Thanks to some tipsters we have had a look at the HTC EVO 4G development guide, and it's chock full of goodies. It covers all the things that are going to make the EVO great. As you can see in the pic above, a good portion of the guide covers HDMI out functions, which is enough to want the EVO on it's own. Some of the other things covered:
- API's for a new location service
- controling the front facing camera
- detection and playback of online media ( both Adobe flash and HTML5 )
- tools and code to handle network transitions between 3G, 4G, and WiFi
While the document itself doesn't mean much to most of us, once the talented developers out there get into it we can expect some really innovative applications to show up on the Market just about the time the EVO hits the shelves. My hat's off to Sprint for getting this out the door and into the hands of the folks that want it and can use it this far in advance of the release of the phone. Makes my personal decision between the EVO and the Sprint Nexus One that much more difficult.
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Agreed. I think even Sprint learned from the Pre "mess". Getting not only the phone, but the tools for devs to code some apps that use it's features out before the next magical iphone release in June could make or break things.
Kudos to Sprint for stepping it up.
I want to try this phone.
I love it!!!
This will be the coolest phone out for a long time. I'm glad I won't have to deal with the nexus one network issues.
Thank you Sprint! I love you!
Which of those 2 radio's offer better battery life?
With GSM, i used to put my iPhone on EDGE. (Because quite frankly, 3G was slow, and unreliable.)
Is that the same with CDMA?
Which radio offers better battery life? Especially while streaming Pandora?
EV-DO Rev. A?
EV-DO Rev. 0?
Or, 1xRTT?
Helpfull info...
http://www.precentral.net/quick-tip-hash-codes
Um, thats because the coverage of 3G on AT&T sucks. I'm sorry you had to switch to edge, but if you are constantly searching for a signal, you're going to suffer battery. I can tell you that where I am, I'm almost never in 1xRTT and only really am if a tower is down (which is like never). I can drive 300 miles across the state and stream music using Moozone and not lose a signal. Its not the case for everywhere obviously. But if you aren't searching for a signal, you will get better battery life.
does anyone knw if we cant use data n voice @ the same time well what about wifi like the pre can surf the the web n make calls @ the same time, can we b able to do that?
Of course, the Hero has been able to do it since Day 1. I don't see that changing. They are different radios, and therefore possible.
My only gripe is the wifi card being just B/G compatible, when the Iphone 3Gs and Nexus 1 do (even if either phone can't run N yet). My guess is that Apple will activate N over the summer with OS 4.0, like they activated Bluetooth for 2nd Gen Ipod Touches last year.