HTC EVO 4G Fails in College Demos
Hi
This almost 3 year old 2.3.5 Gingerbread device is used to teach the phone portion of Adult Community Ed classes on Android SmartPhones at South Florida State College in Sebring/Avon Park area of Central Florida. The phone says Sprint 4G, but it has never lived in an area with 4G. I can only imagine how nice 4G would be when trying to demo a YouTube video without hesitation. Even 3G DSL and thus WiFi, plugs up when the seniors invade the area and increase the population 2 or 3 fold. Tried a Note 10.1 YouTube video at a recent workshop and had to abandon as the college is also on DSL. The 4.3" screen was state of the art when it was introduced in May of 2010. My 60, 70 and yes, 80 year old grandpas and grandmas have Galazy Nexus', S3's, Note 2's and DNA's which way outshine the professor's antique device. Also shown is a new brochure announcing the next round of Android and Apple (my iPhone is a 3Gs with no Siri, do you want a photo?) workshops in late March. If your readers have Snowbird grandparents, let them know about the classes on March 26th and 28th.
In addition, there is a Smartphone Club in our 1200 home Tanglewood 55+ Village with 165 members on the email list with monthly attendance of 50 to 60 seniors. Retirement for me has been spent developing PowerPoint presentations on a continuing basis with a new Wireless Digital Photography workshop scheduled for early April. In spite of the old equipment, classes are well received.
So now the good news. As Phil knows, 4G LTE for Verizon and Sprint has just started to arrive in the Sebring area, so I am finally ready for a new device.
Best Regards, Frank (Sebring, Florida and Fenton, Michigan's "ElderTechTutor")
Remember, Obsolete Equipment Obsoletes the Mind