HTC Droid Incredible Initial Thoughts
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I’ve had the HTC Incredible for a week now and have used it pretty rigorously, testing the battery, speed, voice dialing, etc. Here are my initial thoughts on the device.
The Good:
- It’s very thin and light.
- It’s super fast (compared to the Motorola Droid).
- Great Camera. It’s also very fast.
- Interface is very slick.
- Flash Light App is really cool!
- It was free from Best Buy.
- Integrated Facebook, Twitter, & Flickr is cool. My contacts feel more complete.
- Battery Life is fine.
- Voice Search seems better on this device.
- Keyboard is very easy to use in both landscape and portrait.
The Not So Good:
- There’s no unified Contacts app. Each of the 4 components (Call History, People, Groups, and Online Directories) are their own apps they you can navigate between.
- There are a lot of preinstalled apps that I cannot delete.
- It doesn’t use the official Facebook or Twitter apps.
- I miss the Favorite Contacts area from the Droid.
- (this is all android phones) I wish there were a way to hide apps in the apps drawer.
Overall, I’m very happy with the Incredible so far. It’s much faster than my old phone, the camera is much better with a faster shooting time, and everything feels very slick and cool. I can’t wait to get the dock for it!
Great post! I am surprised to see that you think the battery life is ok. Did you do anything to increase it? Mine dies 20% overnight, with no use.
Also, it does have a favorite widget you can put on one of your home screens, and can select if you want it to call a certain person, at a certain number, or even if you want to text them.
The Facebook app that came with it, is it not the official one? Sure looks like the official one I have on mine, and I never downloaded the app.
Thanks! There are 2 things I did to preserve battery:
From home, go to menu, settings, wireless networks, mobile network settings and uncheck “Enable always on mobile data” — this one is a big battery hog. This will not disable your data….it will disable the data network when not in use…then when you have something coming, your data will be fine.
I also use WiFi. I got the tips from this forum.
I will definitely check out that widget! And they might actually be the same app, but they register as 2 different ones. The one on the phone is “Facebook for HTC Sense” and you see them both when you go to share something.
Ah yes, I do see both Facebook apps, but the one I use (don’t know if it is the official one or not) is fine enough for me to upload pictures. I barely use Facebook on my phone for anything other than an easy way to post pictures. 😀
For the favorites widget, you go to the plus on the home screen, click widget, then click people. Then select which style you want. After that, you then click the group you want (favorites, family, etc). Then use the plus sign to add people.
Does the “enable always on mobile data” keep me from having instant email notifications through the Gmail app?
Amber, I don’t do GMail notifications (it’s very liberating!) but it actually doesn’t affect data being pushed to the phone- it still syncs all the same. To be honest, I’m not really sure what it does haha
Ha ha ha. Yeah I like to know when I get emails, especially my freelance email 😀 I will have to do that and see if I get an improved battery life. 😀