Evo business use - stable and reliable?

[dtreo]

As a heavy business user, I'm wondering how similar users find the Evo? How reliable is the experience running Exchange, Gmail, lots of texting, conf calls and moderate web browsing? I've tried switching from WinMo to BB and found that BB was great for calls and texting, but the email sync with multiple accounts was in need of send/receive more than I expected and browsing was awful, of course.

I'm having the usual screen freeze/reboot issues with WinMo, but the full Exchange support is critical. Anyone with similar needs using Evo that find it to be a good and stable business experience? (not cracked up about an onscreen only keyboard, but at least it's large)

Thx.

 

[Holsum]

You can always try it for 30 days and if you dont like it take it back. Having said that, i think this phone will work wonders for you, and you wont be disappointed.

 

[Cr12]

im a heavy business user, lots of calls, texts and emails, however im not using exchange, i think its a great phone you will probably be happy coming from those relics.

 

[turbodude]

coming from WinMo you wont be disappointed.

 

[Jerry-O]

I am a business user coming from a BB curve. The phone has been rock solid so far with active sync (mail, contacts, and calendar all OK). I also have my personal mail on it. I make quite a few calls and even have it set up to RDC back into the office so I can dial in if there is an emergency.

The only snag I have found so far is if I am roaming active sycn will not always push my mail, but when I open the app it pulls is all down. I don't roam that often, but it is something to be aware of.

There is an option to sync when roaming but it is grayed out and I cant figure out how to activate it.

I give it a thumbs up for business use.

 

[Husker Z]

I am a business user coming from a BB curve. The phone has been rock solid so far with active sync (mail, contacts, and calendar all OK). I also have my personal mail on it. I make quite a few calls and even have it set up to RDC back into the office so I can dial in if there is an emergency.

The only snag I have found so far is if I am roaming active sycn will not always push my mail, but when I open the app it pulls is all down. I don't roam that often, but it is something to be aware of.

There is an option to sync when roaming but it is grayed out and I cant figure out how to activate it.

I give it a thumbs up for business use.

Try going into your settings/wireless & networks/mobile networks and make sure you don't have your data roam guard on.

I use mine for business as well and find it to be perfect.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

So far so good for me. I've had a couple of issues where my EAS didn't want to sync calendar items, but I think it was on the server end, not my Evo.

 

[Dukins]

As a heavy business user, I'm wondering how similar users find the Evo? How reliable is the experience running Exchange, Gmail, lots of texting, conf calls and moderate web browsing? I've tried switching from WinMo to BB and found that BB was great for calls and texting, but the email sync with multiple accounts was in need of send/receive more than I expected and browsing was awful, of course.

I'm having the usual screen freeze/reboot issues with WinMo, but the full Exchange support is critical. Anyone with similar needs using Evo that find it to be a good and stable business experience? (not cracked up about an onscreen only keyboard, but at least it's large)

Thx.

I am a business owner as well. I was pro-blackberry for about 4-5 years now. So imagine the adjustment I had to make switching to Android.

I find the experience on the EVO great for business. I regularly email, make calls, text, and add/delete calendar events seamlessly with this phone. Exchange is super fast. Its just like push email through RIM.

Only drawback is battery life, but being that im mostly at a desk, im charged and ready to go when I leave the office. Sometimes ill leave the phone unplugged just to see how long of a battery I can hold and surprisingly almost got 24 hours. Mind you I am rooted and have DamageControl rom.

I would say this phone is definitely leaps and bounds above any winmo phone out there. I tried the HD2 for a few weeks and it wasnt a great experience. The phone would lockup, drop calls, etc.

If you are looking for heavy business use with pleasure as well. I highly recommend this phone.

Hope this helps!

 

[dtreo]

I'm using an HTC Touch Pro 2, which runs the Sense overlaying WinMo 6.5, so it's actually a very similar look and feel to the Evo (obviously Evo is much faster). The nice thing about WinMo is that the calendar is fully functional, although it's just not very stable over time. Unless you've tried WinMo, I think it's hard to appreciate the fully functional Exchange/calendar/email multitasking, but the problem is that the OS just gets bogged down and buggy after a few months with a new phone. WinMo will never be what it should and I'm not sure that WP7 will be better than anything else for business use - at least not until a few quarters of bug fixes and updates. But by then, Android will be so far advanced with all of the current and coming updates.

I do wish there was a better form factor for Android like the Touch Pro 2's great five row keyboard. It sounds like there are some coming in Sept/Oct this year. Evo battery life could use some improvement too, but it does so much at a high level that it's expected to drain quickly I guess.

Ahhhggh! What to do??!!

 

[AndroidOne]

I use mine for business mostly but do not use Exchange. I have multiple email accounts syncing at different intervals with no major issues. Texting is my primary mode of communication (I use an answering service to send me all my pages using TXT), light voice calls usage as I am always close to a land line at work. I use my phone for research and do quite a bit of web browsing, finally I have a phone that can browse the way my desktop computer can browse.

As far as battery, I don't really have much complains, charge everynight which I have done with all my smartphones and carries me through the day and night. I do not do social networking on the phone so none of these apps are syncing in the backgrond which may save some battery.

Very pleased with the Evo and Android overall, for my business needs it works great.

 

[AndroidOne]

I'm using an HTC Touch Pro 2, which runs the Sense overlaying WinMo 6.5, so it's actually a very similar look and feel to the Evo (obviously Evo is much faster). The nice thing about WinMo is that the calendar is fully functional, although it's just not very stable over time. Unless you've tried WinMo, I think it's hard to appreciate the fully functional Exchange/calendar/email multitasking, but the problem is that the OS just gets bogged down and buggy after a few months with a new phone. WinMo will never be what it should and I'm not sure that WP7 will be better than anything else for business use - at least not until a few quarters of bug fixes and updates. But by then, Android will be so far advanced with all of the current and coming updates.

I do wish there was a better form factor for Android like the Touch Pro 2's great five row keyboard. It sounds like there are some coming in Sept/Oct this year. Evo battery life could use some improvement too, but it does so much at a high level that it's expected to drain quickly I guess.

Ahhhggh! What to do??!!

I am waiting to try the Epic when it comes out (slide keyboard design similar to the TP2). For now the Evo has been quite adequate for me. I fully agree with your assessment of WM in general, offers great functionality but requires much work to keep it running smoothly overtime. So far Android seems more integrated and stable than WM ever was.

 

[dtreo]

I think the issue may be that Sense runs better over Android than it does over WinMo. I do have the option to turn off Sense and run stock WinMo 6.5, which is more stable, but you lose the nice homescreen features of Sense (nearly identical to what you guys see on Evo).

 

[ddunn]

I haven't had any problems with it. Use Exchange, Dropbox, Evernote, etc...etc...no issues at all. I'm in the field all day, so my Evo is my main line of communication to my clients, vendors, wife, etc.
I have a charger in the bedroom, in the car and I plug into my computer in the office for a charge if need be.

 

[Gekko]

my EVO is fast, versatile, powerful, stable, and bulletproof.

 

[AndroidOne]

I think the issue may be that Sense runs better over Android than it does over WinMo. I do have the option to turn off Sense and run stock WinMo 6.5, which is more stable, but you lose the nice homescreen features of Sense (nearly identical to what you guys see on Evo).

I did not have Sense on any of my WM devices and simply stated, the IU was quite spartan to put it mildly. As far as stability goes, even without any UI shell running WM tends to become slower overtime and less stable. Despite tools such as MemMaid and others to keep things running smooth, the only solution in the end was a hard rest and manual reinstall of all apps.

So far, I have noticed no such problems with the Android platform, seems to be more efficient and cohesive than WM, requires no major maintenance so far. Only time will tell but for now I am very impressed with the capability of Android as a mobile OS. Multitasking is far easier on Android than on WM without memory leak problems that I can see so far.

 

[king]

I'm a heavy business user with Exchange, Yahoo IM, SMS and constant calls. It beats the cr@p out of WinMo! Since I don't have an extended battery, I have a charging routine but it's not a show stopper. You'll be happy with the phone.

 

[AndroidOne]

I'm a heavy business user with Exchange, Yahoo IM, SMS and constant calls. It beats the cr@p out of WinMo! Since I don't have an extended battery, I have a charging routine but it's not a show stopper. You'll be happy with the phone.

I guess this answers the OP's question perfectly. BTW I also run Yahoo Mail (in addition to GMail) using the HTC mail app with no problems.

If you also have additional personal contacts, notes and calendar on stand-alone Outlook - like me - there are easy ways to migrate to GMail (or sync it) so is available in the your phone as well.

 

[dtreo]

Thanks for the input.

I actually stopped by Sprint today to play with the Evo again and I think what I want is a NexusOne size device running Android 2.2 with a TouchPro 2 keyboard. (basically a TP2 with Froyo) Probably won't be too long before that design becomes available, so I'll hold tight and suffer through some more WinMo until summer ends. But not much longer than that!

 

[AndroidOne]

Thanks for the input.

I actually stopped by Sprint today to play with the Evo again and I think what I want is a NexusOne size device running Android 2.2 with a TouchPro 2 keyboard. (basically a TP2 with Froyo) Probably won't be too long before that design becomes available, so I'll hold tight and suffer through some more WinMo until summer ends. But not much longer than that!

I have read the Samsung Galaxy S (Epic) should be coming to Sprint later this year. Has a slide-out keyboard like the TP2, a 1 GHz processor, large super AMOLED screen running Android 2.1 (upgradable to 2.2 when released), and is 4G capable as the Evo.

Check it out here and here.

 

[dtreo]

Yeah, not the biggest Sammy fan here, so I'll certainly be interested in looking at the Epic when it comes out. I've never really liked their UIs on past devices, but the Galaxy is a new look in many ways.

I think the next version of the Palm Pre will be a strong contender too if they put enough juice in it and up the battery. Hopefully some good options not too far off.