EVO 3D Day 10 Update

We’ve approached day 10 and I’ve settled into my EVO 3D, a few thoughts on device performance and other areas. . . 

Device Update:

Of the HTC specific widgets I’ve decided to set up the People app which consolidates notifications from various sources into one window view.  Yes this may seem rather redundant to the phones basic functions but it does create a consolidated view and I’m finding it quite entertaining.  I’ve taken pictures of each contact included in my landing widget and asked my victims to make strange faces.  Let's just say that creativity is not an issue with this group, if you don’t know my friend Tony you would say by his pic that I was mentoring a special needs patient.  The device is still humming along with no delays or system hiccups.  I have everything on it that I need from a day to day standpoint so outside of the impulse need for a new game from time to time this is as much demand as I will place on the hardware.  I can’t tell you how pleased I am that the device is performing like it just came out of the box.   This is the first Android handset that I’ve owned that hasn’t grinded to a halt after customization.  The dual core processor and massive amount of RAM are proving their worth and living up to the hype.             

The Wild Wild World of 3D continued

All though the device is so much more when you have 3D in your name guess what folks are going to focus on first.   Now that I’ve had the device in my hands for a while I’ve had some time to polk around the various 3D content sources available.  But therein lies the problem, it’s rather difficult to locate.  Here are the main sources initially available:

1.      HTC Watch App-  The device comes preloaded with “The Green Hornet 3D” which is backend supported by HTC’s content app called Watch.  The Watch application allows you to buy, and in some cases rent, movies with roughly the same new release availability as Redbox.  I’m sure in time this will be a good avenue for 3D film content but I wasn’t able to find any and unfortunately I wasn’t able to access The Green Hornet either.  I doubt my issues with the Hornet will translate into your experience as I’m pretty sure I hosed something up when I attempted to access it prior to the release of the content license and a system update to the Watch application was issued on 6/24.  If anyone reading this has success and gets to view the movie in its entire 3D splendor let us know what you think.    

2.      BlockBuster On Demand-  After having to entirely rearrange their business model largely due to Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster is now streaming content directly to your phone.  Blockbuster’s content catalog appears to stay the most current with new releases and provides the option to buy or rent each title.  Pretty cool idea to have 3D cinema content on demand but the downside is I couldn’t find any specifically marked 3D.  I searched on 3D and several movies came up but none of them state if they are in 3D format.  Given the modest rental fee I’m hesitant to download anything unless I know for sure the content is 3D format.  I may just have to take a leap of faith and try it out, stay tuned.    

3.      Gameloft- Gaming in 3D, now were talking.  I previously mentioned the preloaded Spiderman content and after getting past the first level I purchased the full game.  3D imagery isn’t as dramatic for gaming so if other content drives your eyes nuts give this a shot. 

4.      YouTube-  Jackpot!  I happen to stumble onto a tutorial video from the staff at YouTube providing users how to post 3D content.  If you search on “YT3D” a slew of content will come up that will knock your socks off.   Most of the content is compatible with our devices but some aren’t.  If in the first couple of seconds the content is blurred or appearing as a doubled picture move on.

I’m still getting the consistent reaction of “holy crap my eyes. . .” followed immediately by a “wow” and a deer in the headlights look when people pick up the 3D imagery.  True 3D depth seems to be most apparent with YouTube content and your own homemade pics/videos so I would recommend starting your experience there.   Once I make the leap of faith I reference above I will let you know what I think of full length movie features.  

Well I’ve run a bit long on the 3D subject so I will end it here and save my accessory, sound quality, and keyboard use updates for next time.   See you on day 15!

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