***Official HTC Incredible Thread***

[s34n1811]

CTIA music sucks ......

 

[akrulez308]

Why do Las Vegas and Montana Man's box have to be in the Pacific Time zone? The extra 3 hours is killin' me... :-(

 

[Nascar2555]

Why would Verizon have to wait for the Droid to "sellout" in order to start selling the Incredible? It's a different phone (keyboard, lesser OS etc). Make the Eris/Devour Low end (1.6), make the Droid Mid level (2.01 for now) and Inc high end. Eris/Devour free with 2 years, Droid $99 with 2 years and Inc $199 with two years.

Now you have 3 price tiers, 3 different levels of device for 3 different consumers (low end/tweens....keyboard lovers and high end users).

No need for them to wait to clear inventory. If anything it will help them move more devices AND add more high end users from other carriers. Just my opinion and nothing you say can change that!

I agree, as someone who is going to pay $98.88 for the Devour at Walmart this weekend.... Please implement this Friday Night so I can save $98.88 plus tax on Saturday Morning!!!!!!

 

[Steel36]

Why would Verizon have to wait for the Droid to "sellout" in order to start selling the Incredible? It's a different phone (keyboard, lesser OS etc). Make the Eris/Devour Low end (1.6), make the Droid Mid level (2.01 for now) and Inc high end. Eris/Devour free with 2 years, Droid $99 with 2 years and Inc $199 with two years.

Now you have 3 price tiers, 3 different levels of device for 3 different consumers (low end/tweens....keyboard lovers and high end users).

No need for them to wait to clear inventory. If anything it will help them move more devices AND add more high end users from other carriers. Just my opinion and nothing you say can change that!

I don't know.. you really think people are that worried about the $50-100 difference of initial cost? I guess I've always figured the extra $30 per month for any of them was the bigger issue.

 

[vladfan]

Why do Las Vegas and Montana Man's box have to be in the Pacific Time zone? The extra 3 hours is killin' me... :-(

Because we are best in the west.

 

[jfoey22]

Please excuse my ignorance, but does Android or more specifically, the Incredible support Flash such as Flash Movies?

 

[wonderbread]

So,

As soon as the Incredible is ready for order online I am pulling the trigger.

With that said, I want you all to brace your selves for a Motorola announcement (like NKT alluded to).

Why?

Motorola filing just passed through the FCC today with a CDMA phone that has a 1500mAh battery. Gotta be the shadow/successor to the DROID. Temporary confidentiality is set at 6 months, so it could be a while.

I posted more info here

 

[tluv00]

I don't know.. you really think people are that worried about the $50-100 difference of initial cost? I guess I've always figured the extra $30 per month for any of them was the bigger issue.

It all depends on what they want and if they are already paying that $30 per month then the upfront cost could be the differentiator or the keyboard or whatever. But if you give people a choice then they are usually happier.

 

[greggds]

Why would Verizon have to wait for the Droid to "sellout" in order to start selling the Incredible? It's a different phone (keyboard, lesser OS etc). Make the Eris/Devour Low end (1.6), make the Droid Mid level (2.01 for now) and Inc high end. Eris/Devour free with 2 years, Droid $99 with 2 years and Inc $199 with two years.

Now you have 3 price tiers, 3 different levels of device for 3 different consumers (low end/tweens....keyboard lovers and high end users).

No need for them to wait to clear inventory. If anything it will help them move more devices AND add more high end users from other carriers. Just my opinion and nothing you say can change that!

They definitely didn't wait for the Storm 1 to clear out before they started selling the Storm 2

 

[Montana Man]

Why do Las Vegas and Montana Man's box have to be in the Pacific Time zone? The extra 3 hours is killin' me... :-(

We're on Mountain time, not Pacific! And it's just 2 hours difference, not 3. Get it right!

 

[Kappy]

HAHA I got a good laugh at this, I twitted this to HTC and Verizon yesterday:

thanks for all the info on the incredible today @htc @vzwoffers, catch the sarcasm?

and they twitted this back today:

VZWOffers

@will_ayres Hi Will, Yes the sarcasm was loud and clear We do have some good stuff coming soon, stay around, okay?

They love ending with good stuff coming soon lol

 

[jwhittle]

ok so how many times has everyone hit the refresh button today?? crazy isnt it?

 

[appsmgr]

I have been tied to my Omnia i910 for a year and a half now and have learned to love our Devs/hackers to make these phones run. So since I have been following all the latest and greatest phones to come out, I look at one thing. How much support does this phone have from devs. We all know that the Incredible will be hacked in about 2 hours from root to over-clocking. The EVO on the other may not because of WiMax. I just see alot of issues with that dual connectivity thing and its going to be a while IMHO before you see much happening. Maybe I'm wrong but for me the Incredible has me F5'ing engadget every 2 minutes.

the EVO is a HEAVY phone and I am guessing it has a lot to do with the size of battery it has to have. possibly because of the high drain from polling both 3G and especially WiMax. not technically knowledgeable on this, just a theory...

 

[Reginald VelJohnson]

Say what you guys will about the Devour, but the way that slide works does more for me than any eye candy they throw in with Sense.

 

[Paznos]

So,

As soon as the Incredible is ready for order online I am pulling the trigger.

With that said, I want you all to brace your selves for a Motorola announcement (like NKT alluded to).

Why?

Motorola filing just passed through the FCC today with a CDMA phone that has a 1500mAh battery. Gotta be the shadow/successor to the DROID. Temporary confidentiality is set at 6 months, so it could be a while.

I posted more info here

Very interesting.... wonder if that will be announced at CTIA... that has a 4.3" screen for those who are envious of the EVO.

 

[v4npro]

Please excuse my ignorance, but does Android or more specifically, the Incredible support Flash such as Flash Movies?

I'm sure it will. Flash 10.1 or whenever 10.1 is officially released.

 

[Montana Man]

Very interesting.... wonder if that will be announced at CTIA... that has a 4.3" screen for those who are envious of the EVO.

Yup... I've sure got a pretty bad case of....


...... wait for it........


"EVO ENVY!"


(I'm here all day; remember to tip your waitress!)

 

[randomdroid]

Very interesting.... wonder if that will be announced at CTIA... that has a 4.3" screen for those who are envious of the EVO.

All hell would break loose here if they announced that device and not the Incredible.

 

[Chipitolay]

HAHA I got a good laugh at this, I twitted this to HTC and Verizon yesterday:

thanks for all the info on the incredible today @htc @vzwoffers, catch the sarcasm?

and they twitted this back today:

VZWOffers

@will_ayres Hi Will, Yes the sarcasm was loud and clear We do have some good stuff coming soon, stay around, okay?

I like this!

 

[andiron]

Hmm, I was actually hoping I'd like the EVO. It'd probably cost me the same the buy unsubsidized on VZW (on contract from a launch day Droid) or pay the ETF and get a subsidized phone on Sprint. I'd much rather support Sprint, too, since they have a huge WiMax area here in Baltimore and unbelievable plan prices.

However, that 4.3" screen is simply too large, IMO. I'd rather go 3.7" amoled for brighter colors and (at same res) sharper text. I'd also gladly take that 8GB memory, since my 16GB mem card is overflowing with music, and the 32GB cards are a bit too pricey right now.

Incredible is honestly perfectly tailored to my phone wishlist! I sincerely hope VZW doesn't get bashed if the two phones are compared, because I would DEFINITELY pick the Incredible every time, if given the choice.

Can't remember what site....I think it's Engadget...that shows the EVO next to the iPhone and the N1. The size difference is negligible...the only thing that is really larger is the screen. And we are talking...what... .6mm on the diagonal? IMHO this wouldn't really take up that much extra real estate. And...as another poster said...Sprint is bleeding customers. I've been satisfied...but am tempted due to family on Verizon. With that said, having 4G and a larger screen with this much processing speed is very enticing. I just don't know if I can wait until Summer...or if the wife will let me. I know an Incredible showing up much sooner will make it difficult. Anyway...my two cents...fwiw.

 

[Paznos]

Say what you guys will about the Devour, but the way that slide works does more for me than any eye candy they throw in with Sense.

It's going to take more than the way the slide mechanism works for me to get that phone over the Incredible, I'd get the droid before the devour.

 

[skunis1]

Looks like a lot of LTE news coming today from VZW.

Posted on twitter:

VzW_NYMetro

A lot of LTE news from #VerizonWireless today at #CTIA in preparation for the 4G network roll out later this year http://news.vzw.com/

 

[s34n1811]

keynote stared .... looks boring

 

[rc121]

anyone else watching the CTIA keynote address realize that the CEO of CTIA is Steve Largent, Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks?

 

[Kappy]

Looks like a lot of LTE news coming today from VZW.

Posted on twitter:

VzW_NYMetro

A lot of LTE news from #VerizonWireless today at #CTIA in preparation for the 4G network roll out later this year http://news.vzw.com/

Wonder if VZW will allude to that new device goin' through the fcc..