HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone
August 7th, 2010
- Slick, thin smartphone with 3.7-inch HD OLED screen
- 8-megapixel camera with flash
- Android 2.1 OS with Google and multitasking
- 1 GHz Snapdragon processor for outstanding performance
- Backed by a 1-year limited warranty
Amazon.com Product Description
The Droid1 Incredible by HTC2 is the future of computing in the palm of your hand. The super-sleek phone is less than a half-inch thick, yet it packs powerful components such as a 1 GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera, and a large high-resolution screen. Featuring the Android OS with Google, the Droid Incredible provides easy access to all your social networks, websites, and thousands of applications, including Google Navigation with turn-by-turn directions… More >>
I got to play with it a little bit today and I am certainly not impressed. I am going to wait out for the new iPhone this summer. I think people’s reviews are fairly accurate but this phone does not bring anything new to the table. I will get the new OS for my 3GS iPhone (which puts it at par with Droid’s OS capabilities) and see what magic Mr. Jobs will bring to us this summer. I am just not impressed being a bit on the geeky side, but otherwise solid phone.
Rating: 2 / 5
I used this phone from a friend who had it and was trying to sell it and so I looked at it, played around with it and my feelings about this phone are that it is, like most other “touch” controlled cell phones that it is simply trying hard to be an iPhone. It offers nothing original next to the much more intuitive and easy to use iPhone. The menus system on this phone is confusing and nothing like the iPhone. zThe iPhone right now is the best smartphone ever offered commercially. Like the rest if the “touch” smart-phones fall far behind the iPhone. Android platform is just so wreak and with only few thousand worthless applications does not stack up to the 200,000 different Apps you get for the iPhone.
Advice, don’t waste you money on this phone. Get with the leading edge iPhone. The iPhone 4 comes out late June, wait until then and really get a smartphone that multitasks even better than the currently available iPhone 3GS. If anyone disagrees with what I have written, they just don’t know what the iPhone offers in comparison to this wanna-be.
Rating: 1 / 5
Great looking phone and camera, BUT….
Can’t use Bluetooth handset for voice dialing (jawbone icon).
With this latest and greatest phone you would think it would have this feature standard, but unfortunately not. I called HTC support and they said all their DROIDS aren’t capable of this. So what’s the point? This is a deal breaker for me. I do a lot of driving so this is a must for hands free. So I guess this puppy is going back and continue using my old and trusty KRAVE. If anyone has any ideas(besides more apps), please comment.
Rating: 2 / 5
Not sure what went wrong but phone booted to activate it and then after first over night charge it doesn’t boot anymore. I’m not really that upset at the phone not working as much as having to wait another 1 – 3 weeks for replacement. It’s the service between all parties that I am giving a one star (HTC, Amazon, and Verizon).
As for the phone it looked great. I will give an update when I get one that works.
Rating: 1 / 5
There are too many porn apps in the android market and they are imbedded in every category. They do not provide a separate “Adult Content” category for this. To report these apps as inappropriate is futile since there are so many of them. There is no way to put a filter on the phone to keep this stuff out. The response on Android Market’s forums regarding this topic has been insensitive and foolish. Someone brazenly commented that a better phone for people like me would be an iPhone. I can’t even find a place to filter my internet content on this phone also. Buyer beware. Oh, and there are applications you can buy outside of the Android Market site that provide parental controls for a subscription FEE. Apparently I have to pay for my right to NOT LOOK at this trash. I am repulsed enough to cancel my Verizon account and return this phone.
Rating: 2 / 5