People seriously excited for the Thunderbolt?

[zerocool84]

Is this true? I remember reading GPU acceleration was just speculation even for Honeycomb. I would be surprised if its incorporated into Gingerbread.

There is no GPU acceleration yet at all for any release of Android. I don't know why anyone would say otherwise. Anything running Honeycomb has yet to be released so we can only speculate.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Happened a few months ago with the release of Gingerbread.

What? I'm pretty sure 2.3 does not have OS Window manager acceleration.

 

[Bateluer]

There is no GPU acceleration yet at all for any release of Android. I don't know why anyone would say otherwise. Anything running Honeycomb has yet to be released so we can only speculate.

Gingerbread has GPU acceleration on animations, per Anand's review of it a while back. Not full UI, like you guys want, but you're acting like they've done nothing.

Preinstalled bloat and massive skins are more of a problem.

 

[Bibble]

Anticipated (but unofficial) launch date of 2/14 delayed. No ETA at this time.

Link

 

[Bateluer]

Since the Thunderbolt is likely going to get some CM love, its definitely on my radar. I'd prefer a dual core Tegra 2, but so far all the phones based around it have left me underwhelmed.

 

[BigDaddyD]

You have to plan out how you're gonna wait for tech. The Incredible was released in May 2009 and other smartphones thereafter were still similar in specs. You could have gotten a 1ghz phone within that 6 month time period. Now the single core train has left the station and dual core is coming soon.

No, I really don't. I am not a phone nerd like you. I was not in the market for a phone until I said I was in my posts above. It would help if you would learn to read. At that point, the TB and the IPhone on verizon were the 2 phones that "you were supposed to wait for." I was already about to buy the Incredible when that news dropped. You completely missed my point.

 

[rcpratt]

Anticipated (but unofficial) launch date of 2/14 delayed. No ETA at this time.

Link

That sucks, but I'm not too surprised.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

There is no GPU acceleration yet at all for any release of Android. I don't know why anyone would say otherwise. Anything running Honeycomb has yet to be released so we can only speculate.

Gingerbread has some GUI acceleration for menus and such

Honeycomb has very robust GPU acceleration services built from everything I've heard and seen and should be very nice to developers.

Also, these sorts of features are already confirmed to be easily trickled down to Ice Cream

 

[rsd]

I was considering the Thunderbolt or the Iphone 4 (my crap LG Dare broke and I was out of contract).

I couldn't really wait too long for either, so I went with a Droid X on a one year contract (only cost $40 more than a 2 year) and I can upgrade again in 10 months. I figure I'd rather wait and see what is out there then when potentially you have some dual core, LGE, or next-gen Iphone products out there.

 

[MrX8503]

No, I really don't. I am not a phone nerd like you. I was not in the market for a phone until I said I was in my posts above. It would help if you would learn to read. At that point, the TB and the IPhone on verizon were the 2 phones that "you were supposed to wait for." I was already about to buy the Incredible when that news dropped. You completely missed my point.

Chill dude....nothing to get upset over.

 

[Bateluer]

That sucks, but I'm not too surprised.

Hopefully, its just some contract thing where they can't announce it until after the iPhone 4 launch. Both BB and Amazon had slides/websites claiming 14 Feb. BB is also taking pre-orders. WireFly has an unboxing video too. Sexy looking phone.

 

[jdport]

so I understand the release for this is now officially in a couple of weeks, is that right?
I'm debating between waiting yet another 4 months for the i5 or bionic and pulling the trigger on this one. It's my first smart phone so I think i'd probably be happy with this one... and wouldn't necessarily need the next generation. I wish it was running the latest OS though... would be nice if this phone had gingerbread. Maybe it won't make that big a difference.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

so I understand the release for this is now officially in a couple of weeks, is that right?
I'm debating between waiting yet another 4 months for the i5 or bionic and pulling the trigger on this one. It's my first smart phone so I think i'd probably be happy with this one... and wouldn't necessarily need the next generation. I wish it was running the latest OS though... would be nice if this phone had gingerbread. Maybe it won't make that big a difference.

I always tell non-smartphone users to just go for it instead of waiting. The benefit you get form actually having a smartphone for the next 4 months far outweighs the small performance difference. This phone is going to have good third party rom support so you should be able to get a gingerbread rom within a month of its release.

 

[Exeodus]

I can't wait for Thunderbolt. Some 4G goodness. I wonder if you can root this phone the same way as the EVO? If so I will be one happy camper. I am currently using a Eris rooted running KaosFroyo overcloked to 750Mhz, but i need a little more speed.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm hearing 14 Feb, 17 Feb, 24 Feb, and now March for the Thunderbolt. Pathetic, as Best Buy has been taking pre-orders. If you're going to be taking pre-orders, and people's money, then you'd better be able to tell them a hard release date.

 

[jdport]

It is the 24th. It was supposed to be the 14th, it was pushed back to the 24th... presumably to put it outside of the 14 day return period for the verizon iphone. At least those are the only dates i've heard of.

 

[shabby]

http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-t...ear-contract-749-full-retail-pricing-best-buy
$249 on contract, $749 off contract... good luck!

 

[Bateluer]

http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-t...ear-contract-749-full-retail-pricing-best-buy
$249 on contract, $749 off contract... good luck!

Premium charge for LTE.

 

[MrX8503]

$250 on two year contract? Uh...screw that.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

id be pretty cautious about this phone. its the first lte phone and supposedly the lte chips are very power inefficient. i think id rather get better battery life at 3g speeds on a trouble free phone like droid x than lte for 2 hours on something buggy.

 

[ew915]

What a piece of crap, HTC reinventing the HD2 all over again, this phone is just a Desire HD with LTE but they're trying to market it like the next best biggest thing in the smartphone industry. Tiny battery of 1230mah will sure make the rejoice of users.

 

[Bateluer]

What a piece of crap, HTC reinventing the HD2 all over again, this phone is just a Desire HD with LTE but they're trying to market it like the next best biggest thing in the smartphone industry. Tiny battery of 1230mah will sure make the rejoice of users.

1400mah according to Wirefly's video comparing it to the Evo. The DHD has the 1230mah battery.

 

[rcpratt]

VZW just announced LTE coverage in Detroit as of tomorrow, now it's going to be even harder to resist.

 

[chocobosandwich]

Well if you don't need LTE, there are plenty of cheaper alternatives. But if you want LTE NOW! Go for it. I was hoping HTC would change their design paradigms, but it seems all the new HTC handsets look almost identical to the old, and the rehashes even more so.

 

[Bateluer]

Well if you don't need LTE, there are plenty of cheaper alternatives. But if you want LTE NOW! Go for it. I was hoping HTC would change their design paradigms, but it seems all the new HTC handsets look almost identical to the old, and the rehashes even more so.

Well, in all fairness, their exterior designs are pretty solid. They just need to upgrade their internals a little more.

Course, their profits are up something like 800%, so they're doing something right.