For you VZW folks out there. This phone is going to be pretty slick. Check out the specs. Lauch date set for 4/29/10.

http://phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/incredible/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNb7s_WsHvc

 

At least Verizon issued a date for their HTC phone. I'm impatiently awaiting a due date for Sprint's version, HTC Evo.

They look similar.

http://now.sprint.com/evo/?INTCID=AB...:EvoPL:960x320

 

They improved exchange support.

I am going to look at this phone this weekend since they keep pushing back the blackberry tour2 (bold... or whatever they are calling it this week)

 

Just got my hands on one today and must say it is byfar the nicest android phone I have messed with. Think im going to have to ditch my BB for this.

 

I may join you...

 

I played with it today, faster than my eris...but device still isnt revolutionary by any means

 

I just ordered it after talking to one of my coworkers that has it and he let me play with it a little.

I am also ditching my crackberry for this.

 

I'm still happy with my eris for now! Plus I'm stuck with it for two years haha

 

Anybody know how it compares to the Droid?

 

So far I am loving it

 

Loving mine.

 

This phone is amazing. I have had windows mobile smart phones for my last 3 phones cause I wanted a physical keyboard. I just think the HTC build quality is superb compared to some other phones. They also have all been HTC phones with their additional interface over it. Finally decided to give a full touch screen phone a try and no regrets at all. Still getting used to typing however the rest of the phone is just amazing.

 

better in every way

 

does this touch screen show prints more than other comparable touch screens?

 

It shows a good amount but if you get a screen protector then it hardly shows any

 

That's my biggest reason for not going to iPhone or the other touchscreen kbs.

Let us know how it is.

 

The auto correct on the touch pad is quite good.

 

I hate to be the bad guy, but my friend loaded his new incredible up with some apps and side by side it really isn't that much faster than 2.1 leaked eris (my phone) and it really doesn't offer much more than the eris does besides the camera and larger screen. It surely is a better phone, but if you currently are going from an eris or droid to incredible save your money IMO

 

Most who make the switch prefer the touchscreen.

I can type faster on touchscreen than physical keyboard.

 

played with my friend's Incredible last night. Definitely a nice phone, if I was with Verizon and looking for a new phone, it's what I'd go with. The screen is clearer than my 3GS and at the same time the processing speed was notably faster too. The speakerphone is 10x better than the iPhone's POS speakerphone. the optical eye thing or whatever is pretty cool too. anyone know if you can jailbreak the Android phones though? Camera is almost definitely better though, considering it has flash and everything, but I didn't try it.

Nothing notable enough to make me jump ship though. I think the 3GS and Incredible basically represent what the forefront is for "affordable" smartphones

and yeah, after using touchscreens, I don't think I'd go back. I was fast even without a qwerty keyboard but with a touchscreen, I make people say "whoa"

 

Yea, you can "root" it, but why would you need to, as it can do just about everything without it and the few things that you might want to do it for there is an app that can do it for you without rooting your phone.

 

So far after about 5 days of use the keyboard actually is really good I would say. After turning off predictive text on the QWERTY keyboard it was working much better. I never used predictive with my Touch Pro 2 and thus it was always giving me the wrong words. The biggest difference is getting my self used to just touching the screen vs trying to push a button that is not there. After typing long messages my fingers hurt cause I am pushing on something hard that doesn't give. I sure over time I will get used to this just take a while since my last 3 phones over about 4 years were HTC sliders. The on screen keyboard is also slightly larger it seems than the on screen keyboard on the Touch Pro 2.

So all and all the abundance of apps compared to that for windows mobile and the amazing speed and responsiveness of the phone far out weight any minor reduction in typing speed that I may experience by the loss of a physical keyboard.

 

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So far after about 5 days of use the keyboard actually is really good I would say. After turning off predictive text on the QWERTY keyboard it was working much better. I never used predictive with my Touch Pro 2 and thus it was always giving me the wrong words. The biggest difference is getting my self used to just touching the screen vs trying to push a button that is not there. After typing long messages my fingers hurt cause I am pushing on something hard that doesn't give. I sure over time I will get used to this just take a while since my last 3 phones over about 4 years were HTC sliders. The on screen keyboard is also slightly larger it seems than the on screen keyboard on the Touch Pro 2.

(Skip if you don't care about my reason for leaving Windows Mobile)
Only hesitation I have about the phone really is not about the phone itself but rather I only got my Touch Pro 2 five months ago and it really is not a bad phone. It had began to slow down from the speed it had when I first got it however I normally wipe my Windows Mobile phones every three to four months and had not done so yet so it was time. The phone wasn't out dated and was still actually a great phone. Just was getting sick of the lack of application support available for the OS which is completely Microsoft's Failure in my opinion due to the marketing of Windows Mobile. HTC had saved the Windows OS with Sense as much as it could but it can't fix the lack of apps.

So all and all the abundance of apps compared to that for windows mobile and the amazing speed and responsiveness of the phone far out weight any minor reduction in typing speed that I may experience by the loss of a physical keyboard.

 

For those who care about the camera...apparently it's nothing earth shattering.

http://androidandme.com/2010/05/phon...-vs-nexus-one/

 

Few friends just got it, besides the ho hum battery life...the camera is nothing to write about either according to them.

But they still like the phone.

I'll probably just get the Bold (Tour 2 really) 9650 when it comes out.

 

Yeah, the battery life is pretty terrible. I'm still used to my old phone that would last like 5 days without charging

 

try downloading swype. it makes texting on touch screens a lot more easier

 

apparently from a bunch of people who wrote reviews after having there Seidio stock size extended batteries, 1750mAh vs 1300mAh stock they are getting more than a day of life with heaving use. I mean only like 24-28 hours of life but still thats with like 2 hours browsing, 2 hours talking, 50 texts, 50 emails, 4-6 app downloads, and 1-2 hours audio listening. To me that is pretty good life out of a stock size battery. I mean with shipping its like $55-60 but if I can get that much life I am all for it.

My stock Touch Pro 2 battery already gives me about 14-16 hours compared to the 8-10 I was getting with the stock battery.

 

The Incredible seem just be a white balance issue.

 

got one of these bad boys last friday.. awesome phone.

waay faster than my friend's 3G iphone.. haven't gotten a chance to compare with my friends 3GS

 

agreed...however i'm already bracing myself for lousy battery life since it'll have the same 1400mah capacity as the Tour, and with wifi you know it's gonna rip through a charge in no time

getting sick of my Voyager...i'm hearing release dates for VZ Wireless ranging from end of this month until mid 2011...Sprint's releasing them on the 23rd for $199 grrrrrr

 

Mid 2011? The stupid thing should have been out like 2 months ago. If VZ Wireless pulls that shit, they might as well just wait until the next generation is ready.

 

agreed

hearing now it's going to be launched as early as tomorrow, 5/27

 

Now apparently in stores June 10th, we'll see.

 

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