Actually, make that “short car rides,” “brief movie shoots” and “afternoon camping trips,” because this feature eats through a full battery charge in as little as one hour.

All of this fine print would probably take at least some of the wind out of any Evo devotee’s sails. But the big letdown is battery life.

If you charge this phone all night long, then leave the house at 8 a.m., you’ll find its battery charge at 50 percent by early afternoon, even if you don’t make a single call or send a single e-mail message. By quitting time, or dinner time if you’re lucky, it’s completely dead. On this phone, the battery gauge practically shrivels as you’re looking at it.

Android fanboys, quick, attack! Pogue’s a month late to the party, but saying the same thing everyone else is. Clearly, he’s mistaken. Best. Phone. Ever.