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So that Incredible upgraders don't get a big head.

alprazolam

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"Really now? KIRFing a phone and a UI is one thing, but claiming to have a 26-core CPU (!) capable of 8-gigaflop (!) floating point operation -- or the "equivalent of four iPads combined," apparently -- is one helluva stretch for a smartphone. This is apparently how awesome the QderoPateo Ouidoo will be."

QderoPateo Ouidoo to pack 26-core chip, looks like Palm Pre and Windows Phone 7 love child -- Engadget

And so if you wait till the end of the year, even if your upgrade lacks 26 cores, what's in between? Will you Incredible owners be whining about what a POS your "slow" phone is? ;)
 
...and I'll guarantee that it will have issues functioning as a CELL PHONE, just as all other smart phones do. We allow all the companies to get away with it. As long as they keep distracting us with new bells and whistles ("live wallpapers! wow!!"), and we keep buying 'em, they won't address making sure that the devices function as reliable, user-friendly cell phones first.
 
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Isn't this the way of technology though? This is why I get frustrated when people complain or expect something for free. That's the way it is...we create it by clammoring for the "next big thing" then getting dissapointed when it isn't what we built our unrealistic expectations up to.

Honestly, it's just a phone and more so, it's really just a toy.

Yeah...I could probably do without the smartphone features and it is fun to play with. It does help me in my day-to-day life though. I think you are right on with expectations. In technology terms, the next big thing is only a few months away...if that.

Where can I get that augmented reality software... or even something like it. It looks so damn cool.

I'm doing a wiki to see what that is all about. I've never heard of it till this article.

...and I'll guarantee that it will have issues functioning as a CELL PHONE, just as all other smart phones do. We allow all the companies to get away with it. As long as they keep distracting us with new bells and whistles ("live wallpapers! wow!!"), and we keep buying 'em, they won't address making sure that the devices function as reliable, user-friendly cell phones first.

I think that you can pretty much sum up a smartphone to be the jack of all trades and the master of none.
 
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You know the Incredible doesn't ship with a microSD card?

Actually it kinda does. What i mean by that is when i placed my preorder on saturday it stated its a limited time offer that it will include a 2gb sd memory card. So some of us will be getting them with a 2gb memory stick, and some of us won't be. Those who preordered before the offer was put up won't get them, but those of us who preordered with it being on our invoice will get them. It really doesn't matter to me, i bought a 16gb class 6 card for my eris before i returned it and will use it in the incredible. I also have an extra 4gb card laying around that i had in my old phone that i never got around to using, so now i'll have 2 extras. I'll just keep them as backups as more and more devices move to microsd.
 
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Actually it kinda does. What i mean by that is when i placed my preorder on saturday it stated its a limited time offer that it will include a 2gb sd memory card. So some of us will be getting them with a 2gb memory stick, and some of us won't be. Those who preordered before the offer was put up won't get them, but those of us who preordered with it being on our invoice will get them. It really doesn't matter to me, i bought a 16gb class 6 card for my eris before i returned it and will use it in the incredible. I also have an extra 4gb card laying around that i had in my old phone that i never got around to using, so now i'll have 2 extras. I'll just keep them as backups as more and more devices move to microsd.

I would be on the phone with Verizon pitching a bitch fit because this is something that they, clearly, tacked on to the phone after backlash from reviewers. It's not fair to shortchange those who ordered early.
 
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Okay...looks like Wikitude is an app for Android that uses Augmented Reality. I couldn't wrap my head around what this was until I realized that a head up display or the computer generated lines on a football field are examples of AR. Interesting stuff.

Also, search the market for Reality browser or layar. . . it's the same thing. It's pretty fricken cool.
 
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I would be on the phone with Verizon pitching a bitch fit because this is something that they, clearly, tacked on to the phone after backlash from reviewers. It's not fair to shortchange those who ordered early.

Well thats your call, personally i wouldn't care wether it came with one or not, but thats me. Its not something that takes away from the phone, i certainly wouldn't go cancelling a preorder over it. And right now i'm sure their site is being bombarded with preorders from those who were waiting for the nexus one and just got the news this morning its not coming.
 
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Another tasty tidbit regarding the Incredible vs. the Eris: You can't switch to the vanilla Android "Home" instead of Sense UI:

It seems that a lot of folks interested in the HTC Droid Incredible want to be able to turn Sense (HTC's custom user interface) on and off at will. Previous HTC handsets (as recent as the HTC Desire) had the ability to do this pretty easily by erasing Sense as the default and throwing up a choice between Sense or the stock Android home screen after you hit the home button.

Not any more.

We tore into the system files of our Droid Incredible to see what we could find. After hours of hard work, caffiene and Excedrin, we found some interesting information -- the resources and artwork for vanilla Android seem to be absent, or at least aren't where we expect them to be. While we can't be 100 percent sure just yet, it certainly appears that the Droid Incredible was meant to only run the Sense UI.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing. HTC clearly has upped the game with the new Sense UI, as our video walkthrough shows. At this point, if you're on the fence, the best advice I can think of is to head down to your local Verizon Wireless store on the April 29 and give the device a spin. After a few minutes with it, if you think (like we do) that Sense enhances this particular handset, use your 30 days to find out.

Update: Yep, you can use Helix Launcher 2 on it. So you're running a launcher on top of Sense. Have fun with that.
Can you turn off the Sense UI on the Droid Incredible? Mmmmmm ... Not just yet | Android Central
 
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On a side note it seems rooting the incredible might be nearing completion. Theres a thread stickied in the incredible forum stating its almost ready. Theres just a couple small hurdles to bypass but they are working on it. I'm assuming once they are shipped to the rest of the developers who are waiting for their units the game will be over. I'm almost expecting root access on day 1, and certainly within the first week of its official release.
 
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