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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

I think I convinced an apple fanboy

I was over at my Mom's the other night and was talking to her husband about my phone (He's an apple fanboy). I think I convinced him that the Iphone was a piece of $4!t.
I told him that my phone will do 3 things that the Iphone will have trouble with. First I made a call while holding the phone in my left hand. Second I pulled out the battery and finally I pulled out the SD card.
I thought it was kinda funny, so I thought I'd share...

A friend of mine is ditching his iPhone for an Evo.
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But its an iPhone.....

I don't care.
I want the one with Bigger GBs.

And the WiFis
Sent from my fast as hell phone that you can only wish you had

You should have made a video call OTA to someone with an epic.

Will you waive the activation fee? Does it come with a case ? Ill go check out Walgreens , my sister said they had them there !

I'd show them this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/htc?blend=7&ob=4#p/u/11/GHO9A9Zf5g8
While yes, it's a video of the Desire HD.... it's pretty much the same phone as the EVO but with all the crazy new sense features that are ALSO coming to the EVO. That video blew me away. Some of those features are priceless.

hydralisk said:
I'd show them this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/htc?blend=7&ob=4#p/u/11/GHO9A9Zf5g8
While yes, it's a video of the Desire HD.... it's pretty much the same phone as the EVO but with all the crazy new sense features that are ALSO coming to the EVO. That video blew me away. Some of those features are priceless.
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I haven't even finished watching the video and I'm a little blown away. Those are some very, very cool updates

FattySparks said:
I was over at my Mom's the other night and was talking to her husband about my phone (He's an apple fanboy). I think I convinced him that the Iphone was a piece of $4!t.
I told him that my phone will do 3 things that the Iphone will have trouble with. First I made a call while holding the phone in my left hand. Second I pulled out the battery and finally I pulled out the SD card.
I thought it was kinda funny, so I thought I'd share...
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Yeah you forgot, Flash+kickstand=great for prOON on the go.

I came from an iphone 3GS. Believe me I was a huge iphone fan until my eyes saw widgets. That did it for me plus the big screen
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Yeah you forgot, Flash+kickstand=great for prOON on the go.
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Seconded.
Southparkstudios.com also works with the Android flash player. How awesome is that?

hydralisk said:
I'd show them this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/htc?blend=7&ob=4#p/u/11/GHO9A9Zf5g8
While yes, it's a video of the Desire HD.... it's pretty much the same phone as the EVO but with all the crazy new sense features that are ALSO coming to the EVO. That video blew me away. Some of those features are priceless.
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Some of those features towards the end like phone lock or the htc sense.com integration with the texting redirect and call redirect is amazing...how do you know its coming to the Evo?

xArmenx said:
I came from an iphone 3GS. Believe me I was a huge iphone fan until my eyes saw widgets. That did it for me plus the big screen
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I came over from a 3GS as well, and I might not have, if it wasn't for the iOS4 update. My 3GS was jailbroken, and set up really well, but I'm a big cycling fan (loved seeing HTC-Columbia featured in that Desire video, even if I did have to watch that tool Cavendish win...like I don't have to see that enough already), and the Tour de France app was crashing on 3.1.1, so I had to "upgrade". Even after jailbreaking iOS4, it was just never the same. Except for the camera and display, my 3GS would have handed the new iPhone its ass, in terms of functionality.
That said, I'm a longtime linux geek, and I did want an android phone, plus the school I go to, their website is in flash, and I do homework through it sometimes...very doable on the Evo, impossible on the iPhone.
Oh, and now I get through phone conversations without losing the call.

Did u also show him your bad battery performance, Weak 4g coverage inside buildings, or crappy market? The envo is great, but all phones have problems, people need to stop tryingn to convince other people and just enjoy their phones.

dabezt1 said:
Did u also show him your bad battery performance, Weak 4g coverage inside buildings, or crappy market? The envo is great, but all phones have problems, people need to stop tryingn to convince other people and just enjoy their phones.
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Maybe people need to stop tryingn to tell other people to quite convincing other people. Forum nazi.

hydralisk said:
I'd show them this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/htc?blend=7&ob=4#p/u/11/GHO9A9Zf5g8
While yes, it's a video of the Desire HD.... it's pretty much the same phone as the EVO but with all the crazy new sense features that are ALSO coming to the EVO. That video blew me away. Some of those features are priceless.
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So, the Desire HD is . . . an Evo. With Aldiko built in.

SilverZero said:
So, the Desire HD is . . . an Evo. With Aldiko built in.
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+ A much more energy efficient CPU, 3-4 times the GPU power, and 50% more RAM.

Award Tour said:
+ A much more energy efficient CPU, 3-4 times the GPU power, and 50% more RAM.
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Dang and I just got the Evo like a month ago... And its already out dated...

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Dang and I just got the Evo like a month ago... And its already out dated...
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Welcome to technology.

Samsung Epic on Sprint?

Saw this phone at the Sprint store the other day and really liked the version of Android it was running. Seemed like the icons and display were more vibrant and it also had the weather inside the notification menu. Is there anyone who has ported this over to the Evo or is it even possible?
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I believe you might be the only person that wants touchwiz ported to the evo,

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I believe you might be the only person that wants touchwiz ported to the evo,
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This.
what a great thread to start my morning with

Watcha talking about willis, well the epic my young friend has a different kind of screen its called super ambled , it also has a different version of Android its called touchwiz and its designed by Samsung the phone itself its better hardware wise my girlfriend has it , but as far as I can see the evo has 10 times the support c:

lol he's not talking about touchwiz. he wants the bright screen that epic has. That's called super amoled, and is hardware based. Unless you know where to get these with custom kernels for the evo then... no

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Watcha talking about willis, well the epic my young friend has a different kind of screen its called super ambled , it also has a different version of Android its called touchwiz and its designed by Samsung the phone itself its better hardware wise my girlfriend has it , but as far as I can see the evo has 10 times the support c:
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thank you sir...
you have provided me with my lolz for the day

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thank you sir...
you have provided me with my lolz for the day
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Now now... to be fair he is half right.... super amoled and 2.1

Type amoled on your evo and see what the auto correction does, and ofc I know sense is a user interface same as touchwiz, but I'm trying to educate a noob if I explain it the way you expect me to explain it, he would be in the same boat as he was before h started this thread, and yeah its not a different version of Android ofc, but hey if I made your day good for you. C:

So happy I could start everyone's day off with such humor. Guess I shoulda lurked in the shadows and searched it when I left work but was curious. Thanks for the replies and info. I mainly wanted something similar to the notification bar with toggles and weather but knew there was something different about the display. Anyway, thanks for the info...
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Launcher pro has the option to use the app menu like touchwiz
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mattinky11 said:
So happy I could start everyone's day off with such humor. Guess I shoulda lurked in the shadows and searched it when I left work but was curious. Thanks for the replies and info. I mainly wanted something similar to the notification bar with toggles and weather but knew there was something different about the display. Anyway, thanks for the info...
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that might be coming in cm6

If I understand this correctly, there's a downside to superamoled's color vibrancy - incorrect color reproduction.

mattinky11 said:
So happy I could start everyone's day off with such humor. Guess I shoulda lurked in the shadows and searched it when I left work but was curious. Thanks for the replies and info. I mainly wanted something similar to the notification bar with toggles and weather but knew there was something different about the display. Anyway, thanks for the info...
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My wife has the Epic 4G and I cant use that phone for more than 5mins or so. If I do my Evo looks so crappy and washed out. I agree, that screen is gorgeous (color reproduction faults and all.)
The closest you can get on the EVO is Myn's ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471
Install that and turn the brightness up.

This thread made my day! Thank you!
And yeah, no one will port touch wiz. Try an alternative home on the market, there are a few good ones mentioned above
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Made a discovery about myself.

Hello
Well if you guys remember I had a thread saying I had a bunch of apps.
Well I have a problem.
I have on Titanium 309 user apps backed up
I hate how it takes like an hour to restore.
Okay here's my problem I use like 1/10 of them and that's it. All the others are apps that are games that I keep because I like showing off my phone and having a bunch of apps and such to my friends and don't want them to say I have a boring phone. The other reason is because I "think they will be necessary at one point" but that point hasn't come. For example I have shazam pro and haven't used it.
I have asphalt 5 and my friend is the only one that uses it.
Almost all my friends have android phones and while most of them have like 2 games compared to like the 150 I have they are happy and don't care. I do?
I would love to use the adwex vertical new drawer but my friends will say "its so gay it looks like an iphone" so I switched to launcherpro.
Its almost like I have all those things to please everyone else but im not pleased with that
So should I delete all my backups and just download apps I use and not care if I don't have cool games and things? Since I don't use them?
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Lol yea i was like that but then realized ...am i trying to impress other people or would i rather make it for "me" and make it fast and the way "i want it" after all its mine
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Delete them don't be a person who tries to please people who don't care with things you don't need ...

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Lol yea i was like that but then realized ...am i trying to impress other people or would i rather make it for "me" and make it fast and the way "i want it" after all its mine
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Yes exactly maybe its because I like the attention my phone gets and I love to show off the graphics chip but I don't even use any of them.
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If you have room stay with them. I myself have delete the game(s) as soon as im finished with it. On the other hand when you get bored and want those games back so stay up them. try to block those negative thoughts your friends gives you. Their legit buyes so even with one game their happy unlike us.
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My problem has been atrention i loved it but i was unhappy so Yeah im deleting the backups as we speak and installing adwex now
Wow its like a weight has been lifted and im going somewhat app sober
The other thing that astonishes me is that my friends have like 10 apps and they don't care
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yeah i do this also.
Always like "OOO i think i'mma need this app to show off to my friend" but that day never comes.
I've deleted all my backed up apps and now have 80 user apps, and i still don't use about 20 of them, but those are games and i need them sooner or later at boredom. I will never go above 100 user apps. that is a promise to my self, and i don't wanna hurt my phone lol.

xriderx66 said:
yeah i do this also.
Always like "OOO i think i'mma need this app to show off to my friend" but that day never comes.
I've deleted all my backed up apps and now have 80 user apps, and i still don't use about 20 of them, but those are games and i need them sooner or later at boredom. I will never go above 100 user apps. that is a promise to my self, and i don't wanna hurt my phone lol.
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Yea I m like that with games too im like "I need this when im bored" but I play the game for like 5 minutes and get bored and never touch it again
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We should start an "appaholic" support group. I have had this problem for over 2 yrs now. The nice thing about my G1 towards the end was I couldn't install too many apps even with app2sd it would run out of space around 75 or so. Now I clean my phone every 6 weeks and I keep it that way for about a week. But then I fall off the wagon again. I just can't stop so I guess I'll just keep cleaning and reloading because new apps keep coming out and I just gotta have em.
Its comforting to know I am not alone......

Sir,
You are simply enjoying your earned dollars and your choice in a technology that you enjoy.
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Sir,
You are simply enjoying your earned dollars and your choice in a technology that you enjoy.
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That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Amen.

OP, once you have that crap off your phone, ADW EX setup properly and a handful of really good apps... your phone will both look better and run so much better.
If you need some docks/icons there is a good thread in the android theme section (not the vibrant section). I use the Vertical New app drawer and random transitions. Beautiful.

s15274n said:
OP, once you have that crap off your phone, ADW EX setup properly and a handful of really good apps... your phone will both look better and run so much better.
If you need some docks/icons there is a good thread in the android theme section (not the vibrant section). I use the Vertical New app drawer and random transitions. Beautiful.
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Yes thanks! I have adwex running super nicely with only 32 apps I use.
I love all the docks on the section thanks again
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Gingerbread Discussion Anyone?

I was gonna ask what others are looking forward to in 2.3 in the other thread but it got locked =/
So what is everyone looking forward too? Got a specific thing? Me personally I heard Sensor was fixed. No more emulator fix needed =) and obviously an update, which is always a great thing.

u can choose different sizes when u pick ur wallpaper

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u can choose different sizes when u pick ur wallpaper
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Couldn't you always do so? In quickpik I couldn't get wallpaper scrolling like Gallery wall's. that what your referring too?

I want 4g. Oh wait gb wont solve that. Lol. I want a new modem that doesn't have my signal go from full bars to the 1x while I'm in the same spot.
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This is more of a Samsung/Sprint build thing for the upcoming GB 2.3 build but i read they fixed it so that if you're using the AUX Out, like in your car w/ pandora, and you get a call it routes the sound through your headset so you don't have to unplug it. And yes wtf is up with no 4g in PHX STILL!

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I want 4g. Oh wait gb wont solve that. Lol. I want a new modem that doesn't have my signal go from full bars to the 1x while I'm in the same spot.
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Seriously. +1 that,
Similar note. I'll be in a phone call and there's no Bar's, so I gotta end call then it'll go back to 3bars. Jumps around alot.
Edit: I get 4G connection in my house but sadly, my 3g is faster.. wtf is with that?

my coworkers that have gingerbread (droidx and nexus one) say their battery life is noticeably better. So yeah... that.

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And yes wtf is up with no 4g in PHX STILL!
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We've got 4G all over my city. I even turned it on a couple months ago. The problem for me is that I *never* get it indoors, anywhere. So leaving it on and searching for a signal it rarely finds just sucks up battery with no benefit to me. It's really the biggest disappointment to me, since I spend a lot of time inside, and when I'm outside I'm typically not using my phone much anyway.
With regard to gingerbread, I haven't heard much that gets me excited about it. I'm loving Syndicate ROM and will definitely wait until the ACS team does something with it (gingerbread) before I consider giving up what I've got right now for it.

no what i was saying is if u press and hold the screen then select gallery pic a picture before it would onle be 1 box that you can expand or make smaller now you can pic between a portait or landscape. try it lol. also if you go into battery usage they have a graph of everything thst is using ur battery. my phone has been on for 5 hours with only 1% tws

Tws doesn't decrease battery. Only causes graphical appearance of less battery. I've always had 0% tws
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Looking forward to finished cm7.

mrzood said:
Looking forward to finished cm7.
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I second this.
Although I haven't tried CM7 Beta for the Epic, I have had an EVO on CM6, and every version since then on my G1. So, I definitely been around the block with Cyanogen Right now I'm running SyndicateROM and think its great.
I guess GB would be better... But, I'd rather have a more stable and feature-full phone.... Lets be honest, there is a lot of unstable **** on this phone...And I'm gonna have to say, All in all, my EVO was a lot more stable.... I admit, I miss: Wiimote + kickstand + Emulators = hours of fun. So, I hope to god my Epic will be able to do it too! ( - kickstand )
Blow Samsung out of the water please. Both of you teams! Please make the Epic, EPIC!!!

I honestly don't know what all the hype is about the evo.. a lot of people not just urself make the evo seem "epic" and I bought into all that was said so I traded my buddy for his evo, and well yeah the sceen bigger but id take AMOLED anyday of the week! And that processer ontop of sense kinda reminded me of my moments days lol, idk I guess maybe the evo a good phone I just really prefer the epic
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I second this.
Although I haven't tried CM7 Beta for the Epic, I have had an EVO on CM6, and every version since then on my G1. So, I definitely been around the block with Cyanogen Right now I'm running SyndicateROM and think its great.
I guess GB would be better... But, I'd rather have a more stable and feature-full phone.... Lets be honest, there is a lot of unstable **** on this phone...And I'm gonna have to say, All in all, my EVO was a lot more stable.... I admit, I miss: Wiimote + kickstand + Emulators = hours of fun. So, I hope to god my Epic will be able to do it too! ( - kickstand )
Blow Samsung out of the water please. Both of you teams! Please make the Epic, EPIC!!!
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I honestly don't know what all the hype is about the evo.. a lot of people not just urself make the evo seem "epic" and I bought into all that was said so I traded my buddy for his evo, and well yeah the sceen bigger but id take AMOLED anyday of the week! And that processer ontop of sense kinda reminded me of my moments days lol, idk I guess maybe the evo a good phone I just really prefer the epic
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There is no doubt that i love the Super AMOLED screen. There is WAY more physical things about the Epic that make the EVO look like it was over-hyped... I completely agree...
But i was just mentioning that CyanogenMod on the EVO, is pretty sweet, and i cant wait for a stable release on the Epic. It will have Wiimote support right? (crosses fingers)

I wish the epic got what it deserves. It has the best hardware in sprint. Its an amazing phone. But its soo under appreciated.
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Why did the other thread get closed?

Whosdaman said:
Why did the other thread get closed?
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the OP had posted "2.3 info more to come!" so people decided to flame a rant over a small little post. But lets try not to discuss that here =)
Old thread

Whosdaman said:
Why did the other thread get closed?
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It got closed due to someone using a fake acct and posting about more to come with gb. Not due to the flaming.
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In other news... Sony lost 2.2million Playstation Network accounts after being Hacked, which means all those accounts and their informaton including Creditcards and every bit of details was included. Apparently sony never encryped the files where Personal information was stored. Plain old txt =)

Shoulon said:
Tws doesn't decrease battery. Only causes graphical appearance of less battery. I've always had 0% tws
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It's posts like that where I think people really aren't paying attention to their signal. i've been streaming music from pandora or watching a youtube video and i've seen my signal drop to 0 and then come back, and it's not just "a graphical appearance of less battery" it is actually dropping the signal and then re-authing to sprint's towers... It's a fairly serious thing that noticeably decreases battery life.