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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 01, 2010
Not only can you not have the Sprint Evo 4G for a few more days, now you have to watch somebody tear it apart. The folks at ifixit did their thing, meticulously ripping open the Evo and checking ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 31, 2010
[YouTube link] If you're the type of person who frequently swaps microSD cards and are looking at the Sprint HTC Evo 4G, then this video might be a little painful. First, the card's under the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 30, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were talking about custom ROMs already being loaded on to the as-yet unreleased (to the public anyway) Sprint Evo 4G. OK, it was only yesterday. And in the orig...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2010
It might not look like much, but the screen shots you see here reportedly are from the world's first custom ROM for the Sprint Evo 4G. There's still work to be done, as the camera doesn't work and it'...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2010
Call off the dogs, folks. Qik took to its blog late Friday (early Saturday according to the timestamp) to explain the documentation first found by Android Guys and later by Engadget (and, admitte...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Android 2.2 Froyo features
Video walkthough
Benchmarking Android 2.2 (Froyo) and the JIT against Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Google Android developer explains more about Dalvik and the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
Time to get the pitchforks out, people. We slept on it in hopes it was all a nightmare, but the ugly rumor that began yesterday (first by Android Guys and later confirmed by Engadget) is true:&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link]It's a brave new world with the addition of video chat on the Sprint HTC Evo 4G. And what better way to break in Fring's new free video calling service than with one of our deepest ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
Notice anything unusual in this picture? (Besides the obvious, of course -- I didn't do a thing with my hair today.) That's right, the front-facing 1.3MP camera on the Sprint HTC Evo 4G&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link]The folks at Fring are screaming from the rooftops today about their latest update, which brings video calling to the popular VOIP-chat (and now video) service. Using the new Evo 4G...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2010
If you get a sense of deja vu watching this software walkthrough of the Sprint HTC Evo 4G, we don't blame you. We've seen the new Sense user interface on a number of devices (the HTC Legend,...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
We still think it's kind of cheating to want to run an HTC phone without the Sense user interface, but we're also champions of choice. And so, we bring you instructions on how to turn off the Se...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
We hear ya. There are a lot of you out there on Sprint who are looking at your Palm Pre and wondering how it would be to hold the Evo 4G in its place. Ask and ye shall receive. After the break are mor...
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by Jeremy
May 25, 2010
From the Forums is a great way for you, our readers, to see the hottest topics being discussed. But you must be a registered member and becoming a member is a simple process. So if you have...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
[YouTube link] Let's take a quick look at multitouch on the Sprint Evo 4G, shall we? In daily use, it's been holding up just fine. Pinch-to-zoom works as it should, and the touchscreen is as respo...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 24, 2010
The Sprint Evo 4G isn't all that new to us, having been at its announcement at CTIA in March and its coming-out party in New York City just a few short weeks ago. But it's finally time to properly pu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2010
Yes you read it correctly :) The Sprint Evo 4G appears to have been rooted, before its officially released. Android developer Matt Mastracci at his blog grack.com has some pictur...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 21, 2010
You guys want us to do an unboxing of the Sprint Evo 4G? Fine. We'll do an unboxing. And we'll do it live, in living color, with stereophonic sound. Maybe snakes will fly out. Maybe it'll be a gr...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
So what, exactly, killed off the Google phone store? We had a couple really good questions during this afternoon's Q&A regarding the death of the web distribution model, and what happened with the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
If you weren't quite up to installing the leaked Android 2.1 update for the Sprint HTC Hero, fair not -- it's now all official and everything on Sprint's Web site, sort of. It's listed as being r...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 16, 2010
To say everybody's excited about the Sprint Evo 4G is a bit of an understatement, at best. You're blowing up our forums (and inboxes) with pictures, videos and questions. Here's what's at the tip of y...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 15, 2010
This one's going to make a lot of you Android purists happy: Unlike on the Droid Incredible, you can run the stock Android 2.1 home screen on the Sprint Evo 4G, as our pal Andrew from Androinica sho...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 14, 2010
At this point, the Sprint Evo 4G has been handled every which way to Sunday -- not that it's some big secret or something. But there still are a few odds and ends to clean up. One of them is the reta...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 14, 2010
The Evo 4G launch party
Live at the Sprint Evo 4G party
Sprint Evo 4G pricing, availability announced - $199 starting June 4
How do you feel about the Evo 4G pricing? (Updated)
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by Phil Nickinson
May 14, 2010
You're going to be able to buy the Sprint Evo 4G from everybody and his mother, which is good. That will mean lower prices and higher incentives. Radio Shack's sweetener? A free $20 accessory credit. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
The hottest Android phone, the world's greatest city, and the world's best Android blog. It all came together at Sprint's Evo 4G party last night in New York, and we brought it to you live.Missed it?...
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by Adam Sawyer
May 13, 2010
Above, you’ll see the official release notes from Sprint about the Android 2.1 update for the Samsung Moment. The update's supposed to be official tomorrow (though it briefly leaked out th...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
Aside from the 4G WiMax hotspot, one of the other cool new features of the Sprint Evo 4G is honest-to-goodness two-way video chat, with Qik serving it all up. And it worked fairly well in the de...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
Sprint. Simultaneous voice and data. Two things that, until now, have never gone together. But with the HTC Evo 4G (we've mentioned you can get it June 4 for $199, right?), it's finally a r...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2010
When we first saw the Sprint Evo 4G at CTIA a couple months ago, we didn't get a good look at the software because, well, it wasn't ready. But that was some 60 days ago, and it's time to take it for ...
