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Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G Android Touch Screen Phone Hits a Home Run!
I’ve been a Sprint customer for over 10 years, and my first smart phone was a Palm Treo 300. Remember those!?! Wow, how technology has changed! All in all, I have used 3 different Palm Smart Phones: The 300, 600 and 650. I’ve been a Blackberry Curve user for a couple of years. I had been considering a switch to Android after my wife got an HTC Hero last Christmas. I’ve been out of contract with Sprint for awhile, and was holding out for an iPhone (or something better) to come to Sprint or possibly Verizon. I gave AT&T some consideration, but AT&T’s spotty service and outrageous cost (at least $50 per month than my current Sprint plan), was a deal killer. So, when I saw the ad for the HTC EVO 4G, I knew I had to have it!
I’ve had the phone for a month now and love it! I love all of the applications (apps) for the Android OS. (I’ll talk more about those in future posts.) After the first couple of weeks, I would have given it a 4 Star out of 5, because of the battery life. Like most successful Realtors, I’m a power user, and I was only getting about 7 hours of battery life. Plugging in by 3pm was a must. It was a little irritating, but I still loved the phone. Now, I’ve made a few tweaks, and I’m getting an extra 5 hours. So, on an average day, I can go from 8am til 8pm. Not too shabby.
Some of my “must have” apps for Real Estate are the following: Zillow, Drop Box, Action Complete, Home Loan Calculator, NewsRob (rss reader for all of the latest Real Estate news), and Spring Pad (quick notes and reminders). And I can’t forget Easy Tether. This one is great to use at an open house. You can connect your laptop to your phone’s 4G (or 3G if 4G isn’t available yet), and then stream the virtual tour of your listing or access the MLS at no additional cost (if you have unlimited data). Pretty sweet! If only any buyers would have shown up at my last one! Ha!
To read a more in depth review (and more videos) go to the link below.
Of course, you can also keep up with all of your social networking buddies with facebook, twitter and Google Buzz apps (but I recommend to change the default settings of how often they sync. I changed mine to “8 hours” when I made the tweaks to improve the battery life. I also have a the Daily Bible and Affirmations apps for some daily motivation. It comes with an 8 GB SD card, so you can put some music or videos on there as well. I use MixZing because I like it better than the default music player (DoubleTwist is not bad either). Plus catch a little ESPN Mobile on Sprint TV. I’m telling you, this phone does it ALL! If you’ve been thinking about dropping your Blackberry for Android, go for it! You won’t be disappointed.
