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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse introduces the HTC EVO 4G, Sprint’s first WiMAX-enabled smartphone.

Phil takes a look at running the Sprint Evo 4G without the HTC Sense user interface and instead using the stock Android UI.

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Phil takes a look at multitouch on the Sprint Evo 4G, running Android 2.1 and the HTC Sense user interface.

HTC EVO 4G from Sprint absolutely crushes. It’s not just one killer feature that puts the EVO over the top; the spec sheet reads like a wish list for anyone who’s owned a touchscreen smartphone. We won’t find out until this summer whether Sprint’s exclusive 4G phone makes the best of its features, but in the meantime, here are five things to get excited about: 4.3-inch Touch Screen Only one other Android phone has a screen that comes close, the newly-announced Samsung Galaxy S, which has a 4-inch touch screen. HTC has tried the 4.3-inch format before with the HTC HD2, but that phone loses points for running the soon-to-be outdated Windows Mobile 6.5. Sprints promise of downloading, watching and editing high definition content on the EVO makes the large screen even more enticing. Two Cameras It’s about time we saw this feature on a high-end smartphone. On the back the EVO is an 8-megapixel camera — itself an impressive bullet point — for photos and “HD-capable” video capture. There’s also a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, presumably for video chat and self portraits. Please let this become a standard feature on smartphones to come. “Leap” to Multitask As you’d expect, HTC layers its Sense user interface on top of Android 2.1, but with a new feature called “Leap.” This is a multitasking manager that reveals every open program when you pinch anywhere on the phone’s home screen. It’s an idea that’s begging to copied — fodder for a future patent lawsuit, perhaps? The …

LEAVE COMMENTS HERE: bit.ly New WHITE HTC Evo 4G from Best Buy (Unboxing) – Got a call this morning from my local Best Buy informing me that the white Sprint Evo I had preordered was available for pickup. This came as a shock to me seeing how they weren’t supposed to drop for another week (July 11th and August 12th for Sprint stores). I rushed down there to return the black one I had added for someone on my Family Plan (seeing how I was within Best Buy’s 30 day return policy) and they swapped it out for the new white version. Not too sure if I actually like the new white color scheme over the black but its just something different. Different and newer always seem better. Of course, the first thing I did upon powering it up was check to see if it had that “new” screen and sure enough…. it did. I’m not sure if ALL the white Evo’s will have these screens from here on out or if its a mixed bag like with the black versions. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. Either way, this doesn’t make me feel too bad that I’m stuck with the black Evo on my personal line. Especially if mine has the screen I am more happier with. If HTC is REALLY awesome maybe we’ll see a switch to those new Super TFT screens they’re going to release on the Nexus and Droid Incredibles soon. =)

Sprint gives us a demo of the HTC EVO 4G, a WiMax Android smartphone with HTC Sense UI, with key features including an 8-megapixel camera, 720p HD video recording and encoding, HDMI output to TV, large 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, mobile hotspot app, kickstand for multimedia consumption experience, and more. The device also has a fast Snapdragon processor. This is the smartphone to beat!

HTC EVO 4G offers one of the most robust multimedia experience on a wireless phone today. It features the Android Platform with HTC Sense™, a 4.3-inch display, 8.0 MP camera HD video capture, HDMI output, Mobile Hotspot capability.

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