http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/ Engadget Comments for HTC EVO 4G launch day line watch http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Many Happy Returns of the day buddy!]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/lol..... treat the boy nicely..... its his b'day..... treat him to some nice chicks with something to latch on to.....]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/You weren't to busy :D
Have fun with your Evos!]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/I have time to do this because the Evo isn't being released in the UK ;)]]>Jun 4th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/i dunno...but i'm kinda glad that a lot of people aren't waiting in lines for it. over the years working retail at i've seen a lot of people camped out for xbox 360s and ps3s, iphones and the like. I've never understood the big fuggin deal. you wait in like for 4,8,12 hours just so you can tell all your friends FIRST!! as if you were an engadget commenter. i've always thought these people were fairly well, sheepish, if you ask me (sorry for being inflammatory). I'd rather sleep in my cozy bed, and get it when i get it. Maybe its 2 days later, maybe its a week later. Especially with phones, i'm sure thats when people will start saying ''hey there's a problem w/ all the screens" or "hey, the _____ slot is messed up". I've always been hip to early adopting on new stuff, but never day 1 purchases, just too many things in QC that may go wrong. Just my .02

And from some of things i've been reading this morning about the storage card on the Evo 4G....i guess this unneeded rant proves my point. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
I think it's ironic how they have a picture of a line for a Sprint 4G phone at the store in New Berlin, Wisconsin. I don't believe Sprint has even got the Metro Milwaukee area on their radar yet for a roll-out of the 4G system. Will these Wisconsinites still be coughing up the extra cash monthly for 4G data even though they'd have to venture all the way south of the border into the Chicago market to use it?]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Lmao, that's actually what I bought :D.
It's no Evo, but as my first Android device, I'm excited as hell. At least it's not AT&T XD]]>Jun 4th 2010 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 5th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Probably better than any other Android phone. Considering since Android is on more than one device, and the EVO isn't like releasing the iPhone 3G and everyone upgrades to that.

You get what I mean.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Until the Motorola Shadow is released in July on Verizon!,

]]>Jun 4th 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Apple must be smiling now. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Yeah, preorders. That must be why those lines are so short.

LOL.]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Selling out across the land, bro. I'm LOL @ you.]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/So lazy me didn't preorder at the local Radio Shack in time but on Wed was able to schedule an "appointment." That meant no $20 or 15% accessory discount but I was offered 10% on the scene, made moot 'cause they had no 16G sd and I'm gonna hold off on a hdmi cable.

Anyhow, the system was delayed when I walked into NYC's Midtown East branch for my 11:30 AM appointment. There were maybe 3 people ahead of me, just hanging out by the register. Staff weren't being super-clear but said it was roughly a 1.5 hr wait for either delayed/stalled or repeatedly failing orders through the computers. They initially thought it was the Sprint system crashing under the combined Shack, BestBuy, WalMart & Sprint Store load but the manager surmised it might have just been the thousands of Shacks, 2-3 dedicated registers at least, as they slowly opened from the East to West coast.

But shortly after I arrived, they were notified Sprint opened another bank of phone numbers and got through promptly. I was the first phone call order and perhaps because I was just a Sprint "eligible upgrade," the whole operation went through extremely fast. Literally, 15-20 minutes standing and waiting my turn and then 15-20 of the process, start-to-finish. They then passed the phone off to the neighboring register so the same operator could help the iPhone convert wrap up quickly. As I was heading out someone mentioned the computers' speed seemed to brighten up as well.

If they sorted out their minor backlog, I imagine lines were nonexistent for the rest of the day.]]>Jun 5th 2010 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Dude, I'm posting this comment around 3:20am and I'm not even in line. I'm online waiting for my order to process which now is a big red bar and still waiting :(]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Guys! Not trying to be a party pooper but have you taken a look at HTC Mondrian? The phone sure is months away but I like it!]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Well, it's a completely different OS. So, whatever.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
I just went to Radio Shack with a friend who was getting it. They only pre-ordered 7, and they said that the best pre-ordering they knew of was 3 hours north in San Antonio, where a mall location had 33 on pre-order. That surprised me. I thought there would be way more demand.

On a crappy note, and seemingly NOT mentioned by any of these cool blogs... and some of you may be pissed at reading this...

Apparently, the $10 "Premium" for 4G access doesn't just apply to your new EVO... it applies to EVERY PHONE within your family plan.

Have 5 teenagers and a wife? That's 7 phones on the Sprint plan, and $70 dollars extra per month, just because your ONE PHONE has 4G access... even if your city doesn't provide it.

WHAT THE F&@# was Sprint thinking???

This is no joke folks. *SIGH*]]>Jun 4th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
Is that legit? You double checked with Sprint?

If true that's gonna be a deal breaker for many potential buyers on family plans. Me being one]]>Jun 4th 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
I guess it must not be true.

For the record, I freaking argued with Radio Shack over this for 15 minutes for my friend.

Then I called another friend who has three lines on her family plan who was picking up the phone in 30 minutes, and she said she was already notified that she would be paying 30 more a month.

This is the way Radio Shack was trained. This is the way it SEEMS to be going into their system.

Everyone seems to disagree, which is GOOD. I’ll have them contact Sprint and get their contracts fixed once they can get through.

For the record, I use a Tmobile HD2 on AT&T, and I’m sorry for the mistake. I wasn't trying to spread lies.]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
You should have heard me in the store. "Even if your two little kids use toy phones on the family plan, you're telling me that Sprint will charge 10 dollars per EVERY phone???"

Radio Shack idiots, "Yes. That's how we were trained, and we couldn't believe it either."

Argh. Why did I expect more from a Radio Shack employee than I normally do?

Again, sorry for making some people panic, and for needlessly pissing off the whole lot of you. LOL]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
That's just not true. The $10 add on only applies to lines that have an EVO 4G]]>Jun 4th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
I had been antsy to get an Evo 4G up until tonight when I read a few reviews that really poo pooed the device, especially for the battery life. I'm an iPhone user who is ready to abandon AT&T and, to some extent, the ever-more-evil Apple. I was hoping this would be the device, but I might get sucked into the iPhone 4 hype next week.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
What shitty reviews are these? Every review I've seen have said the device ROCKS, the only partial downside is battery life but it is apparently very similar to competing phones battery life...]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Gizmodo guys didn't like EVO at all..... I wonder why...]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/
I only read them if I want some good lulz. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/htc-evo-4g-launch-day-line-watch/Jun 4th 2010 4:26AM