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I think I have solved the issue. There are apps in the Market that keep wifi alive while in sleep mode. I installed this one last night and my push notifications are suddenly real time again. It looks to be a pretty small impact on battery life, but I will monitor.

Of course, had HTC not decided to put the wifi to sleep 15 minutes after the screen goes off, this wouldn't be an issue......
 
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I'd say yeah, get it. If you don't want a phablet then it's really your only choice with higher-end specs. Battery life is outstanding. Camera is the best I've ever used (with especially quick shutter time, crisp pics). Screen is real nice.
That said, the mostly very minor issues I've experienced in the last 2 wks:
- you can't set separate volumes for ringer and notifications; there's one slider that controls both
- agreed with others that the volume rocker is a tad too flush (although this is something I've adjusted to)
- there aren't as many (any) power saving settings as my Gingerbread HTC phone, but then again the battery life is great to begin with
- can't move apps to SD card (ICS "feature"?)
- and the biggest issue I have -- when using gmail with the stock HTC mail app, any new mail (er, any changes to the inbox at all) do not change/sync automatically unless I choose "refresh" from the menu. Hence not getting any notifications of new mail. This is a big issue based on my google searches, and affects not just gmail but Hotmail, Yahoo, etc when using the stock mail app on many HTC phones running ICS. Most people say, "just use the gmail app". I could, but don't want to. ;)

Btw I got mine for $50 on newegg mobile. Very quick shipment, no issues.
 
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I'd say yeah, get it. If you don't want a phablet then it's really your only choice with higher-end specs. Battery life is outstanding. Camera is the best I've ever used (with especially quick shutter time, crisp pics). Screen is real nice.
That said, the mostly very minor issues I've experienced in the last 2 wks:
- you can't set separate volumes for ringer and notifications; there's one slider that controls both
- agreed with others that the volume rocker is a tad too flush (although this is something I've adjusted to)
- there aren't as many (any) power saving settings as my Gingerbread HTC phone, but then again the battery life is great to begin with
- can't move apps to SD card (ICS "feature"?)
- and the biggest issue I have -- when using gmail with the stock HTC mail app, any new mail (er, any changes to the inbox at all) do not change/sync automatically unless I choose "refresh" from the menu. Hence not getting any notifications of new mail. This is a big issue based on my google searches, and affects not just gmail but Hotmail, Yahoo, etc when using the stock mail app on many HTC phones running ICS. Most people say, "just use the gmail app". I could, but don't want to. ;)

Btw I got mine for $50 on newegg mobile. Very quick shipment, no issues.

I concur with everything you say (must be a New England thing!!) and would add that certain things in ICS aren't as easily won (long pressing doesn't seem to do as much as it used to) and obviously the push notifications are all out of whack for me and a few others. I'm also having an issue lately where my wallpapers are jumping around and shifting to the right, leaving a vertical black bar on the left side of the screen. It usually shifts back, but it's a little weird. Could be an app interfering with something else. I think I'll do a factory reset anyway just to be sure.
 
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So what are you meaning by putting your phone in a deep sleep? I have not changed any settings from buying the phone. But I am not sure if my phone goes into "deep sleep" or not. If not, I wouldn't change it as I have no issues at all with battery life. I use Gmail and have no issues getting mail while my phone is "off" or sitting around for however long without use.

that's just the terminology HTC uses for activating their Smart Sync (asleep for 15+ minutes)

It doesn't sound like from some of your other posts that you're having this problem at all, which is good for you. Oh well, here comes another factory reset
 
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What about to replace a Rezound?

The 4" screen is really a sweet spot for me. I like my Rezound, but I still think it is a little large. But...

I don't use this a a phone - ever (the only reason I remembered my number was to use it as the hotspot key.) I only use it as a connected PDA, camera and media player. Is the 4G worth it as a full price upgrade (I want to keep my unlimited data) over the Rezound in this case?

I guess what I want to know is do I loose anything (screen quality for HD videos, camera quality etc) to gain a better size and longer battery life?

TIA
DLM
 
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