I have seen the light...and it is good!
So about a month ago after several failures, with my Storm 2, I went back to my Storm 1. Yea It sucked. But why pay for another poorly made phone. I loaded nothing. It was fine for a whole 2 weeks. Then, my screen went dead. So I head to Verizon for another phone. They gave me a referb. and I was on my way. FOUR DAYS LATER my phone just kept rebooting. Back to Verizon. My four day old phone had crashed. I was home sick. Nothing (other than contacts and emails were on it). I hadn't been out. I was done.
Now I spoke to many of you about the "dangers" of the Android. A buddy of mine loaned me his HTC Hero with the leaked Android 2.1. All I can say is WOW. Yea, there's no BB messenger.....and that stinks. But I don't see what everyone was complaining of. I used it in direct light. It looked EXACTLY like the storm as far as how well you could see. It was way faster and very fluid. And the browser BLOWS IT AWAY. And the apps....HOLY CRAP. On BB we pay for everything they get for FREE....YES FREE!!!!
But....It was garbage compared to the mac daddy of them all......
My buddy calls me up and says he just got hold of something better. And better it was. The new HTC 4G EVO phone. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!! The phone is at least 50% bigger and its all screen. A beautiful high def screen. Its about 50% thinner than the storm (so Its not all bulk). It is about as heavy as the Storm. And fast.....Fast is an understatement. Now before someone complains "it's on 4G...it should be"....well It wasn't. We don't have the 4G here yet. But websites load in under 3-4 seconds.....not WAP sites...but REAL pages. And....the mother of it all (and I have video to prove it).....It loads FLASH. The Flash did take longer than the rest of the page (about 3 seconds longer), but It was still faster than my storm loading a regular web page.
TV looks amazing. You can steam Live video to do conference calls (it has a rear facing camera) that is clearer than the storms 3MP. It has an 8 MP Camera. Its a hot spot for up to 8 devices (Imagine sitting in the woods with a generator, a TV and your PS3 playing Call of Duty Online). The nicest thing is you will still be able to make calls and use the Internet at the same time. With everything, even when the 4G comes out, it's still cheaper than Verizon and it's a $199 ($299 minus $100). I do not want to hear about better coverage either. I've dropped 6 calls today. Not one on the HTC....both equal amounts and clarity is fine.
Im not trying to bash BB. But after seeing and using the 4G EVO, I felt like I was using a StarTac phone with the lack of what the BB has to offer.
All I can say is when it comes out (June 4th), look at it, hold it, and try it. Yea its different than having the surepress screen. But because the phone is so big, in landscape mode, the keys are almost normal size (I still have a tough time in portrait, but I cant use my BB much in portrait either).
Maybe, BB will come out with a nice phone for Storm 3. But I ask everyone this....After buying not one HUGE lemon (S1), but a second one (S2 - at least for me), why give them a 3rd try?
I do hope there are as many helpful and nice people on the Android forums as the one's on here. Everyone has given great advice and helped me learn and become very knowledgeable in how to use a BB. Thank you.
Yes the specs of the HTC EVO 4G is simply daunting...
...but until it is launched and used by lots of regular folks, it is hard to say that it is the 'Nirvana' for mobile phones.
I am curious as per the claim of Flash working on HTC EVO 4G since it is running Android OS 2.1. Full flash will be available on Android OS 2.2 but it has not been released. Are you sure about that claim?
The Android platform is definitely a phenomenon to behold but it is still rough around the edges for anyone that wants a phone to do the two basic things that a phone does: Phone calls and messaging (no-brainer, huh?). Without a doubt, RIM is the master on both as of the moment. If you want the best media or internet experience, the Apple iPhone and/or Android is the way to go. I have access to all of the 3 platforms and I know who to go to when I want reliability. Of course, it is the Storm 2.
This is what it comes down to for me: A smartphone has to be a 'phone' first before being 'smart'. Until both iPhone and Android get that right, they are simply shiny toys.