HTC EVO / HERO 4G . a WiMAX "HTC Supersonic" for a while now, and Sprint aloof alone the adamantine news: the buzz will be dubbed the HTC EVO 4G, will be appear this Summer and it's calmly the best specced buzz we've anytime witnessed. The accouterments is of absolutely accessible HD2 descent, but with Android onboard and some nice artful tweaks, the EVO 4G takes on a activity of its own. The handset is centered about a 480 x 800 4.3-inch TFT LCD, with a Snapdragon QSD8650 1GHz processor beneath the awning (the CDMA adaptation of the QSD8250 in the HD2 and Nexus One), and alike a accessible 1GB of congenital anamnesis and 512MB of RAM -- accost app storage! Alike the array is bigger than the HD2, and the camera is an 8 megapixel blunder with flash, that's able of 720p video, and is aggrandized by a 1.3 megapixel advanced adverse camera for acceptable measure. The buzz appearance HDMI out (though you'll charge an adapter for axis it into a TV-familiar HDMI plug), 802.11b/g WiFi, and an 8GB microSD card. There's that still-rare Android 2.1 beneath an adapted adaptation of HTC's Sense UI. But... admitting all these agrarian features, what absolutely sets the EVO 4G afar is the actuality that it's Sprint's aboriginal 4G phone. The handset runs a admixture of EV-DO Rev. A and WiMAX, with calls still actuality fabricated over CDMA and the EV-DO / WiMAX options for data. Interestingly, it sounds like circumstantial abstracts and articulation use ability be accessible for the aboriginal time on CDMA carrier in this way (killing AT&T's well-advertised differentiator), admitting Sprint says that's still in the testing phase. One added new affection is the Sprint hotspot app, addition MiFi-style affiliation administration number, which is acutely aided abundantly by the WiMAX on lath and can abutment up to eight circumstantial users. Follow afterwards the breach for our hands-on impressions and videos of the buzz in action, including an up-close-and-personal analysis of the touchscreen keyboard. Below you'll acquisition galleries of the buzz by its alone and up adjoin the Nexus One and iPhone 3G.
Update: We've got a blueprint comparing the Nexus One and Droid with the EVO blueprint for spec, and there's additionally a aesthetic shootout with the Desire and HD2. Pick your comparo poison!
HTC EVO / HERO 4G
