[EVO 4G General] johnnymc:
Like I said, there are things I like about it... but Jobs was right about multi-tasking: read this:

Here's a comment from techcrunch's recent article titled: "Don’t Buy The HTC EVO, It Is A Seriously Flawed Device"

"I work with one of the lead designers for the HTC EVO interface. We're both Mac users, all the HTC designers are created on Apple products. Yes we own iPhones, but we also got the Nexus one when it came out to create apps for Android. We LOVE new technology so of course we were happy to take our FREE brand new HTC EVO phones that we get to use to design the interface.

1) I've had a droid for 6 months and a nexus, after the first few weeks battery life is terrible, especially if you used an iPhone 3GS (Even with a beta version of 4.0 multitasking). I can't believe phone companies are okay selling phones that REQUIRE you to put them on a charger at work and at home, and in the car. If you make a 30 minute call, have 10+ apps installed on Android, you're battery will die on Nexus or Droid before you make it home from work. My iPhone with much heavier use will last 2 1/2 days and die.

It's really frustrating on the Android platform because I do keep a charger everywhere. When you first get an Android phone brand new the battery life is NOT so bad, but give it a few weeks, when you've loaded up the apps, and multitasking really kicks in. Or when your GPS is set to be on, and it can't get a signal.

As a designer for the HTC EVO I can tell you without a doubt it's cool to look it. The apps for Android suck, I've yet to see a single sexy app on android. Maybe some of the HTC stuff we designed is cool (no, i didn't do the ugly flip clock)

HTC is well aware of the battery life issues, as mac head designers we gave them lots of grief enough so that the people who hired us at HTC told us we need to tone down our jokes. The HTC EVO will hard freeze if you download certain apps. I totally get why you need a removable battery, because it's the only way to really really reset it. About 30% of the time when you create a folder and put 5 or more items in it, the folders will refuse to open (known bug). I like the concept of all the multitasking in Android, but lets be honest, I have to carry my iPhone all the time, because my HTC with 12 apps (lots of social networking, email, gtalk, IM) left on standby is dead when I go to make a call. HTC gave us 3 batteries, a car charger, a desk dock, and some other goodies.

All the android phones need to handle multitasking better. In this case I do get what steve jobs said "multitasking done right". Battery life is much more important than you know… The iphone feels way more polished. As a hacker I love playing with Android, customizing the keyboard, knowing I can theme the whole phone without a jailbreak, but have I actually customized it? No. Will I ever? No. It's a phone that has features that just don't really get used. It feels like HTC is doing lots of marketing about the big things, and just leaving out the fact that the user experience is downright terrible. You can argue all you want, but if you've used an iPhone 3GS with 4.0 multitasking OS, You'll realize how clunky Android feels.

Hell I'd love to use my HTC to make crystal clear voice calls, but it's always dead…

I'm totally gonna lose my contract.

That's the truth, you can dispute it if you want, but I know for a fact the CEO of HTC said "What are we going to do to fix the *itty battery life" out loud at HTC office in the bay area.

The answer is you really can't do anything. Google can change multitasking, but they opened pandora's box, and now all the apps would need to be rewritten to go into low use mode. Instead multitasking works just like it does on your PC."