The GENTOUCH78 is a sleek Android™ powered tablet with a 7” touch screen that connects you with hundreds of your favorite applications from Android™ Market.
The GENTOUCH78 has an 800 pixel wide resolution and a 7” screen, allowing web browsing in full width. Unlike the experience on other mobile devices( small screens and slow speeds), the GENTOUCH78 offers a true web browsing experience, with web pages displayed in full screen. No need of zooming in and out as the text is easily viewable on the 7” screen.
Product Features
•800x480 color TFT touch panel screen
• CPU: 800 Mhz
• Ram: DDR2 256mb
• Internal Memory: 2GB
• Expansion Slots: SD/MMC card slot up to 16GB
• Wi-Fi Connectivity with Full Web Browsing Capability
• Supports Ebook Formats: Text, PDF, E-PUB, HTML
• Supports Media Formats: MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC
• Supports most popular E-Book formats
• Picture Viewer in JPEG, BMP
• Video Player
• Rechargeable Lithium Battery
• Carrying case included
I've been putting off this review because I have so many things to say about the new Sprint EVO 4g. I decided to sit down today and just jott down some quick insights on this device.
Here's an overview of the tech specs:
When I heard about the device, I knew I had to have it based on the specs alone. I've been a Sprint customer for 10 years and they have been really lacking in the "cool phone" department. I've had the EVO for two weeks now and I'm really happy with it. You've seen my previous posts here and here about my previous Blackberrys. I was originally very happy with them because they were great business devices for email and calendaring. But beyond these two functions, RIM is way behind the curve.
Display
The screen on this guy is beautiful. The text looks great and it is very enjoyable to surf the web with (which I could never say about the Blackberry). I was worried that it would be too big and that I'd feel silly holding it to my face to place a call. It's not so bad but it's probably borderline between too big and big enough.
Camera
Along with the display, the 8 MP camera is great to have. I haven't taken the time to play with all the settings yet. I've just been zooming and snapping. I made a couple lame Qik videos to try out the face facing camera as well as take some new profile pictures. If I can find someone to chat with, I'll try that out too.
<iphonehate> The iPhone 4 was not the first to have the "revolutionary" front-facing camera for video chatting. In fact, neither was the EVO. Nokia has been doing front-facing cameras for some time now. </iphonehate>
HTC Sense
Sense is a user interface overlay used for Android and Windows Mobile devices. I really don't know much about the history of HTC Sense other than it makes Windows Mobile a much more bearable experience. I've never had experience with the stock Android interface so I can't compare the two. Sense works well for me. It's very pretty and fluid. With HTC Sense, I can create various custom themes that I can change based on my needs. For example, I have a them for work hours that has widgets and shortcut icons that I use the most during the day such as my calendar, email and other work related applications. Once I'm home I switch to another theme that displays more fun widgets like my music player, twitter, facebook and etc.
4G Network
Fortunately, I live in Chicagoland and can take advantage of the 4G capabilities of the EVO. Using 4G is a great experience to have on a mobile phone. At times, I clocked speeds faster than what I get on my wireless network at home. Check out some of my speed tests here. It's not all rosy though. Even the 4G network here in Chicago is spotty. It works in most of the places I've been to in the city but outside of the city it's touch and go.
Battery
Well... it's not the worst battery life that I've had in a mobile phone. My Blackberry Tour was pretty bad. I couldn't get through a full day on a charge with minimum usage. The EVO is a little better but not by much. Since it's still so new, I've been using it a lot while I'm not at work so I don't have a really good sense of what my "normal" usage will be like. I was told by a Sprint rep that Android phones have sort of a calibration period for the battery. After draining the battery a few times and re-charging, the battery improves over time. This may be true because my battery life seems to be better this week than it was last week. I already have a car charger and mobile charger so juicing up won't be a problem for me. I'll also be looking for a higher capacity battery and use the stock battery as a spare.
The Verdict
I am still pretty ecstatic about the EVO 4G. I have to resist the urge to show it off and "demo" it for everyone that I know. The screen is one of the most beautiful things that I've ever seen. HTC Sense truly gives me and enjoyable experience with cool animations and backgrounds as well as fluidity across the interface. System performance is fast and reliable. My Blackberry had started to lag quite a bit. Web browsing is eveything that I need in a mobile form factor right now. I bought an iPod Touch to suppliment the excrutiating browser experience I had on the Blackberry. I may not need the iTouch any more. I feel like I'm carrying a mini computer.
Over the coming weeks, I'll talk about some particular applications that I've been using. Stay tuned.
Please leave comments. It makes me feel good. ;-)
I found out my son has been having some problems with his Blackberry 8830. He's been dealing with it for a while without complaining. It was an old phone that I carried for a few years before I gave it to him. We set out to the Sprint store today and I let him have his choice of what he wanted for an upgrade. His choice was the Samsung Moment.
Even though this phone has been out for a year, I hadn't heard of it. I've been out of the loop. I've been a Sprint customer for about 10 years and they have sorely been lacking in quality phones for the last few years. I'm happy to see the new additions being offered by Sprint. A good number of Blackberry's and Android phones.
The Moment we got is running the brand new Android 2.1 OS w/ speech-to-text, pinch-to-zoom and other huge updates to the previous software. It has a QWERTY slide-out keyboard and a 3.2 inch HVGA AMOLED touchscreen. I'm extremely happy to see that it also has wi-fi. Sprint didn't carry any wi-fi enabled phones until later last year. My son's also happy to have the 3.2 megapixel camera since the 8830 had none.
With the problems I've been having with my Blackberry, I have admit that I'm a little jealous. My battery lasts a little better than half the day and the browser is deplorable. I would also like to have a larger screen. I did find out that I have the ability to upgrade in June. Maybe I'll be looking at the HTC EVO in the future.
