Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by andrewbadera » Sat, May 01, 2010, 2:50 PM UTC

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by ckimm » Sat, May 01, 2010, 3:42 PM UTC

The main photo at the top of the review is not the Incredible but rather the HTC Supersonic. I've had the Incredible for 2 days now. My very brief review: feels nice in the hand, great Google integration, sweet camera, many functions take one more step/button-press than on the iPhone, calls work.

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

#3

Post by jbellis » Sat, May 01, 2010, 3:43 PM UTC

Engadget's review is better: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by MikeW » Sat, May 01, 2010, 3:55 PM UTC

ckimm wrote: post #2

The main photo at the top of the review is not the Incredible but rather the HTC Supersonic. I've had the Incredible for 2 days now. My very brief review: feels nice in the hand, great Google integration, sweet camera, many functions take one more step/button-press than on the iPhone, calls work.

The main photo is the Windows Mobile powered HTC HD2. I'm not sure why the author of the post included not only a picture of the wrong hardware, but the wrong operating system too.

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by rauljara » Sat, May 01, 2010, 4:00 PM UTC

jbellis wrote: post #3

Engadget's review is better: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/

From engadget's review - "It should also be noted that the browser on these phones is equipped with Flash lite, though we had lots of trouble getting videos to play on many of the sites we visited (Engadget included). If someone was hoping to convince us that Flash could work on a device like this, consider the job unfinished."

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by sjs382 » Sat, May 01, 2010, 4:49 PM UTC

ckimm wrote: post #2

The main photo at the top of the review is not the Incredible but rather the HTC Supersonic. I've had the Incredible for 2 days now. My very brief review: feels nice in the hand, great Google integration, sweet camera, many functions take one more step/button-press than on the iPhone, calls work.

Yeah, got mine on Thursday morning and I'm loving it (though I'm coming from a krzr that was literally falling apart). love the Facebook integration with SenseUI

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by nailer » Sat, May 01, 2010, 5:32 PM UTC

rauljara wrote: post #5

jbellis wrote: post #3

Engadget's review is better: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/

From engadget's review - "It should also be noted that the browser on these phones is equipped with Flash lite, though we had lots of trouble getting videos to play on many of the sites we visited (Engadget included). If someone was hoping to convince us that Flash could work on a device like this, consider the job unfinished."

Another interesting snippet regarding HTC Sense:

"To say that this UI is competitive with something like iPhone OS 3.1 (or 4 for that matter), or Palm's webOS is an understatement; in many ways it's superior to what Apple and Palm are offering."

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by andrewbadera » Sat, May 01, 2010, 5:52 PM UTC

ckimm wrote: post #2

The main photo at the top of the review is not the Incredible but rather the HTC Supersonic. I've had the Incredible for 2 days now. My very brief review: feels nice in the hand, great Google integration, sweet camera, many functions take one more step/button-press than on the iPhone, calls work.

Yep, I s'pose that was a bad pic to use. I had it mocked in at one point while looking for the right one, then forgot about it while fumbling with twitpic's expiring S3 content and editing the rest of the photos.

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

#9

Post by blehn » Sat, May 01, 2010, 6:09 PM UTC

On the front of the device you've got... four touch-sensitive hard buttons

Hard buttons are fine, but please, please don't make them touch-sensitive.

Re: Review: HTC Incredible

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Post by andrewbadera » Sat, May 01, 2010, 6:31 PM UTC

blehn wrote: post #9

On the front of the device you've got... four touch-sensitive hard buttons Hard buttons are fine, but please, please don't make them touch-sensitive.

I think it's feasible to hit them without looking as is, with just the haptic feedback. And in the dark, they light up. But yes, full physical buttons will still have an advantage in some scenarios.