Posting from my $400 Evo - Page 2

**TheBundo** · #1 (**permalink**) 05-28-2010, 05:40 AM

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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.

**apristel** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-28-2010, 04:36 AM

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** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-28-2010, 04:56 AM

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** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2010, 05:12 AM

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

nuprotocol · #5 (**permalink**) 05-28-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by 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

Goodness that quality does suck.. lol