Hey, as promised, I'm here to talk about the new Incredible phone available through Verizon. As the name says: it's Incredible! Mine just arrived in the mail yesterday, and I've got it all charged up and running well. I was having some trouble applying a screen protector to the phone, so stopped at an authorized Verizon dealer in town, where I learned something interesting: HTC and Verizon are shutting down production on the Incredible already! Not because of a problem with the phone, but either because Verizon wants to push the Motorola X, or because (maybe?) the company that provides the snapdragon processors to HTC for the phone has closed. I'm not clear on the details. I did get a chance to look at a demo (read - empty/fake) Droid X phone; it's HUGE... a LOT bigger in it's dimensions than the Incredible. Ladies with small purses and small pockets: you won't know where to put it. Gents, as well: this phone will stand up and show above your shirt pocket, and probably be sneaking out of your rear pants pockets, too.
I'm glad I got the Incredible while I could. Once I got the GPS function turned on, it pinpointed me very closely to my actual location. I can watch streaming video online easily with the 3g connection, it doesn't slow down at all no matter how many apps are open at once (that I could tell), and... and... well. Let's just color me impressed, right? I do wish it worked for watching tv shows on Hulu.com, though. Not the fault of the phone, but of Hulu itself, I'm pretty sure. I'll be keeping my eyes open for any workarounds so I can watch my tv shows there, though, as I'm sure many other people are doing.
Aside from playing with my new phone, I mowed a bit, this morning, and am now inside the house and thinking quite seriously about lunch. Perhaps I'll reheat some chicken I grilled last night; it turned out really good.
That's all for now, from the Nagogami Hills Farm, in Missouri. The cows say Hi, and the cats expect you to bring a fresh mouse with you on your next visit. ;-)
Until later!
-Mathew
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Good Morning, Wednesday
So, that feels like I'm part of the Addams' Family - Good morning, Wednesday; Good morning Pugsley; good morning Morticia. Let's have a little fun, today, and give Lurch a tongue twister. He should be able to finish saying it the first time by lunch.
So: Verizon. Android. The Incredible.
I ordered the phone June 16, and don't expect it to ship until July 14. Good news, though! Verizon is shipping all phone orders by next day shipping! Yay!
I mean, what is the point of shipping it "next day" if it takes a month to get the item put into shipping in the first place? Gimme the $5 or $10 the shipping upgrade costs; after waiting a month, I can afford to wait 2 more days. Even better, I should be charging the cell phone company for the delay. I know I've always wanted to charge these telephone advertisers and sales companies for the minutes when they call me; also, I want to charge phone companies for my time when they put me on hold without my permission.
So, maybe I'm slighly upset, having to wait for a month for my phone to be sent by next day shipping. It's okay - Verizon is still the best carrier out there. AT&T is having the same problem with the new i-Phone 4g, and it's got programming errors in it that go all the way back to the very first i-Phone. An error which, having now been discovered, points out that AT&T has poorer coverage, after all.
Why, you might ask, have I not blogged about anything IMPORTANT, so far? Well, that's pretty simple. Out here, on Nagogami Farm, life moves at a different pace than it does in many of this nation's cities. I've complained about my new phone taking a month to arrive; I did not go out and try to mow down hundreds of people with an uzi. After all, in a month's time, the cows will still be chewing cud, and leaving messes in the field. The farm cats will still be showing up around 3pm every day, wanting to be fed. And gas prices will still be outrageous.
Until whenever, this is Mathew, logging out.
So: Verizon. Android. The Incredible.
I ordered the phone June 16, and don't expect it to ship until July 14. Good news, though! Verizon is shipping all phone orders by next day shipping! Yay!
I mean, what is the point of shipping it "next day" if it takes a month to get the item put into shipping in the first place? Gimme the $5 or $10 the shipping upgrade costs; after waiting a month, I can afford to wait 2 more days. Even better, I should be charging the cell phone company for the delay. I know I've always wanted to charge these telephone advertisers and sales companies for the minutes when they call me; also, I want to charge phone companies for my time when they put me on hold without my permission.
So, maybe I'm slighly upset, having to wait for a month for my phone to be sent by next day shipping. It's okay - Verizon is still the best carrier out there. AT&T is having the same problem with the new i-Phone 4g, and it's got programming errors in it that go all the way back to the very first i-Phone. An error which, having now been discovered, points out that AT&T has poorer coverage, after all.
Why, you might ask, have I not blogged about anything IMPORTANT, so far? Well, that's pretty simple. Out here, on Nagogami Farm, life moves at a different pace than it does in many of this nation's cities. I've complained about my new phone taking a month to arrive; I did not go out and try to mow down hundreds of people with an uzi. After all, in a month's time, the cows will still be chewing cud, and leaving messes in the field. The farm cats will still be showing up around 3pm every day, wanting to be fed. And gas prices will still be outrageous.
Until whenever, this is Mathew, logging out.
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