HTC EVO 4G LTE Comes to Sprint May 18 for $199

HTC’s EVO 4G LTE smartphone will be available from Sprint starting May 18 for $199 with a two-year contract, Sprint has announced.
The device sports a 4.7-inch HD 720p Super LCD display, a 1.5 GHz dual core CPU, an 8-megapixel camera on the rear plus a 1.3-megapixel one on the front and Android 4.0.
Other features of note are Beats Audio support, a 2000mAh battery and a kickstand for longer video viewing sessions.
Although one of the device’s selling points is support for fast data transfer via LTE, users will have to wait a while to start enjoying it. Sprint plans to launch its LTE network mid-2012, with Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio being the first cities to get it.
The HTC EVO 4G LTE can be pre-ordered from Sprint over at www.sprint.com/evo4glte.

11:06 by Robert dawne · 0

20 Mouthwatering Instagram Pics [FOOD PORN]

The Best of Instagram Series is presented by T-Mobile. Its 4G Tweet Race, a week-long campaign launching May 3, pits Twitter users against one another in a daily, frantic race for retweets. There are 7 races, and the winners of each heat win a new HTC One™ S phone with a year of T-Mobile’s Unlimited Value service, and the final winner takes home $4,000.
Instagram users often get a bit of flack for oversharing their food photos. Now that the photo-sharing app is available for iOS, Android and possibly soon Facebook, we expect the user base and the photo uploads to surge.
But that’s not to say all photos aren’t worth sharing. Sure, maybe there are a swarm of users who like to share photos of their Subway sandwich, but there are also tons of gorgeous pictures of food and beverages that will make your mouth water.
We’ve collected photos from Instagram users, professional photographers and even chefs to present you with 20 of the tastiest photos. (Note: You can’t actually eat them.)
Do you think your food photos have what it takes? Let us know in the comments.

11:27 by Robert dawne · 0

Microsoft and Nokia Begin Massive Marketing Push Behind Lumia 900

On the heels of putting on a free Nicki Minaj concert in Times Square on Friday, the big marketing push behind the Lumia 900 smartphone went into high gear this week in New York City.
To draw attention to the Nokia Lumia 900 — the first U.S. Windows Phone to boast a high-speed LTE network connection — Microsoft set up an event in Madison Square Park on Monday to give people a chance to check out the new device. The Lumia 900 (which costs $100 with a two-year contract) debuted on Easter Sunday and is yesterday was listed as the number one smartphone on Amazon.
Nokia and Windows aim to differentiate the device in the marketplace by highlighting its LTE network connection, which is far faster than the iPhone’s speed capabilities. New Yorkers who participated in a two-minute demo of the new Lumia 900 device or HTC Titan II device, which also runs on the LTE network, were given a ticket to win “time-saver” prizes.
Those randomly awarded special tickets could tap on an enlarged Lumia 900 touchscreen and win prizes that save them time, from a gift certificate for a local dog walker or having a member of the event staff wait in line for them at popular burger joint Shake Shack, located behind the event space.

“Since the LTE network is so fast, the event focuses on how the Lumia 900 saves you time with its fast speeds,” an event coordinator told Mashable. “It’s been a big success so far.”
An event employee with a microphone also told people in the park that the device runs “much faster than the iPhone” and that it’s the best phone on the market. Although the device launched on Sunday, it was reportedly difficult to purchase the Lumia 900 as nearly all 39 AT&T stores located near Times Square were either closed for Easter Sunday, according to the New York Times.
To create buzz for the launch, Nokia hired Nicki Minaj to put on a free live show in the middle of Times Square on Friday. She performed several songs on a Nokia-branded stage, surrounded by billboards that also promoted the new device. In addition to shout outs about Nokia and the Lumia 900, Minaj also filmed a remix of her song hit “Starships” that has already been watched more than 300,000 times on YouTube. Minaj also promoted her new album “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.”
In addition, Nokia launched last week a nationwide marketing campaign called smartphonbetatest that lead up to the launch. The strategy implied that other smartphones were only in beta before the launch of the Lumia 900. However, the site appeared to suffer from poor planning — it counted down to zero several times before launch day, only to have more hours added to the clock each time.

Hands on the Lumia 900 

Microsoft set up an event in Madison Square Park on Monday to give people a chance to test the new Lumia 900 smartphone.

 

Lumia 900 Marketing Event in New York City 

The phone -- manufactured by Nokia and powered by Windows software -- aims to differentiate the itself by highlighting its ultra-fast LTE network connection.

 

Window's HTC Titan II Smartphone 

Testing the HTC Titan II device, which also runs on the LTE network.

 

15:48 by Robert dawne · 0

HTC Sensation XE, Sensation Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs Leak

When HTC officially announced the white HTC Sensation at the beginning of this month the company said the phone will be available in Europe on March 1 running Android Ice Cream Sandwich out-of-the-box. The announcement also contained information about the ICS update for all European Sensation models to arrive soon.

On that note, two "release candidate" Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs have been recently leaked for the HTC Sensation XE and the HTC Sensation. This means that HTC is working hard to roll-out the official updates soon but it also means that those techy among you who understand the risks can take the leaked ROMs for a spin. RC means it's close to the final version but there might be some bugs (though you know that already). Check out the source link below to grab them (seem to be European versions) only if you know what you're doing and acknowledge the risks.

06:47 by Robert dawne · 0

Verizon’s Latest LTE Smartphone Leaked: Is This The HTC Incredible 3?

With MWC drawing ever closer, new handset leaks are hitting the wires hard and fast. Today alone we’ve seen the Galaxy Mini 2 break cover and new images of the LG Miracle Windows Phone emerge, and now HTC’s latest LTE-friendly Android phone has been caught on film.
As PhoneArena notes, this mysterious handset sports the same sort of curvaceous back that gave devices like Verizon’s HTC Incredible and Rezound a bit of extra visual flair. That, coupled with the appearance of Verizon’s own 4G LTE logo and what looks like the Verizon Wave wallpaper means that we could be looking at an early version of a Big Red-bound Incredible 3.
With the announcement of their renewed focus on “hero” devices still fresh in my mind, I can’t help but think that this handset doesn’t seem like much of a standout. Ice Cream Sandwich and the Sense 4.0 UI notwithstanding, the device’s 1.2 GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8-megapixel camera aren’t much of a bump over previous Incredible models. Audiophiles — or at least, audiophiles who don’t mind listening to compressed mp3s on their smartphone — may also be tickled by the inclusion of Beats Audio support, and it’s a safe bet that the Beats headphones should ship with it.
Strangely,HTC opted to go for four hardware buttons rather than the three on-screen keys that are baked into Ice Cream Sandwich. A leaked demo video of the forthcoming HTC Ville clearly shows that the Taiwanese company has adopted the three key layout, though The Verge points out the possibility of this device launching with Gingerbread first before receiving the 4.0 update. Considering that HTC plans to push ICS to certain devices as early as this March though, the thought of HTC launching a handset without the latest software is more than a little puzzling.

18:30 by Robert dawne · 0