hello friends! i recently picked up an evo on the sprint 30 day trial (while keeping my at&t plan intact) to see if i'd like the evo better... it's such a sexy little monster.. the voice commands, the sense interface, keyboard, screen, kickstand, crazy customizable apps -- i'm really digging the phone... aside from ONE THING. NOTIFICATIONS.
i've pasted an IM convo for convenience's sake to illustrate my issue with the phone. anyone have suggestions for me to make notifications better?
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[3:27:43 PM]: so i used to think i hated the iphone notification system of pop-ups and how only the latest notification would pop-up for txt and facebook and twitter.. but i'm beginning to like it better than android's!
[3:27:48 PM]: in short, android notifications tell me nothing
[3:28:05 PM]: it's like, i hear the sound i assigned to say, a twitter direct message to me
[3:28:39 PM]: i turn on phone, unlock phone, either pull down menu bar to see it ONLY say "new twitter direct message" -- NO WAY, REALLY?!?!?
[3:28:49 PM]: then click that and it opens the tweetdeck app and THEN i see the message
[3:29:01 PM]: or i can just open the app first off and not see what went on in the app to notify me....
[3:29:34 PM]: i like the way android notifies for email
[3:29:58 PM]: ....it does it the same way iphone does except i also get a mail icon in top menu bar for new messages
[3:30:08 PM]: so i can see from any app that i have new mail
[3:30:59 PM]: but the way it handles facebook and tweetdeck really sucks.. i know tweetdeck is beta, but still.
[3:31:27 PM]: txt messages are great. i see them when i pull down the menu bar... like the beginning of their content.... and they also scroll across the menu bar when i receive them.... instead of a pop-up
[3:31:35 PM]: which is nice and unobtrusive if i'm doing something and someone is rapid firing me with txts
[3:32:00 PM]: but i really dont like the facebook and twitter notifications. telling me in menu bar notification screen that I GOT A NEW FACEBOOK MESSAGE is like wtf?????? ya think??
[3:32:04 PM]: who sent it? what did they say???
[3:32:21 PM]: also the notifications aren't instant.
[3:32:45 PM]: i have it polling twitter every 15 mins and facebook every 15 just to check out the battery life now that i tweaked battery for everything else
[3:32:50 PM]: but on iphone it's very fast
[3:32:56 PM]: esp now that facebook has push
[3:33:28 PM]: i really like this phone, it's amazing and does crazy shit.... but i feel frustrated by the way notifications are implemented.
[3:33:36 PM]: but it's only the 2nd day so maybe i'll figure stuff out.
[3:33:52 PM]: i do feel like the iphone works better out of the box though.. straight up and with no jailbreak
[3:35:48 PM]: as of... right now.... i think i'm getting an iphone 4. we'll see if i change my mind in the next 28 days though.
[3:36:03 PM]: evo isn't doing what i want it to do.
[3:36:17 PM]: it does A LOT more than iphone... it's not even a comparison with what it CAN do.. i mean it's crazy!!!
[3:36:43 PM]: but if it doesn't do the basic things i WANT it to do.. like simple easy notifications... that iphone does with no tweaks necessary.. then what good is it to me
[3:37:19 PM]: main thing i like doing is glancing at my phone when i hear facebook, twitter, or IM message and seeing what someone said to me without having to physically touch the phone
[3:37:39 PM]: i do that all the time when i'm studying or online or whatever.
[3:37:51 PM]: now i think i'm gonna take this transcript and paste it to android forums to see what people suggest hahahaahahaa
e [3:37:57 PM]: they'll prob tell me to gtfo or kill myself
i've pasted an IM convo for convenience's sake to illustrate my issue with the phone. anyone have suggestions for me to make notifications better?
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[3:27:43 PM]: so i used to think i hated the iphone notification system of pop-ups and how only the latest notification would pop-up for txt and facebook and twitter.. but i'm beginning to like it better than android's!
[3:27:48 PM]: in short, android notifications tell me nothing
[3:28:05 PM]: it's like, i hear the sound i assigned to say, a twitter direct message to me
[3:28:39 PM]: i turn on phone, unlock phone, either pull down menu bar to see it ONLY say "new twitter direct message" -- NO WAY, REALLY?!?!?
[3:28:49 PM]: then click that and it opens the tweetdeck app and THEN i see the message
[3:29:01 PM]: or i can just open the app first off and not see what went on in the app to notify me....
[3:29:34 PM]: i like the way android notifies for email
[3:29:58 PM]: ....it does it the same way iphone does except i also get a mail icon in top menu bar for new messages
[3:30:08 PM]: so i can see from any app that i have new mail
[3:30:59 PM]: but the way it handles facebook and tweetdeck really sucks.. i know tweetdeck is beta, but still.
[3:31:27 PM]: txt messages are great. i see them when i pull down the menu bar... like the beginning of their content.... and they also scroll across the menu bar when i receive them.... instead of a pop-up
[3:31:35 PM]: which is nice and unobtrusive if i'm doing something and someone is rapid firing me with txts
[3:32:00 PM]: but i really dont like the facebook and twitter notifications. telling me in menu bar notification screen that I GOT A NEW FACEBOOK MESSAGE is like wtf?????? ya think??
[3:32:04 PM]: who sent it? what did they say???
[3:32:21 PM]: also the notifications aren't instant.
[3:32:45 PM]: i have it polling twitter every 15 mins and facebook every 15 just to check out the battery life now that i tweaked battery for everything else
[3:32:50 PM]: but on iphone it's very fast
[3:32:56 PM]: esp now that facebook has push
[3:33:28 PM]: i really like this phone, it's amazing and does crazy shit.... but i feel frustrated by the way notifications are implemented.
[3:33:36 PM]: but it's only the 2nd day so maybe i'll figure stuff out.
[3:33:52 PM]: i do feel like the iphone works better out of the box though.. straight up and with no jailbreak
[3:35:48 PM]: as of... right now.... i think i'm getting an iphone 4. we'll see if i change my mind in the next 28 days though.
[3:36:03 PM]: evo isn't doing what i want it to do.
[3:36:17 PM]: it does A LOT more than iphone... it's not even a comparison with what it CAN do.. i mean it's crazy!!!
[3:36:43 PM]: but if it doesn't do the basic things i WANT it to do.. like simple easy notifications... that iphone does with no tweaks necessary.. then what good is it to me
[3:37:19 PM]: main thing i like doing is glancing at my phone when i hear facebook, twitter, or IM message and seeing what someone said to me without having to physically touch the phone
[3:37:39 PM]: i do that all the time when i'm studying or online or whatever.
[3:37:51 PM]: now i think i'm gonna take this transcript and paste it to android forums to see what people suggest hahahaahahaa
e [3:37:57 PM]: they'll prob tell me to gtfo or kill myself