accept if we want to use one.

One more is that the screen is VERY sensitive, and it's easy to head off in the wrong direction by barely touching the screen. Perhaps there is a way to adjust it, but I haven't run accross is yet. And that affects the 4 buttons too. They aren't real switches, just more touch-screen. It is sooooo easy to bump one of them, like the home or back button, and then have to wade through the menus to click the icon for the program again.

[iceturkee]

is today june 4? then how do you have this phone a week early?

[tool2269]

Originally Posted by iceturkee

is today june 4? then how do you have this phone a week early?

"Google I/O event" phone probably.. evo's given out at the event and then sold by attendees on ebay/craigslist

[TheBundo]

Originally Posted by iceturkee

is today june 4? then how do you have this phone a week early?

Originally Posted by tool2269

"Google I/O event" phone probably.. evo's given out at the event and then sold by attendees on ebay/craigslist

There are about 5000 of them out there, apparently. The man I got it from was a caterer for an after-party for the Google I/O event, at Toshiba, and someone there gave it to him. I ended up paying exactly $400. It was going to be $420, but I watched several unboxing videos on YouTube on the way up, and knew there was supposed to be an 8GB card, and a 2GB card. When I noticed that (we were in the lobby of his apt. bldg. is San Francisco), he had this sheepish look on his face, and so I said that perhaps he could run back up to his apt. and look for it. He did, then came back down without it and took the $20 off.

[tool2269]

Originally Posted by TheBundo

was a caterer for an after-party for the Google I/O event, at Toshiba, and someone there gave it to him.

he stole it when no one was looking