Gyp Rosetti
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Does Verizon have any badass phones like these?
I have the Blackberry Tour and love it but am due for an upgrade shortly.
I have the Blackberry Tour and love it but am due for an upgrade shortly.
Yesterday, I got the last 4G iPhone in Vegas
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SaltyDawg
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Verizon has the HTC Droid Incredible right now, which is a step down from these phones. However, Verizon has the Droid X coming out in a couple weeks which is supposed to be pretty awesome, but I don't think it has the front cam for video calls. the Droid 2 is supposed to be coming out later this year too, and it might have a front cam, but that isn't confirmed yet.
Apple uses a proprietary app for their video calls, so it probably won't be compatible with anything else. On the Evo though, it's an open API on the front cam. There are actually 2 seperate apps that do video calls right now, both made by third parties. One of the apps, called Fring, also has a Skype plugin. So you can sign into Skype with it and video call anyone on Skype (or they can call you) even if they are using a laptop or whatever and you are on your Evo. And since these are Android apps, they should work on any Android phone that has a front camera. I think Both Fring and Qik (the other video call app) both make clients for other platforms as well. So you would be able to video call anyone on any of the platforms running the app.
Fring also has plugins for several messenger services too (MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, AIM, etc).
Beantown
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Do you work at a cell phone place or something?
SaltyDawg
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No, but I've been a smartphone junkie since they first started making PDA phones and I code smartphone apps as a hobby.
KatieMCR
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I love how this thread turned into a discussion about Android. Just another example of the momentum Android is gaining. It won't be long before Apple loses the smartphone war. Android is the future. By the way, I love my Motorola Droid. I'm very impressed with what I've seen from the Droid X, and would be very tempted to get one if I was eligible for an upgrade.
Unfortunately I have to disagree. That Apple products are great is, at this point, essentially a religious credo for the faithful. There are entire legions that will purchase the apple product because it's cool. This, despite the fact of their products sometimes blindingly obvious flaws, such as lack of support for Adobe Flash.
I own an iPhone and will probably be switching simply because I'm presently annoyed every time I'm on an airplane and I see 6 black iphones being pulled out across my row. And that doesn't even get me started on how frequently I get confused when someone else gets a text message or an e-mail.
CONAN
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You're upset cuz other people have them?
Ya, if there was only some way you could change the tones used . . .
Marty McFly
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It's iPhone 4. Not iPhone 4g.
TheMulletMutilator
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Apple is definitely losing the battle because the Android OS is by far the best and you currently have to go through AT&T to get an iPhone. That will change apparently down the road when Verizon is rumored to get a future iPhone. But as far as cost, you can't beat Sprint when comparing what you get. No data cap like AT&T and Verizon. Unlimited Mobile to Mobile minutes to any service provider. Oh and 4G which is on the way to the SLC area this fall. Realistically you could also get hotspot which makes your phone a 4G modem(when 4G is available to SLC, 3G as of now) and connect up to 8 wifi devices with broadband speeds. Not to mention that you can take video in HD(720P) and also have an 8 MP camera on the back and a 1.3 on the front for video conferencing and or skype(which is also free). Hotspot does cost you 30 bucks additional if you want to go through Sprint to get it but you can get rid of your current ISP if you feel like it. There is also a way you can DL an app to get hotspot for free(though Sprint can't be too happy about that). The only really bad thing I have heard about Sprint is their Customer Service. Anyway, just a heads up for some of you. If you do go for the Evo then good luck getting it. The Best Buy I went to on launch date to get it at had me all set up to get one on the second shipment, except the idiot put my CC expiration date in the computer wrong so I had to wait a couple of weeks to actually get my evo.
I wouldn't say "upset." It's more along the lines of it's difficult to feel like you're really on the cutting edge of smartphones when it seems as if you possess the exact same phone as everyone around you. The present cult-like aspects of the Apple crowd don't improve my perception of this uniformity.
Or I could just get a different phone that's functionally identical (lets be clear, the iphone's capabilities are hardly unique at this point) and isn't exactly the same as every other phone I see in my everyday life.
SaltyDawg
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You can install the free WiFi tethering app for now, true. But Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) is due to be released anytime now for the Evo and it has a WiFi hotspot app built in. Also, SLC was rumored to be launching 4G as early as today, and you can already get 4G in may areas from Ogden to south of Provo. Turn your 4G on and you may be surprised...
EDIT: I just checked and 4G is now on the Sprint coverage maps for SLC, so it may have launched today.
The iPhone's capabilities were never really unique. Pretty much all of the functionality of the iPhone (and plenty more than that) was available on other devices before the iPhone launched.
It's Apple that is announcing all these great new features that have been available on every other smartphone all along (multitasking is a current example, copy and paste and MMS before that).
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