Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone 284
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from the spec-escalation dept.
adeelarshad82 writes "Sprint dropped a bombshell on the CTIA Wireless trade show by unveiling the most powerful Google Android smartphone ever seen in the USA, the WiMAX-powered Evo 4G. The phone runs Android 2.1 on a 1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 chipset along with a helpful 1GB of built-in memory and 512MB of RAM, which is assisted by a MicroSD slot supporting up to 32GB cards. It swaps between EVDO Rev. A, WiMAX and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g on demand. The phone is dominated by a 4.3-inch, 800-by-480 65,000-color TFT LCD capacitive touch screen. There's an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3-megapixel unit on the front. The camera also records 720p, high-def video, which it can play through an HDMI out jack on the bottom. The Evo 4G weighs 170g and measures 120.5 mm by 67 mm by 13 mm. It's expected to hit the market in the summer."
HDMI jack? (Score:5, Funny)
A phone that records 720p video and plays it out via an HDMI jack? WHY?
Re:4G only (Score:5, Funny)
Actually the "4G" refers to the price. I hope they have a payment plan.
Re:HDMI jack? (Score:1, Funny)
Because.
Also.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One flaw... (Score:5, Funny)
HDMI is a plug. Youtube has a matter replicator in my house now?
Re:One flaw... (Score:1, Funny)
Not YouTube, silly. Google does. They've been busy.
Eh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's a TELEPHONE (Score:3, Funny)
silly, no one talks on the phone anymore. you use a telephone to read email, twitter, facebook and the rest of the internets
Re:Super Phone? Aw, come on. (Score:3, Funny)
Agreed. Today's supercomputer is tomorrow's soft drink can.
Fuck Everything, We're Doing 5G (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Battery life? (Score:3, Funny)
Don't worry, it's powered by Orbo.
And that just great until we run out of witches. Doesn't anyone think these things through? It's not scalable.
Re:And in related news no one here cares about... (Score:4, Funny)
For Windows Mobile fans...
Fascinating! You seem to be implying that there is more than one!! And I had always thought they were just a myth. What truly amazing times we live in, where such people live right alongside the rest of us, and we don't even know they're there!
Tell me, is it true that you all have fingertips as pointed as sharpened pencils, which allow you to actual use the OS? Or is it, like my friend believes, that you are all atoning for some great, and unspeakable crime? Perhaps you were AOL developers in your past life?
:-P
Re:Game Changer! (Score:5, Funny)
This device really makes the iPhone on the Sprint network all but irrelevant, since it seems it will be available around the same time and has all the specs either equal or better.
Fixed that for you. Bring-it fanbois.
Re:And in related news no one here cares about... (Score:3, Funny)
Hehe.
Yes, we do keep a low profile. We usually hang out at sites like xda-developers where we share the latest reg fixes for our operators' crappy crap-ware infested ROMs. Some of us go even further and learn how to cook our own ROMs.
As for our fingers, it's quite amazing what one can adapt themselves to. There seem to be two groups who have taken two distinct evolutionary paths. The first, the "touch friendly app seeker" group, trolls around the forums seeking finger friendly third-party apps to replace every part of the OS that they commonly use. These people find varying amounts of success. Some claim to have no problems, while others constantly find fault with the solutions they've found and are in never-ending quest for touch friendly nirvana. The other group, the one I fall into, have developed the ability to accurately hit areas the size of a few millimeters with our fingers, using the exact amount of pressure needed. We still appreciate touch friendly replacements - as long as they work perfectly. If they don't, we are content to interact with the built-in OS. Our girlfriends and wives would probably benefit from our uber "touching" skills - if we weren't all constantly trying to fix our god damned phones.