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HTC EVO 4G – A week later

I wanted to hold off writing my review of my new phone because I wanted to spend a week with it and learn all about it.  I got the HTC EVO 4G on launch day and I immediately fell in love with it. I'm not the only one either, because I ended up ordering my wife one 2 days later.

So far the phone is amazing. Yes, I will admit that there is a bit of a battery life issue, but with a screen this size and the fact that you're going to spend every extra second playing with the damn thing, you're going to burn through some battery.  You can get 2 spare batteries and a charger on eBay for about $11, so it's no big deal to carry an extra in your pocket.

Android and HTC Sense are amazing.  With the 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, everything runs like a bat out of hell.  In fact, I can't say anything bad about the software on this phone.  It's very intuitive to use and you pick things up very quickly.  It took me all of 3 days to figure everything out, but I'm an experienced user.  When it only took my wife the same time to figure the phone out, I knew it wasn't just me.  The phone is that easy to use.

My wife told me "I've never been excited about a cell phone before, but I am out this".  I feel the same way.  Going from the Treo Pro to this is like going from a Yugo to a Ferrari.  It's that good.  The camera puts out some excellent pictures and now that Qik is up and running, the video calls are really good.  I've also tested video calling on Fring with my friend Jef and it seems to work great too.  Everything on this phone is snappy and beautiful.  From what I've seen about the specs on the new iPhone 4, the EVO 4G should kick it's ass in everything except resolution.

If you're on the fence about getting an EVO, I'd say go for it.  You won't be disappointed.