IS Evo getting the latest Sense UI?

MegatronVsMe · Dec 18, 2010

ARR22 said:
They are also including some Nova game (never heard of it) in it and its just a demo. Thats BS.

Yeeeah thats kind of bullsh*tty to put a game on there that no one asked for, at least make it able to be deleted. Though its not possible unless rooted. It could be a cool game idk, still seems kind of like cheap/cheat advertising.

SaleenFiend · Dec 31, 2010

CriticalCritic said:
Taking it a step further... I would rather have nothing than have Blockbuster. The first thing I am surely going to be getting rid of is Blockbuster.
F Blockbuster, I don't want their bankrupt, corrupt, BS disrupting my phone.

But yeah, Netflix would've been sweet!
C'MON HTC!!! As the most prominent, successful, and best integrated Android provider, you can get the jump on early exclusivity through dealings with Netflix! Provide some special accommodations for Netflix and make it happen!

NETFLIX is trash. Their selection is terrible. I am bored and I watch all sorts of stuff - far from picky. I'll be canceling my contract this month. It's bad when I have to go to Blockbuster to rent movies I actually like rather than just ordering them from Netflix that I already pay for.

I won't use the Blockbuster app probably, but it's easiliy removed.

MegatronVsMe said:
Yeeeah thats kind of bullsh*tty to put a game on there that no one asked for, at least make it able to be deleted. Though its not possible unless rooted. It could be a cool game idk, still seems kind of like cheap/cheat advertising.

What's new about this? I don't understand why people continue to rant about this. It's been since the beginning.

EarlyMon · Dec 31, 2010

SaleenFiend said:
What's new about this? I don't understand why people continue to rant about this. It's been since the beginning.

Well, it's new to new Sprint/Evo converts, so let's let that slide.

OTOH - people that haven't rooted continue to have this complaint and I personally agree with them.

Microsoft and Apple know how to distribute an OS with removable bloatware. Android is more like those operating systems than not, yet Sprint and the other carriers still try to lock bloatware in as if we're carrying feature phones.

It's a valid complaint - after all, who's paying for the phone?

I say let them distribute it but take a page from Microsoft's playbook, make it deletable, make customers happy with that.

3volut1on · Dec 31, 2010

SaleenFiend said:
NETFLIX is trash.

Probably should have started that off with a "IMHO" as it's clearly in the minority.

EarlyMon · Dec 31, 2010

This is kinda a rumor/question thread, but may I offer that the thread topic really has nothing to do with Netflix or Blockbuster per se - it's about the Evo, and maybe even the new Sense?

A little wandering around the topic concerning the new updates in general isn't so bad.

OK to find an existing thread on Netflix vs. Blockbuster, or start a new one, maybe in the Lounge, where lots of others can chime in on this one, not just Evo users.

Thank you, happy new year.

SaleenFiend · Jan 1, 2011

EarlyMon said:
Well, it's new to new Sprint/Evo converts, so let's let that slide.

I guess your right. I've been with Sprint for 10 years and well different phones throughout the years have always had junk pre-installed that isn't removable.
Although, I doubt we are the only phone company that has done this. It's just part of business. Free Advertising(Well probably not free).

lordofthereef · Jan 1, 2011

SaleenFiend said:
I guess your right. I've been with Sprint for 10 years and well different phones throughout the years have always had junk pre-installed that isn't removable.
Although, I doubt we are the only phone company that has done this. It's just part of business. Free Advertising(Well probably not free).

They all do it. The only devices that this is not done on are the ones where the manufacturer doesn't allow it a la Google's flagship phone(s) and the iPhone (I guess technically google doesn't manufacture any of that, but I think you all get the picture). The only way we will get this to stop is if there is some law passed that prevents it, which I doubt (I think we will see a law regarding locking of phones before anything even close to this) or the manufacturers put their foot down.

uniquenameEVO · Jan 3, 2011

EarlyMon said:
I say let them distribute it but take a page from Microsoft's playbook, make it deletable, make customers happy with that.

You mean the "post DOJ beatdown" playbook?

EarlyMon · Jan 3, 2011

Yes. Yes I do.

Hey, I was trying to be nice.

Plus, I don't think most folks pay attention to how things got to here - once the embers die, people only care about the final result. Anyhoo...

By now we've all seen the new Sense vid suggesting we can run the new beans on our Evos - I'm just finger-crossing that that's true and we're not short of the Desire HD's ram to really do this - and Gingerbread - right.

But - I'm still betting on my (possibly wild) predictions that we're getting all of it and maybe sooner than later.

Samsung just bragged that they hit their target of 10 million Galaxy-class phones sold, 4 million in North America alone.

Were HTC to release Gingerbread + new Sense early in our market - say, on the HTC Thunderbolt (Verizon) to show innovation and on our venerable Evos (to show on-going support), while US Samsung customers are still waiting on a Froyo release and many still waiting on a fix to their GPS woes, I think that would constitute a marketing coup that would be heard all of the way around the world.

HTC innovates and not only is HTC not stoopid - HTC is mighty smart.

The first two handsets with vendor-supported Froyo were the Nexus One and the Evo. If they get Gingerbread to us, therefore in alignment with the Nexus S while the rest of that series still awaits Froyo, there will be no face saving for others.

The pattern of Nexus_whatever first, HTC next, in advanced Android support - others would only be able to purchase spin control to contain the damage.

dan330 · Jan 3, 2011

i think there are 2 lines of Galaxy phones... the S and one before it... right?

EarlyMon · Jan 3, 2011

dan330 said:
i think there are 2 lines of Galaxy phones... the S and one before it... right?

Now, you could be right about that... No one's ever questioned my calling the S series as Galaxy-class in these forums before... others have adopted it for its Star-Trekish nature - and I didn't think about it when I coined that term.

Well - if you're right, all I can say once again is that being wrong so often seems to come with the mod job for me, personally. Too little time to concentrate in one area. Not whining - just being honest.

I guess I never noticed that the i7500 was also the Galaxy -

Samsung Galaxy full specs - Phone Arena

My first care about Samsung and Android was my Moment.

Were there other Galaxies as well? (Duh - Galaxy Apollo, Europa, Lite, Portal, Spica... I'll have to see if those were i7500 variants or what, I guess.)

dan330 · Jan 3, 2011

10 million sold of .. galaxy class phones...
does skew the numbers a little.. if they include all the different models.

how many android HTC phones that have been sold???

EarlyMon · Jan 3, 2011

No, no - let's not have my miscommunication of a single slang term skew any numbers:

Samsung reaches goal: 10 million Galaxy S phones sold worldwide -- Engadget

I don't have the HTC number you want, but -

HTC targets 60 million handsets in 2011

And buried somewhere in my post history is some breakout of that by HTC with the lion's share projected next year for Android.

HTC started out as a clone maker - Happy Taiwan Computer or something like that. They've grown by specialization - and they're targeting Android for their future, with a backstop of Win7 handsets (not all eggs in one basket).

SaleenFiend · Jan 4, 2011

EarlyMon said:
and they're targeting Android for their future, with a backstop of Win7 handsets (not all eggs in one basket).

Not to go the way of the Palm eh?

EarlyMon · Jan 4, 2011

^Exactly.

SChandler · Jan 6, 2011

Looks like the new Thunderbolt is identical to the Evo except for the addition of Dolby Sound and LTE... It has the new Sense... With that said, I really hope that we can see the new Sense on the Evo.

lordofthereef · Jan 6, 2011

SChandler said:
Looks like the new Thunderbolt is identical to the Evo except for the addition of Dolby Sound and LTE... It has the new Sense... With that said, I really hope that we can see the new Sense on the Evo.

Give me Skype video calls, like the Thunderbolt has out of the box, and I will be happy enough!

EarlyMon · Jan 6, 2011

Give it to me with complete platform independence (Android, iPhone, Win, Mac) so I can videochat whomever I please, and make it free, and I'll be happy. Kinda like:

Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing from ooVoo

macalino22 · Jan 14, 2011

guess what name will be android 2.5 or 3.2 CDEFGHI then J Jellyace!

EarlyMon · Jan 14, 2011

SChandler said:
Looks like the new Thunderbolt is identical to the Evo except for the addition of Dolby Sound and LTE... It has the new Sense... With that said, I really hope that we can see the new Sense on the Evo.

Thunderbolt ROM Booting on the HTC EVO 4G | Android Phone Fans

dan330 · Jan 14, 2011

awesome find EarlyMon!!!! i am now joining that thread at xda... see what comes out of this...

EVO on the move!

HittingSmoke · Jan 14, 2011

My second biggest gripe about Sense up till now has been that I just don't like the theme. Now with themes I might have to give it a second try, as long as someone can assure me...

...that they're finally fixing bluetooth?!

lordofthereef · Jan 16, 2011

^^^ what's going on with bluetooth for you?

finndo77 · Jan 22, 2011

definitely a wandering thread...

I did want to say, in regards to the forced apps, I only complain about it, because I feel the Evo got shorted on it's available internal memory, I wanted 512 meg AVAILABLE, not total. 384 meg for apps doesn't cut it for me, and it is less as Sprint keeps adding more junk in each ROM update. I just recently got a refurb replacement for the USB not connecting data or charging (solder broke) and I forgot to check the available space before and after the new update installed (got the phone after the update came out, but it was not already installed on it).

Anyone know how much additional space we lost because of the added programs? I am sure not a lot, but it starts to add up when you include all the Sprint added garbage.

FlyHighx · Jan 22, 2011

finndo77 said:
...and it is less as Sprint keeps adding more junk in each ROM update....

I know what you're saying and I know that it shouldn't be necessary, but, I'd suggest rooting your phone and getting rid of all of those apps.

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