Article
by Sean Brunett
Jan 05, 2011
Well the announcements just keep rolling in from CES. Samsung has introduced the Infuse 4G, which will be heading to AT&T.  The Infuse has been described as a Galaxy S phone, just better. It...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 05, 2011
Who has two thumbs and is holding the latest phone in Sprint's Evo line? This guy, of course. Meet the HTC Evo Shift 4G on Sprint -- with its four-row sliding keyboard, 4G high-speed data...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 05, 2011
As we're sitting in on LG's CES 2011 conference, it seems the press release for the LG Optimus Black as it's now called has escaped a little early on the LG website. The device may look simi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 05, 2011
An astute reader noticed an advertisement in the current edition of Rolling Stone, featuring HTC's 4G phones.  Besides the Evo 4G and the T-Mobile G2, we see the latest additions to HTC's 4G stab...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2011
We're likely just a few days away from the unveiling of the HTC Evo Shift 4G, and we're getting about the best look at it yet, courtesy of our pals at CellPhone Signal. And along with more ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 01, 2011
Verizon's New Year's resolution? Android LTE phones. And lookie at what just popped into its system -- SKUs for the HTC Thunderbolt (aka ADR6400) and that Samsung SCH-i520 LTE device, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 30, 2010
Stop what you're doing, take a second and click the picture you see above.  If you're reading on your phone, run to a computer -- you want to see this.  Supposedly these are the specs for th...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 29, 2010
Waiting on an HTC Evo Shift 4G? If so, you should know from our post last week that Best Buy has been stocking accessories for this thing for quite some time now. Of course, this all just adds even m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2010
We already knew the Evo Shift 4G was coming, and it was priced at $150 (on contract).  We also had it on good authority that it was coming on Jan 9, but now we're sure -- thanks to the Shack.&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2010
There you have it, folks. The HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon, in all its unofficial glory. We show you the rear here (and the front after the break) because it's what's most interesting to us. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2010
For all you folks living in the Bay Area, take heed: Sprint has officially flipped the switch on its 4G Wimax data in San Francisco. That means if you have an HTC Evo 4G, Samsung Epic 4G or ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2010
Ah ha! Eagle-eyed commenter rabaker07 deduced that the URL from the HTC Thunderbolt 4G (that's the name we're using today, anyway) advertisement we showed you yesterday was a little of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 26, 2010
We don't usually call attention to the paid adverts on this site. They're a necessary evil, and we like to keep a pretty thick line between editorial and advertising. But in this case, we'll make an ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 24, 2010
Top o' the news - Here comes LTE Did the HTC Incredible HD (aka HTC Mecha) just appear for its close-up? (Update: More pics show up)Verizon Thunderbolt actually is the LTE Incredible HD/Mecha?HTC Thun...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
Hmmmm. According to this picture on HTC's mobile site, the manufacturer will be unveiling a new 4G phone on Jan. 6. Hmmmm. And according to my ridiculously overloaded CES schedule, Verizon'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
The name "Thunderbolt" has been whispered for a little while now in regards to the phone that we've been calling the HTC Incredible HD or the Mecha. And it looks like Droid-Life has heard th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
When it rains LTE devices, it pours, apparently. Above is what purportedly is a Samsung LTE device on Verizon. Gizmodo's tipster notes that it's running Touchwiz atop Android 2.2.1, and tha...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Dec 22, 2010
It was only yesterday that we saw leaked pictures of the rumored HTC Incredible HD 4G for Verizon. Gizmodo now has another front picture of the device (not much different than the one we had a month a...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Dec 21, 2010
The HTC EVO Shift 4G, a device that we saw a couple weeks ago and was caught in Sprint's system about a week ago, has posed for some more pictures.What we do know thus far about the EVO Shift 4G is th...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 21, 2010
Bay Area Sprint subscribers toting a 4G phone will receive a nice holiday treat on Dec. 28, as Sprint continues its 4G rollout.  Idle 4G radios within the San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Si...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2010
It's pretty much been the worst kept secret of the month, but now Verizon's gone and made it official on Twitter -- LTE devices will be shown at CES. OK, it's really not that much of a secret since Ve...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Dec 20, 2010
 Owners of the Epic 4G and the Evo 4G in both Denver and Bridgeport, Conn., will finally be able to find out what they can do with 4G now that Sprint has officially flipped the 4G switch in both ...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Dec 17, 2010
 College football bowl season is almost upon us, and Sprint and ESPN have teamed up to give subscribers access to 30 different bowl games -- including all five BCS bowls. To get in on the goodnes...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 17, 2010
The Cyanogenmod series of ROMs has done a lot of great things for a lot of phones. But one feature that's been sorely missing on the Evo 4G has been Wimax data. The 4G radio uses code that hasn'...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2010
YouTube link for mobile viewing The myth of the HTC Merge continues! We've been slipped a video taken last week at a Verizon LTE demo that clearly shows the Merge. Yes, the same Merge that ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2010
HTC CEO Peter Chou recently spoke with the GSMA (those are the folks who put on Mobile World Congress) and talked a tad about LTE phones. They're definitely on the way, though not befor...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Dec 11, 2010
 Well, what do we have here? After hearing bits and pieces about the Sprint-bound HTC EVO Shift 4G from various sources -- including seeing the ROM, a case and the phone in Sprint's inventory sys...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2010
T-Mobile just fed us a press release in which it affirms that HSPA+ tablets are coming in 2011. Here's the party line: “T-Mobile is working closely with the majority of our OEM partners to del...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Dec 10, 2010
  It is pretty obvious by now that the creators of Fox's Fringe have a promo deal with Sprint because the Evo 4G just keeps popping up on the sci-fi show. The most recent episode featured Peter B...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 08, 2010
We're still waiting for word from Sprint about the HTC Speedy (or Knight, or whatever it ends up being named), we've peeked at the software, and some cases, a holster and an OEM battery have appeared ...