Phone Review: HTC Evo V 4G

Random picture of the HTC Evo V 4G I found. I guess enGadget owns it or something.

Hello, viewers! My dad just got the HTC Evo V 4G like a few weeks ago on Virgin Mobile. It's pretty good so far.  So let's begin by talking about the design

Design
The design of the Evo is very nice, with the textured back and the perfect bevel. Although it is a little bit difficult to pop off the back cover, it still works well for my dad, because he only uses the battery the phone came with. The buttons are nice, stainless steel I believe for the camera switch and button. The cool thing about this phone is that it has this awesome 3D Camera. I would only recommend using the 3D Camera if you have close access to a charger, because it drains the battery like crazy. The phone is just about the right size for my hands, and I'd say my hands are pretty small, seeing as I'm only 12 years old. But anyways, the phone feels pretty good in the hand, especially with the nice grippy back, so I'd say the design is great.

User Experience
This phone runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, so it has access to like all the apps in the Play Store. As I said before, the camera is great in 3D mode, but beware of battery drain. speaking of battery, this phone is for light users. My dad charges his phone like every 2-3 days I think, and he's a light user. So if you're a heavy phone user, maybe you should go and get the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S3 or the Razr Maxx. So yeah, on full charge, the phone lasts for 4 hours, I believe, on Wifi. The screen resolution is pretty good, so playing games on it is pretty fun. Also, it has a great processor, and while playing some games like Running Fred, I did not encounter any skipped frames, and it was actually quite smooth. I also found the 4G to be very quick, but in many places there was no service for 4G. That's Virgin Mobile for you. 3G, same case. As for the GPS, I never got to try it, because it took so long to load, probably more then 10 minutes. o it would be best not to depend on the GPS only for navigating, or you'll be in a pretty tight spot.




Especially if you panic like this fired man.

So now we'll sum it up...

Pros:

-Nice design

Nice grippy back and just the right size

-Nice Camera

The 3D camera makes taking photos on this fun.

-Has ICS

You can get any app you want on this phone!

-Has removable back cover

You can buy and replace the battery easily

Cons:

-Not so great battery

The battery can't even last a day for heavy users.

I would fully recommend this phone to people who mostly make calls and text.

Thank you for reading, and I'll see you next time!

Apple

Hello viewers! Today I'm going to talk about Apple. Apple seems to be developing quite a few things recently, including the iPad Mini, the Macbook Pro, and the iPhone 5. Some of my views of Apple changed when they began a lawsuit against HTC for two phones, which they claimed had a few copyright issues, so now AT&T does not sell HTC phones and probably will not ever again. But I do not think that was fair of Apple, and it just shows that Apple sees Samsung as a threat.

As for the iPad Mini, I'm not sure if I believe this rumor, because first of all, I do not think Apple would do that, because it would most probably be cheaper than the real iPad and Apple would not even be able to sell full-size iPads since there is a cheaper version, unless they make the iPad Mini have extremely terrible specs. But if they had terrible specs, there would be no point in selling and making iPad Mini's since no one would buy them.

I do not think I would buy a Macbook Pro with no optical drive and no Ethernet port. Those, to me are very important things to have, as sometimes Hotels have internet that only includes non-wireless internet, and you wouldn't be able to access Internet in non-wireless places. Also, I do not really care about the display, retina or whatever. It isn't like you need a really fancy display. The only thing good about what the rumors say is that it will be thinner, and will have an Ivy Bridge processor. I always though the Macbook Pro was kind of breaking Apple's unofficial rule of thinness, as so I thought the Mac Mini was. But if the thinness removes the optical drive, then it is no use, and it is just like the retina display, a want, but not a need.

As for the iPhone 5, I believe it will be released either in July or August. I think I would get an iPhone 5 if it was the same price as the 4S. It is said to have a new processor, very good, and a bigger display, even better. The bigger display is most probably trying to rise up against Samsung's smartphones, like the iPad Mini is trying to rise up against the Kindles and the Nook and the smaller tablets. It is also said to become thinner, and I believe with the thinness, faster processor and bigger display, it could beat Samsung's phones.

Well that's basically all I have to say about all Apple's rumored products, and you can comment below if you agree or disagree with anything, or even just want to add something. Well until next time!

Software Review: Pencil

 

Pros:

-Works fine.

This at least works, if not anything else

-Good drawing tools.

I especially like the 'Polyline' tool. It's cool that it can make perfect circles out of straight lines.

Cons:

-Can only upload to .mov on Macs.

That isn't a good idea, seeing that people buy Window OS's more than Mac OS's.


-Doesn't have a tool that can bend the pictures. 
In Flash, there is a tool like this called the 'bone' tool. In stykz, these are the nodes.


-Can't easily animate a moving object from one keyframe to another

n Flash, there is a tool like this called the 'bone' tool. In stykz, these are the nodes.

Overall, this is a okay program, and if you're someone who owns a Mac looking for a free, working animation software, then you might like this.

Software Review: HyperCam2

 

 

Pros:

-Actually works!

I was looking for screen recorder softwares, and I downloaded CamStudio, and I hated it. I didn't even know how to use it, it was very difficult to use. but then I stumbled across Hypercam2, and I thought it was pretty good.

-Easy to use.

This is actually a pretty simple software. Its simplicity makes it easy to understand.

-Can select a part of the screen to capture.

Cons:

-When uploading records, video is low-quality

I made a tutorial, using Notepad to type the person watching the tutorial through the tutorial, but then when I uploaded it, it was awfully blurry, and for this, I removed a star.

Overall, this is a very good program, and if you're looking for a free, working screen recording software, then I would recommend this.