echo4papa

Fiiinnnnalllllyyyyyy got my email from Best Buy. Going to pick up today

Still no phone for me at Best Buy.

I called Best Buy to find out. I got transferred three times then hung up on. So, I called back later. I got transferred three times then hung up on.

Best Buy in Oveland Park just called - Evo is in the house and being held for me. Wish this meeting would hurry up and end......

Best Buy in Daytona Beach as not called.

Ok, this article states that BB is going to put the phone on sale on 5/23 & Sprint is going to sell it starting 5/25?????? What no one sees the conflict or is everyone so happy that "who cares"? My hope is that it is true, that Friday I can get my phone. I have searched online & there is no news elsewhere.

That might be based on the 5/23 relase date e-mail that BB released (and subsequently followed up with a "no actual date" e-mail).

Well, I can't speak for the screaming masses on the Sprint site, only from my experiences here with the calmer, clearer heads in this particular site.

That's because Best Buy is only acting on the info from Sprint, they (BB) don't have anything to do with setting the release date, nor (I'm assuming) were they aware of the possible delays.

The only knock on Sprint has been the lack of communication. No one is really mad at them for the situation.

Here's a fun analogy.

Let's say you want to go to a party on Saturday, but on Monday, your mom tells you that you have to clean your room and show her it's clean before you can go. You clean your room on Thursday and tell her it's ready to be checked. She doesn't come and check your room until Sunday.

Reports are that HTC has been waiting over a month for approval, they did not "play chicken" as you called it and simply try to pass their product through customs without addressing the situation.

The hate towards Apple comes from the nature of the patent to begin with, as it's such an obvious function and such a minor addition to the overall package. Part of this blame should also be on the system as well, which allows for such a situation to occur.

Restricting things to this level can result in a stifling of advancements as competitors borrow minor ideas from one another and continue to improve upon them. This is bad for us, as consumers because it can slow the development of technologies and improvements into every day items we purchase.

I'm all for protecting intellectual property when that property is a true advancement or a significant piece of the puzzle, but not when it's an incidental addition that is so obvious as far as functionality is concerned.

Also I've been looking at other peoples order forms from Sprint.com and everyone else seemed to pay $200 even, but I payed Florida State Sales Tax of $12.00 making my total $211.99? Did anyone else pay tax? I do live in Florida but as far as I know we don't have an online sales tax rule or anything?

You don't have to pay sales tax if the company you purchase from operates outside of Florida. Sprint operates in the State of Florida (with many Sprint stores), so you have to pay taxes on your purchase.

Online retailers like Amazon do not have stores in Florida, so you don't have taxes to pay. If you purchased from a retailer that operated in states other then Florida, like the west coast for instance, then they would not have charged you sales tax.

AT&T has a supply of the One X that was shipped prior to the April cutoff date. Apparently they can sell any they had on hand prior to that date until this gets settled.

Btw, I still see the ability to pre-order the Evolte on Sprint's web site.

That's such an obvious function. I mean, if I see an e-mail address on my computer, it's an actionable link that I can click on and do something with (like open my e-mail program and send a message). This is ridiculous.