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looks semi legit...
damn fast even with LWP though. nice to see the honeycome lock screen. rather have the vibrate function though !
I just saw this, it looks pretty damn nice. I love the coloring. Seems pretty nice. I can't wait
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I could care less for the look (I prefer MIUI & HTC Sense design so color me bias) but I want the fillings (features it brings).
The owner should dump the system here at XDA...
Look semi really saw it a few minutes , funny how it could be truth and if it is just before iPhone 5 drops LOL, anyways doesn't really impress me tho , I want to see better api for apps and hopefully some.new killer features
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Lulz.......semi.........
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Looks like it was most likely legit....seeing as how it was remotely wiped.
From the Nexus S forum thread
I don't buy it... The story is a little too unbelievable, and it looks too much like the Icecream launcher that was available for download here last week. Possibly a skinned version.
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Looks like it was most likely legit....seeing as how it was remotely wiped.
From the Nexus S forum thread
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Convenient that.
I call fake. The About screen strangely lists "Icecream Sandwich", but on every Android I've played with it would list the numerical designator (such as "2.3.4"). Things also appear more skinned than stock (I would hope Google has a bit better sense of graphic design than what I'm seeing there).
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Convenient that.
I call fake. The About screen strangely lists "Icecream Sandwich", but on every Android I've played with it would list the numerical designator (such as "2.3.4"). Things also appear more skinned than stock (I would hope Google has a bit better sense of graphic design than what I'm seeing there).
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If that was real ICS, you think HTC is going to switch desktops from the HTC Sense one to the ICS one?
I doubt it but it would be cool to see them giving an option.
SUCH BS..
They wouldn't wipe it, they'd send out corporate security to buy the phone back and investigate the theft...
Wow. SO MUCH IMPROVEMENT. Real or not, widgets in the app drawer is nice. Also the home button feature is swagged out. I cant imagine CM8.
#SWAG!!!
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Just check other phone's forum and you'll see how hasn't are dying to port the sense ui on their optimus 3g or their galaxy s2. It's funny but then it's sad looking at this forum and reading people hating the ui. imo I think it's fantastic. And I think other phone model owners think so too.
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Just check other phone's forum and you'll see how hasn't are dying to port the sense ui on their optimus 3g or their galaxy s2. It's funny but then it's sad looking at this forum and reading people hating the ui. imo I think it's fantastic. And I think other phone model owners think so too.
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...what I think is sad are people who get phones with vanilla android trying to port sense, what I think is even more sad is people doing it completely different phones that have barely anything in common. read that as meaning: most **** is broken. and they are willing to put up with that, whereas I can't stand sense and that definitely played into my decision to return it.
To each his own. Something happened, slowly. The consensus used to be originally on the E4G forum that "we" liked AOSP more. Then I'd say a few months in up until a few months ago it was a pretty even split. Now it seems that the vast majority of "us" prefer sense.
<troll>Someone should ask cyanogen to make a sense version</troll>
grass is always greener on the other side
I like most of the Sense UI. In fact, I didn't even change the default weather widget based one. I also like the lock screen dock thing which is cool and saves me some steps.
I *think* the hate comes from two things. One, it is kind of a resource pig. Two, you are forced to use it as opposed to it being an option. Some people just doing like to have things forced on them. At least that's what my dates used to tell me !self-zing!
I must admit now that I have a device capable of running Sense properly, it is much better. With that said, it's still a bloated pig that eats up too much space and resources.
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IMHO i dont like Vanilla very much... Sure its lighter and faster, but why? Its a stripped version of android, looks very bland and boring when using core apps. Sense on the other hand gives it a much needed polish and adds tons of features and much better integration to services. Its not as fast as Vanilla but it offers so much like better integrated contacts and gallery, better copy paste, easy access settings and recent apps in the notification bar, very polished UI and core apps, in a nutshell anything the common user might need and im sure that the devs will close the speed gap when custom roms hit
Just my .02
s3nT Fr0m aN0tH3r dIm3nSi0n (EVO 3D)
The best part of android is if you have a good dev community you can have whatever you want on your phone. Hell I'd try touch wiz for awhile if someone made a good port.
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IMHO i dont like Vanilla very much... Sure its lighter and faster, but why? Its a stripped version of android, looks very bland and boring when using core apps. Sense on the other hand gives it a much needed polish and adds tons of features and much better integration to services. Its not as fast as Vanilla but it offers so much like better integrated contacts and gallery, better copy paste, easy access settings and recent apps in the notification bar, very polished UI and core apps, in a nutshell anything the common user might need and im sure that the devs will close the speed gap when custom roms hit
Just my .02
s3nT Fr0m aN0tH3r dIm3nSi0n (EVO 3D)
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I can see that point of view...and I'll admit, it has a few slick features. Mostly contact integration...that's pretty much it. Hold down 'home' in any version of Android to see the recent apps...no need to pull down.
But when I use an OS interface I use it to navigate around to applications. The applications being what I actually want to use. I don't care how sexy the operating system looks, it is a means to an end. I don't use OSX just to play with the dock, I don't use Windows XP just to **** around with Luna... hell, I didn't use DOS just to type 'dir' over and over again. I certainly never used Solaris solely to be tormented by CDE...nor OS/2 for WPS....
To each their own, of course. I'm more of a utilitarian anyway...and something that is slick looking, has superfluous features and a couple handy features that I could still live without is just fine...but when it consumes half of your goddamned ram that is double what it used to be....well...I just can't abide by that.
To me that's like getting a new car that has a fuel tank twice the size of last years model and gets less than half the miles per gallon too. wtf!?
It just offends my sensibilities. Once again, to each their own.
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See you are about to get people in trouble. Lol.
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I am loving Sense 3.0. What I cannot believe though is even after all the version upgrades, they still have a settings button in the launcher and not something that might be useful!
What is even harder to believe is they still won't let us choose what apps we want in our launcher. You would think before they developed any other part of Sense that would be the first thing they addressed.
Maybe Steve Jobs created the launcher for HTC and that is what he wanted in it?
I love sense now. It has wonderful battery life and a pretty UI. If only I could hook the Wii remote to it. That would be hot. I don't care about speed test. It's fast enough.
I'd wish they made it possible to alphabetize shortcuts in folders. I love Sense 3.0!
As far as functionality, Vanilla takes the cake. However, Sense 3.0 isn't bad. In fact, it's quite usable.
As far as look/feel, Sense is beatiful...especially the widgets. I absolutely HATE those bland white menus though. However, AOSP ROMs are theme central (especially MIUI) and can be customized to perfection.
I prefer AOSP ROMs. Not because they contain no Sense, but because they are more customizable and take up less space.
My NS4G came with stock Android (which I prefer), but the dev support is not even a quarter of what the Evo has. That's why I bought an Evo 3D, and that's why I'm going to flash an AOSP ROM on it as soon as perm root is to be had.
So out of pure stubbornness... someone said sense takes up half your ram on your phone now are speaking of ram that your phone has avail for program usage or for storage becuase my phone seems to only be using 200 megs of ram with everything i have running on the phone and still has like 600 megs free for other stuff i never seem to run out of ram so i dont understand where your getting off saying this.... now if i am wrong please point me in the right direction to look and see sense taking up half my ram? also i used to have a HERO and let me tell you sense ran like old crusty dog dookie so it was gone as soon as i got my phone rooted... this phone i am totally happy with sense other than the fact that i cant seem to change some settings i would like to change. But thats to be expected and hopefully devs can add some new settings into this phone to make it more user freindly. but HTC you did a good job i am happy with this phone now unlock the damn thing already =)
Like they say, you never know what you had until its gon or something like dat lol
Bussin Caps n 3D
I don't terribly mind Sense, but I'm definitely jumping ship for vanilla as soon as it's an option.
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So out of pure stubbornness... someone said sense takes up half your ram on your phone now are speaking of ram that your phone has avail for program usage or for storage becuase my phone seems to only be using 200 megs of ram with everything i have running on the phone and still has like 600 megs free for other stuff i never seem to run out of ram so i dont understand where your getting off saying this.... now if i am wrong please point me in the right direction to look and see sense taking up half my ram? also i used to have a HERO and let me tell you sense ran like old crusty dog dookie so it was gone as soon as i got my phone rooted... this phone i am totally happy with sense other than the fact that i cant seem to change some settings i would like to change. But thats to be expected and hopefully devs can add some new settings into this phone to make it more user freindly. but HTC you did a good job i am happy with this phone now unlock the damn thing already =)
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Coming from a HERO stock e3D is a steller mind blowing experience I'm sure...coming from a highly tuned Evo4G it was 'okay, a little faster' at best. most of the time i didn't even notice a differene...not that there wasn't one, but it wasn't staggering enough to notice.
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false ! lol
sense 3.0 is nice !! now that i can disable most of the bloatware its even faster
I'm enjoying sense 3.0 thus far. I only have 2 gripes. 1- I wish the notification drop down was accessible from the lock screen. I loved widget locker for this reason alone. 2- after opening the app drawer, selecting an app, then hitting home or back when done, I wish it would go back to the home screen rather than back to the app drawer.
Now First off Don't get me wrong, I'm Not starting this thread with intentions to Sh.t on the EVO 3D at All!
"I Personally Love it, and think it was
Definitely Well Worth The Wait!"
With that said...
Like with just about Anything in life, People are Always going to find Something or Someone... To Single out and find whatever Negative there're able to dig up in order to Complain about the Littlest Petty Sh.t they can think of, and I Know unless the Phones actually Customized for them, There's Always going to be something they would Change if they Could...
But Again, I'm Not at all starting this thread to Bash the EVO 3D! I'm Just simply listing certain features I guess I Wish were maybe a little more User Friendly (In My Opinion) for Everyone that may Agree with Me...
1.) I'd have to say coming from the CDMA HTC Hero, I Definitely Miss having the Trackball for "Easy" Scrolling!
2.) Well I suppose this is Almost the same as the first but... In My Opinion since they (HTC) did away with the Trackball they should of at least gave us a Keyboard with Directional Arrows! Especially for the people like me that Always seem to find their self having to Edit a Typo. It's Almost like Surgery having to Drag the pointer, either that "OR" just Try and get Lucky enough to Touch the Perfect spot between to Small ass Letters!
3.) I'm Not Feeling the Stupid Battery Cover! I basically have to Wrestle with it and say a Prayer to God that i Won't Break it to pieces when I Snap it off,
Get it... SNAP it off! Lol...
4.) I Hate the fact that in Settings/SDCard Storage there's even a Option to... Mount/UnMount the Micro SD when its Totally Impossible to Do either on the EVO 3D Without Removing the Battery First! "If Anyone figures out a way Please Post it Here for me!"
5.) I Don't like the Location of the Charger Port! HTC... What was Wrong with "Perfectly Center" on the Bottom? Wasn't Broke till You guys Fixed it! Lol...
6.) Now Maybe I just Don't Handle or Except Change well, But I just Can't seem to get use to the Volume Up/Down buttons on the Right side if the phone, Instead of the Left like on my Poor Retired Hero! Ugh, I Miss it Already...
7.) For whatever reason, While I'm Typing a Text or "Double Clicking" on a Web page to Zoom In/Out it Jumps to a completely Different Spot!
8.) Another thing I came across is when I try to Click the Up Arrow on the Keyboard to Capitalize a letter it almost Always selects the (Z) button instead of Capitalizing the Damn word! The letters (O) and (P) also Do the same to me!
9.) Finally, Last but Not Least...
Give a Damn Option to Un-Install those Pointless System Clogging Apk's like StockMarket, Twitter, Facebook, etc....
I Understand they made it into the System files for... $$$ Purposes but at least give the User the Option to Install Facebook, or whatever else really Isn't Necessary on the Own!
10.)
** If You Noticed I Stopped At 9**
So Anyone that's Willing, Fill in Your 10...
Or Simply just "My" 10th!
*Maybe, If there's Enough people Leaning in a certain Direction on a certain Subject, The EVO 3D Developers can kind of Reference the Infomation and Somehow Incorporate it into their Future Builds!*
"Obviously Not the Physical Buttons,etc."
if your that unhappy with the phone why would you keep it ?
Just sell it and get something you do like.
CheesyNutz said:
if your that unhappy with the phone why would you keep it ?
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I'm Not Unhappy with the Phones Internal Features... Mainly just some Externals! Plus I Don't have that many Options seeing I'm Locked in with Sprint again, and I like the whole Sense look!
Like I said I Still Love the Phone, its Fast as Hell and a All Around Great phone but I'm also Considering its Fairly New and the Longer its around the Better it'll get with Development!
No kickstand and charging port location are my only gripes. I don't think ANYONE will ever have a phone they r 100% happy with.
Although my EVO 4G was pretty close to being perfect.
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beatblaster said:
Just sell it and get something you do like.
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See the thing is I like the whole Sense UI look so my Opinions are kind of Limited seeing that I Don't wanna Leave Sprint!
And certain Physical stuff Isn't really enough for me to just Abandon it!
Meh. I was diehard HTC. I had the hero, then to the evo4g(while always yearning for pure Google). Evo 3d wasn't for me so in may I went nexus s.
I say root it, flash 2.3.4/5 and be done.
If you like sense, root the stock and delete all that junk.
I loved and hated that trackball, I finagled new hero's cause I didn't like the white trackball becoming tinged. Honestly, the evo3d, physically, seems a bit utilitarian to me.
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sand1303 said:
No kickstand and charging port location are my only gripes. I don't think ANYONE will ever have a phone they r 100% happy with.
Although my EVO 4G was pretty close to being perfect.
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I can honestly say that the nexus s 4g has succeeded in that role. I love this device; form factor, speed, aesthetics ...and everything just works.
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I guess I'm just kind of Hoping to bump into a Suggestion I Havent thought of!
But from what I see the EVO 3D's kind of my Best Choice, at least for Now...
I love this phone more then my dog (he chewed my chef clogs last night) but I miss the kick stand, I like the charger on the bottom of the phone and I have a lot of typos due to the smaller keyboard (maybe I just have big thumbs)
With that being said, I can HONESTLY say there is not another phone on the market I'd rather have. And YES that includes SGSII. (Touchwiz blows)
Peace and love
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My only gripe is that the camera is totally useless due to the ridiculous shutter lag (delay between when you take the shot and when the camera actually snaps the shot). No combination of settings can change it: shutter lag is always 0.5 to 1.0 second... sometimes more. Other than that, the phone is near perfect and I'm hoping HTC will put some emphasis on fixing the dud of a camera in the next update.
Mike
chefdave12118 said:
I love this phone more then my dog (he chewed my chef clogs last night) but I miss the kick stand, I like the charger on the bottom of the phone and I have a lot of typos due to the smaller keyboard (maybe I just have big thumbs)
With that being said, I can HONESTLY say there is not another phone on the market I'd rather have. And YES that includes SGSII. (Touchwiz blows)
Peace and love
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Got a Laugh outta me...
I must have Big Thumbs too! Lmao!
mikeyxda said:
My only gripe is that the camera is totally useless due to the ridiculous shutter lag (delay between when you take the shot and when the camera actually snaps the shot). No combination of settings can change it: shutter lag is always 0.5 to 1.0 second... sometimes more. Other than that, the phone is near perfect and I'm hoping HTC will put some emphasis on fixing the dud of a camera in the next update.
Mike
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Have you had the Lag with both 2D and 3D? Tell you the Truth I know the Camera was one of the Hooks to Reel everyone in but i Haven't even tried to take a Picture yet! But good to know about the Shutter lag!
Thanx...
1. It should be dual 8M camera rather than just dual 5M
2. Yeah, give me back keyboard arrows
3. 3rd party equalizer not working on stock music player
4. Both SIM and sdcard should be accessible without removing the back cover
5. I love the camera button, but is it necessary to make 2D/3D switch a physical button also?
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Plenty of good keyboard options available with navigation arrows.
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Plenty of good keyboard options available with navigation arrows.
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What are they? I only found one!
But I want this one but it Has to be Ported I think?
chefdave12118 said:
I love this phone more then my dog (he chewed my chef clogs last night) but I miss the kick stand, I like the charger on the bottom of the phone and I have a lot of typos due to the smaller keyboard (maybe I just have big thumbs)
With that being said, I can HONESTLY say there is not another phone on the market I'd rather have. And YES that includes SGSII. (Touchwiz blows)
Peace and love
Rootyourdroid.net. My nephews blog.
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Exactly everything you said Dave! If I were going to post, it would have been word for word, lol. All in all I'm happy tho.
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What are they? I only found one!
But I want this one but it Has to be Ported I think?
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Try thumb keyboard. Using it to type this message in landscape, its got Mega spacebars.. navigation keys are in portrait. I also think that swiftkey has navigation arrows, not swiftkey x, swiftkey. I can still install the original swiftkey from Amazon app store.
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What are they? I only found one!
But I want this one but it Has to be Ported I think?
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SwiftKey X too has the nav arrows...
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SwiftKey X too has the nav arrows...
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Smart keyboard pro also has navigation arrows as well as an option to use the volume keys to move the cursor.
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So after seeing some "screenshots" of what ICS will look like on the Nexus Prime, it actually looks pretty sweet if it's real. I like the coloring and looks of everything. But the way HTC goes with Sense, do you think that they will make a transition and changes the looks of things to match it, or do you think it will look as it does now seeing Sense is well, Sense. It really hasn't changed with other big updates.
Here's the link to the latest screenshots I've seen and are referring to,
http://androidcommunity.com/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-screenshot-gallery-leaks-20111007/
I actually don't like vanilla android, but I agree I hope HTC changes its design....
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So sexy.
Whooo! (Cole Voice...)
I love how vanilla android looks, I also think sense is really nice too. Honeycomb is pretty sexy too. It seems like ICS is trying to bring elements of all these together. We'll see how well that works out.
I think to start out htc will prolly port thier apps (email etc) and do some light theming then later on bloat it out later on
I would really like to see a whole new Sense that is themed to go along with vanilla and honeycomb. It's time for a new change
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Skins are prolly as good as it'll get
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I like Sense & Honeycomb(Very awesome), haven't seen ICS in depth but from what I saw, I'm still not wowed by the whole look, just bits & pieces.
Just my personal opinion + my Sense fan bias.
I prefer the looks of stock Android, but the functionality of Sense. I hope to god that Sense is either somehow made optional, or that it is revised to look like ICS. Judging by HTC and their past updates though, not gonna happen...
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I prefer the looks of stock Android, but the functionality of Sense. I hope to god that Sense is either somehow made optional, or that it is revised to look like ICS. Judging by HTC and their past updates though, not gonna happen...
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I wanna say I remember Google saying something about with ICS they wanted to take a stronger stand on the overlays that were being put on by the manufacturers and make sure what they were doing were not hindering Android OS, or something to that extent where they wanted less of it...
but even so I still expect Sense to be there on the device running as its part of HTC by now and a reason a lot of people get their phones as opposed to the motoblur crap...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rod0rzGGXM&feature=player_embedded
Just Wow
It has a WP7 style kind of. It is laggy on a dual core w/ 1gb RAM. It must be in beta because it does not even flow well. It should be improved drastically... I hope..
It doesn't look smooth at all, and to be honest, it really isn't that big of a step up from Sense 3.0... I hope this isn't the final version
Well,
One good thing is coming out of HTC sense 4.0 not being the finished product yet:
IF the Amaze 4G is supposed to get ICS 4.0 with HTC sense 4.0, then "It ain't ready to be released yet!"
Again, that's a big IF.......
YAAYYY!
It looks like a knockoff version of touch wiz if you ask me. I mean I think that they should stick with the 3.5/3.6 look its a lot better. but this is just terrible.
guys stop nagging about it, i bet this is still in beta test of their developers, of couse is gonna be laggy, the fat lady aint singing yet, the phone its not even out to the market yet
i wouldn't fret so much over the current lag. there is still the HTC Confidential watermark... this means the phone's software is most likely still in test cycle 1. there are usually at least three (four in my experience) TC's before the start of the pre-pre-release build. about two-three weeks later a pre-release build is sent.. then a release intended for 'public' testing. (i still have screenshots with HTC Confidential and then the Serial Number of the phone from the myTouch 4G which i began testing in the first weeks of August.. phone was released in Nov)
splash screens will change, user features will change, UI will most likely see revamp as well.
as for the hardware, that will not change.
I actually think it looks pretty good. I still like just raw ICS better though.
ya why do people think this is so bad? i mean the dock is kinda ugly, but then again i've always hated htc's more than useless 3 shortcut dock with an over redundant personalize shortcut, so what the problem is?
Euugh. This thing is hideous. I was expecting something similar to the base ICS. Glad I rooted. Hopefully we could get an aosp rom working.
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I think it looks fairly nice... Lol. Better than 3.0 imo
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Why not stick to ICS IMHO I guess that is why three is so much delays between releases.
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I concur with OP. Oooglaay
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Its not super ugly, i would rather have this than touchwiz.
I know for sure that this isn't what it is going to look like. I heard sense 4.0
isn't coming out for a few more months.
To be honest... I don't use sense for its dock look... Because if that was the case I would not use it. I use it for features. I must admit I like the weather widget and graphics I am okay with the lock screen. I look forward to the stuff they claimed to be adding to 4.0 I'm sure there will be better widgets and such as well. If I wanted ease of use and clean look I'd use my adw ex launcher. I love the gestures especially on a phone with a larger screen. Also like the app drawer much better than the sense one... To each his own. I much rather have those options on my dock than having to make shortcuts to all those things since my dock is next to useless
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lol its funny when i see almost everyone *****ing about it. i think its an approvement.. are you guys saying you would rather have Sense ALWAYS be the same exact thing every single update? how boring is that.... seriously.
also, a lot of you know how we can change out docks and what not in older versions of Sense. do you think HTC would make it to where that is the only dock available? im sure they are smarter than that..
Edit: by "you guys" i didnt really mean a lot of people in the amaze thread, pretty much pointing at all the hate on Youtube and the mytouch forum got a lot of hate too for some reason. when the mytouch ROM is way more ugly than that xD
I might be able to my local T-Mobile store since they have the HTV Ville Live Employee my Demo. Ill see if they have it if they do ill report back.
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I personally like sense, to me it just makes my phone look high end.
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Bash me all you want lol
Just got home from the HTC One announcement event and thought I would share my observations.
First here is the HTC page for the new phone: http://bit.ly/12HHcc9 if you want to go check out the specs and things.
Having used the phone, I can tell you, I was not sure I could go back to a smaller device since I have a DNA and am very comfy with the size. However, it fit the hand very well, and was not so much different that it bothered me.
The main home screen now has "BlinkFeed", which if you ever used FlipBoard is very similar. You go in and tell it what information you are interested in and it assembles a mosaic of blurbs from your social media and news sources for you to glance at. When you see something you like, you can tap it to get details. It seems to scroll on and on forever.
I'm not sure how much I like this, it'll be one of those things you have to try out to see how it sits with you. I have been told it can be disabled for those who don't care for it. On top of this, you also get 4 regular style home screens for shortcuts and widgets.
Sense is very clean now. Everything has been minimalistically styled for sleek looks and a very sexy overall appearance. I was very happy with the way things looked and how they came together.
And for those of you worried about it, the original Sense WeatherClock is still in there.
It does have NFC, but they seem to have left out Android Beam. I was told at lunch that it should be back in by release day. We will see.
The camera is also an innovation. Something called "UltraPixel". They did not give tech specs, but having used it, I can tell you it is truly beautiful. They also paired it with something called "Zoe" which is hard to describe, but you will love it. It takes your stills and videos, creates a 30 second mashup, sets it to music, and you can watch it right there on the fly. Check out this vid AndroidPolice made at the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A5WXhzoCCA to better understand.
The phone has stereo front speakers and sound enhancement called "BoomSound". This really delivers a rich, full stereo sound that I was (for the first time on a phone) actually impressed with. You don't realize how bad your phone's speaker is till you hear something good.
They have added TV Remote software, which I did not try, but if you lose your remote, it could come in handy.
And finally, it has Sense Voice, which is supposed to let you make and hear calls, no matter how loud or cluttered the background noises are around you. Since the demo phones did not have service, I was unable to test that as well.
So there it is. Overall, I would say there are several major steps forward by HTC in this phone. You should definitely check it out when it hits the stores.
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None of the above is true, dsb attacked me with a chair upon arrival to the event, stole my wallet and ran off before the phone was unveiled
nitsuj17 said:
None of the above is true, dsb attacked me with a chair upon arrival to the event, stole my wallet and ran off before the phone was unveiled
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What do you care, there was nothing in your wallet but vacuum!
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dsb9938 said:
What do you care, there was nothing in your wallet but vacuum!
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Haha priceless!
Thanks for your input dsb. I would have loved to have gone, but due to where I live I had to settle for the live stream. I would have loved to demo it.
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I wish I could have made it to the event, living in CT it's not too far of a trek, unfortunately it wasn't possible for me. Thanks for the review though - the camera definitely seems interesting. Less MP's but ultimately a higher quality rather than software process resolution bumps.
Hmm... I read on a few other sites that the Blinkyfeedy thing cannot be disabled. They also left off wireless charging. And it's coming to a bazillion carriers across the globe but not Verizon. Silliness.
Happy with my DNA.
I do appreciate the write up. Thanks man.
I've got to admit the homescreen reminds me a lot of windows phone 8.
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Kind of interesting video. Shows how the phone is one solid piece of metal, cut for the components to fit inside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pDjfh5mFWUc
Check it out.
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Memnoch73 said:
Hmm... I read on a few other sites that the Blinkyfeedy thing cannot be disabled. They also left off wireless charging. And it's coming to a bazillion carriers across the globe but not Verizon. Silliness.
Happy with my DNA.
I do appreciate the write up. Thanks man.
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You heard lots of rumors, most of which seem to have been false.
I'm very happy with my DNA too. Doesn't mean this isn't a great phone.
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dsb9938 said:
You heard lots of rumors, most of which seem to have been false.
I'm very happy with my DNA too. Doesn't mean this isn't a great phone.
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Fair enough. I do agree it is a killer phone. Probably just my jealousy of it not coming to Big V. Lol...
Is the iOS style 'rubber band' scrolling effect back? Its there on blinkfeed, but is it in settings menus etc?
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Is the iOS style 'rubber band' scrolling effect back? Its there on blinkfeed, but is it in settings menus etc?
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I don't know what you mean, I've never touched an iPhone.
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Good writeup Dsb.
Overal do you think Sense 5 is better than Sense 4.5?
There is a few things that I like about it, but I am happy with my DNA.
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So I'm curious if the DNA will see this sense update and does anyone know if that zoe thing is just software out would it require certain hardware ?
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I don't know what you mean, I've never touched an iPhone.
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I touched one once for like 3 minutes...it seems like it can't do anything. I like files...and downloading things and finding them in my download folder. I also didn't like all the squinting I had to do to see the screen.
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Nice to hear your review, D. The size really concerned me because my DNA is borderline for me. I'd almost prefer a 4.7" 1080P screen. It seems *just* too wide for one hand typing while walking around holding a drink. I'll probably go check it out when they hit the stores, but I'm happy with my DNA and will likely stick with it.
is the carousel swiping of home screens still there because I saw a vid and it didn't look like it the carousel effect was still there but I could be wrong.
Is the DNA getting Sense 5? b/c that would be awesome and sense 5 prototype was spotted running on DNA? But prally not because VZW is a POS and needs a year+ to put on bloatware.
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Is the DNA getting Sense 5? b/c that would be awesome and sense 5 prototype was spotted running on DNA? But prally not because VZW is a POS and needs a year+ to put on bloatware.
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I REALLY doubt the DNA will see an offical sense 5. We will likely get a port though.
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