New Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G

Tech:

Well the news is out, and HTC and Verizon are preparing to release their newest phone; the Incredible 4G. The information was spotted on DroidDoes.com earlier today but it was quickly removed. Was this just a slip up from some Verizon employee or was this intentionally done to draw up some publicity and excitement.

Whatever the case this phone looks to be packing a powerful punch. (Which is good news for those of you with contract upgrades) The Incredible 4G will be the third installment of the Incredible series phones and this came at the most convenient time where owners of the original Incredible phone will be looking for their next upgrade. I myself am a current owner of the original Incredible phone and I was looking for the next big phone that would not fade after 3 weeks. Before today I was thinking of switching to AT&T for the powerful HTC One X phone. Looks like my plans to switch have disintegrated.

Like I said The Incredible 4G will be packing a powerful punch with a 1.2GHz processor with a gigabyte of RAM. We will be seeing Android 4.0 software (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0. This phone will also be slightly larger than the previous Incredible phones having a 4-inch display. The phone will also have a rear 8-Mpixel camera, and a VGA front facing camera. Like all new HTC phones, Beats Audio will be stalk and and the phone will support a 32 Gbytes microSD card.

Lets hope once Verizon officially puts the rest of the phone specs up we will see that there is some gorilla glass and NFC capabilities involved.

The Incredible 4G may sound like it is a step down compared to the HTC "One" Series. However it makes up the difference by running on Verizon's 4G LTE network.

I must say that I am very excited for this phone simply because it will be on the dependable Verizon Network. Looks like the stress of finding my next phone upgrade is over.....YES!!!

Smartphones: Are They Getting Too Big?

Tech:

Is bigger always better? This question can be swung in two directions when it comes to purchasing a new piece of technology. When I say two directions, I am talking about the purpose that your piece of technology will be used for, and the time frame that you purchased your product.

For instance, you may want the largest possible LCD TV that can fit in your living room, that way you can receive maximum exposure when it comes to watching the big game or a movie. Yet when you are finding a TV for your kitchen you are not going to want to have one that takes up too much space (at least in my own opinion).  This would fall along the the purpose that you will be using your technology.

When I state the time frame when purchasing a product, the example that clearly demonstrates time frame is the size of our iPods. When the iPod first came out  10 years ago they were the size of the classic iPod we see today, yet 2 years later everyone wanted small iPods; iPod Nano (which is even smaller today). Then the introduction of the iPad came about and everyone started to want bigger screens.

So here we are today, and I feel that when we begin to look at the smartphone industry, the general consensus is that the bigger the screen size the better the product. So is bigger really better....in the sense of owning a phone?

This is a question that I have found myself asking regarding my upcoming phone upgrade. I was instantly drawn to the Samsung Galaxy Note when I came across it back in October, and if Verizon offered the Galaxy Note, then I would already own the phone.

I was playing around with the Samsung Galaxy Note just the other day and thought it as the coolest phone on the market (granted I HATE the Samsung stock interface), but then I got to thinking, how the hell would someone be able to carry this phone around in their pocket.

Now I understand that females can carry this phone/tablet around in their handbag but the capabilities that come along with this phone is more for the business person, so no college age, gossip queen, chick will have a purpose with this phone.

So now I find myself in a tight decision where I do not know whether or not to purchase a phone of this magnitude.