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Brandon Hill (Blog) - March 23, 2010 9:23 PM

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Sprint hopes to knock it out of the park with the HTC EVO 4G

Microsoft has been making waves with its Windows Phone 7 Series operating system, Palm is battling the Grim Reaper with slow sales of the Pre and Pixi, and Apple is just on cruise control until the next generation iPhone and iPhone OS 4.0 hit later this summer. Forget the looming lawsuit from Apple, HTC and Sprint are looking to spice things up with some Android lovin' in the form of the HTC EVO 4G.

As its name implies, the new smartphone takes advantage of Sprint's advanced 4G WiMAX network. In addition, the phone supports EV-DO Rev. A, CDMA, and EV-DO.

"Sprint continues to lead the 4G revolution as we introduce HTC EVO 4G to give our customers an experience that is unlike anything available in wireless to date," said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. "Not only is this feature-rich device incredible on our Sprint 3G network, but Sprint 4G speeds will take mobile multimedia, including live video streaming, gaming and picture downloads, to a whole new level."

When it comes to the specs sheet, many people thought that the Google Nexus One had just about every smartphone on the market beat. The HTC EVO 4G simply crushes everything else on the market thanks to a 4.3" (480x800) TFT LCD, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM, 8.0mp camera in addition to a 1.3mp front-facing camera for video conferencing, GPS, digital compass, stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile HDTV, and HDMI (720p) output. When it comes to storage, the HTC EVO 4G has 1GB of storage built-in and can support up to 32GB via a microSD slot.

Being that the HTC EVO 4G is a flagship Android device, it is obviously running Android 2.1.

"HTC and Sprint have a strong history of working together to bring consumers technologies and advancements that make their lives easier," added HTC CEO Peter Chou. "We believe that the HTC EVO 4G represents the best of Sprint and the best of HTC working together to bring an unmatched device to the U.S. This combination of HTC and Sprint innovation will allow people to do even more while on the go, faster than ever on the Sprint 4G network."

Sprint has not announced pricing for the HTC EVO 4G, but the phone will be available this summer.

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RE: The God of all phones...

By Motoman on 3/24/2010 4:45:41 PM , Rating: 2

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Name two phones that share the same platform(or similar) one with a keyboard one without, that are the same size. Otherwise you are not making an Apples to Apples comparison. If you really think the droid could not be smaller if it had not included a keyboard, you are kidding yourself.

Sure, the Droid could be thinner without the keyboard. Doesn't matter. Fundamentally, it makes no difference in the form factor. Phones with keyboards are the same size as phones without keyboards. It's not an issue.

As to the other issue, it's clear that keyboards are not seen as a big factor by the manufacturers - or the public, which is buying non-keyboarded phones in droves. Phones without keyboards are wildly successful - my point wasn't about commercial success. It is about the suitability for purpose. Typing on a properly-designed physical keyboard will always be better than the best touchscreen, period. Consumers however don't really seem to care about fitness-for-purpose - they buy what the TV tells them to. And the TV tells them to buy an iPhone, or one of the other phones that gushes about how cool it's onscreen keyboard is.

Technically, it's nifty. I get that. That's what people are buying - marketing and gimmickry. The point I'm making is that, from a fitness-for-purpose standpoint, a real keyboard has been, is, and will continue to be a vastly better option than an onscreen keyboard. And, the engineering issue is trivial, as is any form factor concern, as can be seen by looking at what's already on the market.

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