A long press of the home key will bring up a list of your most recently used apps. There's a volume rocker on the right side, and the top of the device features a power button and 3. Be aware that the latter is a Type D connector, so you'll have to get a compatible cable to hook the phone up to your TV. Of course, you can watch video and view photos right from the phone, and there's a handy kickstand on back so you can prop the phone up on a desk. Sprint ships the HTC Evo 4G in an environmentally friendly package, but the included accessories are pretty sparse.
For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page. User interface Though there will be purists who prefer the standard Android skin, in most cases, we'd choose a device running HTC Sense.
Out of all our custom skins for Android Motoblur, TouchWiz, etc. In many cases, it improves on the core functions by better integrating the features, which is why we're glad to see that Sprint had the sense sorry to go with Sense on the Evo 4G.
This includes a revamped mail widget that can take you to a list view of all your e-mail instead of just one message at a time. This view, however, is only one of several choices. Once in the mail app, there's a handy tabbed interface at the bottom that lets you view unread messages, attachments, meeting invites, and more with a simple touch. The Agenda widget also now displays your whole agenda on the screen, and, like the latest HTC devices, you get an animated weather widget right on the home screen that automatically displays the current conditions based on your location.
You also get a new Group Contacts widget, which lets you organize your contacts by groups. For example, you can set up one for work colleagues, another for friends, and another for just family--whatever you please.
The UI looks good, and it's simple to add contacts to a group, though removing them requires a few extra steps. Sense also makes it easy to access as much information as possible within the contact management system. If any of your contacts have Facebook updates, it will display them right next to their pictures in the contact database. You can also see all your exchanges text messages, call logs, etc. However, we still had multiple instances of duplicate contacts and had to go back and manually link them together.
Another feature, called Friend Stream, provides a single place for all your social-networking needs, piping in updates from Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Unlike Motoblur, it's not server-based; the phone connects to the sites and pulls information directly from there. By far our favorite new feature, however, is the Leap screen. Pinching the home screen or pressing the home button if you're on the center panel brings up a thumbnail view of all your home screen panels, so if you have your favorite apps and widgets on those screens, you easily "leap" to the screen you want.
The Evo 4G offers seven home screen panels, and there are different "Scenes," which presents a whole new set of seven home screen panels that you can customize by the theme of the Scene Social, Work, Travel, Play, and so forth. Admittedly, it can be overwhelming, but the best part is that you can use as many or as few of the features as you want; the device is completely customizable to your needs.
This is the latest version of Android currently available, so aside from the standard Google services and Android apps, you're also getting such features as Google Maps with Navigation, voice-to-text entry, and live wallpapers. However, if you follow Android developments at all, then you know that Android 2.
We asked Sprint whether the Evo would get an Android 2. We can only hope that Sprint will be a bit more swift this time around than it was with bringing Android 2. That aside, you are still getting an action-packed device that's focused around the 4G and multimedia experience. The Evo 4G is the first phone to take advantage of Sprint's WiMax network, and the smartphone ships with a handful of features that really take advantage of 4G.
For one, the Evo will be the first handset to ship with YouTube's high-quality player, and also includes the aforementioned HDMI port so you can stream videos and photos in HD quality from your phone to your home theater system. The Evo also has a front-facing 1. Now, video calling and Qik isn't new. Video conferencing has long been available in international markets and front-facing cameras are the norm on Nokia's higher-end smartphones, but the Evo 4G is the first handset with a U. Unfortunately, we weren't able to test the video-chatting capabilities, since our review unit didn't come preloaded with Qik Chat, though Sprint says it will provide us with access next week.
Other voice features include a speakerphone, speed dial, smart dialing, voice commands, conference calling, visual voice mail, and text and multimedia messaging with threaded chat view. Bluetooth, 3G, GPS, and integrated Wi-Fi are also onboard, and you can use voice and data simultaneously, provided you're in a 4G market. HTC also throws in a few of its proprietary apps, including the Peep Twitter client and Footprints, which uses the phone's GPS to capture favorite locations and lets you chronicle trips with geotagged photos and notes.
Of course, additional apps are available in the Android Market. As with all Android phones, you can only save apps to the phone's main memory. Comics Music. Filed under: Google Mobile. New, 31 comments. Linkedin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. More From The Verge. Sign up for the newsletter Verge Deals Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week. Just one more thing! Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you. Email required.
By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice and European users agree to the data transfer policy. Oh, let's not forget the kickstand! In the presentation videos the phone looked thick and bulky. In person, it's anything but. It is thin, deceptively lightweight and absolutely beautiful. It's an impressive device. Thin, light, fast, powerful, the whole package.
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