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."
"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."
I helped a client set one of these up yesterday. It was OK -- I didn't find anything super impressive about it. The client also has an older Blackberry which was able to play video about as quickly.
One thing to note though: it comes with a different mail application than Droid's, and that mail application silently bombs on self-signed SSLs. So, if you want to use SSL with your POP or IMAP account, in some cases you'll hit "Next" after setting up the server information, the mail program will go to "Verifying account information" for a bit, then come back to the same screen you were already on without any warnings.
Otherwise -- honestly, having used iPhones and an iPad recently, I found myself thinking that it still wasn't an iPhone killer, which is sad. I'd really like to see a solid iPhone killer on the market.
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.
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
How's the touchscreen? The thing I've always hated about Android devices was the jerky scrolling on web pages, as apposed to how it's silky smooth on the iPhone/pad.
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.
I got this phone on day one. I've used most smartphones out there, this by far offers the most pleasant experience.
If you're looking to get one, I'd say the overall thing that blows me away is the performance in general. I've never used a more responsive phone- that includes the iphone. Sense UI, is better than I thought. In fact, I thought I was gonna flash it and put stock android on there, but now I think next time if I don't get an HTC, I might flash it and put sense on it.
Only downer is batter life- but that's an issue with most phones.
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.
The biggest problem I have with them is that they're prone to accidental presses. Also, there's no feedback of any sort--soft touch-sensitive buttons at least offer some visual feedback.
