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[Nexus S General] Matterhorn:
Southern CA

I broke down...had to have the new toy, anyway there is a 30 day return policy.

I went to one store that doesn't carry T-Mobile. I just missed the last one. The guy buying the last one was totally giving false information to the clerk and I cried fowl but they wouldn't let me buy it. I went to another store 10 miles away and guess who shows up???? The same guy from the other store trying to get another one! He was turned down because he had already bought 2 of them and was trying for a third. He had run out of aliases or the clerk finally called him on the name printed on his credit card. There is a SIM card in the box, have they ever heard of the Patriot Act? The guy didn't even speak English! Anyway I got the last one, it is charging now.
[Nexus S General] varungandhi:
LOL you broke down. I love it.

SENT FROM MY BADASS NEXUS S
[Nexus S General] jankyboy:
Yep, that was me in the black Northface jacket... you were the one wearing the black-framed glasses, right? Hope your enjoying your new phone!
[Nexus S General] BlindWolf8:
Cherry Hill, NJ's Best Buy has tons of Nexus S' in stock. If you're in the area, go there. Missing my glowy trackball slightly.
[Nexus S General] varungandhi:
Oh yeah. Enjoy the phone man.
[Nexus S General] Androidfreakz:
Well I got up to go to the mall to pick one up and there was only 3 people ahead of me. The funny thing is I was exspecting 249.99 but the sales man had issues of it ringing up as 199.99 so I got it at that price, just added a line.
[Nexus S General] Santinelli:
Online..

I just couldn't get out of work to head down to the Nashua, NH Bestbuy... I probably should have to hang out with the 'other' guy. :)

Ordered online. Hopefully shipping soon, not too big of a deal I DO have an Incredible... We'll see how Tmobile does in Southern NH....
[Nexus S General] schartzr:
To funny guys,

I was the 2nd in line in front of the girl who cut infront of me. I was there at 5:30. Oh well I got one. What do you guys think of it. I am Jaming to Pandora right now at work.

Talk about a small world that 3 people from Colorado/Aurora are here talking about the phone. HEehehe
[Nexus S General] LoveisPeace2012:
Im BUMMED, I just went there ALL sold out here in Portland Oregon he said there's none anywhere in Oregon but who knows if that's true
[Nexus S General] varungandhi:
i know right. and i was going to be aspen today but decided to stay here another day so i could pick up the phone. lol.
[Nexus S General] EpicAaron:
I got to Best Buy around 8:30, there was one guy in front of me buying the Nexus S, while I was in line another person came to purchase it :P. So I guess its kinda (relatively) popular here.
[Nexus S General] southeastbeast:
No line at south center in washington state. Just bought mine. Many in stock.

Sent from my sexy nexy
[Nexus S General] chinstrap:
man, holiday hours at my bestbuy say they are open untill 11pm. i don't get off work untill 9pm. i'm think i'm going to call them in a bit and see if they have any in stock (still).
[Nexus S General] LordLugard:
Trust me if you were in line waiting to spend $500 on a Rocketfish/Dynex/Insignia HDMI cable or something of the sort, they would look kindlier at you...maybe even stroke you affectionately.

A Nexus S phone singularly and specifically DOES NOT help BBY "stay in business" like you think. Ever buy a Rocketfish/Dynex/Insignia cable or doodad? Now THOSE help them stay in business. Margins on those things are AWESOME!! Trust me, i know.
[Nexus S General] ikon8:
Wtf is going on with this launch? I called 5 BestBuys after work here in the L.A. area:

1 of them had some earlier but were sold out

The other 4 didn't get any in stock and were only setting up online orders

I thought every store was supposed to have them? I also went to the store that was sold out of them and they didn't even have a demo unit to look at.
[Nexus S General] chinstrap:
I broke. I picked up the last one my local BB had.

*feels good man*
[Nexus S General] Zorachus:
Worst Buy Mobile stores inside the shopping malls got the majority of of them. I read that the big box Worst Buys only got like half a dozen at most, and no display units even, but the Mobile stores got like 40+, with a nice display setup, next to the crApple stand :)
[Nexus S General] jblparisi:
Yeah, very strange launch on this part of town.

Called local Best Buy here in Upstate NY at around 11:00AM to check on inventory status, the representative that picks up states someone called about the same thing earlier in the day, he then proceeds to put me on hold, waiting waiting waiting... comes back saying that they did not have any and wasnt able to check it on the other closest store due to some type of outage (word from his manager) so i ask if they had any in stock earlier, he says that store never received any at all! :confused:

Well, just out of curiosity i decided to stop at that particular store (around 5:30PM) as i was driving that direction anyway. First thing i noticed as I walk in is that there is no visible sign of a display model or anything anywhere, except for an ad by the entrance. I grabbed one and walked to costumer service and asked the lady if they have any of these (pointed finger at Nexus S), she had no idea about the Nexus S launch or what it was, but checks the inventory anyway. Turns out there are 4 in the store and 1 on the Best Buy on the next town over.

Now i just hope there are some in stock when i come back tomorrow. :)
[Nexus S General] AdamHart612:
Talked my GF into getting one (actually the Samoled did the talking) and....the store I picked mine up from at 9 this morning hadnt sold another all day (930 pm). In a suburb of Minneapolis with 100k people. General public has no idea about the NS.
[Nexus S General] jroid:
BBM store I went to inside the Forida Mall in Orlando fl had about 80 in stock plus a big nice display and a fast and very responsive display unit :D
[Nexus S General] AdamHart612:
Nice. Yeah the display unit at my BB consistantly scored higher Quadrant scrores than mine (ran it 3 times). Bastards. My store mentioned having something like 25000 available to order lol...granted its the building that used to be BB headquarters until they moved down the highway. For anyone not familiar, Best Buy headquarters sucks. Ugly as **** complex. I plow as a third (lol) job and the parking lot takes 5 hours easy. Doesnt help when your plowing two feet of snow.
[Nexus S General] Random Select:
Not sure how many units were in stock at the Best Buy that I went to but there were at least 15 people waiting in line. I eventually got my Nexus S and am very happy with the device. I really like the feel and form factor despite it being a step below the build quality of my Nexus One, IMHO.

Now to find some accessories like a protective case. :)
[Nexus S General] alexis_p3300:
anyone knows what's going on CA vacaville's best buy?i friend of mine will go there for holiday, anyone bought from there?
[Nexus S General] Darrien13:
Went in last night at 6 there were 4 people in front of me getting one and 5 after me. Pretty big launch
[Nexus S General] AdamHart612:
Have to drive by the store I bought mine at on the way to/from work. Stopped in this morning, and they only sold 1 besides mine so far. The sales rep said it was the slowest launch he'd ever seen. LOL!

Looks like it varies a lot from location to location because nobody is buying them here.
[Nexus S General] jblparisi:
I bet most people at my local best buy were clueless about the launch.

Went by 6:00PM last night and there 4 in stock, none sold i assume.

Costumer service lady did not know what the Nexus S was, go figure. :rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] BlindWolf8:
Maybe by the Nexus 5 or 7 we'll start to see lines.
[Nexus S General] AdamHart612:
LOL that sounds about par for the course with BestBuy employees.

The place was absolutely packed when I got my preordered Evo, and I didnt see a single one in stores for months. That does not appear to be the case with the NS lol.
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
It's all about marketing and plus, I think the 4.3" screen on the Evo was attractive to a lot of people since it was the first phone with that screen size.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
wp7 will be hitting sprint shortly and i wonder how many evo users are considering jumping back to the dark side?

myself i won't even consider touching the platform until i can theme and customize it to my liking. maybe even be able to run android on it. plus remove that ugly UI.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianDigital:
I am I love that interface IMO from MCE to the zune HD but android will probably get ported to it so that would rock too. I just want something to work with a zune pass and better media options and sync.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
Played with one yesterday and it was pretty awesome. I played with the wp7 phone that had the slide out speaker. The biuld quality is much better than the evo and the phone was heavy as hell.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potna:
I won't let myself talk myself into considering wm again. I stuck with wm since the 8125 up until the evo came out. I loved my tilt 2 and of course it looks like the new tilt is wm again. Although I like that form factor, I won't be jumping ship again. Especially with evo shift coming sometime, even though we really don't know much about t yet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mactagonist:
I just cant get over how ugly it is.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
i used one last night at work i have to say for being version 1 of the OS its smooth and very well done
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
That's what I thought too until I played with it. The device is really snappy and the transition from landscape to portrait was instantaneous. That was a major problem in WM devices of the past. The phone that I played with was the HTC Surround and it felt really solid. The device was heavy (I would say twice the weight of the Evo) but it felt really good. I have a preference for heavy phones so it wasn't a big deal to me. I think I may jump ship if a comparable device comes to Sprint.

I think from the app store standpoint you would see many cool apps with WP7. I also liked WM because anything you can do on a PC you could pretty much do on WM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Success100:
i would def consider it, I played with a HD7 and once a few updates come out it will be a powerhouse
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hercules rockefeller:
Personally, I like the UI and the devices. Presumably the device that's coming to Sprint would be the 7 Pro, which looks like the touch Pro 2 I used to have, with updated styling and hardware. And I'd love to get native support for office docs back. So far I've tried a couple android apps for viewing and editing excel and word docs and they've all sucked. On top of that, I'm still missing my TP2's physical keyboard - swype's nice, but I'm nowhere near as fast with it as I was on the TP2. I guess even though I'm on android now, I spent enough time with WM that I'm still a bit of a WM apologist (and there ARE bright spots to WM - it's just that they're all outshadowed by all the development on the competing OS's out there).

But I don't think I'll be tempted - the lack of flexibility is a deal breaker for me. No sideloading, no installing non-market apps, no removable / hot swappable storage = unacceptable for my purposes

On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if I sell a lot of them to my customers once they come out. Right now all I've got for WM is the HTC TP2 and the Snap. we've got updated BB's and androids left and right, but there's a gaping hole in the WM lineup. And it looks like the locked-down approach that WM7 has taken should appeal to business use - the end users get a fancier handset that can do more fun stuff, but it's locked down enough that the IT guy doesn't have to worry about them screwing everything up.

I hope for MS's sake that it's not too late - in the last 6 months I've seen a ton of users move from WM and BB (mostly BB) to android. It seems the end users have wanted fancier phones for a while, and the IT directors are getting comfortable enough with android that a lot of businesses are changing their policy to allow for androids. and the lines I lose to the iPhone are predominantly WM and BB devices - we don't lose many EVO's and Epic's to the iPhone. WM and BB are really losing quite a bit of momentum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruki_Uki:
F**K WP7, F**K iOS, and F**K BlackBerry. I love Android, I love my EVO, I love HTC, and I love Google. Enough said for my answer :)

Sent from my EVO's 4G :) You?........I thought so
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live2ride96:
Wow. Got some dedicated people here. LOL. Anyway, WP7 look interesting, but I'm not jumping on it in its current "beta" form, if at all. For those who are completely loyal to an OS, I hope you're getting paid by, or at the very least own stock in Google or whoever owns your current OS. I'll never understand the mentality of a fanboy. I've been using Android for about a year, and I've yet to receive any money from Google. Seriously though, the only loyalty I have tying me down is the money I've invested in Android apps. I use Android because it's what I like best and what works best for me at this time. IOS worked for me for a while, but I got tired of the cat and mouse game with jailbreaking and Apple's whole philosophy in general. Who knows though? Maybe if WP7 really steps it up in the next 6 months or so, I'll consider a switch.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkGbe:
I'll be sticking with android. I'm hooked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruki_Uki:
I'm a huge fan of Android, its the only OS that I never had a huge problem with. All if my recent phones have been Android powered. And I never really had a problem with HTC phones so I stick with them if I can. I wish I got paid by them or owned stock, but I have no problem representing what I like :)

Sent from my EVO's 4G :) You?........I thought so
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
I like the look of WP7 wayyyy better than Android. Android is just... ugly. I've tried many themes, Sense, stock, etc. And none of it looks right.

Then again, Android is a much better OS than WP7. Especially because it is more open.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kip435:
I had an HD7 for 2 weeks. I had switched from an iphone 3gs. The first day I loved the clean UI. It looked great and exchange email is the best of all 3 platforms (no shock here). But then things went downhill. The HD7 had deplorable reception, often losing the network indicator. The phone was poorly built, with the bezel on the right side coming away from the body. The dedicated camera button that i so wanted was total junk and had to be pressed with the edge of your fingernail. The screen was total garbage. I have never seen pictures look this bad on a modern smartphone. The camera was also below par. Finally I bored with the simple UI and returned the phone for an Evo.

WP7 could be the everyman's UI, its that clean and simple. But if you like doing any amount of tweaking, stay far away!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live2ride96:
Oh, believe me, I'm not saying it's bad to be a fan of anything. In fact, it's good to know what you like and want. Like I said, I'm currently an Android fan. I just don't have any allegiance to them. It's the fanboy mentality I don't get. Same crap happened (and still does) with Xbox 360 and PS3. I own both, and the only reason I usually buy Xbox versions of games is because I prefer the controller, not because of an allegiance to Microsoft. That would just be stupid.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdawgn8:
I would love to try it. I really miss WinMo =(. The way I could sync everything flawlessly via bluetooth (especially OneNote). *Sigh* I can't justify plopping another couple hundred dollars on a phone though. Boo!

At any rate, I agree with live2ride. It's just an OS and nothing more. Personally, I like to play around with different platforms, it keeps my inner geek alive. For those saying you can't install apps that aren't on the market? As long as you control the registry, you control the phone...just my two cents.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatmanxxl:
Its ugly I'm not diggin those big sqares, and Im not ready to walk away from all the apps I payed for on Android.

I bet anything a home replacement to emulate WM7 will surface sooner or later.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
stock vanilla is ugly but after you theme it IMO it looks 10x better than winmo did. you can basically make android look whatever you want it to look like.

im half tempted to try wp7 but im not sure if i want to give up on my evo. that metro UI has got to go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriswiegman:
I wouldn't touch any OS product from MS. I'll stick with Android or iOS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjb_nyj101:
Your senses need to be checked by a doctor if you think the Surround weighs twice as much as the Evo. I have the Evo, and have used the surround, and they feel the same to me.

And according to HTC, the Evo weighs .18 ounces more. ;)

HTC Surround Specs - HTC Evo Specs
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
yeah, if HTC keeps making WP7 phones, i wouldn't be against it, plus i know i wouldn't have any exchange issues like i do on AOSP ROM's etc. Of course work could lock that out as well, but i would give it a shot if i could come across a phone and it made $en$e
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Last-Chance:
wm7 is by far the better OS. If you take into account how they handle the gpu/cpu, thermal cooling, and the code base as well. Simple as hell to develop high end games in it and the wm7 market will be 100x bigger then android, and have more sophisticated apps and games.

Even with devices that have the same specifications as evo, you can tell how smooth the OS is, compared to android. The OS is as clean as they come, and has great handling. The open source of android doesn't imply anything. Yea it allows customization, but for general use, and for the general public, windows is the most common platform, versus stuff like ubuntu. The phones themselves, come out of the box ready to be used. They are 100% tweaked to perfection, and dont need any custom roms/kernels, while on android you have to install random **** in order to make it worth while.

Also for app developers it will be a thousand times easier since they don't have to deal with a fragmented environment.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
Kinda tough when they are 90%+ market share. I really like W7
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josh995:
I'm definitely considering it. The SECOND a 4.3 inch or more screen size phone is available, it's bye bye Evo. I played with T-Mo's HD7 and I was drooling. But I like Sprint too much to change carriers.

WP7 is just... amazing. Simply put.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
I am with you, but I am brand agnostic, so who ever helps me do what I have to do will get my business. The evo is the first phone where I felt like I could step away from my desk and not miss a beat. Email, im, text, browser, 4G got it all. If it had great hdmi out and had an oem keyboard dock and charger i would be in heaven. I hope htc realizes what they have and we see an Evo 5,6, 7...,
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crucial929:
i havent even had the chance to use a WM7 phone yet ...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
Then why post?? Haha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Award Tour:
The core functionality of WP7 is pretty bare right now but with Zune, Office, XBOX Live, the unique fluid UI, and it's starting apps/games it sure is a hell of a lot more convincing than Android 1.0 was. I'd probably give it a try in year. The new WP7 Touch Pro looks pretty bad ass though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secondskin:
After owning a Palm Treo 700wx for 2 years I'm almost certain that I would never buy another phone with a Windows OS. That damn phone froze a minimum of once a day and the only thing I could do was battery pulls.

I like how Android manages tasks unlike Windows where you do have to use a task manager. Also Android has a ton of customization features and the apps that aren't free are at least reasonably priced. I can remember plenty of apps for my Treo being $14.99-$19.99 which is ridiculous so I purchased very little.

So for me, no more Windows phones.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locknes101:
Awww. Palm OS. I shoulda played with u more wisely. Tsk tsk tsk. R.I.p.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
W7 looks surprisingly good in person.I say surprisingly because I was surprised.in video it looks boxy and clumsy but it person it is slick and very attractive.

Mitchell's EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TorxT3D:
i'll stick with the evo until a phone with WP7 comes out that has...

a bigger/better screen than the evo.

higher performance chipsets

better cameras

slim, NO keyboard

elegant design, NO CHROME, no unsightly rounded edges

hdmi out/3.5mm ON THE TOP.

until then. i love my evo.

i would prefer to have a dual bootup choice in choosing WP7 and Gingerbread though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
i haven't played with a working wp7 handset yet, just a dummy phone at the tmobile kiosk. i still hate the UI but this phone has my interest: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/12/02/dell-venue-pro-wp7-smartphone-t-mobile-for-99-99/

i love the sleek design of it. of course i hated android too when it first came to the touch vogue in 2008 and im addicted to the os now. :eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
i remember your iphone theme for the vogue. we need great devs like you to give us a alternative UI for wp7. ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notinkeys:
Yes, I looked at and considered WP7 after being with WinMo for a long, long time.

I bought an Evo. Did not like what I saw in WP7 at all. I figured if I had to get new software I wanted to get a device that was more versatile. I don't play games or Xbox so I changed directions. Zero regrets.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamHart612:
WP7 kicks ass in my experience. Snappy as hell, pretty, and nicely intuitive. I would consider one in the future. I've been an Android user since day one, and am a little bored at this point. I wouldnt mind messing around with WP7 for a change.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Award Tour:
Windows Mobile != Windows Phone 7. Not even close.

The HD7 and EVO are pretty similar in hardware but WP7 makes the hardware FLLLYYY. What's up with that Google? Time to step up on the drivers/software.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamHart612:
Yeah as boring as having only one processor across the board is, there is something to be said for awesome driver/software optimization it brings.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianDigital:
me too i bought my evo off contract so im just waiting for that certain device
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Definitely agree. I learned never to judge a book by its cover when it comes to cell phones. The phone is so fast and looks really good. Wait until SPB comes out with their theming software it'll probably look really nice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Last-Chance:
The chipset has nothing to do with wp7. the way wp7 is coded, even with the same exact hardware as the evo, it looks as if it was running dual core.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
once the phone gets cracked and spb comes out with UI's im all over wp7.... maybe!

i just hate metro and the look and feel. there's a good wp7 theme replica on the market and i tried it out and it sucked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gc5skCjZLo

dell venue pro looks like a damn nice phone. i may consider it when we leave sprint in a few months. tbh wp7 is starting to grow on me a bit. :eek: