YEAH baby! My Demo will be here today!

[dominick_7]

Very depressing information. I guess that's one thing the apple fanboys will have over me, the camera quality is superior.

Isn't that more so because of the instant processing and saturation settings that the iPhone has..?

I have used all three phones and don't think that any of them are really noticeably different than the others. The Thunderbolt has quite a few options and filters on the stock camera, so I think that gives the TBolt a bit of an advantage over the DX.

Sounds good to me, makes sense. I've found with the Droid X is you CAN get really good pics but you have to be REALLY still, hold your breath to limit shaking, and make sure you half click the button so it can focus, then full click making sure the light is good enough. Most of the time though, if not doing this, I'd tend to get that muddy painting look when you magnify it. Either way though, if it's as good as the Droid X or better yet, better, it's fine. It's a phone camera not an SLR. But if the Thunderbolt is better, than that's good news.

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

One thing I asked elsewhere but wanted to ask in here was if you could confirm if it can do flash games, specifically Pet Society from within Facebook?

Can't get it to work. It doesn't throw up a question mark, but it shows a "Play" button and when I hit it, it goes to a blank white background.

Thanks again for this awesome information. Verizon/HTC/Best Buy really messed this up.. I was about to pass on the Thunderbolt (and will if they charge for more 4G) but this got me interested and even excited again. I hope they will have enough in stock the first day so I can get one being near the 10th on the list.

Best Buy definitely messed up. I don't hold HTC or VZW responsible as they only said "1st Half of 2011" (some have said Q1, which I haven't found). Either way, they have to the end of the month to release it before we can officially call it a delay.

As for the LTE costs, I likely won't fall prey to increased costs if there are any as I am on a business account and we get a flat-rate Data Rate.

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

Sounds good to me, makes sense. I've found with the Droid X is you CAN get really good pics but you have to be REALLY still, hold your breath to limit shaking, and make sure you half click the button so it can focus, then full click making sure the light is good enough. Most of the time though, if not doing this, I'd tend to get that muddy painting look when you magnify it. Either way though, if it's as good as the Droid X or better yet, better, it's fine. It's a phone camera not an SLR. But if the Thunderbolt is better, than that's good news.

LOL, so basically you are saying it's like using a sniper rifle in Call of Duty: Black Ops? :happy:

 

[Quicksilver7714]

Thanx man, sorry for being a pain... now what is it going to take for you to go to a 4g area If you can confirm that works, then me and a lot of others are sold on this phone.

1.5 hours away. If I had a reason to go there, I would, but with the high prices on gas (and getting higher), I don't have a compelling reason to do so. My wife is also about 3 months away from giving birth and I don't like to be too far away from her for too long of a time. It may help if I can convince her that we will stop at the Premium Outlet stores on the way home... I will see what she thinks.

Send the phone to me I live in a 4g network.

 

[pa9747]

I haven't seen the thunderbolt get less than 1800 quadrant on you tube...so I'm not sure where your Getting 1500 from

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[WorldOfJohnboy]

I haven't seen the thunderbolt get less than 1800 quadrant on you tube...so I'm not sure where your Getting 1500 from

I only saw one and it was over 1800. [video=youtube;kCdSyeo6KFY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdSyeo6KFY"]Here is the WireFly Video.[/video] Fast forward to about 5:00 to see the results.

 

[StinkyPete]

echo all the rest on the thanks... also good luck and best wishes with the baby...

My question:

Anything you don't like about the phone or wish was different/better?

 

[Haloman800]

Hey JohnBoy, thanks for sharing your information with us.

My question: Are Skype video calls working?

I hope you don't mind re-answering this question if you have already (I don't want to scroll through 40 pages)...

Thanks.

 

[dominick_7]

One thing I asked elsewhere but wanted to ask in here was if you could confirm if it can do flash games, specifically Pet Society from within Facebook?

Can't get it to work. It doesn't throw up a question mark, but it shows a "Play" button and when I hit it, it goes to a blank white background.

Bleh.. Yea sometimes I get the Play button, other times I believe I got the question mark. Figured that would happened, but hoped for the best.. Oh well, figured I'd ask. Disappointing, but it's ok, I guess not a deal breaker.. though I wonder how smoothly DLNA would be in light of lesser benchmark scores. Thanks for checking. Can't figure out why some Droid Xs can play it while other's can't.

Thanks again for this awesome information. Verizon/HTC/Best Buy really messed this up.. I was about to pass on the Thunderbolt (and will if they charge for more 4G) but this got me interested and even excited again. I hope they will have enough in stock the first day so I can get one being near the 10th on the list.

Best Buy definitely messed up. I don't hold HTC or VZW responsible as they only said "1st Half of 2011" (some have said Q1, which I haven't found). Either way, they have to the end of the month to release it before we can officially call it a delay.

As for the LTE costs, I likely won't fall prey to increased costs if there are any as I am on a business account and we get a flat-rate Data Rate.

Yea you know, I was going to add Colonel Sanders in there because I didn't know who's fault it was lol. You're probably right. Ah nice deal. Guess I just need to get 200 employees, a business building, some sort of business/product, and a bunch of Verizon phone accounts so I can take advantage of that. Sounds very cost effective for me lol. Seriously though, if they don't grandfather us into the unlimited data plan, I'm likely not keeping it. Looks sweet though.. I have like 80-90 apps.. and it lags my Droid X on every day usage at times..Just the fact that every day use would be lag free might be worth keeping it besides having 4G.

One thing I was also wondering was how the sound quality for music was via headphones and via the speaker. Seems really loud via the speaker in the demos at CES. But one thing that really bothers me with the Droid X is using standard headphones, like over the ear Sony ones, when I'd crank the volume up to up to one from the top volume setting or the top setting would hurt my ears. I listen to metal, but even so, I think without, since I also prefer Pandora, some other songs be they New Agy, Rock, Jrock, softer Rock, Ballads etc all hurt.. Im thinking part of it is the compressed sound, but still.. would you say the sound quality is any better in the Thunderbolt? I have Power Amp for stored music but it still doesn't remedy it.

 

[dominick_7]

Sounds good to me, makes sense. I've found with the Droid X is you CAN get really good pics but you have to be REALLY still, hold your breath to limit shaking, and make sure you half click the button so it can focus, then full click making sure the light is good enough. Most of the time though, if not doing this, I'd tend to get that muddy painting look when you magnify it. Either way though, if it's as good as the Droid X or better yet, better, it's fine. It's a phone camera not an SLR. But if the Thunderbolt is better, than that's good news.

LOL, so basically you are saying it's like using a sniper rifle in Call of Duty: Black Ops? :happy:

Lol yea pretty much. But one just can't forget to stop holding their breath is all.

 

[dominick_7]

I haven't seen the thunderbolt get less than 1800 quadrant on you tube...so I'm not sure where your Getting 1500 from

I only saw one and it was over 1800. [video=youtube;kCdSyeo6KFY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdSyeo6KFY"]Here is the WireFly Video.[/video] Fast forward to about 5:00 to see the results.

Yep this is the one, it shows 1525 for the gaming score after the 5:00 point or so, after doing the final 'jelly fish' benchmark. The Droid X was 1900 something in their tests by comparison..

 

[rushmore]

Thanx man, sorry for being a pain... now what is it going to take for you to go to a 4g area If you can confirm that works, then me and a lot of others are sold on this phone.

1.5 hours away. If I had a reason to go there, I would, but with the high prices on gas (and getting higher), I don't have a compelling reason to do so. My wife is also about 3 months away from giving birth and I don't like to be too far away from her for too long of a time. It may help if I can convince her that we will stop at the Premium Outlet stores on the way home... I will see what she thinks.

Send the phone to me I live in a 4g network.

Gloater! 3G is old school cool! Way better on battery, at least

 

[shortsxit]

Johnboy--how much have you gotten to mess with the customization? Wallpapers, themes, widgets, etc.?

 

[uga81]

How heavy would you say the phone is?

 

[2001400ex]

Stooopid question here, does it have the same battery cord as the DX?