Got my HTC Evo yesterday ask if you have any questions!

[rem_kujawa]

one other this is the screen glass?

 

[Yourdogsdead]

The screen is glass. It has been confirmed by many people

 

[rem_kujawa]

thank you.

 

[NorthBayX415]

Does te camera have zoom capabilities?

 

[jedisrus]

webOS is MUCH better for multi-tasking since it saves the state of the app and you can just switch back and forth without any effort, Android is similar to the iPhone where you have to leave the current app and open a new one. That is one of the things I find really annoying coming from my Pre.

OK now I am totally confused. This isn't a deal breaker for me by any means but I thought you could do a long press on your home button and that took you to a screen that showed small icons of your opened(still running) apps. I even saw a video where somebody was working in one app, received a notification from another app they had running, long pressed the home button, and then tapped the appropriate app to switch to it.

Is this not possible in Android, or the Evo, or 2.1? Positive clarification on the matter would be real nice.

 

[dkotoric]

What does the phone do if you drop out of 3g coverage? Does it 1RT or roam?

hmm really don't know have not dropped out of 3g coverage yet, we have pretty good 3g coverage.

 

[dkotoric]

Having said this, how well does the EVO multi-task as compared to the pre? Is it so different as to be a deal killer or is the multi-tasking "do able"?

BTW, Thanks for all the FAQs...

webOS is MUCH better for multi-tasking since it saves the state of the app and you can just switch back and forth without any effort, Android is similar to the iPhone where you have to leave the current app and open a new one. That is one of the things I find really annoying coming from my Pre.

OK now I am totally confused. This isn't a deal breaker for me by any means but I thought you could do a long press on your home button and that took you to a screen that showed small icons of your opened(still running) apps. I even saw a video where somebody was working in one app, received a notification from another app they had running, long pressed the home button, and then tapped the appropriate app to switch to it.

Is this not possible in Android, or the Evo, or 2.1? Positive clarification on the matter would be real nice.

For all the multitasking questions on Android it saves the state just like on the Pre its just that there are no cards but if you hold down the home button for like 2 seconds it will bring up a list of the last 6 apps you have opened and you can go back into any of them by just tapping on them so its definitely NOT like like the Iphone.

 

[dkotoric]

Does te camera have zoom capabilities?

Yes it does it there is a +/- sign and when you click it a slider comes on the left side and you can slide it up and down and it will zoom in.

 

[Rich Rasp]

Just got mine today! What a nice slab of technology! I'm coming from the droid incredible and I will tell you there ARE some advantages other than the obivous hardware differences. The only thing that the incredible has over the EVO is the amount of on-board memory. There is about 389mb of onboard memory for app install after all the Sprint bloatware. That's terrible for a 1gig on-board device. The incredible has around 750mb of on-board for app's out of the box. The advanatages for me are mainly in the messaging app. I hated the way the HTC messaging app was layed out on the incredible. VM combined and MMS messages were way too short to see and most of the time, too small. Not the case with the EVO. The visual VM has it's own icon which is perfect. Aside from that, if you have any questions, ask away.

 

[jedisrus]

For all the multitasking questions on Android it saves the state just like on the Pre its just that there are no cards but if you hold down the home button for like 2 seconds it will bring up a list of the last 6 apps you have opened and you can go back into any of them by just tapping on them so its definitely NOT like like the Iphone.

Thanks for the clarification. That's what I thought/hoped. I can do without the cards but I am sure that for a good couple of weeks I'll be trying to close apps by swiping them off of the top of the scree.

 

[jedisrus]

Just got mine today! What a nice slab of technology! I'm coming from the droid incredible and I will tell you there ARE some advantages other than the obivous hardware differences. The only thing that the incredible has over the EVO is the amount of on-board memory. There is about 389mb of onboard memory for app install after all the Sprint bloatware. That's terrible for a 1gig on-board device. The incredible has around 750mb of on-board for app's out of the box. The advanatages for me are mainly in the messaging app. I hated the way the HTC messaging app was layed out on the incredible. VM combined and MMS messages were way too short to see and most of the time, too small. Not the case with the EVO. The visual VM has it's own icon which is perfect. Aside from that, if you have any questions, ask away.

Can you post a pic of the messaging screen? I'd love to see what you are talking about.

 

[Dre007]

OK now I am totally confused. This isn't a deal breaker for me by any means but I thought you could do a long press on your home button and that took you to a screen that showed small icons of your opened(still running) apps. I even saw a video where somebody was working in one app, received a notification from another app they had running, long pressed the home button, and then tapped the appropriate app to switch to it.

Is this not possible in Android, or the Evo, or 2.1? Positive clarification on the matter would be real nice.

I've pretty much confirmed this as well (after watching a video on youtube) while playing around with a friends samsung moment. A long press of the home button brings up a thumbnail view of the last 6 apps you have open and pretty much restores them to the last state they were in instantly.... Good enough for me

 

[Rich Rasp]

Can you post a pic of the messaging screen? I'd love to see what you are talking about.

Don't have a camera on my ATM but if you know what the sense looks like on the desire, with the contact pictures in the thread selection and not just in the specific text thread. I like that better. I guess the incredible, because of the visual VM built into the messaging, it would NOT ad those pictures for contacts. Plus, when you would get a VM, it would should within that text thread if the caller was texting you as well. Also, the MMS part is a biggie. I get ALOT of MMS messages and the incredible never displayed them right. That pissed me off because I was trying out the desire and it was totally a different story. And and MMS that was small in file size would remain small when viewing. The EVO will vit it properly to the screen and also give you longer to view animated gif's. The incredible gives you like 1 sec and thats it!

 

[ecaggiani]

This is what long pressing the home key looks like:

It's not technically what you have running, but it's the last six apps you have run.

 

[dkotoric]

Thanks for the clarification. That's what I thought/hoped. I can do without the cards but I am sure that for a good couple of weeks I'll be trying to close apps by swiping them off of the top of the scree.

yap and not only that I have not used a palm pre for like 3 months and I still sometimes try to use the swipe up gesture to bring up all the apps on android LOL

 

[emeraldayotte]

yap and not only that I have not used a palm pre for like 3 months and I still sometimes try to use the swipe up gesture to bring up all the apps on android LOL

One of my concerns with migrating over to Android. I have a feeling that I'll be trying to use the gesture area as well.....LOL

 

[dkotoric]

I have uploaded some new pictures on the first page/post of this thread. One of them is the screen when you hold the home button and it displays the last 6 apps.

 

[Eguy]

yap and not only that I have not used a palm pre for like 3 months and I still sometimes try to use the swipe up gesture to bring up all the apps on android LOL

You are not the only one. I do that on every smart phone I use now . I keep doing the back gesture when I use Android.

I've pretty much confirmed this as well (after watching a video on youtube) while playing around with a friends samsung moment. A long press of the home button brings up a thumbnail view of the last 6 apps you have open and pretty much restores them to the last state they were in instantly.... Good enough for me

Ah yes, I stand corrected. Apps only save state if you use the home long press. If you go back into the app drawer and launch the app, it doesn't save the state. At least that is what I saw on the Droid I was using.

 

[yanks4life]

Hey guys, thanks again for all the info, thought of another question to ask. How is the SMS text messaging operate? I again have a Pre and love the fact (I know with a patch) but can have multiple text windows open to text different people and also send a group text. How is it on the EVO, I assume you can group text, but how about just normal texting of different people is it easy to open and text different people quickly? Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[rem_kujawa]

I don't know if I want to but I have to ask, can you turn off the time and weather widget and get just a blank back ground?