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Advntrous1 For those that have commented, Im not trying to "troll" or however it is put. Everyone on here posts information, both good or bad.
As far as relating it to the Incredible....The screen is almost twice as large as the incredible and even faster with more memory.
After using the EVO, my BB felt old, tired and outdated. The internet is so slow I feel like I went back to dial-up after trying FIOS. And again, flash on a phone is very cool.
As far as email goes, I tried an an old AOL account, hotmail, and a regular work email (not like a corporate exhange or anthing). It worked fine and when I did a test the email was received almost immediately.
As far as business exchanges or corporate emails, I do not know the answer to that. I do not have access to even test that out. Maybe someone else can provide that information.
As far as a screen in "direct sunlight"....I don't know what people are using but BOTH phones are hard to see in diect sunlight until the screen brightness is increased.
The ability to use mulitple applications at the same time is the same. As a matter of fact I loaded every app the phone had on it and there was no lag with them all running (I had just under 10 that I downloaded and tried). But the best feature was that I could use them all WHILE ON THE PHONE!!!! Thanks to VZ, you can't do that on your phone.
And also, thanks to VZ, the new google maps is very cool. Voice prompts. Different screens. You have to see it in action.
But the most visually stunning program that I loaded and could not believe how well it worked was Google Earth. It was nothing short of amazing. And I could not believe how fast it was and, again, I wasn't even using 4G. My BB can't do that.
The Icons and screen are sharp. My storm looks like Im looking at icons from an old Atari system in comparison.
Again, Im not bashing. I did really like the storm. It had great ideas. But, like most, I got tired of swapping to a refurb. I do not know one person that has not had to swap out a storm. Im sure there are, so before people start going "I have one", you are a rare breed.
Rim needs to upate, stop using cheap parts, do MUCH better quality control, and get with the program. Yea, your "push' works great. So what? What are they gonna do if this phone (or another) does corporate exhange? What will people want?
Now the one thing I do still like and its tough to give up is my BB messenger. However, Im sure in the app world I'll find something that works. There are the others (yahoo, AIM, messenger). I never used the on my BB because of messenger, so I can't say how I will like them on the EVO, but it has them.
And remember....FREE APPS!!!! FREE WEATHER thats really nice (even nicer than Berry Weather (which I think is a nice program)), but $10???? Tether Berry or PDA Net...$50???? NO.....ALL FREE. WSOP Texas Holdem...FREE. As a matter of fact 99% of all the apps on Android are FREE. And nothing beats free. Keep in mind, these aren't trials "listed as free", like in app world (that pisses me off). They are not half-assed programs. They all work fine....oh and did I mention...FREE!!!!!!!
Now I know this next part is VZ being cheap. But included is Visual Voicemail, TV, NAVIGATION (Sprint (not just Google Maps)). Your not nickle and dime'd to death.
So when people are telling me what their BB has to offer, and I understand It completely, what do you really have? Sure, back 30 years ago an Atari game system was the bomb. Today, It wouldn't hold a candle to a PS3 or an X-box. The name of this thread holds true. I have seen the light. And I dare any one here, once the 4G EVO phone comes out, to turn around and say how much better their Storm is. You will hold it in your hand and forget all about the loss of surepress and BBM.