Quote :

"but still, no gingerbread, no dual core, no hdmi...doesn't really strike me as a must have 4G phone"

yeah, it'll pretty much be outdated once verizon releases the Etna from motorola and the Samsung/LG offerings.

1/5/2011 11:37:53 AM

so the evo shift is only 800MHz, with a smaller screen, and fat as fuck....

sign me up!

1/5/2011 11:39:39 AM

yup. looks like a quarter of overrated phones from HTC. I wanna see those LG phones. Looks like they ripped off touchwiz but maybe they'll update theirs faster. lol

1/5/2011 11:43:20 AM

is the evo the best android phone through sprint?

will sprint have any new phones coming out in the near future that i should hold out for?

i'm elligible for an upgrade next month

1/5/2011 11:48:28 AM

i'm very leery of lg products. i know they're supposed to be top of the line, but our dishwasher sucks and my env touch sucked. maybe i'm just too picky with my technology

1/5/2011 11:51:42 AM

Quote :

"is the evo the best android phone through sprint?"

As a whole? probably. The Epic is better hardware-wise but senseUI > touchwiz and HTC seems to manage to be able to update their phones in a timely manner.

As for LG, their Optimus line seems to be doing pretty well and a lot of people liked the Ally as an entry level device so we'll see how the high end goes.

1/5/2011 12:01:24 PM

yeesh 4.5"

http://phandroid.com/2011/01/05/att-announces-samsung-infuse-4g-with-4-5-inch-super-amoled-plus-display/

Quote :

"So here it is, folks: AT&T is jumping headfirst into 4G with the announcement of a slew of Android devices. OK, so they are taking cues from T-Mobile and simply labeling their HSPA+ 4G, but be that as it may the handsets to go along with it are quite simply amazing. The Samsung Infuse 4G is another in the growing line of Galaxy S phones touting the latest in Sammy’s display technology, the Super AMOLED Plus. The new display gets a 50 percent boost in sub-pixel count to improve contrast and outdoor visibility. In terms of other specs, the handset holds a 1.2GHz single-core Hummingbird, an 8MP rear camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera. The Super AMOLED Plus comes in at a scale-tipping 4.5-inches. The phone is planned to launch with the TouchWiz interface atop Android 2.2, and given Samsung’s history with updates it might stay that way for a while."

Motorola Atrix 4G- first dual core hspa+ phone for AT&T and turns into a laptop
http://gizmodo.com/5725505/motorolas-atrix-android-phone-has-two-cores-and-is-atts-fastest?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

1/5/2011 12:49:35 PM

Interesting how phones were on the way to minuscule, and now they're exploding again

1/5/2011 1:28:43 PM

that was before they became so adept at web browsing and other functions that function better with bigger screens

1/5/2011 2:21:25 PM

yeah now it's "let's slap a big ass screen on there and see how thin we can make it"

1/5/2011 2:27:26 PM

unless you're the evo shift apparently. hey-oh!

1/5/2011 3:08:10 PM

http://www.nvidia.com/object/ces2011.html

nvidia live press event

1/5/2011 3:47:06 PM

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2011/01/video-lg-optimus-2x-star-hands-on/

Video: LG Optimus 2X Star hands on

1/5/2011 5:48:33 PM

^ want

1/5/2011 5:57:40 PM

i need that samsung on verizon

1/5/2011 6:01:23 PM

Honeycomb demo

1/5/2011 6:07:34 PM

I upgraded my Epic to 2.2.1 froyo and now all the apps try to run all the time even with an app killer and this is killing my battery. and its also slow as hell now since its running so many apps in the background. any suggestions on how to stop this?

1/5/2011 6:09:06 PM

That HDMI mirroring on the LG is pretty awesome, I'm skeptical it'll be for Verizon but I sure hope so

1/5/2011 6:50:06 PM

^^^That looks pretty badass. It says "redesigned for tablet" so does that mean there will be a version of Android specifically for tablets or will they be essentially the same OS as on the phone?

Also, with some of those improvements in that video, I don't really see a need for Chrome OS anymore.

1/5/2011 7:22:21 PM

^^^ You'll probably want to look into downgrading back to 2.1. The way they talk, the froyo leak was really buggy.

^ not sure. Believe Honeycomb was supposed to be their tablet OS so they may just skip it and go to Ice Cream for mobile phones.

1/5/2011 7:27:37 PM

^^chrome OS has a very tight niche

Looks like the Etna has been renamed the "Droid Bionic" will be the first LTE device on verizon from Moto in Q2

also, that Atrix has my name on it.

[Edited on January 5, 2011 at 7:50 PM. Reason : asd]

1/5/2011 7:49:50 PM

HTC better have something seriously up their sleeve with the thunderbolt to compete

1/5/2011 8:01:41 PM

Loaded the GummyJar 2.5 ROM onto the phone last night.

Holy freakin' smokes, what a difference.

1/6/2011 8:00:19 AM

Atrix 4G and laptop dock

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/motorola-atrix-4g-hd-multimedia-dock-and-laptop-dock-hands-on/

1/6/2011 8:47:51 AM

yeah I'm just droppin in here to say that I love my droid x. Its awesome, definitely better than blackberry.

I have one issue, with the protective cover on the droid x, it won't fit in the desktop docking station I bought for it. I wonder if this means it won't fit in the car mount I bought for it either.

1/6/2011 11:07:44 AM

looks like the Honeycomb dual core rumor was about as true as Gingerbread requiring a 1GHz processor.

http://androidandme.com/2011/01/news/android-news-news/minimum-android-3-0-hardware-requirement-rumor-gets-debunked/

1/6/2011 1:46:05 PM

15 minutes to Verizon's CES event. Live webcast on their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/verizon?v=app_131775593549948

1/6/2011 3:46:04 PM

Well that was rather uneventful. 4 handsets (first as early as march), Motorola zoom, lte galaxy tab and a couple LTE cards/hotspot.

http://phandroid.com/2011/01/06/verizon-announces-4g-lte-handsets-and-tablets/

Quote :

"HTC ThunderBolt (exclusive to Verizon Wireless) - HTC Sense 2.0, Skype mobile™ with video, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 4.3" WVGA display, Dolby surround sound, 8-megapixel camera and HD video recording, wireless DLNA capability. LG Revolution - HD support for streaming, playing and recording video, large 4.3-inch touch screen, Android™ 2.2, video telephony support with front-facing camera and mobile hotspot capability to share a 4G connection with up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices. DROID Bionic 4G - Android with Adobe® Flash® and HTML5, front-facing VGA camera and See What I See video feature, rear-facing 8-megapixel camera, 4.3-inch HD quality screen, HDMI connectivity, dual-core 1GHz processor, 512 DDR2 RAM. Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone - Android 2.2, Google Mobile services, including Google Search™, Google Maps™ and Gmail™, YouTube™, brilliant 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus touch screen display, powerful 1GHz application processor, HTML5 Web browser, rear-facing 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera to support video chat capabilities, Samsung Social Hub and Media Hub."

LTE Locations for 2011

Quote :

"Fayetteville-Lumberton, North Carolina Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, North Carolina Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina"

1/6/2011 5:52:21 PM

^ Having used BOTH, a LOT... there is no way I would say Sense > TouchWiz (not old TW).

It's amazing how much more convenient TW is and looks are cleaner in my opinion.

1/6/2011 5:55:34 PM

Quote :

"^ Having used BOTH, a LOT... there is no way I would say Sense > TouchWiz (not old TW). It's amazing how much more convenient TW is and looks are cleaner in my opinion."

Not sure what you mean by more convenient and cleaner. The icons just look too iphoney and the widgets are meh. I've ditched it altogether and am using ADW launcher on the Fascinate. As for Sense, ran it on the OG Droid I had for a while and only got rid of it after the developers gave up on fixing the RIL so you wouldn't be limited to using wifi.

1/6/2011 6:38:24 PM

What is the difference between the LG 2x Star and the LG Revolution, other than the carrier they are on?

1/6/2011 11:53:15 PM

Holy cow that Atrix looks amazing. I've clung to my sprint plan with a lot of fervor due to a TWW'er keeping it straight. But 4G in Fayetteville paired with that kind of hardware is just amazing.

Sprint needs to get freaking data service on Hwy 24 and WiMax in the 'ville (not that I've seen a device yet that can hang 4G for more than a few hours.)

1/7/2011 12:00:50 AM

^Atrix is ATT, only which is making the claim that all their 3G network has been upgraded to HSPA+ ("4G")

1/7/2011 1:39:58 AM

Quote :

"What is the difference between the LG 2x Star and the LG Revolution, other than the carrier they are on?"

looks like the 2x has the tegra 2 and the Revolution doesn't.

1/7/2011 7:36:09 AM

and color me confused. All but 1 of the videos of the Revolution show stock Froyo but this one shows LG's faux-touchwiz and seems to be Bing'd out.

1/7/2011 8:13:11 AM

Looks like Verizon got screwed on this one

1/7/2011 9:19:18 AM

anyone have any input on custom ROMs? i was gonna wait to see if something baller got released within my 30 day window before heavily modifying my X, but since that's not happening, might as well pimp the shit out of it.

i've been reading about different ones like gummyjar, apex, rubix, etc., with roughly 50% of posters on other forums going with apex, and the rest something else. i'm leaning towards apex, but i figured people close to my own age might help me decide better.

1/7/2011 9:27:30 AM

is it possible to enable different radio bands when in the US by flashing your phone with a custom rom/radio? for instance, I can get a tmobile g2 for not a lot and then I can flash it with an off the shelf desireZ US rom. will that enable me to use it on ATT 3g?

1/7/2011 9:38:30 AM

^^I have gummyjar and love it. Install was painfully simple.

1/7/2011 10:01:13 AM

^^ doubtful.

1/7/2011 11:02:28 AM

I just put the latest BB rom on mine and am pretty happy with it

1/7/2011 11:34:12 AM

Droid Incredible saves life but not battery. lol

http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/07/droid-does-stop-bullets-htc-droid-incredible-saves-mans-life-video/

1/7/2011 1:55:33 PM

Running Rubix Focused 1.9.5 on my Droid X and loving it.

1/7/2011 2:14:05 PM

Quote :

"for instance, I can get a tmobile g2 for not a lot and then I can flash it with an off the shelf desireZ US rom. will that enable me to use it on ATT 3g?"

its definitely possible hardware-wise. an antenna is an antenna. whether it is using CDMA or TDMA i'm sure can be changed but not sure if there are roms out there that can do that

1/7/2011 4:07:03 PM

^^^

Quote :

"Extended Life Battery? "

and btw its an HTC Evo Battery.. stupid report says droid incredible and puts a picture of an HTC battery... If the Evo did not have such bad battery life this guy may have died...



[Edited on January 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM. Reason : ..]

1/7/2011 5:56:13 PM

^If only HTC made a battery for the HTC Droid Incredible....

1/7/2011 7:44:49 PM

^^^pretty sure the operating frequencies of the radio are a hardware limitation. ie. no amount of custom software will enable a tmob phone to suddenly work on AT&T 3G or vise versa, unless it is a device with the hardware radio built in and currently not being utilized.

[Edited on January 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM. Reason : Sorry, looks like G2 actually does have the correct radios for AT&T 3G ]

1/7/2011 8:58:55 PM

Has the correct frequencies but it's probably locked to use tmobile 3G only. That's usually the case in most instances

1/7/2011 10:17:54 PM

Quote :

"^http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953"

Thanks BigEgo.

Now that I have that. Do you recommend any ROMS for the Galaxy S?

1/8/2011 3:43:10 PM

yeah, all the gsm frequencies are there, just software masked in the US. i need someone's g2 to borrow

1/8/2011 8:22:45 PM