Wallet, meet cloud. The new Google Wallet app for Android is now cloud-based and supports all credit and debit cards, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Payment cards are saved to highly secure Google severs rather than in the secure storage area of your smartphone. A wallet ID, or virtual card number, is...
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After unboxing the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Android smartphone and coming away with positive initial impressions, it’s now time to push it to its limits with various benchmark utilities to see how it compares to the competition. In this video, I put the EVO 4G LTE through a series of benchmarks using apps...
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In the video below, we unbox the HTC EVO 4G LTE Android smartphone from Sprint. The EVO 4G LTE builds upon Sprint’s EVO brand with a 4.7-inch 720p HD Super LCD display, 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, an 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 2000mAh...
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HTC has released a more detailed timeline for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades. In doing so, they’ve revealed most handsets will receive updates in the months of June and July, with the roll-out scheduled to be completed by August. Check out the list below. HTC Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update Timeline: DROID...
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In this video, HTC’S team gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of the HTC EVO 4G LTE, an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone that will land on Sprint by the end of Q2 2012. Mechanical Engineer/Program Manager Geoff Hill, Senior Industrial Designer Ben Chen, Advanced Materials Specialist Jens Nielson,...
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Specifications: - Processor: 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon Qualcomm MSM8960 - Operating System: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense - Networks: LTE (Band 2, Band 25) and CDMA 1xRTT EVDO Rel. 0, EVDO Rev. A - Display: 4.7” 1280 x720 HD with IPS technology (In Plane Switching)...
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Sprint has released a number of maintenance updates for some of their Android smartphones. The Samsung Epic 4G, HTC EVO 4G, and HTC EVO Design 4G all received updates today. The newer HTC EVO 3D actually received a minor update last week while we were at CES 2012, so we figured we’d give that...
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Earlier today, we posted about Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D getting an OTA software update to address security issues. Well, it looks like all of Sprint’s HTC devices, mostly from the EVO family, have received similar updates to patch any loose ends that may leave them vulnerable to malicious apps. This includes the original HTC...
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HTC just sent out a message to their Facebook fans, bringing everyone up to speed on the possibility of updating their current lineup to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Check it out! Since Google unveiled Ice Cream Sandwich earlier this week, HTC has been looking closely at the new OS’s features and functionality to...
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Along with the Motorola Photon 4G, Sprint is also in the process of sending out an update to the the HTC EVO 4G, bringing the software build to 4.53.651.1. The classic Android smartphone is treated to more accurate voice recognition, image enhancements, and a bug fix that addresses occasional memory issues when texting. Check...
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The Skype app for Android has been updated to support more devices, including those from HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Acer. Skype 2.1 allows Android users with specific phones to not only use voice, but also video to make Skype-to-Skype calls. Android 2.3 Gingerbread is required to make use of the front-facing camera,...
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Update: you can manually install the new v1.3 APK file on Android Honeycomb tablets now! Check out our video review showing it on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. The Netflix app for Android has been updated to support more devices. Some key additions include the HTC EVO 3D (review), Motorola Droid Bionic (unreleased), and...
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It appears the Korean market is about to get an HTC EVO 3D-like device with some modifications. Dubbed the HTC EVO 4G+, it sports many of the cool features of the EVO 3D, like the 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 4.3″ qHD display, 1GB of RAM, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Sense 3.0, and it even has...
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Sprint released an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread recently for the HTC EVO 4G, but the transition to the latest OS build didn’t go as smoothly as many had hoped. There were a number of issues found after upgrading, including the Netflix app suddenly becoming incompatible with the EVO. Well, Sprint/HTC responded quickly by...
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According to a Sprint internal memo, the HTC EVO 4G is due to receive an OTA update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread on June 6th, or June 3rd if you’re willing to search and download the upgrade manually. Now we know why Sprint randomly noted “now with Android 2.3 Gingerbread” on their EVO 4G site...
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