front facing camera is going to be for skype use.

I thought it was interesting how IMP the new iPhone seems to look more like other phones being made...

Hey Bri, did you go look at the incredible?

I went during lunch just to play with it for a bit, not that I am getting verizon, but I just wanted to see b/c I am debating the HTC Evo on Sprint when it comes out and it will be comperable. I thought it was OK, felt a little laggy though when scrolling through apps and stuff. I opened one or two and they seem to open quickly. Seems decent but I wasn't OVERLY impressed. Maybe that's just me though.
I'm on my palm pre that I have patched and bumped up speed and i'm absolutly loving it 10000x more than when it was stock.

lol ya me too

lol

lolololololol

hahahaha, I play with it all the time...

I LOVE the phone, I preordered and got it yesterday. The ones in the stores are laggy for some reason, probably because 1000 people play with it and open up every app so there are 100 things running and the live background too..

Mine is not laggy at all, everything super smooth and fast, makes my iPhone seem like a 2 year old ancient toy, So i ported the number to Verizon and am a VERY happy Incredible owner... Apps are great too, downloaded a bunch especially the mp3 amazon store, just download a song, plug the HTC into my CDJ2000 and play the track right from it because the phone acts like an external HD

Unless the iPhone comes to Verizon, Verizon has exclusive rights to use Skype. So the front facing camera won't be used via Skype, most likely some other program.

Doesn't matter. From what I have read the video conferencing on the new iphone will only be over wifi. That kind of blows.

I picked up the Incredible. Thing is pretty insane. I miss my bbm on my blackberry but its time to evolve.

Bbm? Blackberry manager?

big boned men...no homo

...atleast for me

hearing good news about the incredible makes me excited for the evo. i'm waiting for that. coming from a nokia n95 on tmo edge to the evo on 4g is gonna be such a major difference.

I have an HTC dual touch and my wife has an iPhone. I'm an idiot. Get an iPhone.

Supposedly the Verizon iPhone is slated for September. Keeping in mind that with Apple you can never really tell until they make it official or until it shows up on store shelves. If they do end up getting it, ATT can go to hell. If I'm gonna pay too much money for a cellphone I'd rather do it with a company that has great service like Verizon.

Can you sync iCal, iPhoto and Mac mail easily with the incredible?

Mac mail (as in me.com?) should be fine along with ical, as far as iphoto, you just drag the pics onto the phone and it shows up in "photos", No need to have to use itunes to constantly sync..

I use gmail and an exchange work account so everything wirelessly syncs perfect for me on the Inc.

Brian,
How much was the phone? $200?
What software is used to listen to music?
What is the maximum amount of memory you can buy?

Thanks

what if the iphone doesn't go to vzw but goes to sprint instead?

yes $200
It's built in just like the iPhone, HTC media player
8gb is on board and 32gb of micro SD


exactly!, I gave up waiting for the iPhone on Verizon, plus I like this phone better then the iPhone now

I don't see that happening.

I agree, sprints big think right now is the 4G EVO, Doubt they will be getting the iPhone

how much is the monthly for Verizon with Data plan vs. AT&T?

I am waiting for the 4G Evo as well, it is being promoted pretty heavily.

Verizon and AT&T are about the same.

The other thing to remember is that there are only a small amount of 4G markets for Sprint. Unless you are on the list then you really have no benefit.

^^ other than a cool phone. I have a feeling a lot of ppl may buy it just because its a cool phone. Just like the HTC Inc for verizon.

I was really debating the Evo but I just tweaked my Pre and its freakin awesome. Once they get some more apps (more coming every day), it is just as good if not better than any other phone out there.

I was looking at the Pre Plus and WebOs seems pretty dope but I have been hearing the major problem with the phone is not the software but the hardware. Maybe things will change with HP manufacturing for them.

^^Hopefully. WebOS is really something special, I've had my Pre for afew months now and I can't imagine using somethign else. It is very intuitive, easy and fun to use. Keeping all of your apps open together, switching back and forth is nice. Notifications on the bottom of the screen that don't interupt what you are doing. Its really cool. My first pre I got off ebay so it had a little oreo effect (where the two sliders start to twist off from each other). I took it back to sprint and they replaced it for free even without insurance. Havent had a single problem with my replacement one.

I currently use iCal, address book and mac mail.
How can I sync this stuff with an Android phone?

Brian,
I see that you use an exchange account. I don't know anything about it.
Can you manage your schedule on your computer and sync to your phone with it?
Can I Sync all of my iCal, Address book and Mac Mail with it too?

Im lucky enuf to be in the 4G market!

Thats good to know, i have an upgrade for my wife, she needs a phone that is easy to use, the pre looks nice, i would think there is a pre 2 coming out soon. My Touch Pro 2 is the flagship sprint phone, and i have to say. it sucks. one thing i am getting sick of is the HTC imposed OS over top of Windows Mobile. it is confusing to the users. you can access a HTC calendar view or txt msg view, and you can access the Windows view also, its super over kill.

I am hoping the Android version of an HTC phone doesnt have this issue.

Yea I would think the Pre 2 or at least Pre plus should hit sprint sometime soon. Pre is going to be a year old come June so they really should have somethign new down the pike. i was debating the Evo but I don't know if I like the HTC sense that they put over the android platform. WebOS really is dope, and with all of the tweaking you can do to it, it really makes it hard to beat. If you want some info go to precentral.net Its like the scratchlive forum for pre's lol. They have everything you need to know about your pre, what upgrades and tweaks you can do, etc.
That site really helped me otherwise I wouldn't like my pre as much as I do.

I thought that Palm was going out of business.
I still use the Palm Treo 700p without web or email acess.
I'm waiting for the Verizon iPhone or possibly a Droid phone.

HP just bought Palm so now they have tons of money! lol
From what I have been reading, HP is full steam ahead backing palm and its products and developing them into new things. Maybe a tablet pc with WebOS to compete with the iPad.

Not sure but here is what I do know, I use exchange mail for work which means it is on my jobs server and pushes email, contacts and calender to my phone so I can sit at my desk, log into Outlook and do what I need to and it automatically syncs with my phone and vice versa.

Also, I use gmail which does the same thing, I can manage all my gmail contacts and calender and it syncs automatically with the phone, no need to connect it to the computer

As far as iCal and Addressbook, I I exported my calender from iCal and imported it to google and am using that for now on. The addressbook with sync with GMail if you set it up to, u can go into Addressbooks pref's and tell it to sync over the air

i've been trying to keep up on the evo bit. seems like a lot more places are going to be covered with Sprint's 4G by the time they officially release it.

Some of the specs of the HTC Evo:

HDMI output!
720p Video camera
2 cameras: 1 8MP on back 1 3MP i think) on front
Youtube HD
Can use as a hotspot to connect up to 8 other devices!
4.3 inch screen

Same Processor and UI as the Incredible, so it will be pretty fast.


Demo part 1
Watchwww.youtube.com
Demo part 2
Watchwww.youtube.com

This is pretty much the same as the Incredible.

As far as a Pre replacement...I wouldn't count on it too soon. The deal with HP still has to get cleared and it's not scheduled to close at least until June. After that you have to wonder whether HP will finance whatever Palm had in the works, want to start from scratch or port it over to a phone they may have been working on. The Slate with WebOS installed sounds very interesting.

As far as the Sprint 4G markets for 2010: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City and St. Louis. They will also open it up to Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Probably 2011 though. By then Verizon will be starting to roll out their LTE service which will blow away Sprints 4G.

hes - don't forget the kickstand

Yea, i don't think anything new will come out from the HP version of Palm, but there has been a lot of talk about a new Palm device coming out prior to the acquistion by HP. The C40 or C60, something like that is supposed to be Palms new hardware device. A year later they really should have something new on the market for sprint, especially since they have had hardware issues and lots of returns, but who knows.

HP Slate with WebOS would be a home run if you ask me. I think it would destory the iPad IMO

Exchange mail is Microsoft's corporate email software. If you don't work at a company that uses Exchange mail, then don't worry about syncing. FYI: The Moto Droid has issues with syncing Exchange email natively. The only way I got it to work is to use an app called Touchdown. The Incredible I heard support Exchange mail and syncing natively.

BTW Exchange email is PUSH supported via Exchange ActiveSync. That's how Palm Pre and iPhone and Win Mobile phones are able to get Exchange email pushed.

Also, if you don't have an Exchange email account, it's not like gmail or yahoo mail where you can sign up for one. Your company has to have it set it up and create a mailbox for you.

i've been looking into the phone but i heard the battery is absolutely horrible...to even use the phone during the course of a full day, you need app killer on hand. Thoughts?

people dnt understand that batteries get better after a couple of full cycle charges, like any forum, you are reading from the handful of people that own the phone. I have had the phone almost a week and the phone battery right now is A LOT better then out of the box. I have had it off the charger for 8 hours, made phone calls, plenty of texting and email back and forth (exchange work main and gmail) and the battery is only at 70%, mu iPhone by now is always around 40-50 so the battery for me anyway is better then what my iphone was, Plus they are releasing 1750MAH batteries that are the same size IF you feel like you neesd the extra 30-40% life throughout the day.

Good to know, thanks for the heads up. Do you use app-killer as well?

I did at first but then read that just because an app is sitting in the background doesn't mean its running. It goes into a paused state so whether you kill it or not is irrelevant so I haven't used the app killer in days and its fine. More time then not app killers kill things that should run so its better not to use it.

And btw, all this had been read and typed from the phone. The browser is amazing and fast.

Most of the higher end phones are going to have battery issues. I am not sure why people are expecting long battery life but demanding faster processors. Most of the new Android phones are going to be using the Snapdragon processor so you can expect a similar battery life for all of them. The Incredible can make it through the day. With the extended battery probably longer. Simple solution...get a car charger and extra charger for work. Also if you don't need gps and wifi then turn them off.

i keep my flux capacitor off most of the time.

There are tools which can tunr off wifi and GPS etc. based on configurable criterias. Like

If PHONE is near HOMELOCATION switch WIFI ON, switch DATA OFF, switch to 2G.
If PHONE leaves HOMELOCATION switch WIFI OFF, switch DATA ON, switch to 3G.

Very handy stuff which you can do.

Nik39 I was looking into that too but was thinking that that would be counter productive, there would be a process always running to disable and enable another process right?

I just carry a car battery with me and never run out of power. You should see me walking around the mall carrying that thing. lol

do they have a holster for it, LOL

It's a fanny pack. lol

Sixxx, you never seize to make me laugh. You’re a fool and a Tool. LOL

Not sure what you mean.. it's not killing process actually.

Correct me if I am wrong.. don't you need a rooted phone if you want to use a taskkiller?

Nope there are quite a few available in the Android Market.

what I mean is people like to kill wireless when not in use so it is not always scanning for networks while driving, so if you use the app like you are talking about that turns wireless on and off based on you being home, then isn;t that doing pretty much the same scanning for it to know when you are home? Therefore, it is running somehow in the background to know where you are..

And like Rebelguy said, you don't need to root it, there are apps for task killing like "advanced task killer" (Free)

So it looks like the iphone for Verizon ain't happening this year.

www.boygeniusreport.com

I am still unsure about your question. Sounds like there are three issues:

1. killing a process
2. switching of a (operating system) service
3. checking your location

1. This tool does not kill a process (and least in my example there is no need to kill a process)
2. Turning of GPS, 3G data etc. might be just a service (I havent gotten into the details of Android yet). However AFAIK you can safely disable GPS etc. without causing harm.
3. In this case the location is determined not by GPS, not by WiFi, it is determined by the phone providers transmitter (the downside is that the resolution of your location is determined by the size of the covered area per transmitter. Since I live in the city this is no issue - there are dozens of transmitters. This means that the grid determined by the number of transmitters per area is not so coarse. Could be an issue outside cities)

yeah, true, the wifi searching is not really a process running but a service, either way I believe people shut it off because it is always scanning to look for available wifi's no?

If so, then wouldn't the app you are talking about that knows when you are home or not pretty much do the same thing or does it work over GPS? even so if it is GPS then GPS has to be on all the time which I leave off when not in use, Just another service running I don't need most of the time

Yep. Waste of batteries. At least in Germany there are only very few open WiFis because it is legally complicated if someone abuses your network to do bad things.


That's what I was trying to explain here:


It is using the phone network transmitter ID. As said this only gives a coarse position, but it is sufficient in cities and if you are trying to distinguish between locations which are far away. The phone network transmitter at my office is a different one than the one at home. But if I am outside in the backyard I will be using the same phone network transitter as inside in my appartment. So this does not work always but still covers 90% of my use cases. Sufficient enough to save batterie power significantly for me :)

cool, thx for info Nik39

Just placed my online order yesterday. My 2 year contract ended 3 months ago and I was just waiting around to see if Verizon was going to pick up the contract for the iphone. But after reading this post, and details about the phone online. Can't wait. Time to put my LG Voyager to rest. Got a lot of use out of V-Cast.

I’m really thinking about getting the Incredible.
Does anyone know if I can use Google Calendar instead of iCal offline on my Mac?
Is there some kind of insurance plan for the Incredible?

Thanks

Yo Kenny. Do it brother. You will not be disappointed. I would call it an Iphone Killer. To my surprise. I got it on Friday when I got home. I have not been able to put it down since. I was late to my gig on Friday because of this damn phone. I will check on the Google calendar for you, and all phone's that I know of, have insurance plans if you choose to. I’m paying $6.99 a month for the insurance or “Incase shit happens” as Chris Rock would put it. LOL

hey Kenny, check this link out on using Calender offline: www.google.com

DJRAY, how sick is this phone man!! I love it!!..
Saturday i was going from day dj job to night one, used the GPS turn by turn voice directions which was right on while listening to Pandora, worked perfect and no drops the whole trip

Thanks,
I don't see anything that says Mac compatible.

just download firefox for mac, should work fine. Ill test it now

This is a sick azz phone. I used the gps for my Saturday gig. Right on the money. But I love how I can multi-task and how fast the browser is. I never go on Facebook,aim,Twitter,MySpace etc. Now I find myself on it half the time. This phone is addicting. Happy I was patient

The only thing which I dislike about Android phones are the fact that they have very limited features out of the box. You *must* install different apps to enhance the function set. There are so many functions which a Nokia/Symbian phone has out of the box which Androids do not have. I heard it's less of an issue with the HTC phones since HTC add their own software package tools.

IF you want a phone to be working out of the box - I would currently stay away from Android phones.

Yeah Nik, the HTC Incredible is great out of the box, I am really not sure what features you are talking about being that the HTC is my first Droid phone (came from 3 yrs on the iPhone) but I had to install nothing to enjoy the phone out of the box. Anything in particular you are talking about I should look out for?

- no diverted calls indication (applies to all Android phones)

- text input not supporting t9 when writing texts/sms (on the Droid that is. The HTC has a much much better input support, gladly someone repackaged it for the Droid (google for HTC_IME) - excellent stuff)

- default homescreen is terrible, unergonomical (I am using "home++" which has favourites at the bottom)

- workflow when trying to call someone is terrible. I don't have a problem with changes but there are too many buttons you have to press until you can call someone from your favorites list. It slows you down.

- you can't change the delay time until someone is forwarded to your voicebox (you have to use cryptic GSM messages)

- setting up the reminder sucks. You have to go through dozens of menus to setup a reminder

- searching someone from your contacts ... c'mon... how many buttons do I have to press?

- profiles! C'mon... no profiles support? Is there only one setting to disable the ringtone and one setting to disable vibration? Tsk.

Coming from an easy and intuitive to use Nokia/Symbian phone... these are the things from the top of my head.

There are solutions to most of the mentioned issues... but you have to research a lot to try and find the correct apps which add the missing features.

Oh and I am surprised that the call divertion indication is not supported by Android at all. I don't understand how Android is able to attack the business market with all these missing features. Esp. business people do not have the time to tweak their stuff. They want their equipment to be working out of the box-

yeah, I think a lot of that was improved on the Inc., Again, this is my first Droid phone so I am not sure how bad theprevious ones were but the Inc. is great, I have GMail and exchange mail working great on it and no issues at all, THe only app I downloaded that I liked better then the stock app was Handcent for sms because I liked it better then the default app.

fortuantely for me most of the gripes you have with Droid I don't, Like call divertion, never needed to use it so no big deal if it's not on my phone.

Sure, I understand that. It is just important for me personally (and frankly... even my Nokia from 1998 supported that feature) because I need to know whether a call is directly for me or has been diverted from my office for example.

yeah, I understand, It sucks when u are used to a feature on a current phone and a new one doesn't have it. I hated that even when I jumped from my BB to the iPhone that could not copy and paste, it drove me nuts that such an innovative device (as apple put it) could not do a common task like that

Yeah.. that is... very limited ;)

I heard if you drop your iphone, you could crack the screen lol!

Lol. Only if its on a 37 1/2 degree angle when it hits the floor

I went to look at the Incredible last night. I don't know anything about Android software but it doesn't look half as good and organized as my iPod touch.
The person who sits next to me bought one and will get it within a week. I'm going to mess with his phone before I decide to get one.

It sucks that Verizon doesn't have iPhone.

What are some of the advantages that the incredible has over the iPhone?

1. gps is A LOT better,
2. way faster
3. multiple scenes so you can setup all 7 screens for work releated stuff, then setup another whole scene with 7 other screens for weekend play stuff
4. much cleared screen
5. much better camera
6. user replaceable/upgradeable battery (doesnt matter to me but some people like that they can swap batteries if they are heavy users)
7. widgets are awesome, you can add lets say a bookmarks widget which takes up one of your pages, scroll to the page and click on the ic of your preferred page to go to liek Serato. I have a calender widget on another page, and a friendstream one which links my F.B. and twitter accounts to one and keeps the stream updated instead of having to go into the actual twitter or fb app just to see updates
8. multitasking works great, for instance the other day I was going from job A to job B via GPS while listening to Pandora and text messaging
9. weather app is pretty cool too with live updates, when you wake the phone it will actually play an animation based on where you are, either rain will fall, clouds will pass by the screen, it's silly but it looks cool..
10. Speaker quality blows the iPhones away
11. pich to bring out all pages and quickly jump to another is fast and easy whan you want to jump quickly to a certain page, simply pinch the screen, all 7 pages come up and you tap on the page you want to go to
12. seems to be thinner and lighter
13. did I mention this thing is FAST
14.. my biggest reason, IT'S ON VERIZON!!.

The iPhone is great, had it for the last 3 years but ATT is killing me, especially lately, it seems like it is getting worse. Where I work I pretty much have no service or very little and my boss was getting a little pissed that he couldn't reach me a lot (which was fine with me, LOL)

sorry for the typo's
cleared=clearer

I'm going to check out the phone from the person who sits next to me first, but I'm pretty much sold on the incredible.

Thanks Brian.

no problem man, let me know how ya make out

My brother recently bought the incredible and I was messing around with the phone yesterday. I couldn't believe how fast you could go thru screens and look thru pictures. He said it has a 1GB Ram Processor lol. If that's true, I wouldn't mind trading in my tour for one of these bad boys. The only thing that sucks is the battery life. That and the lack of Blackberry Messenger. :(

it is a snapdragon 1ghz processor,very fast

the battery is fine now, it took a couple of cycles but mine easily lasts me all day, I will be throwing verizons 2150 battery in when it is releases which only adds 1mm thickness to the phone which is less then a penny thick, the phone comes with 1300mah battery so the 2150 is a good upgrade

I have an Eris which is older and much slower than the Incredible. After rooting it, I have been able to overclock it to get it running much faster. My battery dies quickly if I'm using GPS a lot (Google Navigation) and also if I'm streaming radio (Pandora or Droid Live).

Task killers don't really seem to do much for decent applications. It's the apps that use data in the background that'll hurt you. For example, if I'm looking at Google Maps with GPS enabled and I switch apps, the GPS indicator goes away. It will come back when I go back to Google Maps and my location will then update.

There is an application (AutoKiller) that modifies the timeout limit to close applications that are running in the background which seems to be somewhat effective, but it may only be for root users?

Something else I like about Android phones is that I can download apps without having to be connected to a computer. I can also download an app directly from a browser if I wanted to. Now that I have root access, any application that I download I can back it up to my SD card just in case. The only problem with that is it doesn't link the app to the Market (which will show that it is installed), but I can run Titanium Backup to backup everything on my phone and selectively restore what I want.

Most people may not need root access since they may not mess with any of this stuff, but it's a nice option. And like nik said, if you want a different home screen or keyboard, you can install it right along side your current one and switch back/uninstall if you don't like it. I use Helix Launcher instead of HTC Sense. I also use the Android Music player instead of the HTC Music player (it shows the song listing much easier). Swype is nice, but I find myself switching between that and different keyboards. Right now I'm using Smart Keyboard Pro, which is somewhat similar to the stock HTC keyboard, but with more configuration options.

Other apps I use over the stock apps are Dolphin Browser HD, Gmail, Handcent SMS and Beautiful Widgets. Oh, and linking my voice mail to Google Voice is dope too. It'll transcribe the voice mail message (which doesn't always work) and I can listen using my data connection instead of calling my voice mail (I guess that's what visual voicemail is.. but this is free?).

Since I'm already writing a long ass post... I also use: AK Notepad, Barcode Scanner, ES File Manager, ES Task Manager, FiOS Mobile, Google Goggles, Google Translate, Key Ring, Movies (it also manages your Netfilx queue), Reuters News, Pandora, Screebl (a MUST have!!), Shazam, Spare Parts (to see what's eating at my battery), Stickam viewer, Trapster, WeatherBug, Yelp and Zillow.

Overall, HTC and Android is a kick ass combination IMO.

What accessories do you recomend.
I'm looking for a very good earpiece, a screen cover, the biggest memory card that I can get, a larger battery, 2 car chargers (I have 2 cars), and 2 ac adaptors (for home and work).

Thanks in advance.

you're going to spend more in that then you pay for the phone, LOL

it holds up to a 32gb micro sd card so that would be good (40gb total storage then) unless 16gb is still the biggest you can buy right now

I went to Best Buy and got the car charger for like $20

Seidio has the 1750mah battery right now for $50 (phone comes with 1300mah) that is the same physical size, then there is a 2150mah battery coming out soon which is 1mm thicker (smaller then a penny) and seidio also has like a 3500mah battery but it makes the phone a lot thicker

Verizon says that i gotta pay $250 to upgrade to the incredible next month. I guess it's worth it lol

why? are your 2 years up?

Buy online. Got it for $150

This phone surprises me more and more every day. I’m able to view and download video tracks from all my video pools. I downloaded 5 videos last night at the same time, it finish all 5 videos in 20min. I’m so hype about this, because I sometimes don’t have time to be at home going throw all my pools and downloading. Now that I can do this from the palm of my hand on the go. Is such a time savor for me. All I have to do is transfer the videos as soon as I hop on my Mac. I didn’t have the Ipone, but I do have a IPod Touch, and it wasn’t able to view any video from my pools, or even be able to download from them. This is truly an incredible phone. I already have two buddies in the process of canceling there contracts with AT&T and selling there iphones, to sign up with Verizon to get this phone. LOL!!

Damn...that's like a $400 investment. I'm sure its worth it but that's a lot of moeny to cancel contracts...unless they are just month by month at this point

do you know if android has an app like Wifi-router (on windows) for tethering? I preordered my HTC Evo that releases June 4th, my first Android phone.

Hes make sure you tell me how that Evo is...I love my pre but the Evo looks sick!

no doubt man, im pretty sure its gonna be dope! Lookin forward to 4G speeds, hopefully i can tether like my Touch Pro 2

Haven’t looked. But I know if you plug your phone into your laptop, it has 4 options, one is to use your phone like a modem to run internet. but I'm sure there is an app to run it by wifi

iphone = ancient tech.. unless we are talking 4G

yup

I've seen it for rooted phones, but I haven't used it (Verizon).

you can use pdanet

The HTC_IME modded keyboard is veeeery configurable and IIRC it is more flexible than the SKP (I tried them all ;) ).



How does that work?


+1


+1


I think Astro File Manager is better.


Now that's a must ;)

I also have:

AndFTP - FTP Client

AndroidVNC - VNC Client

Backup Call History - the name says it all

barcoo - like barcode scanner but also compares prices for a scanned item

Call Log Calendar - Transfers your call log to a specified google sub calendar. So you exactly know who you called when

Calling Card - Makes using a calling card for long distance calls (outside the country) a lot cheaper and easier

Ciacs - Send contacts by SMS as VCards

ConnectBot - Shell login to your Android phone

Facebook

JuiceDefender - A must (!), helps saving energy!

Missed Call - Indicate missed calls by blinking LED (yes, the Droid can't do this by default - wack)

PDF Viewers

NEtCounter - Helps keeping track of your used bandwidth/traffic

Profiles - Profiles. AGain a must have which Android does not have out of the box. Wack.

Pure Calendar Widget - Shows your upcoming calendar events as a widget - Nice!

Remote Desktop - RDP Client

Root Explorer - File Explorer able to browse as root

SetCPU - here you can overclock or reduce the speed of your CPU depending on time, cpu load, battery status etc. Nice!

SIM Checker Lite - helps if phone got lost/stolen

SMS Backup&Restore - name says it all

SwiFTP - enable FTP server on your phone

Terminal Emulater - local shell

Titanium Backup

Toggle Settings - Widget to help quickly changing settings

VPN Connect - Cisco and OPenVPN support

Touchdown - Exchange mailbox support

guys, you have to install ShapeWriter, It's the swype keyboard like the Samsung keyboards, So cool and easy to use, I love it!

Also, use YouMail for visual VM, I cancelled the VVM from verizon and use this instead, it's free and works great

I don't like ShapeWrite or Swype. It slows me down too much. My preferred keyboards:

T9 with HTC_IME mod for text messages
Hardware keyboard for anything else.

Wow really. I find I type faster on it.

Let's do a battle. You type on Swype, I'll use my T9 ;)

Haha.

Swype is indeed faster compared to the regular onscreen full keyboard, but I'm still faster using a regular keyboard (like on the droid) or a T9.

LOL, Ready.............Go

First. ....

Wait...

Waiting longer...

Bri? I'm already done! Where you at? ;)

LOL,,,, yup, ur's is quicker

[no misquote]

hahahahaham giggity

lololol

Get a Google Voice account at voice.google.com (you may need an invite? i'm not sure).

I can't remember the details of the setup, because it takes you through a wizard... but basically what it does is it forwards any non-answered calls directly to your Google Voice Mailbox. So, when a call goes to voice mail, it goes directly to your Google Voice mail (it does not go to Verizon voice mail - which is my carrier). When someone leaves a voice mail message, I get a Google Voice alert and I can also configure it to get an email with the voice mail as an attachment, as well as an SMS. Different carriers may have different settings to set up your forwarding for non-answered calls, but for us it's *71 or something like that. The Google Voice setup wizard takes you through all the steps needed.

You can also set it to ask if you want to make calls via Google Voice when you make a call if you want to call people from your Google Voice number. That's useful for calling people who you don't want to have your actual cell number.

I just bought the Incredible on Saturday for FULL RETAIL since I'm not due for an upgrade until March. Came out to like $650 with tax and everything but my girl has a Best Buy card, I'll just pay $200 for the next few months, no biggie.

This phone is AMAZING, it does so much shit my blackberry couldn't do. I'm glad I made the jump. This phone should hold me over until my contract expires, then I could get the next best phone that will be out (whatever that will be)

Only thing I can't find so far is an app that uses the LED lights like my Blackberry did. The white screen isn't bright enough, I need those LEDs to work.

I still haven't bought the Incredible yet. I'm waiting to see what the new iPhone is like (Apple will reveal it in two weeks).
The person who I sit next to (at work) ordered his Incredible two weeks ago and still hasn't gotten it. This thing is selling Incredibly well

Don't wait up for iPhone for VZW. It's not going to be happening anytime soon.

^^^^^^^^^^Agree^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I heard the they are all on back order because of the display screen shortage of AMOLED.... thats too bad, they could be selling a ton more!

www.engadget.com

I am pretty much the only person at work who doesn´t have a HTC. Since our company is related to HTC its pretty obvious EVERYONE has one. If you come in here with an Iphone you get strange looks...
I just ordered the HTC Desire but it is sold out for weeks...

I still haven't bought a new phone yet.
I was waiting to see the new iPhone.

Does everyone here think that the Incredible is better than iPhone 4?

I think the Sprint Evo is better then the iphone. The Incredible is not as feature filled but you get way better service on Verizon. Do you need to video conference or edit videos on your phone?

lovin my evo so far =)

and battery is fine too. if used normally, it'll last all day, no sweat. if you're a power user, of course battery will drop quickly. even my old nokia n95 did that.

i always leave gps on. most of the time i have 4g off. 3g works great for everything. i turn on 4g when i really want faster stuff. i have yet to experiment with leaving 4g on all day. perhaps tomorrow...

Skinnyguy, how is your 4G coverage, have you ran a speed test to see what type of speeds you are getting? Im only getting 2/3 bars of 4G and I get about 2Mpbs downloads and 1.3 upload. Not bad, but not near the 3-6 mbps they said! regardless its super fast.

I am totally sold on the Evo! the phone is sick, like the incredible, the android OS is money, and everything is super fast. The only issue i see is the battery life, for me, i charge at work and at home, so its ok, but even with that it runs out really fast when all data services are up. I am sure i can conserve battery if i tried though, just my initial thought if i am connected 24/7.

Now i just need to figure out how to set up root access to tether. (a big downfall fro me since i had an app that could tether on my winmo.

for the record, i am not impressed with the iPhone 4, so what, Apple added stuff other people have been doing for months and even years, The only somewhat impressive thing is video chatting but I know I would NEVER use it, for 1, it only works on wifi, if I am home, have wifi and want to video chat, ill just use my macbook that is always right in front of me :)..

also, my buddy just got the EVO and LOVES it. I have the Incredible which is also amazing. The iPhone I think STILL need to play catch up a little and get off ATT, or at least off more then att for the US

I agree both the Incredible and the Evo are much more impressive than the new Iphone...


demo fail...lol
Watchwww.youtube.com

Yeah, that's a big turn down on the Motorola Droid which I have. Business wise I spend a lot time on the phone and the phone's battery barely lasts a day.
Ended up buying an additional charger and two replacement batteries so that I always have a fully charged battery with me. Not so cool :-(

The iPhone really looks attractive ... esp with that CPU and that battery. And the display of course. But I need to have a hardware keyboard.

hes - the few times i turned on 4g while out and about, i have gotten signal. in my house i get 2 bars of 4g. in the radio station i got about 2 bars. i think i had full strength at the mall or something.

that speedtest.net app is weird. all depends on what location you're locked onto. each location gives me varying rates. like honolulu gave me the slowest speed (slower than 3g) and kentucky gave me the fastest (a bit over 2MB). it seems to average 1.5MB on 4g for downloads.

but just for keeping facebook notifications current and OTA syncing, 3g is more than enough. google navigation worked fine on 3g for a bit too. everything seems so optimized, i can barely tell the difference in browsing or using speech-to-text or google goggles when using 3g or 4g.

and have you tried pdanet for tethering? i hear it will work and it's free. also, supposedly they haven't gotten all the kinks worked out of their system yet so you can use your sprint hotpsot for free....BUT only on 4g.....AND only till around july (that's when they hope to have things in place).

would be nice if they kept it like that forever....

and from what i heard, there's supposed to be some built in tethering on some sprint software somewhere? i dunno....

4G = HPSDA?

I'm going to wait and see what HTC has in store now that the iPhone 4 has dropped. HTC puts out a lot of devices in comparison to Apple and I really like their devices. FaceTime is supposed to be open, so I would think that means other devices should be able to use it? Even if it's not open, if it catches on there will be others... just like every other product that's out. I'd like to see the new display on the new iPhone. If it looks as good as they say, I'd wait to see if all the other phone manufacturers follow suit. The current AMOLED displays are mediocre in sunlight. Not sure if the iPhone display just makes things sharper or if they make the display brighter as well?

Everyone's beef so far has always been battery life. I'm hoping these companies do something about that soon. I also hear the app makers have a lot to do with battery use as well? In any case, I'd love to see the old days of a battery lasting more than a day and a half.

wifey got the incredible last week - great phone but it's been having the short battery issues. phone usually drops to 1/2 charge by mid-day with zero calls/texts and minimal web surfing. i told her to let it power completely down a few times and with full recharges it should start to improve, hope that's the case!

a trick thats all over the forums is to do the following:

charge the phone with it off OR

1. plug it into the charger while on over night
2. Wake up, light is green and charged (but it is really not, it drained a little because it's been sitting there)
3. power the phone off, the light will go from green to off to red and charge for another 20-25minutes to top it off.

I do this every morning and the battery lasts easily all day.

Because I am a heavy user at work I did buy the Seidio 1750 battery for $40 which is the same physical size and adds a little more power so now it's even better

I have a bb tour right now and i thought i was the only person who does this lol.
I didn't read it on a forum anything like that, just from trial and error. It really works.

Guy at the vz store told me not to charge-over-night, cause it'll kill the battery's overall life faster then if you charge it only for a couple of hours or only til it's fully charged. That's all fine and dandy, but I don't have that kind of time to leave my phone alone during the day for all that jazz

NEVER listen to the people at the stores, LOL

any phone I have ever owned I plug in at night before I go to bed and unplug in the morning when I leave for work and never had a failed battery or a need to replace it (other then to upgrade for more power)

rlv.zcache.com

One of the biggest things that have helped my Android battery was to change the frequency that some apps update (like weather, mail, calendar, etc.). I also installed the Spare Parts app to see which apps eat the battery the most.

Been using the Evo since Monday night. This phone is killer. The battery does last all day with regular use. I left home at 6 am, got home at 7 pm and I browsed, posed on facebook and texted all day. It wasn't a constant non-stop but more like a regular user. I was basically testing the thing to see if it would meet my needs. It passed the test.

lol @ posed on facebook... aka posted. nm

I also took video, took pictures while I showed off the phone at work, etc. lol

Basically, all the things a regular user would do during the day.

Is there a way to transfer my contacts from my bb to the incredible? im talking about calendar dates, emails, contacts, memos and possibly ring tones? Is there a program you recommend or website?

I've never used a bb in my life. I wouldn't know. :(

HTC Scorpion. Full specs aren't released yet but it's supposedly sporting a 1.5ghz processor. Game Over.

Daaaamn. 1.5Ghz... That's fast!!!!!

It better have a larger battery though.

Naaaah. That was announced (or leaked) way too early. I want to see what they're going to make now that the iPhone has been officially announced (meaning... what are they going to COPY and/or improve upon).

Yes use the Verizon back-up that they pushed to all the phones. I backed up my Tour before I got the Incredible and it was a breeze.

Sweeet. Thanks dub. I'ma see if they got any deals coming up for the fathers day weekend. that's usually when they got the BOGO deals. either way, i'm getting one this month.

Are you going to incorporate your phone into DJing or something?

lol

Also my phones battery last a lot longer now that I turned wi-fi off and only update my twitter when opening the app.

When you keep wi-fi on it's always roaming looking for connections. I was only using wi-fi at home which is kind of useless because I'll just use my computer if I need to go online at home.

Good call, i shut of 4g, and removed the weather widget, and battery seems much better! I guess i had unrealistic dreams that i could have lightning speeds 24/7 but with any phone, the battery would die, the life is actually really good, i just had over a 2 hr conf call on speaker, and im sitting at 65% still.

I like the weather widget, not deleting that thing.

Yeah. Any application that searches for anything or updates will kill your battery slowly but surely.

Let me just by saying your welcome! lol. Check this out.... (this works eve after the update!)

1- install this app, it will root your phone with NO data loss, and takes 5 seconds.
www.unrevoked.com

2- go to this link and Download the "wireless_tether_2_0_2-pre14.apk""
code.google.com


you can now tether!

for the main article see here:

www.androidpolice.com

haha that would be dope! if anything i'd make it do cowbell and vibraslap sounds

Oh yeah, forgot to mention its FREE FREE FREE! no $30 hotspot charges, and no payment for the wifi app!

I wish they would ROOT the Inc. already

I need to read up on what ROOTing is... lol

Looks like something I can use.

I just learned that last week! Basically all it does is provide super user access. You cant use any wifi tether apps on the Evo unless you root your phone. the app above does this for you, otherwise it is a long process of grabbing files, loading to your phone, restarting, wiping all your data, renaming files, cmd prompts etc. the dudes above did all this for us.

Eventually they will have many custom roms for the phone, but i just really wanted this rooted so i can tether, and i tried it yesterday, its fast, and its free (usually costs $10-$30) for apps in the app store)

I know huh, it has to be coming for the incredible soon, maybe not the easy install, but i have seen some pp have rooted it

How much if insurance with the incredible?
What does it cover?
I'm sure it's better than iPhone's.

Holy shit. That's awesome!

I did that for my Pre. made my phone a million times better. There are seperate set of developers that make all these tweaks you can do and really make the phone into something great. Kudos for everyone that figures this on all of these phones.

exactly!!
+1


and i have my weather widget on too. very handy for me, esp when i have those outdoor gigs...

thanks for the link hes. i'll look into that more a bit later...

and today, i will be testing battery life with my 4g on all day...

well, i unplugged it from the charger at about 7:30am

it's 2pm now

4g, weather widget, gps all on

only used it to check a few things and play with a couple apps so far.

battery at 70%

People are crying about the 4G drain, but 3G was a beast when it's first incarnations were on people's phones!

Not sure I would want to jump in the 4G pool yet and Tampa doesn't even have coverage yet, but 12-24 months from now I think it will have matured enough to try it out.

4:20p and i was on a call for a bit and tried setting up a fring account...33%. good enough for me.

New iphone app.
NSFW
www.adultprofiler.com

Can anyone update me on the 4G thing? What network functions does it have for you?

Is this HSDPA and HSUPA?

subscribes

i might check out verizon contract and droids before renewing my contract to at&t for the iphone4.

I used to have HSDPA on my AT&T tilt - it used to be faster than 3g but AT&T doesn't have a 4g network - so I don't think it's the same thing.

So what'S this 4G y'all talking about?

I am surprised that there are really 4G networks in the states.

But then...I was also surprised seeing the USA in the soccer world champion ships ;=)

Are the champion ships the ones they used to transport africans into the US back in the day?

I dont know details specs (you can google them) but its Sprints Next Gen Network. I like to think of it as the upgrade from Nintendo to Super Nintendo... 8 bit to 16 bit. All other american carriers only have 3G set up, 4G is in development for the next couple yrs.

4G isnt rolled out to enuf cities from what i hear though, but sprint is ahead of the curve.

Ah... Sprint 4G = WiMax.

Hm... WiMax will not be supported by Cisco anymore. But then... there are other big players than Cisco. However, I thought the better option was LTE.

Sorry, I am a noob. ;)

Oh.. and... HDSPA is already available at higher speeds than 4G-Sprint offers.

How many good 4G phones are available?

nik you know more that I, lol. All i know is its 2x to 5x faster than 3G for me, but i am really waiting for the day that mobile internet is consistently as fast as a home wifi connection.

Yeah that is what i hear, but I dont think there are any networks available for consumers yet. 2011 or 2012 i am guessing.

and the HTC Evo is the first 4G phone in the US.

Where you are do they already have these speeds? I know the US is always far behind other countries..

HAha, that's why I was surprised to read about the 4G network in USA ;)

In Germany you have some cities where they offer HDSPA at 14.whatever Mbit. They already offer 7Mbit HSDPA, cover a big area in Germany.

no way! how spendy is it for just the data?

Spendy? Do you mean how expensive?

yeah how expensive is a monthly service?

Mobile Connect Flat 14.4 - 50€/month
The "normal" price is 35€/month at a max speed of 7.2Mbit.

Vodafone is already quite expensive, but they have one of the best networks. You can gat 7.2Mbit for 20€/month. (Leaving out all the fine prints ;) ).

I pay 8€/month for my 200MB/month. After you have reached the limit your speed will be throttled from 7.2MBit/s max to 56kBit/s max. 200MB is sufficient for my phone. I have a different plan for my laptop.

What's the difference in Sprint vs. Verison service?
Are some of you happy with Sprint?
Do you get all of your Voicemail and Text messages on time?
Dropped calls?

My Verizon service ended about a year ago so I can switch to whatever I want.
I know that Sprint services are less expensive.

I have sprint and love it. A lot of ppl don't like it but for me it works great, plus I have a great plan at a great price. Absolutly no complaints from me.

It really depends on your area. my service is solid with sprint, the big downside for me is i dont have service inside my work building (something about the towers not able to penetrate the walls or something)

I called Sprint and they are not taking preorders for the EVO at all.
They said I have to wait until it's available again.
That doesn't make good business sense to me.

According to Verizon, They are taking preorders on the Incredible but, it won't be available until mid July.

Also,
The Incredible is going for $150 on Amazon.

So the evo is already out of stock? Wow.

Sprint isn't known for their customer service lol, in fact, it flat out sucks. but you can probably to to best buy and preorder it for when it gets back in stock. Plus at best buy there is no $100 mail in rebate, its $200 for the phone when you get it with 2 yr contract. it also comes with a free blue tooth headset.

if incredible is $150 thats a good price!

also if you are trying to set up sprint service, try calling this number 1-888-882-4030. tell them you are wanted new service and wanted some good plan options and ask what they can offer.

Its a special line i think, but i was able to get 2 lines, 1600 anytime mins, , free roaming, unlimited nights and weekend, unlimited Mobile to Mobile (any network!) and unlimited data and text all for $109 a month. Then i set up an "employee discount" on my account for 27% off, so my bill will be pretty cheap with 2 phones!

I went to see the EVO yesterday at Best Buy and I'm glad I bought the Incredible. That damn EVO is HUGE (nm), I'm almost positive I wouldn't like walking around with that brick in my pocket. Dope phone but they should have made it the same size as the Incredible.

The EVO is not HUGE... you just have little hands. (no misquote)

sadly, there's a new rumor that sprint might start throttling speeds.

so much for that wonderful $10 premium data experience. or will that exclude evo users from that?

but i guess unlimited data at throttled speeds is better than limited data....i think.

as long as it's faster than tmo edge here, i'll be happy.

or maybe i'll keep my eye on tmo's 3g rollout here and jump back...

Dude the EVO IS huge, it's not an opinion, it's a fact. Just compare the width of that phone to any other smartphone on the market.

I'm not saying it's a totally bad thing, it's great for viewing webpages and shit but for me personally I wouldn't want to try and fit that thing in my pockets. Add a case and your really talking about a bulky device.

The iPad is HUGE. The Evo is just right. You have little hands... and that's a fact. lol

lol the iPad isn't a phone buddy.

it is if you use skype!!

I like the size of the evo, 4.3 inch screen is nice, and its thin. I would rather have this in my pocket than my old touch pro 2...not THAT was a brick, since it had a keyboard. This is like a larger pack of gum, and added screen size is a + to me. Texting on the evo is dope, doesnt feel awakward like on a little phone.

Like I said, the screen size is nice I just don't see myself carrying that around with ME personally.

Messin' with you Estaban (no homo) hahaha


It's pretty big. I like it. That's one of the reasons I bought it.

We have a EVO at work and I got to play around with it (nm) and put it in my pocket. It will actually fit comfortably in your pocket, as long as you are rockin skinny jeans LOL.

Thanks, I'll check it out

+1

4g isnt even available here in Cali (L.A.) so what would be the point of the EVO for me. My boy keeps trying to convince me to switch my iphone 3Gs to the EVO since he did but Im holding out for the iphone 4.

I get att service everywhere good except for my house but sprint just sucks balls period. I had sprint for years and glad i jumped ship.Always dropped calls inside buildings.My sister had Verizon for years but said it sucked so witched to ATT.
Not getting good service at home kills me but is it worth jumping to less "overall" reliable networks?
Im so confused on what to do. I think Im gonna create my own phone network :-)

Your sisters full of shit. No offense.

My Evo has been pickin' up a 4G signal already even though it can't connect to the internet but the signal is there. I'm thinking that's a good sign.

Can't wait until they "release" it.

I can't believe this came out 1 week after i ordered the incredible.
phones.verizonwireless.com
Release Date: July 2nd

A rep told me that there is going to be 20+ Droid phones coming out this year too. We'll see.

if i were to go to vzw, i'd def go for that. but the evo is doing just fine for me.

20+ Droids from Verizon...no. 20+ Android phones in general...yes.

i'm sorry, worded that wrong. It's going to be interesting to see what's coming next...

I'm planning to wait on an iPhone copy from HTC. Somebody has to copy some of the engineering design to make something better or somewhat comparable (like they always do).

I bet Apple got alot of patents for the iPhone and HTC knows this..

As you can see.... This pisses off iPhone owners.

ya but HTC wouldnt make it, android is open source correct??

He sounded like he was referring to hardware not software...

Htc makes excellent phones btw...

How much of a difference is HTC Sense compared to whatever Motorolla uses?
I'm now looking into getting the Droid X.

I don't know, but after rooting my phone I've realized that I prefer the stock Google experience. I've used HTC Sense and it has some nice functions, but it really seems that it adds more layers on top of Android.. some of which I don't use/need. There are enough apps/widgets out there that will let me tailor my phone to suit my needs and only run apps that I want to.

Whatever phone you have, you can also change the Launcher which will change the way the home screen and menus look overall. Currently, I'm using LaucherPro and it (along with some others) are very customizable in contrast to HTC Sense. Sense is nice, but these other Launchers can do what it does and then some.

The newer version of Android+HTC Sense has Friendstream for those people who are constantly on Twitter and Facebook, so apps like those are integrated nicely into the phone. Also, the HTC phone dialer is far superior to the stock Android dialer. You can get other dialers that fit your needs, but none of them are integrated as well as HTC has done it and I would assume Motorola did the same thing.

I just got the Droid X.
I can't wait to learn how to use it :-)

Hey Kenny, that phone is great too from what I am reading. Getting the hts incred droid phone on verizon was a great move for me, phone works great, service is perfect and other then facetime (which to me is pointless) this phone is better then the iphone i had

Kool. Thanks for responding.
I just gotta figure this thing out.

lol,,

2 cool apps to add for ya that are must haves IMO

handcent - way better sms/mms app then the standard messaging app for texting

pdanet - allows you to tether the phone for free to your mac to get online where wireless is not available

Kool, I didn't know that you can tether for free.
Right now, my main concern is getting all of my address book, iCal and Mail information synced with gmail.

Download fring for the incredible. It's video chat that works over the network.

How are you able to download stuff from the Mac into the Android phone?

When I connect my Droid X to the Mac, I get a window that says "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer".

Is there an app that any of you recommend for downloading podcast?

stitcher podcast got some good ratings.

Download and install appbrain, this sorts out all the apps in the market and make best of lists and hot apps, you browse it online too and then install on the droid.

I got the BB Storm now. Im lookin in gettin the Droid X. It looks sick as hell. Looks complicated. Kenny Q keep us updated on how the phone works out for you.

My HTC desire (Android 2.2) doesn´t let me tether with my macbook.
Has anyone acomplished it so far?
Is it possible?

Get it I'm running froyo 2.2 on my htc evo and its smoother faster and better then the iphone 4 that I had I say I made a dam good decision to get it
@dj mojo its one but not out yet just search youtube for tethered froyo 2.2

mojo, have you tried PdaNet? Its what i use on the Incredible. Dont pay for tethering, there are plenty of free apps that allow it. just install pdanet on you phone and then on your mac/pc, open them both up, connect, and now you can browse

I have tried PdaNet. I did everything as I am supposed to but the icon in the status bar keeps flashing blue and doesn´t turn into solid blue. I wasted probably three or four hours...

But thanks 1000 times DJ`Que. It works wireless without any problems. I love it.

Last week I Rooted my Incredible and now I have Wireless Tethering for free. It's awesome because my girlfriend can now browse on her ipod touch while we're out. I'm also excited because now when we travel I dont have to stay in a hotel with WIFI.

To root it just download UnRevoked and plug in your phone to your computer then Root

I need to get froyo on my evo! One thing that i must say is the best feature of the Andoid based phones is the Talk to Text feature! I love to email or text Message just by pushing that mic button and talking. I installed swipe, but then i found out about this and i cant use any other text tool now its like butter.

+1!

unrevoked was dope, i need to check into this for the evo again, it broke on me after then last update.

my old faithful BB curve 8330 is broken. Apparently a widespread problem with the keyboard and trackball failing...I took it apart and cleaned every diode and contact point but still f-ed up.

Hmmmm might have to jump to Droid.....

@dj hes unrevolk 3 fixed that but froyo 2.2 took it away also you guys should get the update tomorrow thru sprint as a ota check out my youtube running the adobe flash 10.1 playing mastermind. I use to get 6mflops now hitting 40mflops on 3g.
m.youtube.com

Que, the link didnt work i dont think

it is my youtube video playing a flash video not a link to unrevolk

ooooh got ya! Man i am stoked to get that running

which program do you use for tethering, i am rooted but some wifi hotspot programs i used dont work, The mac connects but I dont get an ip address

I use Wireless Tether.

yeah, i was using that, couldnt connect but then read there was a fix, had to drop a .bin file into a folder "android.tether" on the root of the sd car, works perfect now, thx

Can one of you guys step by step tell me how to tether my incredible to my mac?

if you upgrade to the new froyo 2.2 tethering is disabled.

no its not on the Incredible, maybe the new update as of today fixed it, there is a 8/1 release I just installed and can still tether for free via pdanet or if I need, wireless tether for a gotspot

steve, without a "root" being done, PDANET with a usb cable is the easiest way.

1. in market, download and install the free version of pdanet, plug in usb and open the app
2. now go on your mac/pc and download the software (it will tell you the link you need when you open pdanet for the first time on the droid)
3. open pdanet on the computer
4. on the droid you have to turn "usb debugging" on, its in menu/settings/applications/development

now right click on pdanet on the computer and hit connect, give it a little to obtain and IP address and you should be good to go.

just jailbroke dis here mufuckin iphizzy...i feel like it's wrong that my apple failure is working so right

Thanks BriChi! This will come in handy for sure. Can't wait till they just add tethering although I'm sure they will prob charge for that feature.

yeah, you can tether now with the phone but its a monthly fee. just use pdanet, no need to root (jailbreak) it. It works perfect

What do yall do to extend your battery life on the Incredible? My phone can barely make it through a whole day without being charged while I'm at work or in my car

I have the same problem chris, it's really the only drawback to the phone and it's avoidable if you have a car or office charger.

Yea I love the phone I'm just concerned about the battery life when I'm traveling or out all day and I dont have time to charge it. Google Maps is CRUCIAL and a lifesaver when I'm traveling and walking around a city I'm unfamiliar with

I bought 2 batteries (the better ones) and a charger off ebay for like $10. Awesome deal and I always have a spare battery laying around.

If battery is that much of an issue I heard the Droid X has amazing battery life.

My new every 2 comes around in March, I'm gonna wait to see what cool phone is out then but for now the Incredible is a great phone.

my blackberry died but my coworker is selling me his so i can hold off until the Samsung Fascinate comes out.

My coworker has the ATT version, the Captivate and the screen is frigging ahmazing...

UI isn't as clean as Sense however.

Same here.

Battery lifetime is a huuuge turn down :-(

I have the 1700mah battery, easily gets me through the day with a lot of texting and email, some phone calls. The stock battery sucked ass. My buddy at work got the 2150mah from verizon and it lasts him a lot longer, he loves it. The only downfall is the 21 batter makes the phone a tiny bit bigger which I didnt like, the 17 is still the same physical size as stock

Yeah I got 2 1700mah off of ebay.

Wonder if the 2150 is worth the extra bulk.

according to my friend it is, he loves it. I get through a day with the 17 so I would rather just keep the phone slim

Yeah I get through the "day", it's the nights that I spin till 2am that it doesn't last. That's when I throw in a new battery before I head to the club.

I have no complaints about the battery life with the Droid X.
I also bought extra batteries an a charger from eBay from someone in Hong Kong.

No complaints on the Evo. I disabled everything that isn't necessary. I can go a full day with normal use. I also charge in the car and at work, so it's never really an issue. I'm thinking of buying an extra battery or one of those universal batteries that you can charge up to 4 phones with one charge. :)

Brian, You wrote something about listening to Pandora and gps at the same time. I've been doing the same thing too but the gps is pretty loud compared to Pandora. Do you know of a way to lower the gps volume or raise Pandora's?

By the way, I'm loving the "Swipe" thing. I just wish that I could swipe in English and Spanish without changing the settings.

I dont think you can, Ill test later though. I think "media volume" controls both. Maybe there is a way though, I will definitely check it out

There is Media Volume for music and Navigation Volume for GPS.

yeah, Deez is right, just tested,

When in Nav, when you use the volume rocker it is just for nav volume,

Pandora, when in it, uses media volume. So when in nav, set the volume much lower, then go into Pandora and raise the volume, works great

Yup... love the droid...

Kenny, any word you add to the english dictionary (even if it's spanish) will be kept and when you swype it, it should work.

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No HDMI out on the iPhone = no go.

Also... that test was done without the new update on the Evo. :)

There are sooo many reasons why the Evo is better than the iPhone... but in the end, it will come down to the stuff you need as a user.

exactly, the iPhone is for people that need to have an apple logo on their phone and not really need to stay on the phone for long periods of time while driving :)

you know what, i cant even bash the iphone that much, it is a great phone but they need to get it to Verizon and other good carriers. ATTerrible is so bad by me

realy hmmmm

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www.digitaltrends.com

Again... show me the HDMI out on the iPhone... hahahaha

You're funny.... especially since you're still on the old iPhone hahaha

let me add some that they left out

being able to use the phone without needing a case because you short the antennae out if you hold it - WINNER - EVO

GPS - WINNER - EVO

not having to hack the phone so you can do what you want to it - WINNER - EVO

being able to customize the crap out of your phone and set scenes based on you lifestyle - WINNER - EVO

setup usefull widgets like full screen calendars and Mail info - WINNER - EVO

seems like the article might have missed out on some more useful tests

tethering the phone to a computer for free - WINNER - EVO

droid beats you guys on many levels

VERIZON - number 1 reason
customization
HTC sense is sick
widgets for bookmarks, calendars, email, youtube, favorites for phone calls and many more
8mp camera
free tethering with a free app, again without have to jailbreak my phone
navigation BLOWS THE IPHONES AWAY by far, and I owned the iphones so I can compare from personal use
voice to text works great, especially when needing to to text while driving. No extra app needed, built right into the phones keyboard out of the box
oh and did I mention that verizon blows att out of the water. Has the droid INC since release date a couple of months ago, use my phone A LOT for phone calls when driving and never have i lost a call yet, except for my wifes call because she was driving with her iphone and dropped the call :)

what does the iphone have over the droid that I know of:
Apps - (yes you have a lot more apps but any of the usual popular apps most people want like myself, are out on the droid market)

facetime - novelty that will wear off IMO, yes its cool that it does it but again, most people will use and be like OH THIS IS SO COOL, show off to their friends and such and then never use it again. I have 3 friends of mine that use th iphone 4 and thats exactly what they did, havent touched it since

nicer looking phone, I will give it to apple that as usual they came out with a great looking phone, now if only you can use it perfectly as a phone without losing signal

Exactly... thanks for going through the list... cause I'm too busy to type all that shit right now.

It's true. iPhone users love the Apple logo and that's really it.

I'll be right back... jailbreaking my phone so I can get it to do what I want it. lol

I gotta admit the ONE thing I've seen off the new iPhone is the video editing sofware. My friend made a couple and they look pretty sick. But THAT'S IT!!! (not enough to make me ditch my icredible)

get the captivate/vibrant instead

I want to hire someone to get everyones phone and shove it up their a.......


Seriously, its so annoying already. Your gonna sacrifice one thing to another in any of these phones.

At my boys barbar shop the other day, there was one dude using his iphone and another that had and EVO. Dude was just chilling using his iphone when EVO dude just had to make it a point to speak lout enough so iphone dude could hear "The iphone is wack, it doesnt do this and it doesnt do that. iphone owners are brain washed and blah blah.
I about got up and smacked the shit out of this kid with his damn phone. There are a thousand reasons why someone buys the products they do and who are we to make a general statement what those reasons are?Of course here on a forum, if it doesnt apply to you, you shouldnt get all hurt, fair enough. But if homboy is sitting right next to me acting a fool, thats worthy of a smackdown IMO

One thing I noticed, when you make a negative statement about an iphone its a FACT but when you make one about the EVO, its an exageration.

Its retaded already how passionate people are about this shit.
So lets see: Im an idiot because I have an iphone, but then Im a smart guy because I use Sarato but then not really because you use Tractor Scratch, but then Im respected because I use 1200's, Now Im an idiot again because I dont use CDJ's as there easier to lug around for gigs. Now Im smart again because I have a PS3 because it has the best specs but then Im an idiot because XBOX 360 has better online gaming. Im a fan boy because I own a MACBOOK but I own a PC also so now your really confused and don't know what to make of me.

LOL, WOW, sometimes I wish a giant meteorite would just come and bitch slap this planet already :-)

hahahahahahahahahahha awesome Josh

LOL

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So lets see:
Im an idiot because I have an iphone -1
but then Im a smart guy because I use Sarato +1
but then not really because you use Tractor Scratch, -1
but then Im respected because I use 1200's, +1
Now Im an idiot again because I dont use CDJ's -1
Now Im smart again because I have a PS3 +1
Im an idiot because XBOX 360 has better online gaming. -1
Im a fan boy because I own a MACBOOK -1
but I own a PC +1
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Total is -1.....mathematically speaking your an idiot LOL

lol

LMAO! Nice!

Has anybody had their Google Maps stuck on "searching for GPS"?

This weekend I was driving around DC(which I'm unfamiliar with) and the gps was stuck on "searching for GPS." But it still gave me the turn by turn directions. Luckily my girlfriend was with me to read the directions while I drive. I even shut down and took out the battery and it still was stuck on "searching for GPS" I was pissed because I really could have used Google maps. It works fine now but I dont know what I did to make it work again or if it just decided to get unstuck.

That's strange.... Not here.

Google Maps also speaks when it's on Navigation so no need to have anyone read you directions.

Yea but it wouldn't read them off, it was just stuck on "searching for GPS" and the screen would stay stuck on my starting location. But I could still view the turn by turn directions

It's good to have an older GPS as backup.

I have to mention again that I'm loving swype. I don't have to abbreviate again or worry about bad spelling.

Yup. Swype is great.

Can anyone tell me where to get Swype for my HTC Desire? Can´t find it in the shop.

Did you try swype's website?

Yes, they said the open/public beta is closed. I guess I am SOL.
Unless anyone could share the app if he has it?

If anybody is looking a mount for ur incredible, check out mountguys.com. these guys even got mounts for dudes in wheelchairs haha

I got this car cup holder mount for my Evo (got it on amazon for $18 shipped) and it is perfect for me! My cup holder is above my deck, so it is right where it needs to be, really a good investment

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I'm loving PDA Net. I'm using it right now.

Got my Froyo update today!!

How you like it? I think it's an awesome update. :)

i'm still kinda nervous about updating to froyo

I can finally record 720p on my incredible. I still haven't tried out the mobile hotspot feature.

you would have to pay monthly for the wireless hot spot, just use pdanet, it's free :)

So on my Evo i did the Froyo update, and everything is great accept my fing youtube stops working randomly. says it has a hard time connection. and not just on the youtube player, on the web youtube too. Not too happy about that

Yeah the only thing I've encountered is that I'm unable to upload to youtube for some reason.

i hear pandora sound quality sux on froyo too

It's the same.... However, sometimes it gets stuck or the songs change before they are over.

Droid does not do music. I miss my ipod. I sold it thinking my Incredible can do the same thing. I bought Isyncr to sync with my itunes but the music player is just slow and lagy. I'm looking for an old classic ipod now.

So far, I'm happy with the way my droid plays music. I still have my ipod touch but don't use it anymore.
I love not relying on iTunes.

Have you tried Doubletwist?

www.doubletwist.com

I was comparing doubletwist and Isyncr and Isyncr had better reviews.

just jailbreak ur iphone or if u want to spend less money go metro pcs with a windows phone. it has true file exploring and manipulation by default...

My Droid X is starting to make me upset. Look for the names of people who text me is now a slow process. Looking for a contract is incredibly slow. I have trouble forwarding emails (most of them don't forward). Sometimes it kicks me out when typing an email.
I don't know what's going on. Maybe, I have too much stuff in memory.

Does any one else have similar problems?

That's one reason why I'd pick an HTC or Samsung phone. By default, the HTC Sense and Samsung TouchWiz dialers have the T9 search feature on the dialer. I never have to scroll to find a number - I just type the name in T9 short hand in the dialer and it'll find the contact for me. That should be a stock feature IMO. You can get it with the Dialer One app, but you can't uninstall your stock dialer so things get weird there.

As for email, you can try using another email app like K-9 Mail? Outside of that, I can only suggest restarting your phone. It is just after all just a Linux machine. Just like any other computer, sometimes a reboot helps.