HTC EVO 4G Now Available
HTC EVO 4G is now available on Sprint for $199.99 on a two-year contract. Starting today, customers can purchase HTC EVO 4G at Sprint (NYSE: S) retail stores, online (www.sprint.com), through Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1), business direct and at RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart. The handset sports a super-fast processor, front and back cameras and utilizes the ever-popular Android mobile operating system.
HTC Evo Specifications
* 3G/4G capability
* Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ QSD8650 (1GHz) processor
* 4.3” capacitive display with pinch-to-zoom and tactile feedback
* World-class HTML browser – bandwidth and quality that rival that of netbooks
* Android 2.1, with access to more than 60,000 apps on Android Market
* Sprint Navigation, with turn-by-turn driving directions and 3D maps
* Updated HTC Sense, award-winning user experience, which includes Friend Stream to integrate Facebook, Twitter and more into a single flow of updates
* 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot capability – connects up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices
* 4G data speeds (WiMAX) – peak download speeds of more than 10 Mbps; peak upload speeds of 1 Mbps; average download speeds of 3-6 Mbps.
* 3G data speeds (EVDO Rev A.) – peak download speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps; peak upload speeds of 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds of 600 kbps-1.4 Mbps.
HTC EVO 4G Release Date & Price Announced
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse confirmed the price and release date for the HTC Evo, the very first phone to run on a 4G mobile data network. Sprint today announced that the smartphone will cost $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and the requisite two-year service plan. The swanky smartphone is features a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 processor, 512MB of RAM and a 1GB ROM, 4.3″ display (480×800), Android 2.1with HTC Sense UI, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HDMI-out, mobile HDTV, 8.0mp camera, 1.3mp front-facing camera, digital compass, GPS, and a microSD slot.
HTC EVO 4G Features:
* Capable of running on 3G and 4G networks
* Video chat (using the front facing camera) and Qik application
* Can be used as a hot-spot (up to 8 devices) – will require $29.99 monthly plan
* YouTube HQ (High Quality) playback
* Features HDMI port for content streaming to your flat panel TV
* 3.5mm headset port and micro-USB charging port
* 4.3″ display with pinch-to-zoom
* 1GHz Snapdragon processor
Sprint Drops The Nexus One for HTC EVO 4G
Sprint is now following the footsteps of Verizon, by backing out on its promise to carry the Google Nexus One on its network, and replacing the smartphone with a newer HTC EVO 4G. The HTC Evo 4G is a really powerful phone, and it’s going to be the Android phone to beat once it launches. Sprint originally announced plans to offer the Nexus One, but today they announced that they’re ditching the Nexus One and sticking to the award-winning HTC Evo 4G phone instead. Sprint is not the only carrier to do this. Verizon Wireless also ditched the Nexus One for their HTC Droid Incredible release.
HTC EVO 4G features adobe flash supported Android OS 2.1, 480 x 800 4.3-inch TFT LCD display with QSD8650 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 1GB of storage, and 512MB of RAM, 8.0 MP auto-focus camera, HD video capture, HDMI output, Mobile Hotspot capability and more. With built-in mobile hotspot functionality, HTC EVO 4G allows up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices to share the 4G experience which is incredible. You can Tether your HTC EVO 4G (share internet connection) with a laptop, camera, music player, game unit, video player, or any other Wi-Fi enabled device on the go.
HTC launches Android HTC Legend in India
Today HTC launched a new Android-based HTC Legend handset in the Indian market priced at Rs 25,990. The handset also features HTC Sense which includes a widget called Friend Stream that aggregates user’s social networking accounts. The HTC Sense feature also supports a newsreader application and widget as well as a new seven-screen ‘Leap’ thumbnail view for quick and easy access to specific screens.
The Android based handset has been designed from a single block of aluminum to transform into a sleek handset. It comes with a 3.2-inch OLED HVGA display. The trackball has now been fitted with an optical joystick alongside a narrow button to enhance functionality without compromising on the look and design of the phone. Underneath the unibody enclosure, the handset has a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 processor with 384MB RAM and 512MB ROM.
Google Introducing Nexus One
Today’s Googles launch the Nexus One, the newest Android-powered phone running the latest Android 2.1 software. Nexus One comes with all your favorite Google Mobile apps pre-installed: find the classics like Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Google Talk, with additional goodies like Maps Navigation and Google Voice. With its 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ chipset, these apps are speedier than ever before.
The Nexus One’s 3.7-inch Amoled display, and 1-gigahertz processor from Qualcomm aims to bring the Android 2.1 3D graphic display to life. The phone has a trackball and a battery of technologies, including a compass and light sensor. It is 11.5 millimeters thin, about the thickness of a No. 2 pencil. The 5-megapixel still and video camera has a flash. The phone was designed in close partnership with HTC. Erick Tseng, senior product manager at Google, described the hardware specs and software features during the press event.
To learn more about Nexus One, visit google.com/phone.