Product Review for the Sprint Evo

Written by Christian on June 28, 2010 in Product Review - 2 Comments

So I asked my  sister to do a review for the new Sprint Evo , and this is what she came up with….

I have been a Sprint customer for twelve years and would have to say that it is a wonderful service. Yes the $10 extra sucks but the truth is that they been undercharging for their services for quite some time and even with that add on fee (that should only be unfair until September when 4G is rolled out in the OC), Sprint is still far cheaper than all the rest. For instance, Sprint have long gave you the Sprint Navi package (TeleNav) included with the $69 plan. That same package on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile would run you at least a$100 extra a year. 

 
Sprint reps told me that if the 4G coverage is spotty, the Evo will switch between 3G and 4G networks searching for the best signal and drain a lot of power doing so…
 
As far as video chat, there are few people to chat with because there's no standard way of connecting to others, and very few phones have front-facing video cameras. An app called Fring was used to successfully connect a video chat between a laptop and the Evo. video chatting will actually be quite good even on the 3g network, i have been tethering my sprint 3g phone to my computer and have been able to video chat through my computer with a great deal of clarity, obviously not to the degree of 4g but its still respectable..
Photo and video quality is good.. if you play with the features enough you might just want to leave your camera home. 
 
the apps are great lots of free ones too. 
 
I am far from a techy' type of person so for me to manage  this phone with out trouble its great. 
 
favorite apps :
 

• TASKs ( i suggest everyone down load this. its shows what applications are open you dont want to slow up your device. )

 
 

• mta / bus  planner ( similar to hop and stop) but actually is accurate !

 
 

• photoshop although you wont be able to do any pop art  you can change pictures into blk and white. ect

 
 

• *Pandora _ music app type up a specific artist and gives you amazing play list. 
• *Shazam _ 
  
• *Urbanspoon _ find any local bar or spot to eat .. two Thumbs up 
  
• aldiko – read hundreds of books on your phone . i have saved about 80 bucks in these past two weeks already!
  

 
A great and useful feature. is the friend stream.. 
shows you all the updates on on your social websites. .
so i get to see new tweets facbook and aol stuff. 
 
THIS PHONE IS CRACK !!

 

 

- Review by Ana "La Barbilona" Martell 

Ana is a visual artist and poet . You can find  her work on anamartell.com