***Official HTC Incredible Thread***

[Steven58]

Motorola DROID top Android device based on worldwide traffic; Android grows 1100% (Phone Arena News)

Good news, but it doesn't help our cause.

BUMP, in case you haven't seen this article.. with Droid doing so well why introduce the Incredible? (my analysis).

 

[hth715]

Can anyone sum up the past 11-some pages for me? I'm not being lazy, but hell week is hitting and I cant spare the time to read constantly

 

[jwhittle]

i would have never thought a phone would make me so crazy!!!!!! i swear this thing better hold up to this up and down roller coaster weve all been on!! when it comes out will i be able to do corporate email on it (pop3 acct)?

 

[absolution]

Can anyone sum up the past 11-some pages for me? I'm not being lazy, but hell week is hitting and I cant spare the time to read constantly

Yes. A lot of arguing back and forth. No real new information except some really shakey videos (can't see a thing really) 1-2 pages back.

 

[miniSQ]

Can anyone sum up the past 11-some pages for me? I'm not being lazy, but hell week is hitting and I cant spare the time to read constantly

still no release date for the phone...oh wait...that sums up the entire thread

 

[tluv00]

BUMP, in case you haven't seen this article.. with Droid doing so well why introduce the Incredible? (my analysis).

Because the iPhone is at 50% and by releasing a device to actually compete/blow it out of the water...especially now that people are really fussing about AT&T coverage, the intro of the iPad (data hog as well) to have more than one flagship device would make sense.

The less market share you have the more you have to fight. People don't get the Droid because of the keyboard. People don't like the lack of app storage capacity. People think it's slow. The Incredible (we assume) addresses all of that AND more. That's why I think they should do it. That and because I want one dammit

EDIT: And the iPhone is 24% of all devices used while the Droid is 3.8% (and in second).

 

[Steven58]

Can anyone sum up the past 11-some pages for me? I'm not being lazy, but hell week is hitting and I cant spare the time to read constantly

Sure:

Smack! Punch! Slap! Bam! Snarl! Growl! Yell! Scream! Probation.

(I hope this helps!)

 

[kveld3]

BUMP, in case you haven't seen this article.. with Droid doing so well why introduce the Incredible? (my analysis).

I also think they appeal to two different type of people, those who want the slide out QWERTY and those who don't. I know a lot of people that say "Give me a slide out N1 and I am sold!" and others that like the virtual keyboard. I am sure they will still have Droid sales even with the release of the Incredible.

 

[TheSkiShow]

No new news I see. That's ok, I have no problem waiting. Hopefully we'll at least get a little tidbit today. I have no doubt this phone will be out in April.

I will say this about this forum (one of my first impressions since switching over to Android fandom), it seems like everyone here is much nicer with each other (despite the bickering and name-calling) than they were at my last phone forum on Crackberry. Over there, asking a simple question could get you called names and mocked simply because you didn't already know the answer. Nice to see that so far, this place isn't like that. Just a bunch of like-minded people who want info on a great phone!

 

[jwhittle]

so anyone want to tackle the pop3 email capabilty of the incredible?

 

[Steven58]

got pretty quiet in here. steven taps on everyone's monitors..."HEY! YOU THERE?"

 

[kveld3]

Without throwing insults at people, I guess no one really has anything to say

 

[darkhelmet16]

I'd rather not share, nothing personal. I did quite a bit of digging to come up with it. There's also not really anything else worth noting. The person made about 5 clips from that account yesterday at the same time, all were 2 seconds and worthless except for those 2. No mentions anywhere of HTC, Verizon, or the Incredible. We haven't had this account come up yet on the forum that I know of, like I said I just stumbled across it while looking at twitter followers/followees of the accounts we did know. Her only other posts on twitter are jibberish tests it looks like.

There are a couple more things worth noting. I want to protect this person's privacy as well, but I did find a few more details.

First, I hosted a full copy of the video (the longer one) to YouTube in case anyone here can tell us what the people in the video are saying:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNZouVLz66E

The person who posted this has a Facebook page, a Flickr account and a YouTube account. From those, I was able to find out the following:

--she is 28 years old and lives in Taiwan;
--she has been posting to facebook using HTC Sense since mid-January (which doesn't necessarily mean anything);
--she follows HTC on facebook;
--she took a business trip to Seattle from Taiwan prior to March 10, 2010! That's the date she posted pictures on facebook showing the pike place market, etc. Unfortunately, no pics of the Incredible or anything else business-related on her Facebook or Flickr pages, but toward the end of one of her YouTube videos (which I've re-uploaded from my account, again to protect privacy), you can catch a glimpse of the Incredible to the left of the keyboard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7e1ysUDkeE

Once again, I don't think this is anything to soil ourselves over, but it's kinda cool nonetheless.

 

[appsmgr]

I haven't seen any talk about the Phone Area report in here stating April 1 being a "big day." They speculate it could be Iphone related, but it could easily be the announcement or commencement of advertising for the incredible.

Or am I being duped by an early april fools joke?

Verizon tells store managers that Wednesday is a big day (Phone Arena News)

did you look at the date on that article?

 

[amihererightnow]

No new news I see. That's ok, I have no problem waiting. Hopefully we'll at least get a little tidbit today. I have no doubt this phone will be out in April.

I will say this about this forum (one of my first impressions since switching over to Android fandom), it seems like everyone here is much nicer with each other (despite the bickering and name-calling) than they were at my last phone forum on Crackberry. Over there, asking a simple question could get you called names and mocked simply because you didn't already know the answer. Nice to see that so far, this place isn't like that. Just a bunch of like-minded people who want info on a great phone!

Since you mentioned it I watched the same exact "fan boy slap fight" over at crackberry while I was watching the release of the storm2.

 

[GeorgeH]

got pretty quiet in here. steven taps on everyone's monitors..."HEY! YOU THERE?"

Still here.

It's funny, had those 2 videos oneniner posted been put up a little while back, we would have been climbing on the ceiling. Instead we're arguing.... my how jaded we've become!

 

[cryptiq]

Well first of all it Was a valid call. I needed the etf info to formulate an alternate game plan since the primary plan is apparenty based on rumor and speculation. And secondly............ SHE ASKED!!!!

I didn't say your call to CSR wasn't valid...but your proposal to get everyone to follow suit and call and complain was what I was commenting on.

 

[Montana Man]

i would have never thought a phone would make me so crazy!!!!!! i swear this thing better hold up to this up and down roller coaster weve all been on!! when it comes out will i be able to do corporate email on it (pop3 acct)?

lol... like I said a while back. "We're goin' off the rails on a crazy train!"

 

[Steven58]

Hmm... T-Mobile gets the Desire, tomorrow? What do we get? NOTHING!

 

[iBowToAndroid]

So if they were going to announce the phone (or at least begin running ads) on April 1st, you most likely would have heard something by now?

Because it seems like from what you're saying they could announce it April 1st, and then have a release on say the 20th with training etc to go on for the 3 weeks in between? (I'm merely picking popular dates people, no info here)

I just feel like once this BOGO deal is over March 31, they are going to push something. Maybe they wait another week to announce, but still they usually have some angle they are pushing.

Droid was a unique situation- it was their first Android phone, the game-changer, their baby.. They wanted to create buzz, which obviously was a huge success. Thats the only time I can remember where ads started running before we got any concrete info. With the INC, I'd be surprised if they did any kind of large-scale marketing campaign prior to release. Obviously once its out, they'll tout it as an upgrade to the Droid for those who havent discovered Android yet, but I don't think that they think that it'll have as big a splash as the Droid did. Obviously, all of us are foaming at the mouth to get at it, but that's because we know the specs etc. Joe Blow doesn't even know this phone exists- I can maybe see them doing a bigger campaign for the N1 if it ever comes, since its a model thats already out and much more people are aware of..
In regards to the BOGOs, I'm not sure whats up their sleeve- I do agree, there always seems to be some promotion or other running 24/7, but I havent heard anything about what might be coming next. I'll ask about that this weekend and report back..

 

[malcontent510]

Damn, this situation sucks! And, yes, I omitted the "smiley" on purpose.

I'm not generally given to blind hopefulness, but I do have a weakness for unbridled anticipation, when it comes to acquiring a new phone. We all created this situation for ourselves.

It's your fault. It's my fault. I apologize if I stoked the fire.

 

[h0lby5]

did you look at the date on that article?

/Palm to face Thanks lol

 

[liljonnyboy]

Hey guys, I'm not sure if this video has been posted on this forum before, but the person who uploaded this one is the same one that uploaded the other 2 oneniner posted earlier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YabRQ9k5n_Y

 

[woodraskam]

Hmm... T-Mobile gets the Desire, tomorrow? What do we get? NOTHING!

T-Mobile UK.....US hasn't been confirmed yet.

 

[TheSkiShow]

Hey guys, I'm not sure if this video has been posted on this forum before, but the person who uploaded this one is the same one that uploaded the other 2 oneniner posted earlier.

YouTube - HTC Incredible testing video under low light

Interesting.