Sprint Launches First 4G Phone

Sprint Launches First 4G Phone, HTC Evo 4G (Phone Scoop)

Sprint Launches First 4G Phone, HTC Evo 4G
Yesterday, 3:47 PM by Philip Berne updated Yesterday, 6:07 PM

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, speaking at CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas, launched the first phone to take advantage of the carrier's WiMAX network. The HTC Evo 4G is an Android smartphone with a 4.3-inch screen, similar in size and shape to the Windows Mobile-powered HTC HD2. The phone features HD video recording and an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash. It also includes a 1.3 megapixel user-facing camera for video sharing features. To watch HD videos on a larger screen, the phone also features an HDMI output. The interface is the newest HTC Sense UI concept for Android, including the new friend stream feature that aggregates updates from a variety of social networking sites, including Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. Inside, the phone uses the 1 GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. The phone will also use Adobe Flash in the Web browser.

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Garmin-Asus Unveils Android and Windows Nav Phones

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posted Today, 8:33 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Today Garmin-Asus announced two new nuvifone's, the Android-powered A50 and the Windows Mobile 6.5.3-powered M10. The two devices share many features, including 3.5-inch touchscreens, 4GB of built-in storage, Microsoft Exchange support, full GPS, and tightly integrated navigation services.

• A50: This slab-style device has an HVGA capacitive display, accelerometer, 3 megapixel camera, and access to the Android Market. It includes an e-compass and Garmin's cityXplorer maps, which let users map walking or mass transit directions between points. The A50 will be available in Europe during the first half of 2010.
• M10: The M10 has a WVGA display with a 3D user interface. It supports Wi-Fi and HSDPA 3G networks, and has a 5 megapixel camera that automatically geo-tags pictures. It will be available in Asia and Europe during the first half of 2010.

AT&T sells a Garmin-branded nuvifone in the U.S., but there's no word if either of these devices will be available here.

Phone comes with SexTexts and get's man dumped!

A Winnipeg man is homeless and heartbroken after the woman he wanted to spend his life with found some salacious text messages on his cellphone.

The catch? He didn't write them.

For Darren P., who did not want his last name used, the cellphone fiasco began on Monday, when his girlfriend of two-and-a-half years stumbled on some naughty messages on his new work phone.

But those messages -- "Booty call," "Where u at," and "Be there soon" -- didn't come from Darren. They were pre-set text messages that came loaded on his Samsung Virgin Mobile phone.

"I said, 'That's ridiculous, why would I cheat?' There's things I believe about relationships... The first is that if you are in a relationship, you don't cheat," says Darren, 49, who notes he didn't know the phone was text-enabled. "I said, 'You're being ridiculous.' She said, 'No I'm not, here's the proof.' "

What happened next: a painful break-up, during which Darren -- who is now living with friends -- launched a quest to clear his name. He called Virgin Mobile, and was advised to file a written complaint, which he intends to do. He even walked into the Future Shop on Regent Avenue to show the offending messages to staff.

"At first, we didn't believe him," says Mike Ford, 20, a sales associate at the store. "But when we looked at a couple of the same phones he bought, and found they all had the same messages... We all felt horrible. We wanted to do whatever we could for him... He basically has to start his life over again. We're going to make sure that he's taken care of."

While Darren praises the compassion of Ford and his coworkers, who have kept in touch with the heartbroken man, he points the finger squarely at Virgin Mobile for selling phones with saucy texts to unsuspecting customers.

"It's not just teenagers buying these things. For people who don't know the technology, these things can be severely misconstrued," he says. "I'd like to see the phones recalled and the messages taken off, so that others don't have to go through the hell I'm going through."

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