2nd best phone in Summer 2010 Market

I give it a good rating and not a excellent because there is still a lot of improvement that can be done. Phone looks and feel great, very stylish, up to date with technology, and superb screen size. I love the screen size for browser the internet and watching video. Of course i'm a guy and I got big khaki pockets for the phone so i don't mind the big bulkiness, i actually like the screen size more than the iphone. As far as speed, the internet is really fast but programs needs some work to move in and out faster. A fast internet but slow software isn't gonna help it much. The Android software stinks, could use better functionality like the iphone. I miss the iphone due to simplicity, easy to navigate and organize app around. Sprint network is great but their data network isn't that great. I can call and text instantly but having trouble connecting to the data network to use app that require online access.

9/6/10 Update:
Batteries perform good unless you are using flash from like watch youtube videos. That's why Iphone decided not to use flash on their phones and I know why now. From a full charge battery watching youtube, the whole battery drains in one hour compare to your regular videos which last for about 2.5 times longer. Going in and out of video files sometimes lags and freezes. Your video search loads kinda slow if you're trying to get all the way down to the bottom for your video. I wish you can set the setting for video to show just a list so it can scroll down faster than trying to load all the video picture while slowing down the scrolling down part. Be prepare to get extra batteries on the side and thank goodness this phone has that feature unlike the iphones. Once its dead its dead. Does what I need to do and they need to start putting up more general app like local banks, etrade, and etc.

great valye for de money

THE GOOD

The HTC Inspire 4G is affordably priced and boasts a large display. The Android 2.2 smartphone runs on AT&T's HSPA+ network and offers mobile hot-spot capabilities. New HTC Sense provides faster boot time and other enhancements. It also has an 8-megapixel camera that takes excellent photos.

THE BAD

The smartphone is rather large and heavy, and the battery cover is difficult to remove.

Fantastic device, perfect with config.

Awesome, awesome, awesome device. Linux based Android devices handle memory usage so well, don't run a task-killer because you'll just end up using more juice and time. Runs like a beast. It's like having a tablet PC in my pocket! The cameras are both awesome, the 8mp camera does a fantastic job. I've been taking pictures of text from long distances, even with some motion blur, and I still get very readable results.

A lot of people complain about the battery on this phone. By default, it will synchronize (live when available, mind you) with Facebook, Gmail, news reports, stock reports, weather.... You get the drift. I disabled updates for everything except Gmail and Weather, because Facebook updates whenever I open the app anyway. After doing that, my standby battery life was tripled. I can go all day on the stock battery, spend 2 hours on the phone, send over 150 texts, browse the web, download files... and it goes from 9-5 just fine with enough juice to stay on standby until I hit the sack. So with some configuration, it does just fine. Things that use the radio seem to use the most power-- games, not so much. Screen brightness, not such a big deal. But live updates on six different channels? Definitely a drain. Also, some widgets will update automatically. They're basically like apps that never close, so think about what you use.

HTC Could lose some weight!

I love the fact that this phone can do just about everything a computer can do plus take pictures and video. The phone is very responsive and fast as swiping across screens is super easy and lag isn't seen. However, for the female consumhers the phone will look quite large and feel quite large in the hand. If the phone was a little slimmer, sort of like the Droid Incredible then i believe more female consumers can be reached. The captive buttons are also agitating as they can easily be pressed without trying to when swiping across the screen. I also dislike that there isn't a decication camera button and that that the front facing camera mirrors and would show words backwards. Last dislikeness of this phone would be that you have to reach way up to the top to put screen to sleep instead of being able choose one of the captive buttons at the bottom of the phone.

All in the phone is a excellent device that works.

I decided to buy the phone due to the fact that it has a 8mega pixil camera with flash and a front facing camera. i love taking pictures with a phone and being that this phone had such a large camera lens, i knew great pictures will come from this phone.

This phone is fantastic!!!

If you don't like this phone then it is probably a user error. This phone has great reception and is truly the best Smart Phone ever made. I have had a lot of smart phones and out of all of them this thing is by far the fastest.
And the High Def 8mp digital camera is awesome, And the high def camcorder takes unbelievable pictures. I will be returning the $300 digital camera I got for Xmas.
If you install a Task Killer, the battery will last about 10 times longer.
Shop savvy is the best app ever!!! With this phone You can scan a barcode in a store and it will tell you if its cheaper at another store and it will show you the online price comparisons. If it is cheaper at another store you can have the cashier do a on-the-spot price match. AWESOME!!!
There is another app that you scan in the checkout line at the store and it will enter your shopping card and pull any coupon bar-codes from the internet. This phone saves me 30-40% every time I go shopping. PHONE PERFECTION!!!