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got to play with the evo

it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
***pics posted taken from hero came***
***update2 just posted 2 new pics video coming when i upload it***

I don't know why the box is making headlines... its what's inside that matters. I love the box, new and eco-friendly.
Jealous that you got to play with it!
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Joecrack305 said:
it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
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Comparing the screen to the iPhone, is it glass or plastic?
I'm switching from iPhone to Evo but I have not had the chance to hold one and compare build quality.

My question is how much lag is there? Not just the home screen but the apps. FOr instance, when you open messages, how long does it take to display things? That's the number one thing I hate about Sense. Too much f-ing lag.

joecrack305, if you're in miami let me know which store so that i can come check it out.

Joecrack305 said:
it was pretty much as beautiful as i though it would be, my co worker is the advocate for our store. ill post pics later the packing is a little on the wierd side, but its eco friendly lol.
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omg I hate you!

Wait for the op's pic.

sorry havent responded
i have both hero and iphone and they feel plastic, the evo def feels like glass.
lag wise not existent at all i swear its so smooth
jvs60 - no ones technically suppose to know about us having the evo, but every corp store in america has one person with a evo. my supervisor is the one with the evo and i know my manager def wouldnt be a happy camper if i told you to swing by, but go to any store in miami and ask to see the evo advocates phone test your luck.

tried seeing one at my local corporate sprint store. met the advocate who had it, said he was sworn to not show it off or he would get in trouble.

it is so awesome. I feel like the guy from the burger king commercial who has the small hands and hates going to burger king when I am holding it. It is pretty big, and comes with an 8gb card in it. No lag at all when putting live wallpapers on there (unlike my rooted hero). Damn I love this phone!

giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!

From what I've seen online, the lag is minimal...remember it has a Snapdragon 1Ghz Processor in it...Go play with a HD2 and you'll get a feel for the speed...Android 2.2 is supposed to be faster than 2.1 from what i heard also.

MetroKnight said:
giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
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I am just as giddy. It's unreal. It's a freaking phone! WTF?

|Jason8| said:
I am just as giddy. It's unreal. It's a freaking phone! WTF?
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I'm constantly looking at pics, videos, thinking about it

MetroKnight said:
giddyup!
I feel like such a school girl! This thing won't be out for another 3 weeks, and I'm scouring the internet for everything EVO!
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indeed! I even installed the SDK for android and wrote my first hello world app and tested the emulator. All while thinking about this phone and cool its going to be.
Im sure i want it... But Im not so sure i want it on sprint.

0okami said:
indeed! I even installed the SDK for android and wrote my first hello world app and tested the emulator. All while thinking about this phone and cool its going to be.
Im sure i want it... But Im not so sure i want it on sprint.
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Why not sprint is great, i switched from t-mobile and I love it

mrono said:
Why not sprint is great, i switched from t-mobile and I love it
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Coverage reasons in my local area.
They are great in metros but in rural coverage is spotty and most of the time roaming. At least around here.

I'm going to play with it again today so hopefully more pics

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I'm going to play with it again today so hopefully more pics
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Can you play with the keyboard? Is it easy to type and stuff? I am coming from using a slide out keyboard so I am kinda worried about having to start using a onscreen keyboard.
thanks

The hero was my first onscreen keyboard and the iPhone was my second
The hero I'd give a 7
the iPhone 10
evo so far a 10
The screen is so big and easy to type on it's amazing for the hero I use swype now and I will probably use that in the evo when I switch

Idea to honour the N1, the King of phones.

I was just thinking, in two or three years when we've all moved on from our N1s, we could band together and stick them together into a giant android sculpture, or a transformer
#random

Crazy idea buddy but good idea to honor the n1, the best bravest and most innovative phone ever but the worst treated by the media, utterly assassinated.
Maybe a site which each person with an n1 IMEI rate their n1 online on a 1 to 5 scale - and get a virtual n1 to build a sculpture with, and a place to write comments on their virtual n1.
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Or maybe make a chat app like chatroulette that uses the device numbers as registration so its n1 users only then create a meetup.
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OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....

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OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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omgz that was me

AbsoluteDesignz said:
OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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Shoulda recorded him in 720p to post here lol
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AbsoluteDesignz said:
OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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I have never seen anybody in real life with a nexus one.

Nastrodamous said:
I have never seen anybody in real life with a nexus one.
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I have. I went into the tmobile store to browse around (I like using the mytouch to remind me how fast my nexus is) and a black guy (no offense to black people) that worked there was like (literally) "Oh shiz you gotz a nexus two? Beast phone evar." And he whipped his out. So I showed him mine.
Long story short, he payed me 50 bucks to make his as awesome as mine.
Too bad I forgot to mention I voided his warranty xD

hollywooder said:
I have. I went into the tmobile store to browse around (I like using the mytouch to remind me how fast my nexus is) and a black guy (no offense to black people) that worked there was like (literally) "Oh shiz you gotz a nexus two? Beast phone evar." And he whipped his out. So I showed him mine.
Long story short, he payed me 50 bucks to make his as awesome as mine.
Too bad I forgot to mention I voided his warranty xD
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Haha. What'd u throw on his phone?
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S_Dot said:
omgz that was me
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lol, unless you happen to be from small town #34, NJ I doubt it.

I wonder how long it will be until Google has a manufacturer produce another developer phone?
The Nexus one is the most perfect phone for me and I cant see anything but another developer phone replacing it. It's beautiful, cutting edge, gets updates quicker, is with T-mobile, and is not under carrier control.
What more could you want?

I only know two other people who have nexii one. And they both bought one because they saw how awesome mine was.

Im sure we could get google to organise something like this, an N1 graveyard of kings.

I wonder how well it would've sold if it had been available in stores.

Now that Google have announced they have the final batch of N1s from HTC, I went and ordered another one! I'm going to leave it in mint condition.
I have had range of different cell phones since 1993 and none come close to the N1.
I know that the future will bring much better phones, however, I do recognise what Google was trying to achieve with the N1.

Nastrodamous said:
I have never seen anybody in real life with a nexus one.
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Neither have I... I'm sure there are more people with the N1 in Toledo, but I haven't run across any yet.

Chopes said:
Haha. What'd u throw on his phone?
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I unlocked it, rooted it, upgraded his radio and kernel (OC, UV - and he was still running 2.1 update 1. Working for Tmo you'd think he'd get the upgrades first xD) And after that, I gave him CM6, cause that was pretty much the easiest way to get all of the GOOD mods in one. I gave him ADW using the paperless theme, and he thought that was way cool, along with the black desire notification bar. It probably took me, including download times, about 25 minutes using his laptop. So, if I could do this for a living, I could charge $120 an hour =D
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Neither have I... I'm sure there are more people with the N1 in Toledo, but I haven't run across any yet.
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Good idea for an APP. Kind of like Google Latitude, but open, and it only shows other people with the same phone. =D
ap3604 said:
I wonder how long it will be until Google has a manufacturer produce another developer phone?
The Nexus one is the most perfect phone for me and I cant see anything but another developer phone replacing it. It's beautiful, cutting edge, gets updates quicker, is with T-mobile, and is not under carrier control.
What more could you want?
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Not a lot, but what if they come out with a phone that has 1gb of RAM and a dual core 2ghz proc.
I'm pretty sure that if there was a developer phone with something like that, I *might* drop my Nexus, and run drooling to the online store =D

uansari1 said:
Neither have I... I'm sure there are more people with the N1 in Toledo, but I haven't run across any yet.
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i live in atlanta, never seen anybody its quite depressing.

Nastrodamous said:
i live in atlanta, never seen anybody its quite depressing.
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I live in NYC and havent seen anyone with one...except the person I bought it from. lol

i was
i was actully in the bank here in miami and a person asked to see my phone and went omg this is a nexus one he said he has never seen one before lol made me feel good about the 400 bucks i paid froma guy on craigslist lol.. even at the tmobile store where i bought my case all the employes liked flocked over to check it out.. we do have a great phone feels good to have something very few around me have... kinda like day one when i got my g1

Vibrant front camera

Does anyone know when tmobile will start offering video conference calls? The samsung Vibrant has a front camera, does anyone know how to activate it if it ever turns on?

It doesn't have one.
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/sigh. The vibrant does not have a front facing camera....theres a topic right below this claiming the same thing....one more /sigh

I see, oops. I saw some vid on youtube comparing the ip4 and the galaxy and they claimed both had front cameras

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I see, oops. I saw some vid on youtube comparing the ip4 and the galaxy and they claimed both had front cameras
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The International version (Samsung Galaxy S) and Sprint Epic 4G has front cameras. The Captivate and Vibrant does not.

I honestly don't get all the hype about front cameras. Why? What's the point?
It's new, untouched technology. Just because Apple marketed it doesn't make it a good idea.
Give it a year. I'm sure the "Galaxy S 2" will have one. Doubt it'll be a standard by then anyways though.

I don't know about you guys but I'd prefer to not have people staring at me while I tell them lies over the phone. Its just unethical!
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zikhkd said:
Does anyone know when tmobile will start offering video conference calls? The samsung Vibrant has a front camera, does anyone know how to activate it if it ever turns on?
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The Vibrant does not have a front camera. This is an urban myth, debunked many times.
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andershizzle said:
I honestly don't get all the hype about front cameras. Why? What's the point?
It's new, untouched technology. Just because Apple marketed it doesn't make it a good idea.
Give it a year. I'm sure the "Galaxy S 2" will have one. Doubt it'll be a standard by then anyways though.
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Yeah, that's what I used to think until...
I have an iPhone 4 and an i9000 (both have front cameras). I was testing both phones at the same time. I was going to return the iPhone in my first 30 days because iOS4 just isn't up to Android standards in my book. I also have a Nexus One on T-Mo that I mostly use as a WiFi hotspot.
I'd played with FaceTime once with my only other friend to have an iPhone 4. He lives in Florida, I'm in California and we wanted to check it out. No big deal on the first test.
One day I was driving to work and got the clever idea to connect the iPhone to the WiFi hotspot on the Nexus One. I then called my friend in Florida with FaceTime on the iPhone 4 and it worked just great over 3G. (You can also jailbreak the iPhone and use 3G Unrestrictor to just do it directly over the phone).
I had the iPhone 4 in a dash mounted holder and it was so cool. My friend's face was there on the dash and we were like in the car together. I still focused on the road, of course, but I could glance and see his face like you would with someone in the car with you when appropriate.
At one point he even asked where I was and I just switched the camera from front to back with the onscreen button and he then saw out the road as if he were riding in the car with me. Then I switched back.
We both really thought the experience enhanced the quality of our conversation. I decided to keep the iPhone just because of that.
So, yes, it's a new idea, and not a lot of phones have it, but even though Apple's ahead of the curve on that one, once more phones make it that simple to be face to face when you want to, it's going to change everything.
Nothing wrong with wanting a front camera in my opinion; those who do just are a bit more visionary than those who don't care about it yet.

CaseyG said:
I don't know about you guys but I'd prefer to not have people staring at me while I tell them lies over the phone. Its just unethical!
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lol! nice.

Btw, I don't really have any feelings about the need for a front-facing camera, but that anecdote about doing an iPhone "video-conference" on the road via N1 WiFi is pretty cool. That' be a great thing to do while traveling.

Great, texting while driving is bad enough, now having a video chat while driving, please God tell me you don't live anywhere near me.

CaseyG said:
I don't know about you guys but I'd prefer to not have people staring at me while I tell them lies over the phone. Its just unethical!
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+ 1 lol
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andershizzle said:
I honestly don't get all the hype about front cameras. Why? What's the point?
It's new, untouched technology. Just because Apple marketed it doesn't make it a good idea.
Give it a year. I'm sure the "Galaxy S 2" will have one. Doubt it'll be a standard by then anyways though.
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Its not that new. I remember there was hard advertising in 2003 in UK when carrier 3 got the 3g. Apple is always "revolutionizing" technologies that already existed for a while.
For front camera would be great for occasional video over ip calls, such as skype, or what fring did before.

andershizzle said:
I honestly don't get all the hype about front cameras. Why? What's the point?
It's new, untouched technology. Just because Apple marketed it doesn't make it a good idea.
Give it a year. I'm sure the "Galaxy S 2" will have one. Doubt it'll be a standard by then anyways though.
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Its not new technology. Hell, landline phones had video capabilities 10+ years ago, it never took off because its a gimmic. Facetime is a gimmic. Sure its nice but you will use it a couple of times for the "cool factor" then it will wear off, just like the Wii did with so many people.
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I had the iPhone 4 in a dash mounted holder and it was so cool. My friend's face was there on the dash and we were like in the car together. I still focused on the road, of course, but I could glance and see his face like you would with someone in the car with you when appropriate.
At one point he even asked where I was and I just switched the camera from front to back with the onscreen button and he then saw out the road as if he were riding in the car with me. Then I switched back.
We both really thought the experience enhanced the quality of our conversation. I decided to keep the iPhone just because of that.
So, yes, it's a new idea, and not a lot of phones have it, but even though Apple's ahead of the curve on that one, once more phones make it that simple to be face to face when you want to, it's going to change everything.
Nothing wrong with wanting a front camera in my opinion; those who do just are a bit more visionary than those who don't care about it yet.
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Its not a new idea. How many times do you think you are going to drive with your friend staring at you. Does your friend have a life? Think about what you typed and how funny it sounds...

androidmonkey said:
Its not new technology. Hell, landline phones had video capabilities 10+ years ago, it never took off because its a gimmic. Facetime is a gimmic. Sure its nice but you will use it a couple of times for the "cool factor" then it will wear off, just like the Wii did with so many people.
Its not a new idea. How many times do you think you are going to drive with your friend staring at you. Does your friend have a life? Think about what you typed and how funny it sounds...
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lol u ****ing crazy....lmao do u have a life? LOL

You hit the nail on the head androidmonkey. I don't think it will last long. Very gimmicky. Now when data speeds catch up that might be a different story.
For example, when phones began including really cheap-ass cameras I thought what a stupid idea. And still did until this last year or so when the quality finally caught up.
The hilarious thing to me is that King Steve in his ivory tower piously looks down upon the masses content that he is keeping them safe from porn not realizing that the#1 use of his new phone is probably NOT facetime but *****time... lol
Thank you Steve, may I have another!

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that the#1 use of his new phone is probably NOT facetime but *****time... lol
Thank you Steve, may I have another!
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lol, i can see the ads for video chat sex....

Androidmonkey is correct. Video calling has been around for years. Japan (and I believe Europe) has been doing this way before iPhone4. Just because Apple says its revolutionary or magical doesn't mean they did it first. Apple is full of ****. Their marketing team is great at making people into believing what they say. People need to open their eyes. Apple-lovers = lemmings,automatons, etc. And another thing, Facetime over wi-fi is nothing more than video chat like on your pc. Good grief.

What are you guys talking about... I use video calling on my vibrant all of the time. you can clearly see a camera to the left of the speaker

Holy Snap! EVO on Fringe ep. tonight

Okay, not a holy snap cool, but some of you may care to know that an EVO was used to call Massive Dynamic on tonights ep. of Fringe.
Just a quick glimpse, but still good to see the evo in the media.
And again later in the ep - no HTC logo and the Sprint logo is 2x sized! Lol.

Shhh....I didn't watch it yet!

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Okay, not a holy snap cool, but some of you may care to know that an EVO was used to call Massive Dynamic on tonights ep. of Fringe.
Just a quick glimpse, but still good to see the evo in the media.
And again later in the ep - no HTC logo and the Sprint logo is 2x sized! Lol.
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Funny part about this, is just the other day, there was a side discussion on how MOST tv shows are littered with iPhones, iPads, etc. Anything Apple. Not to mention every commercial break has an iPhone commercial, and on Bones, although they didn't SHOW an apple, one of the characters used the phrase, "There's an app for that".
There was an episode of "The Closer" where one of the detectives whipped out an Evo to take a video confession from a suspect, but other than that and last nights Fringe, everything else is mainly apple or the occasional Blackberry.

I saw this!
The wife thinks I'm a total nerd as it is, so I can only imagine what went through her mind as I was sitting on the couch, flashing kernels and roms on my new evo, watching Fringe (the geekiest show I know of right now) and I point to the TV and yell "OMG IT'S MY PHONE BABE LOOK!!" and nearly have an involuntary nerdgasm.
She just shook her head. Hahaha.
What was the messaging app he was using? Just a mock-up app for the show maybe? I kinda liked it.

You guys should watch leverage. The tech Guy on that show always has some new HTC phone. I've seen him with a touch diamond, touch pro, and an incredible. There was one episode where he had either an hd2 or an evo. Couldn't get a long enough look to tell.
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You guys should watch leverage. The tech Guy on that show always has some new HTC phone. I've seen him with a touch diamond, touch pro, and an incredible. There was one episode where he had either an hd2 or an evo. Couldn't get a long enough look to tell.
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Hardison ALWAYS has the coolest toys....

EVO was also featured on Rizoli & Isles a few weeks back.
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its been on fringe for a since the new season started i took a pic last night of it
http://localhostr.com/files/779f3d/fringe-evo.jpg

Sprint paid, htc didn't. So htc logo was removed, and sprint logo was enlarged.

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Hardison ALWAYS has the coolest toys....
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Hell yeah lol. The cool, but mostly ridiculous tech he uses is a large part of why I watch it.
I especially love the tiny earbuds with infinite battery and even greater range lol.
Although the wall of monitors does get me excited in all the wrong ways...
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Sprint paid, htc didn't. So htc logo was removed, and sprint logo was enlarged.
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HTC was probably like...no way, we can't make them fast enough to keep them on the shelves and now sprint wants to advertise it on fringe!!!!

Nexus One Shown In Disney Channel Commercial!?!?!

So... My daughter was just watching Disney channel and all of the sudden it goes on commercial. Then, they are advertising some sort of membership and say to text yada yada to yada yada in order to sign up and the phone they showed was clearly a NEXUS ONE! It had the trackball shining. Just sort of surprised me that they would show that over an iPhone or something that kids might recognize more lol.

I would love to see photos of this. hahaha

On Fox35 News here in Orlando, FL they were showing an Android app a local guy developed that enables you to pay participating stores via text and they were showing him showing how the app worked and he was using an N1.
I also so that commercial your talking about, while my little sister was watching Disney Channel

Cool! More great N1 exposure!

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Cool! More great N1 exposure!
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...for a phone that isn't even sold in the US (officially) anymore! lol I feel so cool.
I love my N1 because I KNOW that none of my friends or family will ever have one. Actually the only other person I "know" that has an N1 is the T-Mobile rep that convinced me to get one lol.

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...I love my N1 because I KNOW that none of my friends or family will ever have one. Actually the only other person I "know" that has an N1 is the T-Mobile rep that convinced me to get one lol.
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Hold on to it securely...will be a rare collector's item someday.

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Hold on to it securely...will be a rare collector's item someday.
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Yeah right...Maybe a reminder of Google before Sun sues them into the ground...

I love going up to the little T-Mobile stands in malls and stuff and just for fun asking them if they have a charger for my phone and then watch all of them surround and start marveling and drooling at my phone. haha!
Kind of sad I get joy out of that lol.

Hahahaha I've done something like that in the Apple store. Walked up, started comparing phones with the iP4 and iPad and got shoo'd out by the "Geniuses" lol.
Also tried jailbreaking all devices in the store, but I think Apple blocked the site (on wifi and "3G").

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Hahahaha I've done something like that in the Apple store. Walked up, started comparing phones with the iP4 and iPad and got shoo'd out by the "Geniuses" lol.
Also tried jailbreaking all devices in the store, but I think Apple blocked the site (on wifi and "3G").
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Thats why you create mifi and then jailbreak them... Ninja style
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