First Impressions of the Epic: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly? - Page 4

crazaytalent · #31 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 04:32 PM

Had that similar experience w/ the cover otb... but it loosened up now... im really digging this phone... cant wait to have more time to really get into it fully focused!

crazaytalent · #32 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gTen

I got an epic an hour from flight..no reservations they had 2 left..using it post..running low on battery

congrats Gten, i think you were the most excited it wouldve sucked if you had to wait so long... hopefully the lan will have a socket u can use to charge in airplane mode of coarse...lol!

Fosters · #33 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 11:45 AM

Coming from a diamond (anyone remember those?) and I'm not impressed. Yes, the hardware of the phone is badass, but android, as far as I can tell has a few good things with a lot of bad things going for it.

First off, I have to spend half hour to root the phone to be able to do wifi tethering? Seriously, this is the best os? Then, it doesn't come with remote desktop... and finding an app in the market that can actually do remote desktop... a very plug and pray experience. Then there's the ads in most free apps. If this is how much ahead of the curve android is compared to windows mobile, leave me behind. Give me a phone with a keyboard and a 1ghz cpu that runs an outdated version of windows ce and I'll be a happy camper.

I'm tempted to take this thing back, between the ads, and lack of remote desktop ability into work (have yet to get ssh tunnel and remote desktop working at the same time, like I was able to with pocket putty and the stock remote desktop in winmo), it's got 2 strikes against it... 3rd strike may mean looking for an unabused TP2...

Oh yeah, weather app... gotta pay for one with an animation like the sense one. And even then, it doesn't use GPS to figure out where you are. The accuweather clock widget sucks.

On the bright side, the barcode scanner app is cool. I found out my work supplied box of kleenex knockoffs comes in big boxes of 100 for 65 bucks. Not bad, for under a buck, they provide over 100 phone screen wipes...

BenC · #34 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 12:30 PM

Concerning the tethering, take a swing with PDANet if you do not root.

**austin420** · #35 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fosters

If this is how much ahead of the curve android is compared to windows mobile, leave me behind. Give me a phone with a keyboard and a 1ghz cpu that runs an outdated version of windows ce and I'll be a happy camper.

qft

Fosters · #36 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BenC

Concerning the tethering, take a swing with PDANet if you do not root.

Downloaded that... but need a usb cable to do it, it doesn't do it through wifi. That's another thing - wish it had the old school mini-usb jack... I only have about 30 of those cables from every camera/phone/thinkgeek gizmo ever bought...

I'll root this sooner or later to get around the tethering issue... any way to get rid of the ads at the bottom of apps?

**tokuzumi** · #37 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fosters

Downloaded that... but need a usb cable to do it, it doesn't do it through wifi. That's another thing - wish it had the old school mini-usb jack... I only have about 30 of those cables from every camera/phone/thinkgeek gizmo ever bought...

I'll root this sooner or later to get around the tethering issue... any way to get rid of the ads at the bottom of apps?

They make adapters to go from mini to micro usb. Cost is approx ~$5 + shipping. Sometimes less.

**clockcycle** · #38 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fosters

Downloaded that... but need a usb cable to do it, it doesn't do it through wifi. That's another thing - wish it had the old school mini-usb jack... I only have about 30 of those cables from every camera/phone/thinkgeek gizmo ever bought...

I'll root this sooner or later to get around the tethering issue... any way to get rid of the ads at the bottom of apps?

Search ADFree in market

**clockcycle** · #39 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by tokuzumi

They make adapters to go from mini to micro usb. Cost is approx ~$5 + shipping. Sometimes less.

Dealextreme has a few like $2-3 free shipping, BUT the micro usb cables you can find out there are $0-5, careful though not all work the same way.

-CC

vansmack · #40 (**permalink**) 09-01-2010, 06:50 PM

It's been a good 24 hours so far. Definitely snappy and fast.

I spent last night replicating all the things I liked about SenseUI and other skins on TW3. This afternoon I've been spending time finding other widgets/apps that are far better on the 1ghz processor that I abandonded on the Hero.

I feel I will probably like the keyboard less and less as I perfect swype which I absolutely LOVE. Going to be interesting.

I really dislike the "Feeds and Updates" widget. I find the colors (at least on the Epic) appalling and a way to much screen space wasted. A lot of potential there, but a bit too much waste in my eyes.