Coolness thy name is EVO.

Posted on June 29th, 2010 by loup.
Categories: Stuff That Rocks.

I have had the HTC EVO 4G phone for almost 4 weeks. I have been thinking I need to review it because all of the reviews I have read so far are so technical and geeky. Which is cool but I thought I would share my .02 cents as a nerdy quasigeeky (I am pretty geeky for using quasi – I know) grrly girl.

If you don’t know what phone I am talking about – get thee to http://now.sprint.com/firsts/evo4g post haste. = )

This phone is teh coolness. Sexy beast of a phone. I am proud to say I stood in release day lines for this bitch. I had the Samsung Moment (another Android phone) with the slider qwerty and I loved it. But this sleek, fast, beautiful piece of hardware is amazing.

The qwerty on this phone is amazing. So much faster and responsive than the iPod Touch that I have. It auto-rotates in a blink for a bigger board so I don’t miss the Moment as a phone. John C. Dvorak took a pic of Leo Laporte with it so you know I miss the actual hardware. *grins*

The screen on the Evo is crisp, clean, clear and HUGE. It is almost 2x the size of the screen on my iPod Touch. Even with the scratch guard film on it I enjoy watching things on the Evo more than the iPod Touch.

Apps – Apple has MORE apps than Android but let’s face it … just because you have 50,000 fart apps in your market doesn’t make you king. King of the fart apps yes but who wants that title. I have found almost every app I use(d) on my iPod Touch instantly and now that the Kindle reader app is on Android .. I have them all. (And then some.)

Cameras – yes it has two. Front facing for video chat and such things and a wicked 8 megapixel mit flash rear camera. I am sad to say that before I bought the Evo I bought a new Fujifilm camera. We went to the beach just after the 2 purchases … I used my phone to take more pics than I did with the camera. Quick to load so I don’t miss shots and great quality. Not professional quality but decent enough for memories.

Kickstand – fuckin A it has a kickstand so you don’t have to hold it while you are watching movies or videos… just awesome.

Battery life – not great but I have a fix for it Open Advanced Task Killer. It is an app that runs in the background keeping other apps in check. Some apps run while you aren’t using them, checking for updates, news etc. This app killer extends your battery life. YMMV but with regular usage my battery lasts up to 2.5 days, with heavy usage I can get 18 to 24 hours out of one charge.

So let’s run it down. Sexy – check, Fast – check, on a network that millions of people don’t hate themselves for being stuck on – check, cameras – check, great screen for the youtubes and movies – check, kickstand – check, 4G – check, HDMI out – check, battery life – squared away with app killer.

I think the iphone just got pwned.

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