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Soooo... It looks like the Evo was starting to pull ahead and all of the sudden engadget deletes the article, poll and comments. Sadly, it was a little more balanced than the previous article that was an Apple sausagefest.
Then again, it probably didn't help Steve Jobs any that the android engadget app has a widget.
Here is the now dead link. I actually do wonder why they would delete it.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/iphone-or-evo-which-one-should-you-get/
They are apple biased.
gqstatus0685 said:
They are apple biased.
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Oh, come on. Engadget has been talking about how great the Evo is forever, they gave it an awesome review, and they're pretty reasonable overall.
I bet it just became too much of a hate-fest between fanboys on both sides.
ballr4lyf said:
Soooo... It looks like the Evo was starting to pull ahead and all of the sudden engadget deletes the article, poll and comments. Sadly, it was a little more balanced than the previous article that was an Apple sausagefest.
Then again, it probably didn't help Steve Jobs any that the android engadget app has a widget.
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Wow I'm surprised they actually did that. Surely they have some "reason" for it.
In the past they just disabled the comments, not delete the entire article. Anybody else remember when comments were disabled on engadget?
dschlaefer said:
Oh, come on. Engadget has been talking about how great the Evo is forever, they gave it an awesome review, and they're pretty reasonable overall.
I bet it just became too much of a hate-fest between fanboys on both sides.
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You are probably correct. The exchanges between fanboy camps can get pretty heated.
they are biased to whoever gives them more ad money. They pay the bills, guess who the boss is? Who spends more advertising revenue, apple or evo? Thats who gets more positive spin.
thats really nasty even to think about it haha cant they really deal with android?
I can't believe anyone still goes to that site.. it should be renamed to igadget.com
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I check it sometimes
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/conspiracy-theory-what-happened-to-the-evo-4g-vs-iphone-4-post/
This is what I wrote in the comments and look at the response I get (Joshua T. actually responded, but I don't quite understand what he said and how it relates to my comment):
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/...he-evo-4g-vs-iphone-4-post/comments/28543355/
Joshua is trying to say that they aren't worried which phone wins in the poll since that's our opinion not theirs. Basically I agree with them everyone is getting a bit paranoid. They gave the Evo a great review, and face it the iPhone is a good smartphone. Their reason for taking down the review was good of course if they had put up their explanation right away then people would had less conspiracies to make up.
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They were paid to take it down isnt it obvious. Why would they take our down? They've done numerous comparisons on products that have yet to be released how its this an exception?
donatom3 said:
Joshua is trying to say that they aren't worried which phone wins in the poll since that's our opinion not theirs. Basically I agree with them everyone is getting a bit paranoid. They gave the Evo a great review, and face it the iPhone is a good smartphone. Their reason for taking down the review was good of course if they had put up their explanation right away then people would had less conspiracies to make up.
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To me it was a pretty silly reason... it was a poll not a comparison. People were free to makeup their own minds. I think once something is put in print it should stay that way.
Grims said:
To me it was a pretty silly reason... it was a poll not a comparison. People were free to makeup their own minds. I think once something is put in print it should stay that way.
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Well like I said if they had put up their reason right away and just transferred the poll then it would have been fine, but the article itself was a comparison, which is silly to try to do an in depth comparison of a device you saw in a controlled environment for an hour to a device you were allowed to use for weeks.
You guys have got to be kidding me...a "cover up the EVO love" conspiracy? Come on! The EVO wasn't even winning the poll before they took it down. They even posted an awesome review of the EVO.
It's embarrassing reading some of the Android fan's comments about this around the internet.
MrDSL said:
I can't believe anyone still goes to that site.. it should be renamed to igadget.com
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Seriously,it should be.A luck we don't do a Apple vs MS post count.
But I am seriously looking for other website to get my tech news.Any suggestion?I'm a taker as long as it's not biased.
Thanks.
I saw this on the interwebs and was wondering what other information is available about this.
http://windows-scripting.co.cc/exchange/sprint-offers-an-ota-update-htc-evo-4g
sanjsrik said:
I saw this on the interwebs and was wondering what other information is available about this.
http://windows-scripting.co.cc/exchange/sprint-offers-an-ota-update-htc-evo-4g
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huh??
Is that actually the least credible tech writer, or is there someone out there that is even slower than him?
nebenezer said:
huh??
Is that actually the least credible tech writer, or is there someone out there that is even slower than him?
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BUUUUUTTTT, this is the second time I've seen this post on two different websites, which is why I'm posting it here because it's verbatim on both. I said the same thing you did about the credibility but it's very odd.
Anyone know anything about this?
I think somebody is on the late train. Lol
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sanjsrik said:
I saw this on the interwebs and was wondering what other information is available about this.
http://windows-scripting.co.cc/exchange/sprint-offers-an-ota-update-htc-evo-4g
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What do you mean "what other info is available"? This article is clearly outdated. This was for the first ota update that occured at the end of June. It's done and over with.
Did you actually read the article? It clearly states the Evo is still on 2.1... OLD MY MAN OLD!
Seriously Android 2.2 is coming!! Sweet!!..... OH wait, I have 2.2 man I'm on top of the game! DUDE that article is older then Pamela Anderson's breast implants or at least the information is.
You all mock, but this is the SECOND website I have seen carrying this and this is why I was confused. It had yesterday's date from yesterday's article and now this one. I think someone is screwing around and reseeding this non-news.
It IS funny though. When I read it, I had to scratch my head and wonder.
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You all mock, but this is the SECOND website I have seen carrying this and this is why I was confused. It had yesterday's date from yesterday's article and now this one. I think someone is screwing around and reseeding this non-news.
It IS funny though. When I read it, I had to scratch my head and wonder.
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LOL, yeah it does make you go "hmm.." for just a second.
I've noticed a lot of these BS website do little more than copy/paste form other sources so if you've seen this in two places one of them is likely someone who may or may not even speak engrish and may or may not know what android even is.
http://berryelectronics.com/ElectronicsCart/
a friend of a friends website. i know the guy, and he as a person seems shady. he claims to buy directly from the manufacturer, and i just dont believe it.
hell if its real, ill take 5 of everything!
As far as the phones, they're all knockoffs. Or KIRFs as some may know them.
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As far as the phones, they're all knockoffs. Or KIRFs as some may know them.
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thanks for the useful keyword, brought up alot of interesting info. whats the deal with the law? i dont see how its legal to sell, or to even own (nod at apple, right there)? also...krif vs. real deal. i just read an article saying some kirfs are better than the real thing.
igotsthemagicinme said:
...i just read an article saying some kirfs are better than the real thing.
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Right... only if you like cheaply made hardware with even crappier software.
Award Tour said:
Right... only if you like cheaply made hardware with even crappier software.
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ill link you when i get back to the crib, but i guess some kirfnano is reccomended over the original, as it was playing videos before apple let it
check out sprints facebook page lol
LOL... This announcement would've been a success if it was made on April Fool's Day immediately followed by an EVO2 announcement.
PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
funny part is NONE of the facebook sprint people are made a post normally some says something wrong and BOOM 3 or 4 sprint people post defending ... NOTHING tonight lol
Link to page: ?
freeza said:
Link to page: ?
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http://www.facebook.com/sprint
get your zings in now I got three likes and comment in like three mins
Yep and check out the Youtube site. I don't like wishing bad on anyone but somebody needs taken to wood shed on this. I simply can't believe how horrible an idea this was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk7nf6TNHH4
I will agree that the Echo is a big disappointment, and I comment on sprints facebook that way.
After watching that youtube, (before that all I saw was the one pic showing off the huge hinge) the echo does look kinda cool. It's the processer, and the rest of the specs are weak.
Has anybody seen how much RAM/ROM it has? Also is that the second gen snapdragon, like the 800mhz one in the G2? The running two seperate screens at once is kinda cool.
Someone needs to be fired.
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I will agree that the Echo is a big disappointment, and I comment on sprints facebook that way.
After watching that youtube, (before that all I saw was the one pic showing off the huge hinge) the echo does look kinda cool. It's the processer, and the rest of the specs are weak.
Has anybody seen how much RAM/ROM it has? Also is that the second gen snapdragon, like the 800mhz one in the G2? The running two seperate screens at once is kinda cool.
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NVM, read it wrong
Epic fail in my book, Ill just keep my Evo until they release something worth upgrading to...
I find it hard to believe that there wasnt a handful of people at sprint that thought this was a terrible idea. I wonder it this was a one or two man mainshow as far as approval of the idea of the phone.
There is literally one or two positive comments amongst hundreds of borderline verbally "violent" comment against the Echo.
Makes you wonder if Dan just said "We are doing this phone, if you dont like it then your fired" or if the even did any market testing????
thenags said:
Someone needs to be fired.
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And blacklisted.
I hope they read everything on the web and not order too many of them, unless they need expensive paper weights in the office.
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Yeah, they got a lot of heat for this.
I'm switching to Verizon on Thursday (you know why!), but I was still curious what this "magic" announcement is going to be.
EPIC FAIL SPRINT!
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Epic fail in my book, Ill just keep my Evo until they release something worth upgrading to...
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+10,000,000
Seriously? This is what Sprint got all excited about. A single screen dual core phone would have been much, much more exciting.
I think Kyocera makes the best music....listen to the song they have on the youtube ad....It's great! I feel like I'm back in the '80s!
im pretty sure majority of sprint agreed that it was a failure, but kyocera pushed money and persuasion into this event.... im willing to bet sprint wanted nothing to do with this phone and kyocera paid for the event, not sprint.
So was this the equivalent of being rick rolled by sprint? I never expected to get trolled by my own phone company, they should know its bad business to play with peoples emotions when you are trying to get money from them.
But then again this is the same company who called the epic, well, the epic.
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i had to rick roll myself after seeing that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKbTzt9NBAo
if ya need help deciding on what to get check this video out it help me decide what to get
Considering it took the guy a minute and a half to figure out how to pronounce "Asus". . . what do you think?
edit: nevermind, engadget lied to me
Carl LaFong said:
Considering it took the guy a minute and a half to figure out how to pronounce "Asus". . . what do you think?
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Proper way is A-SIS....not A-SOOS.
Digiguest said:
Proper way is A-SIS....not A-SOOS.
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That's true... but I remember a promo CD I got with my ASUS motherboard back in the 90s pronouncing it A-soos. Those habbits are hard to break for me. :-( I just pronounce it both ways and let other folks correct me on it. lol
Digiguest said:
Proper way is A-SIS....not A-SOOS.
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Actually, it's A-SOOS. Check any official video.
I thought I read they came out and said its proper pronunciation is A-sis... which is what I hear most people using. Wikipedia says Ay-soos though...
yeah, its A-soos. Check any video or even Wikipedia, yes I know its not a good source of info, but still.
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I thought I read they came out and said its proper pronunciation is A-sis... which is what I hear most people using. Wikipedia says Ay-soos though...
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I remember them saying A-sis was okay because that's how everyone in America says it... Because we can't pronounce foreign names.
Both kinda wrong.
www.engadget.com/2010/12/17/how-to-pronounce-asus-video
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Considering it took the guy a minute and a half to figure out how to pronounce "Asus". . . what do you think?
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I like watching Sascha's videos -- guy is always so upbeat and you can tell he's excited by technology. It's kind of fun to hear him surprise himself with features he hadn't noticed before. "Ohhh, look at that!!!"
I call it A-SOOS myself because, like Sascha, that's how I learned it years ago
a-soos, but how you say A is the same with Aha, not a in apple.
It's probably pronounced "Ah-suss" not "Ah-soos" or "A-soos" or "A-suss". Simply because the Asus website says Asus comes from Pegasus.
No it is really A-SIS.
I have a contact there for my reviews and even he confirms it. Straight from the horses mouth.
I suspect that as long as products are selling fast enough to keep them out of stock at retail, they don't care how people pronounce it.
The Iconia felt bulky in my hands. That said, I was intent on the A-soos..errr...A-sis Transformer.
i got mt transformer yesterday. I chose it over the iconia a500 because of the better display and the price being way lower. Plus ive owned many asus computer components and laptops which ive had no issues with.