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you've had the weekend to play with it.

how do you like your EVO?
what are the quirks that are bugging you?
what phone did you come from?
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how does it compare to that previous phone?
i have my phone pre-order sitting at best buy still.
i have my money, i have my little gift card....only thing is i've really enjoyed the past few roms on my HTC HERO and I don't feel the need for this phone because the Hero has fit me very well. that and there is no 4g here in so cali yet so what's the point?
thanks to everyone who replies

I left WiMo on a VZW xv6800
Quirks........
no signature in SMS and the native email client sucks. I can only get my main folder in Hotmail and not all my other folders were my mail is separated to.
Anyone know a better email client that will resolve that?
I thought Seven would do it but i see they dont have a client for Android as of yet.

weedahoe said:
I left WiMo on a VZW xv6800
Quirks........
no signature in SMS and the native email client sucks. I can only get my main folder in Hotmail and not all my other folders were my mail is separated to.
Anyone know a better email client that will resolve that?
I thought Seven would do it but i see they dont have a client for Android as of yet.
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after 1 week with the stock text client i switched to handcent. it is SO SO SO SO SO much better in my opinion
i hate the mail client for hotmail/yahoo as well BUT i only really use gmail and that one is perfect for me so...maybe think about switching to gmail?

oh jeeze....thats what she said.
my evo is treating me great! my first complain was with the battery, but with a few discharge/recharge cycles, it seems to be doing well.
everything else is pretty much gravy. i love the screen, the real estate is just MASSIVE.
bottom line, you're going to love this thing

Phenomenal piece of hardware.

I love my Evo. I am still setting it up and haven't decided if I want to root or not but its awesome.
Haven't had many quirks, the soft keys are a little sensitive and I end up fatfingering them when playing some games, no biggie. Battery isn't a huge issue if you're a resourceful person. I used my phone for 6 hours before it died doing HEAVY usage. (Navigation, Trapster, YouTube streaming, Super KO Boxing 2, Pictures, recorded a 2 min video, etc)
I came from the G1, what an upgrade.

I freaking love it!!!!

engagedtosmile said:
I love my Evo. I am still setting it up and haven't decided if I want to root or not but its awesome.
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Do the unrevoked root. Getting rid of it is as simple as uninstalling the app. All Root does is give you superuser/admin rights to the phone.

I love this phone. I play iMobsters on it so addicting so I haven't had too much time to play with the phone. I've taken so many pictures.
Gripes:
Is there a way to turn flash on at night so I can record video? Videos come out dark so I haven't recorded much at night.
I disabled SenseUI but I wanted to know how I can get more widgets to fill up at least 1 or 2 more pages. Any recommendations? I noticed that when I disabled SenseUI a lot of widgets don't come up in the options.

I am coming from a Palm Pre, and this phone is so amazing. I have been using the speech-to-text on text messages and it hasn't missed a word yet. I dislike the email client, but it isn't enough to make me verbally complain. I have downloaded a few apps here and there, and so far everything is working better than expected.

I do miss the track pad or ball a little. Nothing earth shattering.
I LOVE THE SCREEN BUT they should have raised the resolution.
I wish the system didn't auto start a bunch of crap. That's an android issue and people shouldn't be forced to root to get rid of it. I'm rooted so this doesn't matter anymore but battery performance and even actual device performance improves after removing all the bull ****.
I wish they was another way to turn on the device. I miss menu menu. Should be an option.
I wish launcher pro worked over sense. I like the widgets.
Otherwise I love android and the evo. I will have a hard time going back to any screen less than 4 inches. I don't miss having s physical keyboard anymore with swype and especially swype on this awesome screen.
The speed is mostly good, it will improve as things get optimized.

how about things like, how does it fit in your pocket.
does it fit in the same spot where you stored your old phone in your car
*i have a perfect slot above my radio and i think the evo may be too thin and it will fall out while driving*
i've had an htc phone since the 6700 a few years back and everything has been mini-usb now i gotta use my blu-tooth microsb cables/chargers.
ummmmmmmmmmmmm
anyone crack their screen yet?

Absolutely love the phone much better than my HD2. Only 2 quirks for me is that I cant control all volumes (media, notifications, phone calls, etc.) with one setting and that I can never tell where my battery percent is. I always have to guess if im on 85% etc. OTT it has exceeded all expectations.

dukins said:
Absolutely love the phone much better than my HD2. Only 2 quirks for me is that I cant control all volumes (media, notifications, phone calls, etc.) with one setting and that I can never tell where my battery percent is. I always have to guess if im on 85% etc. OTT it has exceeded all expectations.
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uhh, there's an app for that (more like 100 apps for that). Most are free too.

gonzoangel said:
how about things like, how does it fit in your pocket.
does it fit in the same spot where you stored your old phone in your car
*i have a perfect slot above my radio and i think the evo may be too thin and it will fall out while driving*
i've had an htc phone since the 6700 a few years back and everything has been mini-usb now i gotta use my blu-tooth microsb cables/chargers.
ummmmmmmmmmmmm
anyone crack their screen yet?
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It fits in my pocket quite well. (Is it just me or are there a lot of jokes that would go there?) I think that it being as thin as it is actually makes it better than my Hero. Just my opinion.
I got the silicone case from Sprint and it doesnt slide around in the cubby in my car at all. Next is the car mount

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dukins said:
Absolutely love the phone much better than my HD2. Only 2 quirks for me is that I cant control all volumes (media, notifications, phone calls, etc.) with one setting and that I can never tell where my battery percent is. I always have to guess if im on 85% etc. OTT it has exceeded all expectations.
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I use an app called battery left. It is free and really nice.

Aridon said:
I wish launcher pro worked over sense. I like the widgets.
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-That is exactly what I was thinking when I installed launcher pro but removed it due to that reason
Aridon said:
Otherwise I love android and the evo. I will have a hard time going back to any screen less than 4 inches. I don't miss having s physical keyboard anymore with swype and especially swype on this awesome screen.
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I didn't even know what swype was 20 min ago. I installed it and did the tutorial, sent out a few texts. Will take some time to get used to, but so far it seems promising. Thanks.

Pros:
I absolutely love the size. Not too big, not too small.
Kickstand, HDMI out, dual LED flash, 720P recording.
Haptic feedback is great.
Cons:
For some reason, most of my incoming text messages are time stamped incorrectly. I have googled the living hell out of this problem, but can't find a legit fix anywhere.
The camera is so grainy that it feels like I'm using a camera phone from the 90's. Flash clears this up in dark lighting, but indoor photos are terrible.
Stock keyboard is a nightmare. Thank god for Swype.
Lock/Power button is hard to locate without looking at times.
Overall, I couldn't be any more disappointed in the camera. With all the time they spend on kickstands, flash, and such a massive screen I would have thought they'd spend more time on something as standard as a camera. I've read that not many people have this problem- so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that this is a faulty camera in my phone.

All my friends have been amazed how much I've been tinkering with my phone all weekend. I laid in bed Saturday night for 3 hours (until about 2am) playing with all the cool apps and features of the EVO. They all laughed when I told them I was in bed until 2am (laying next to my wife) while playing with the phone. Yes, "playing" because it's been so much fun. I already had the original G1 when it was first launched 2 years ago, so all this wasn't new to me. I can't imagine how a NEW user to Android would be just blown away at first glance of the EVO.
I was first blown away of the size of the screen. It is sooo much better to view text. I was equally blown away at the speed of the phone and apps (and it's supposed to be faster with 2.2 JIT ??? wow!!). Battery was great for me. I was using everything, including 4G. I was getting tired of waiting for the juice to run out. I was blown away at the Sega Genesis emulator and speed of the games.
I don't have any complaints, but if you twisted my arm and forced me to find something to improve on I would list:
1) Action buttons on the bottom (home, menu, back, and search). They are very sensitive and I keep hitting them accidentally. Not a major problem, but still, I think they should have been physical buttons.
2) Trackball, nice to use instead of keyboard arrow buttons, but as someone else said: This is not a deal breaker.
3) 4G: I live in Houston so we have 4G coverage, but it's spotty. I was in Best Buy over the weekend talking to the ClearWire rep and we were on the edge of the city (in Katy) and he had his usb Dongle to get 4G reception. I still right up next to the antenna and we both ran speed test from SpeedTest.net. The Rep kept getting MINIMUM of 6 Mbit down and 2 Mbit up, while I was getting max 2.25 MBit down (I've since gotten 3.35 MBit down while at home over 4g). With our limited testing I would have to conclude that 4G is NOT ClearWire or Sprints problem, but more of a HARDWARE issue. The USB dongle probably had a better antenna whereas the EVO antenna didn't pick up the signal as much. We were deep inside the Best Buy store and the ClearWire 4G reception was at least 75%, while I barely got 1 bar on my EVO. I changed positions, and we made sure we were both on the same servers running our speed tests. But, 4G is still much faster than 3G, but not what I was expecting.

Initial impressions?

Hopefully this thread isn't redundant, but I just wanted to start a thread for early adopters of the Focus to discuss their initial impressions.
Coming from an iPhone 4, I definitely notice the lower pixel count; however the black levels and color vibrancy seem to make up for it the somewhat pixelated text.
In general, I love the phone so far. Setting up all my email accounts and getting my Xbox Live account synced was a snap. The hardware, while plastic, in my opinion doesn't feel cheap at all. Also I think that the thinness and tapering of the device is perfect for sliding in and out of a jean pocket.
One thing I don't like as of now is how IE renders web pages. I've been pretty impressed with the browser overall, considering it is IE, but here is my issue. When you load a page, all of the small text around a page is jagged and unreadable, while in my experience with other sections of the OS, the phones screen resolution is entirely capable of making small text readable. Hopefully this is just an IE thing, but we'll see.
Anyway, I'd love to hear impressions from other people and especially which phone their coming from to the Focus.

I picked up my device this morning, loving it so far. I am impressed with the build quality, it just feels like a solid phone.
I really love how fast and fluid this thing is. The back button is really great and helps make up for the lack of third party multi-tasking.

wrxdrunkie said:
I picked up my device this morning, loving it so far. I am impressed with the build quality, it just feels like a solid phone.
I really love how fast and fluid this thing is. The back button is really great and helps make up for the lack of third party multi-tasking.
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In your opinion, is the inability to clearly display small text just an IE issue or is it an issue with the screen?
I really think its the former, but I'm interested in hearing others' opinions.

I picked mine up this morning and the ATT store only had a TOTAL of 3 WP7 phones in stock. 2 Focus' and one HTC Surround. I was forth in line. Lucky the mall shop across street from the huge ATT store got 6 Focus' in and I was able to get one there.
Sucks the Transcend 16GB Class 6 MicroSD card I got doesn't cooperate with the OS atm.
Also sucks my Focus wont "Link" to my Zune account. It says "Your device isn't compatible with this feature". I'm not able to stream music at work. This is only the second device on my Zune account.

I picked one up today, only 3 of us in line, two were for focus at 9:10 am.
Had been using an iphone, still using ipad
Really like it, setup was easy, using the "pin" feature alot to make shortcuts to home screen.
purchased a nice case-mate for phone in bright red, very cool
synch of contact was a pain, had to upload file via hotmail
I love the people square, and pinning for example my son to my home page, quick and easy way to follow him on facebook
missing kindle app
ordered 32 micro sd card from amazon for $81.00, that will bump mem up to 40 gig

Picked one up like around 1PM didn't even have to wait in line. I guess people don't like WP7 here in the Bay Area. But anyways. I am overall satisfied with this phone. The only big gripe I have is some 3rd party apps in the market have very laggy and crappy scrolling. Twitter, and seesmic and also Netflix had some very choppy scrolling. Hopefully these apps will update and further polish as time goes.
I was also wondering if there was a haptic feedback option in the Focus while typing. I was testing out the HTC Surround and it had haptic feedback while typing. Couldn't find the option to turn it on or off if it has one.

epi117 said:
I picked one up today, only 3 of us in line, two were for focus at 9:10 am.
Had been using an iphone, still using ipad
Really like it, setup was easy, using the "pin" feature alot to make shortcuts to home screen.
purchased a nice case-mate for phone in bright red, very cool
synch of contact was a pain, had to upload file via hotmail
I love the people square, and pinning for example my son to my home page, quick and easy way to follow him on facebook
missing kindle app
ordered 32 micro sd card from amazon for $81.00, that will bump mem up to 40 gig
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Where did you buy the case? I went on the Case-Mate website and didn't see it.

yeah i iddnt see it either :/

I saw a few cases for sale over there including that one. There was one I liked where it was a black plate style case but $30 is way too much for it

I'm *hopefully* picking up mine today, as the local AT&T got depressingly low quantities at launch but for the people who already have theirs...can anyone give any impressions on the camera? I've read and watched so many reviews with varying opinions that it's hard to know what to think. I know ultimately it'll come down to preference, but so far, how do you lucky owners feel about things like shot time, white balance, auto focus, and the LED flash? Thanks, and hope to be joining in on the Focus fun soon!

rkorzuch said:
Where did you buy the case? I went on the Case-Mate website and didn't see it.
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Purchased it at ATT store where i purchased phone.

I spent few minutes with the phone at the local AT&T store today. They didn't have any in stock but I wouldn't have picked one today either. The UI is awesome and the phone feels really solid. I don't know why some reviews knocked off few points on build quality. It felt as good as iPhone 4 which I'd be getting for my wife. I'll wait for a little longer to see if there are better deals and also to see the performance in good 3D games.

impressions
I got this phone yesterday, and I really love this phone. There is something special when you see all your stuff just show up and start winking at you in the live tiles.
The only issue I have is related to the memory card. I installed a 32gb sd card and the phone was continually resetting itself. Sometimes when it came on it would have my stuff and sometimes it would be like a brand new phone. Apparently there is a fix coming.
Feature
I really don't care about copy and paste I so seldom used it with my fuze.
The features I miss or wish would improve
Custom ringtones. It's strange that they would leave this out, unless Att just wants to sell ringtones.
No way to just sync docs to the phone without a share point server. I'm not sure why this phone just dosen't sync with live mesh like my laptops.
I love this phone or at least the operating system

epi117 said:
I picked one up today, only 3 of us in line, two were for focus at 9:10 am.
Had been using an iphone, still using ipad
Really like it, setup was easy, using the "pin" feature alot to make shortcuts to home screen.
purchased a nice case-mate for phone in bright red, very cool
synch of contact was a pain, had to upload file via hotmail
I love the people square, and pinning for example my son to my home page, quick and easy way to follow him on facebook
missing kindle app
ordered 32 micro sd card from amazon for $81.00, that will bump mem up to 40 gig
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Does this case mate case cover the power button, or is it notched out? Does the case help with the accidental power buttons presses I am getting?

I really am liking the zune radio, I had forgot how much fun it was to hear local radio without streaming via internet.

rayrayinfla said:
The features I miss or wish would improve
Custom ringtones. It's strange that they would leave this out, unless Att just wants to sell ringtones.
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I mean no harm, but are you sure you did not overlook it somehow? I really hope you overlooked something. Would you or another Focus owner please double check and let us know what you find, as this would be a deal breaker for me, no doubt. I wonder if the HTC or LG 7's have the same handicap? I'll have to stick with my Captivate if that's the case.
Thank you.

All WP7 devices do not have the ability to use a custom ring tone. Odds are this will be addressed in a future update (just like tethering, etc). MS kinda rushed this one out so i expect an OS update to add many of the normal features we all know and love.

enjoythemusic said:
All WP7 devices do not have the ability to use a custom ring tome. Odds are this will be addressed in a future update (just like tethering, etc). MS kinda rushed this one out so i expect an OS update to add many of the normal features we all know and love.
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You're probably right, but you have to wonder how an option that nearly everyone I know uses could have been overlooked

Everything seems to work nicely so far, but I don't like how this phone handles its volume controls.
For starters, you don't need 30 levels of volume to choose from. Maybe 10-12 would be fine.
Then if I set the phone to vibrate, I don't want ANY sound to play. However, the phone still seems to play game sounds and music from the speaker even if the phone is set to vibrate.
What this phone needs is volume settings for specific things like app volume settings, media volume settings, volume behavior for when headphones are plugged in vs when they're not, etc.
I say this because as it stands, I walk into work and I hold down the volume down button until it reaches zero. Then when I want to listen to music, I plug in my headphones, turn the volume up. When I'm done, I turn the volume down, and unplug my headphones again. It seems like it takes more effort than it should need to not bother people near me at work.
My suggestion: make it so that if the phone is set to vibrate that NO sounds play at all through the phone's speaker, regardless of what the actual volume setting is. Then say if you plug in your headphones, leave the phone on vibrate but only play sound through the headphones until they are unplugged, which then the phone would revert to being silent until the user turns up the volume again or turns off vibrate.
Other than that, this phone (and of course its OS) is great!

its hard to like this phone..

I'm finding it a bit difficult to like this phone. Don't get me wrong I feel the hardware is top notch and one of the main reasons why I bought it was because of the slide out keyboard..the thing that gets to me the most is that its for mobile.. I'm use to having sprint and Verizon and actually I still have my droid pro which is now like my secondary phone but I never realized how slow the edge network was.. Are there any suggestions for improving battery life? Also the lack of widgets and not being able to multitask is a bit of a pain..i like it a hell of a lot more than the iPhone that's for sure..

MO3iusONE said:
Are there any suggestions for improving battery life? Also the lack of widgets and not being able to multitask is a bit of a pain..i like it a hell of a lot more than the iPhone that's for sure..
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Use black for your theme instead of white. Change the email frequency (don't use push on email accounts you don't care about). Change screen time out time.
I have grown to dislike widgets on an Android device. One of the main reasons being that they slow down the phone when going from homescreen to homescreen.

So you don't have 3G service from TMO where you are? I agree that would suck.

I've always founds the widgets really useful on Android. Especially on the droid pro its all very smooth. For example, I have an unlock screen that I bought on the Android market that allows me to slide to unlock but also slide to open up any app, so from the lock screen I could go to my email, texting, flash light, etc etc. I feel like I can be more efficient on the droid pro than this phone but, Windoes mobiles7 is still really young so I'm sure they will continue to improve on the os overtime...
there's 3g here but its hit and miss..i get no 3g just edge in my house and at work I get close to nothing. Its a pain when trying to text someone since more than often it won't send it..
I had locked at my plan and saw I was paying for their "4G" lol.. I'm gonna see if its possible for me to change my plan such as removing unlimited text a long with other things since it seems like I can't even use it since service is just terrible.. I'm really liking the phone though.. This is the first Dell phone I've ever owned and I'm impressed.. I use to own a palm pre.. Palm\hp should take some notes from Dell.

You live in Illinois?

no, Tucson Arizona.. I checked Tmobile's coverage map and I see a lot of green but still, I get really bad service.. it wouldn't be the phone itself would it?

Maybe I just switched from sprint to TMO and my friends the have other phones on the network get good 3g service in Santa Barbara while the DVP doesn't. There has been reports of the radio not function properly in our phones. Mine like to flucated the signal all over the place when on a call and usually with the phone on the desk with the speaker on. So no antenna gate issues......... Still way better than my touch pro 2 I left behind.

canadariot2312 said:
I have grown to dislike widgets on an Android device. One of the main reasons being that they slow down the phone when going from homescreen to homescreen.
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Yea, I used Android for years - I had a G1, Droid, and Epic 4G all on launch day, not to mention installing Android on my HD2 - and while I thought widgets were really cool at first, I slowly but surely was using less and less of them. They make scrolling slower, they use more data, and depending on how crappy the dev was, they tended to force closed.
The one widget I do really miss is the power control widget. That's an awesome feature that I wish WP7 would emulate.

Most of the issues listed were in some way related to WP7 in general.
But I do agree that the VP radio needs some adjusting. It's still a young device, and it still seems leagues better than the TPro2's stock radio when I first got it.

MO3iusONE said:
there's 3g here but its hit and miss..i get no 3g just edge in my house and at work I get close to nothing. Its a pain when trying to text someone since more than often it won't send it..
I had locked at my plan and saw I was paying for their "4G" lol.. I'm gonna see if its possible for me to change my plan such as removing unlimited text a long with other things since it seems like I can't even use it since service is just terrible.. I'm really liking the phone though.. This is the first Dell phone I've ever owned and I'm impressed.. I use to own a palm pre.. Palm\hp should take some notes from Dell.
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3G is pretty much really good here. I usually navigate around 3 bars and when i am outside, I have full 3G. Than again, I live in one of those cities where T-Mobile's service is really good.
T-Mobile doesn't charge for HSPA+.
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Yea, I used Android for years - I had a G1, Droid, and Epic 4G all on launch day, not to mention installing Android on my HD2 - and while I thought widgets were really cool at first, I slowly but surely was using less and less of them. They make scrolling slower, they use more data, and depending on how crappy the dev was, they tended to force closed.
The one widget I do really miss is the power control widget. That's an awesome feature that I wish WP7 would emulate.
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3 months after I got my Nexus One, the Twitter widget just starts crashing randomly. I actually ran a test and the only time my Nexus was smooth was when it was not running any widgets whatsoever.
I would have to say that the power control widget is probably one of the better widgets just because it is made directly from Google. Turning on/off WiFi in a pinch is a useful feature. Shame that only the Google widgets are decent.

I'm gonna see if I can exchange this for a different model and see if that helps. Ever since I loaded up some songs on there, it has been freezing up as well. I really like this phone though, a lot, and Windows phone 7 is a pretty cool OS, I'm gonna exchange my phone, hope for the best and if I'm still having issues then hopefully some future update will improve the phone.

A couple of things to try to save battery are. If you are always in brightly lit environments it may actually save battery to have the brightness set to medium. Use the dark theme, red is supposed to be the most efficient color in amoled screens to my knowledge but any of the red, green or blue themes (if they are true primaries) will save a little power (I use blue). Regular use for me is probably pretty moderate by most standards. Moderate texting, 3-4 calls, browsing, gaming (my little girl loves this phone) and messing around with things I can make it thorough the day 7:00 am to 10:00 pm without problems. I am not in a 3g area so this may vary from place to place depending on service quality.

[Q] The itch to switch

Okay, so I have had the arc for a week now and am absolutely loving it, but I feel the itch once again to switch to something new...
I am considering the Samsung Infuse 4G. Question, in-case anyone is in the same boat as me and/or has experienced the infuse 4G or SGSII.
How does our reality display compare to the super amoled plus display?
Reasons I am considering a switch:
No custom rom support to satisfy my flashing addiction.... as of yet!
No search button, I wish the menu long press would act as search and not keyboard popup. (Work around I figured out is to map the focus button to the search function) but then I loose the focus button which also bothers me

No offence but thats pretty ridiculous....only after a week!?? Especially for the reasons you listed. hell I at least wait a couple months...

solidkevin said:
No offence but thats pretty ridiculous....only after a week!?? Especially for the reasons you listed. hell I at least wait a couple months...
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lol, I have been told I need to see someone about my addiction

rumy said:
How does our reality display compare to the super amoled plus display?
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Reality display has genuine real world colors. AMOLED is either love or hate and it all depends on personal preferences. I have over saturated unnatural colors. One of the main reason I sold my SGII afer couple of days of use. Also, the beauty of Arc and SE interface is very much in line with my personal taste. Also, I didn't like how GSII felt in my hand and it looks ugly to me. I read in one of the reviews that Infuse has great build. Looking forward to checking it out on 15th even though I am sure I won't buy it.
No search button, I wish the menu long press would act as search and not keyboard popup.
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Long press brings up like you said the keyboard which actually works pretty good when you are in contacts and some other screens where the cursor is already in text field.

if you long press to bring up the keyboard if you start typing wont it instantly start searching?

racer91 said:
if you long press to bring up the keyboard if you start typing wont it instantly start searching?
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On the homepage, long press of the menu hard key button will bring the search function.

My god, the phone's been out a month and youre complaining about lack of custom roms? This stuff takes time you know, it wont be any different on the infuse if you buy that. Have patience.
And, as others have said, go to home screen, long press on the menu brings up the keyboard, start typing and it goes straight to search!

daveybaby said:
And, as others have said, go to home screen, long press on the menu brings up the keyboard, start typing and it goes straight to search!
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I think rumy got it by now. But thanks for the hint, I didn't know that either. What happens if I uninstall Google Search? Has anyone tried this?
@rumy:
It all depends on your financial situation, I would say! If you're addicted to switching your phone every week and you can afford it, that's fine with me. It's completely irrational, but if you have fun with it... ^^

Hahaha thanks all, btw I was not complaining about no custom roms, I was just sharing my impatientness towards the wait
Anyways, applications like winamp needs the dedicated search, if not it can get bothersome to actually search for a song. Does any one know how easy it would be to modify the long-press function of a key?
Also, @kitsVA I really do like how the arc fits in my hand, and the look on others faces when they feel how light and sexy this phone is

Listen OP im not flaming you as I too have gone through this, but you know how I overcame it? You just have to put everything into perspective, you can browse the web, watch vids on a magnificent 4.2" screen, you can listen to your music, take amazing photos with one of the best camera sensors on a phone, play games, apps etc, what CANT you do on this phone? It is a nice lightweight, unique looking phone, It runs well, it does everything its supposed to do and more! At the end of the day you have to realize that no phone and I mean NO phone on the planet is going to be perfect, every single phone you will ever buy will have imperfections, but guess what? Thats life, nothing in this world is perfect. So these little flaws that you keep finding in phones (like I did) guess what? Yea you can sell it, but the next phone you buy might fix those little problems but will bring 2 or three more, its a never ending cycle.
Another thing is that no matter what you are never gonna be "up to date" for more then a year, unless you plan on changing phones every 6 months then whats the point? Do you REALLY need that Dual Core? Do you REALLY need that slightly RAM? Slightly better Screen? Why not just wait until something that is REALLY a step up from what you have comes out and then you get it, not only will it be cheaper for you in the long run but it will be much more satisfying. Try to focus on other more important things in your life rather then just your phone, yeah its nice to have an expensive fully featured phone, go for it! Thats why I spend $600 on the arc!! But make sure you keep it for a while and get your moneys worth or else whats the point!? No ones gonna care what kind of phone you have or much less what specs are inside it! Most casual people have either a blackberry (which doesn't even come close spec/feature wise) or and iPhone, or a regular dumb phone or some carrier android phone, so chances are if you have some super high end phone like these they will be impressed regardless, either that or they plain wont care!
Everyone has different needs and wants but at the end of the day really sit down and think about what you NEED and what you WANT, cause most have a hard time separating the two. Right now my Arc will do everything I want and need plus more! I have no reason to upgrade for a while....
Just my opinion from someone who was in a similar situation as you, hope it helps.

My Note is here. Yeehawww

The big monster is here. Everybody is like "What the F is that?!", "Why are you making calls with your Kindle?!", "I don't think you have enough face for that phone"... Even my girlfriend says, "This phone is not for the mentally challenged like me, I'll stick with my iPhone..."
Anyways, every day (for a pair of days now) is showing me something new. I'm having a blast with my new toy and don't mind to brag when I'm given the chance.
I've had android tablets before, but this is my first Android Phone. I chose something very big to take my virginity, what a smart guy I am... I have two issues tho:
1. I can hardly hear my notifications. Volume is all the way up and still I can hardly hear when a text message/chaton/gtalk/email comes in.
2. I cannot choose custom ringtones for notifications. I'm stuck with those Sammy provides
3. I cannot assign a custom ringtone for text messages for each contact. Text messages are a very common thing here so I'd like to know who's texting me by the sound
4.S Suggest and Sammy Apps are not working for me. It says that my country is not supported. Funny, as I'm able to use it on my Samsung Note 10.1 without any issue.
5 Battery is not that great. I guess big screen has a cost. However, I notice that the standby de-charge rate is really sucky. I clear all running apps in the night, turn off wifi, and have the phone run on mobile data only and by morning it will go from 100% to 90%.
6. Pen is a bit too sensitive. It has one of those ghost touches many have been complaining about. I messed around with the potentiometer and that seemed to have helped a bit, but there are still there every now and again.
7. I wish there was a gesture or pen command to go to home screen. My home button is kinda slow sometimes.
But other than that, it's all good...
Ron

I think the whole tablet against the face thingy is getting old seriously. It's not even that big.
OP, are you a 120lb Emo kid in skinny jeans?

Dan37tz said:
I think the whole tablet against the face thingy is getting old seriously. It's not even that big.
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Who cares, honestly. lol
I have been telling my family and closest friends that I am getting this phone, and telling them how big it is. I put my 10.1 tablet up to my face as a joke all the time since they rag on me about the Note 2 size.

Dan37tz said:
I think the whole tablet against the face thingy is getting old seriously. It's not even that big.
OP, are you a 120lb Emo kid in skinny jeans?
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I agree.

Congratulations on your new phone! Im really looking forward to getting mine also...
- oh and i hope you find a way around those pfoblems that you had...
- Bobo

ron2k_1 said:
The big monster is here. Everybody is like "What the F is that?!", "Why are you making calls with your Kindle?!", "I don't think you have enough face for that phone"... Even my girlfriend says, "This phone is not for the mentally challenged like me, I'll stick with my iPhone..."
Anyways, every day (for a pair of days now) is showing me something new. I'm having a blast with my new toy and don't mind to brag when I'm given the chance.
I've had android tablets before, but this is my first Android Phone. I chose something very big to take my virginity, what a smart guy I am... I have two issues tho:
1. I can hardly hear my notifications. Volume is all the way up and still I can hardly hear when a text message/chaton/gtalk/email comes in.
2. I cannot choose custom ringtones for notifications. I'm stuck with those Sammy provides
3. I cannot assign a custom ringtone for text messages for each contact. Text messages are a very common thing here so I'd like to know who's texting me by the sound
4.S Suggest and Sammy Apps are not working for me. It says that my country is not supported. Funny, as I'm able to use it on my Samsung Note 10.1 without any issue.
5 Battery is not that great. I guess big screen has a cost. However, I notice that the standby de-charge rate is really sucky. I clear all running apps in the night, turn off wifi, and have the phone run on mobile data only and by morning it will go from 100% to 90%.
6. Pen is a bit too sensitive. It has one of those ghost touches many have been complaining about. I messed around with the potentiometer and that seemed to have helped a bit, but there are still there every now and again.
7. I wish there was a gesture or pen command to go to home screen. My home button is kinda slow sometimes.
But other than that, it's all good...
Ron
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you can set custom ringtones. you can pretty much do anything that you want. you need to turn off the screen transition animation. it will makes the home button much faster. you are free to do what you want and how you want! just look around and search. you'll find answers for everything. good to see you joined the "dark" side and not the "sheep" side

You can also use ringdroid off the play store. After you create the ringtone it gives you the option to save as notification, call tone,.alarm ect
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