Question about preordering phones from best buy....?

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jaden smit

What, if any, are the disadvantages? Does best buy do like most 3rd party sellers and charge you a termination fee on top of what the carrier does if you cancel early? Also, can you preorder a phone if you are not signed up with the provider? I want to get the EVO 4g but I dont have Sprint yet. Can I preorder it and then sign up when the phone comes in?

Answer
Order it directly from Sprint to save the most money.

America's First 4G Phone, HTC EVO(TM) 4G, Debuts on June 4 Packed with Industry-Leading Features Including Access to Mobile Video Chat, Simultaneous Voice and Data and HD Video CaptureFont size: A | A | A6:15 PM ET 5/12/10 | BusinessWire
If you were creating your dream wireless device what would it look like? Two cameras and video chat so you can say goodnight to your children when you are away on a business trip? Simultaneous voice and data, so you can call in your take-out order while you look at their menu on the Internet? The ability to plug your phone into your HDTV, so you can let your children finish the movie they started watching in the car's backseat when you get home? And a huge screen for watching the videos you download in seconds -- not minutes -- with the fastest wireless data speeds available in America today? Stop daydreaming and get ready for Sprint (NYSE: S) to make your dreams come true on June 4 when the highly anticipated HTC EVO 4G debuts.

The critics agree that HTC EVO 4G is this summer's must-have wireless experience as it continues to win their accolades and endorsements. CNET, LAPTOP and eWeek gave HTC EVO 4G awards for Best of Show when it was announced at CTIA this spring. Engadget said, "It's easily the best specced phone we've ever witnessed." The Financial Times cooed, "The first 4G phone in the U.S., the HTC EVO ... ticks just about all the boxes for my ideal phone."

"HTC EVO 4G is a fantastic 3G device, but when you use it in our growing 4G coverage area, it becomes a multimedia powerhouse," said Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO. "The EVO 4G experience is much like going from TV to HDTV. But EVO has more than just an impressive list of features -- it is also fun to use with remarkable gaming, video and web-browsing capabilities."

With the launch of HTC EVO 4G, Sprint customers will be able to enjoy capabilities they have never experienced before with a new video chat service from Qik. The two-way voice and video capability will be available as an upgrade to the preloaded Qik app on HTC EVO 4G to enable conversational, interactive, real-time sharing between mobile devices or from mobile-to-desktop.

Amazing Features, Beautiful Design

HTC EVO 4G features the latest version of the increasingly popular Android platform, Android 2.1, offering more than 35,000 apps, as well as a mind-blowing list of features, including:

-- Simultaneous voice and data capability in 4G and Wi-Fi coverage areas, enabling Web surfing and more while the conversation continues.

-- Offering a new way to search with pictures instead of words, Google Goggles(TM) works with everything from books, DVDs and barcodes to landmarks, logos, artwork and wine labels.

-- Superfast 1GHz Qualcomm(R) Snapdragon(TM) processor, ensuring a smooth and quick movement within phone menus.

-- Two cameras -- an 8.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with HD-capable video camcorder and a forward-facing 1.3 megapixel camera.

-- Built-in mobile hotspot functionality allowing up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices to share the 3G or 4G experience on the go with a laptop, camera, music player, game unit, video player, or any other Wi-Fi enabled device.

-- Integrated HD video capture with the ability to capture and share live video via the Qik Web site, Facebook, YouTube or Twitter(TM).

-- Ability to easily watch video with the device on an HDTV via an HDMI cable (sold separately).

-- Custom Web browser optimized for the 4.3 inch display and Sprint 4G speeds to deliver a full, no-compromise Internet experience.

-- A handy kickstand built into the back, making it easy to watch videos on-the-go.

-- Adobe Flash technology ensures that rich Internet content, such as embedded video and animation, are displayed the way they are meant to be seen.

-- Pinch-to-zoom and automatic text reflowing provide easy Web page views.

HTC EVO 4G boasts the newest version of the highly acclaimed HTC Sense user experience. With HTC Sense, HTC EVO 4G users can use Friend Stream to aggregate multiple social communication channels, including Facebook and Twitter into one organized flow of updates; a "Leap" thumbnail view to easily switch between home screen "panels;" the ability to download new, interactive widgets; and a "polite" ringer, which quiets the ringing phone once lifted up.

While the performance of currently available Android applications will be enhanced by access to 4G data speeds, a Sprint 4G developer guide is available today from the Sprint ADP Web site at http://developer.sprint.com. The Sprint 4G developer guide provides details on developing for an Android 2.1 handset and how to take advantage of HTC EVO 4G's unique hardware and software capabilities and the Sprint 4G network. The Sprint Application Developer Program has been providing tools for third-party developers since Sprint first launched the Wireless Web on its phones in 2001.

Help with video camera?

Emily B

I want a video camera.

-compact
-decent quality
-usb port
-good battery life

Answer
I have visited this links this morning and saw that it can be useful for your video camera search.

http://reviews.cnet.com/best-budget-camcorders/
http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-5-super-compact-videocams.html

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Help with video camera?

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Emily B

I want a video camera.

-compact
-decent quality
-usb port
-good battery life

Answer
I have visited this links this morning and saw that it can be useful for your video camera search.

http://reviews.cnet.com/best-budget-camcorders/
http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-5-super-compact-videocams.html

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Can someone please help me choose the right digital camcorder?

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decoratede

I need help finding the digital camcorder that's right for me. There are some things I'm looking for:
1. Set up vertically, with a screen that is turned/pulled out to record video.
2. Ability to record both video and take pictures (I care more about video quality than picture quality) and upload to a laptop.
3. There should be no restrictions on the length of a video recording, other than the memory of course.
4. High quality sound recording. For decent audio at concerts.
5. I'd appreciate it if the camcorder was kinda small. Small enough to be carried in little purse, or smuggled into concerts.
6. Ability to zoom in for pics and videos. The more the better, obviously.
7. Ability to function as a webcam.
8. Lol, I'd really love it if it came in colors other than silver. Black, white, or pink would be awesome!
9. I want to spend as little money as possible, but am willing to pay a lot if the camcorder is worth it. You get what you pay for.

Does anyone have any advice? Thanks!

Answer
I know what you are looking for and in general it is trash. The problem is that most camcorders that are vertical record using memory at really low quality. Although they are very small they have a terriable image and generally even worse audio. However there small size and cheepness (like this one at $210 somewhat make up for that http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000EVLZNQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_top/002-6861088-3094417?ie=UTF8&n=502394&s=photo#customerReviews ) Really I would insted recomend a cheeper Mini DV camcorder like this one http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camcorders/panasonic-pv-gs39/4505-6500_7-31660660.html?ar=o&tag=pdtl-list . This camera is cheep at only $212 from Amazon.com. Plus this camera has a fold out screen, can take pictures ( however poor of quality), can record for 1 hour or 90 minutes (the length of a tape in SP or LP modes), Very inportantly has a microphone input so if you dont like the quality of the built in one you can buy another mic from bestbuy for around $50, is small this camera is defiantly small enough to go in a jacket pocket or a purse, this camera can defiantly zoom with a 30x OPTICAL zoom. Optical is very inportant, while a digital zoom "zooms" by croping the picture/image and loosing image quality an optical lense zooms by moving a physcial glass lense. Optical zoom is always way better, and 30x is a lot. However past around 15x the image gets too shakey to use. This camera will also function as a webcam though the built in USB port. Sorry it doesn't come in colors. Overall this is a good cheep camcorder. The quality differance between Mini DV and memory is fairly drastic, especially on the low end camcorders. Plus with features like a longer battery life and external mic jack you really cant go wrong. Mini DV is always the best choice.

Is it a pain to take pictures with the Flip Ultra?

Frannie

i want to get a new camera but i want one that also takes great videos i know that you can take pictures from the video on the computer but is that i pain to do??

Answer
You may want to start your search for a digital video recorder at
CNET, a Web site that specializes in reviews of electronic prices.
Their reviews of digital camcorders
(http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/search/0,10126,0-6342639-1302-0,00.html?tag=dir)
gives the highest rating to the Sony DCR-PC9, which costs around
$1,300-$1,400. The site says lauds the camera's small size, ease of
use and picture quality. Of CNET users who rated the camera, 92% gave
it a "thumbs up."

The top-rated camera in the $1,000 and below price range is the Sony
DCR-TRV17, which scored just below the PC9 from the editors and has a
95% thumbs up score from users. It is listed at $829 to $1,009.

Some words of caution: CNET does not rate every digital camera, and,
unlike Consumer Reports, it accepts advertising. Consumer Reports
(www.consumerreports.org) does have ratings of digital video recorders
(released last December), but accessing them requires a paid
subscription.

A third site, Consumer Search, is sort of a review of product reviews
from magazines. Its list of top digital camcorders
(http://www.consumersearch.com/www/photo_and_video/digital_camcorders/index.html)
includes the Sony DCR-PC110 and DCR-VX2000, the Panasonic PV-DV
series, the Canon ZR25MC and the Hitachi DZ-MV100A.

The *bestselling* digital camcorder at Amazon.com is the Panasonic
PVDV52, which has a price below $550 and an average user rating of 4.5
out of 5.

I could tell you more from the reviews, but that would risk
infringement on copyrights, so you'll have to visit the sites
yourself!
Regarding picture quality, Leonard Fischer of USA Today
(http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2002/03/06/fischer-dv.htm)
says all digital camcorders record at the same picture quality:

"When searching for a camcorder, choose the best camera you can
afford, but realize that you're going to be able to create
good-looking footage on any digital camcorder because they all record
footage at the same resolution, regardless of what other special
features they include."

As for burning video onto a DVD, that is a function of your computer
and its software, not the camcorder itself. See this Fischer article:
(http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2002/06/19/fischer-dv.htm).
An exception is the Hitachi DZ-MV100A, which records directly onto a
DVD.

Finally, recording time depends not on the camera but on the tapes and
batteries you get for it. Again, the Hitachi DZ-MV100A is an
exception, because it does not use tapes. According to
MPSuperstore.com (http://www.mpsuperstore.com/video/indexMy.htm?discr17964.htm),
the Hitachi can record from 30 to 120 minutes, depending on the
settings.

For the second part of your question the answer is that you require 3 things to do this

1. A Hardware Capture Device That Allows You To Connect Your Mini DV
or 8mm Playback Device To The Computer System.

2. A Video Software Capture Program. Your Windows or Apple Operating
System May Have Already Included This Type Of Program As Part Of The
Operating System. This Would Depend On The Operating System Version?

3. A DVD R/W Drive. It Is Possible Depending On The Computer System
For This To Be Either An Internally Installed Device or Externally
Installed Device, Again This Would Depend On Whether Or Not The
Computer System Is Capable Of Or Configured To Support The Type Of DVD
R/W Harware Peripheral You Choose(internal or external).

There are many internet hobbist sites and bulletin boards that have
vast amounts of information on what you are asking about. I would
suggest a Google search for "How To Video Capture On A Computer
System." I included such link below this line as starting reference
for you. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

http://www.aboutvideoediting.com/

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