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

[maverick96]

what does mms/picture mail look like? can you post a screenshot of it?

Yes this is great question???

 

[Mom2Ninjas]

NinjaMom, you can indeed zoom in/out while taking pictures... I'm not sure if you can while recording.

:Crossing my fingers: Going on a cruise in Sept. Would be nice to be able to zoom while filming my kids.

 

[ecaggiani]

Screencaps of sending an MMS

Here's a series of screencaps of attaching an image to a text message. This is using the default Messages app on the Evo. If you install Handcent (or some other SMS/MMS app), it will have a totally different process.

Attach a file to a text message

Select what kind of file

From camera or pictures?

Pic attached. Click EDIT to edit message.

Message editor 1

Message editor 2

 

[ecaggiani]

:Crossing my fingers: Going on a cruise in Sept. Would be nice to be able to zoom while filming my kids.

Sorry, I'm not seeing any way to zoom the video. No controls for it in the video app. I only see zoom for pictures.

 

[Mitalis]

Here's a series of screencaps of attaching an image to a text message. This is using the default Messages app on the Evo. If you install Handcent (or some other SMS/MMS app), it will have a totally different process.

Attach a file to a text message

Select what kind of file

From camera or pictures?

Pic attached. Click EDIT to edit message.

Message editor 1

Message editor 2

Can you show what it looks like when you receive an MMS? Do you see text with a thumbnail attachment?

 

[skeeve]

I have two quick and hopefully very easy questions.

One: Could you confirm that the evo has the Car Home app? In Engadget's video when they showed the app list I didn't see it and that worried me.

Two: Can either the car home or some other feature open an app with a voice command? And if so can this be done with a wired mic/headset? I know that over bluetooth headsets this is supposedly not possible now (or at least voice dialing isn't). Essentially my dream is that I could do a lot of things with my phone without actually taking it out of my pocket. How much of this is possible?

 

[ecaggiani]

Here's receiving an MMS:
Receiving an MMS

And here's the car Home app (actually called Navigator)
Navigator

There is a settings page in Navigator that has the option "Automatically launch NaviPanel in car kit mode" whatever that means

Oh, and no idea about voice commands yet. I'm at work so I can't really try ;-)

 

[Mom2Ninjas]

Sorry, I'm not seeing any way to zoom the video. No controls for it in the video app. I only see zoom for pictures.

Thank you for checking....

Can't have everything... Or maybe in a update...

 

[jxs1984]

pretty cool!

 

[Sho_Nuff_3000]

Ok, i've been thru all 23 pages of this thread and not 1 person asked if the back cover is made of plastic or metal and if it felt solid and didn't move while using the phone? Also, how does the screen hold up to finger prints and smudges? do you have to constantly wipe it off? Is a screen protector really needed or just something to get for piece of mind?

 

[Mom2Ninjas]

Ok, i've been thru all 23 pages of this thread and not 1 person asked if the back cover is made of plastic or metal and if it felt solid and didn't move while using the phone? Also, how does the screen hold up to finger prints and smudges? do you have to constantly wipe it off? Is a screen protector really needed or just something to get for piece of mind?

I read somewhere that there was a debate about if the EVO used Gorilla Glass and the HTC reps gave conflicting responses on if this was the case or not.

 

[birdcaughtthekat]

I have a Pre, and truthfully, like it. I just recently found out about the Evo, and the more I read, the more I like. Thank you so much for all the different questions and answers! I have a question about the hotspot feature.

Has anyone tried to link more than 3 items to it, and does the speed drain more with every item you add? And while the Evo is being used for the hotspot, can I still use other aps like games?

Thanks ahaed of time.

 

[Sharper]

Here's a series of screencaps of attaching an image to a text message. This is using the default Messages app on the Evo. If you install Handcent (or some other SMS/MMS app), it will have a totally different process.

Attach a file to a text message

Select what kind of file

From camera or pictures?

Pic attached. Click EDIT to edit message.

Message editor 1

Message editor 2

Thanks for all your replys to everyone. I'd like to know if you're using the SDK to take screenshots of your Evo screen or are you using an app?

 

[jxs1984]

Ok, i've been thru all 23 pages of this thread and not 1 person asked if the back cover is made of plastic or metal and if it felt solid and didn't move while using the phone? Also, how does the screen hold up to finger prints and smudges? do you have to constantly wipe it off? Is a screen protector really needed or just something to get for piece of mind?

back cover is plastic

 

[letsgoflyers81]

Just to be clear, those are the 6 most recently launched apps and not technically a list of 6 running apps. Any of them could be closed.

Here's an app that lets you see up to 15 recent apps and looks very similar to the built in Android function. However since the developer hasn't figured out how to remap long pressing the home key, you have to assign to something else, like long pressing the search key.

[App] MoreRecent - Shows 15 recent apps (updated 5/18/10) - xda-developers

 

[WhitePhone]

Does anyone know if there will be a hack/3rd party app to get tethering for free, like mytether on the pre? I hope this doesn't sound too pirate-ish

 

[letsgoflyers81]

There are apps like EasyTether and PDAnet that do this, but they only work over USB and Bluetooth and they aren't free. Something else might come along.

 

[rem_kujawa]

so you can shut the big clock down while still running the HTC sense.

 

[jxs1984]

if you turn off sense, is the photo gallery the same or different?

 

[letsgoflyers81]

so you can shut the big clock down while still running the HTC sense.

The flip clock is just a widget. You can get rid of that one and use a different clock, or no clock, it's up to you, while still having Sense enabled.