So, with the EVO4G getting Android 2.2 Froyo over-the-air (OTA) ahead of the August 3rd schedule, would you mind telling us if you’re Froyo’d, or still eating Android 2.1 Eclair?Samsung’s Galaxy S Epic 4G launching before or on August 20th?
The feature of the Galaxy S line — a line of high-end Android 2.1+ handsets from Samsung that are set to take over all four major U.S carriers — is set to launch on Sprint by or on August 20th, due to Samsung’s Galaxy S On Demand Live Show website debuting on August 20th.
To further solidify this rumor, the Vibrant and Captivate also debuted on or after the superphone’s Galaxy S On Demand episode.
Source: Twitter (@samsungmobileus)
Hands-On: Samsung Intercept with Sprint (yay, video!)
The Samsung Intercept, aka Moment2, just strolled by (in the form of a BBQ-eating family attendee). To cut the story short, the lighting conditions and amount of space available was epically abysmal, on top of the Panasonic LUMIX G10′s poor ISO performance. Forgive me for the shots, but you can take a short look at the Intercept by watching the video after the cut.
Hands-On With The Samsung Intercept
The handset itself is plasticky, with a 3.2 megapixel camera with poor ISO performance, but great daylight shots. Coupled with Sprint 3G, Android 2.1 with a light version of Touchwiz 3.0 (FroYo comes this summer), and a 3.2-inch 800 x 480 WVGA resolution AMOLED display, which for some reason didn’t quite impress me much like other AMOLED Android offerings. The same also goes for the entire phone, though the keyboard can beat the Ally’s and Droid’s by a mile. Video after the break!
Samsung Intercept intercepts your July 4th for a quick hands-on (video)
The Samsung intercept — more like the Samsung Moment’s successor — is a classy Android 2.1 slider with the Touchwiz 3.0 UI (FroYo comes this summer), a 3.2-inch screen and 3.2 megapixel camera, with a 800 x 480 WVGA resolution gracing the new AMOLED screen, and a keyboard that seems revamped and improved. The ports and buttons have also been completely redesigned and re-calibrated, so it’s really worth 4 minutes and 7 seconds of your time if you’re looking into a slider on Sprint that’s not as high-end as the Epic 4G.
Via: (YouTube)
Samsung unleashes the Epic 4G in a wave of epicness
The Samsung Epic 4G is everything but uninteresting (of course, it’s part of the Galaxy S line). A 4-inch Super AMOLED display graces its wonderful face, 5 megapixel primary camera with LED flash and 720p video recording, along with a VGA front-facing cam for video calls, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, six-axis accelerometer, and a 1GHz Hummingbird Cortex A8 processor, at the core of its silicon heart. It runs Android 2.1 (FroYo comes shorty after release) with TouchWiz 3.0 UI for starters, All of Samsung’s SocialHub and AllShare features, 3.5mm headset jack, 16GB microSD card, and 3G/4G (WiMAX) radios.
Want a slidey Android? DO YOU WANT ONE? WELL COME AND GET IT! This one’s perfect. And we’ll make sure of it, once we get our sticky hands on a review unit.
Via: Sprint
Sprint’s EVO 4G in White Will Be Available At BestBuy. YES!
The 4G behemoth, the EVO 4G, will be available in a color other than bold black, but white. Starting at the same price as the original, the white EVO 4G pre-orders start today, and all you have to do is give BestBuy a $50 deposit, and on July 11th BestbUy will open its doors an unite you and your EVO in harmony. And if you’re into Sprint selling you their own handset, August 8th is the day they have access. This’ll make my purchase all the more difficult. Oh, and BTW, go outside and buy this NOW (that’s good advice).
Source: PhoneDog
Friday Post: Hands-On With The EVO 4G At The Sprint Store
One thing for a good Friday post: the EVO 4G kicks serious butt. But guess what’s even better? When you try it out at a Sprint store and see the long line and people playing around with it (there’s actually two demo units), all saying out loud “it’s like a computer” (yes, some guy said that). Anyways, I happened to have that Pentax K-x with me, and shot a few shots (which’ll be much better than this when I get a review unit), and a video that cut itself off, telling me that the K-x had filled up my memory card. Again. Enjoy the video and photos everyone.
EVO 4G At The Sprint Store
Sprint admits they didn’t sell ‘that’ many EVO 4Gs on launch day
Remember when Sprint said that the EVO 4G’s opening day sales toppled that of the Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct by 3 times over on their first 3 days on the market?
That never really happened. And Sprint says it ““inadvertently overstated” the amount of units sold. What they do say is that sales were in line with the numbers made by the Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct. That’s a different thing, people. The original press release is still at Sprint’s site, albeit slightly updated to avoid “inadvertently overstating” the EVO’s sales:
This release was distributed on June 7, 2010. It was updated on June 8, 2010. June 4, 2010 sales of HTC EVO 4G marked the largest quantity of a single phone sold in one day ever for Sprint – the record was previously held by both Samsung Instinct and Palm Pr. Launch day sales of HTC EVO 4G were six times greater than launch day sales of Samsung Instinct and nearly twice the launch day sales for Palm Pre. We continue to see sales of EVO 4G outpace sales of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre.
We originally reported that the total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined. We inadvertently erred in the comparison. The total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was in line with the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined.
