Rumors have recently been going around on what Sprint has planned for the CTIA convention this year and BGR has just been informed of what we like to call expected announcements. The three devices everyone is so excited about are the HTC Evo 3D, the HTC Evo View 4G and Sprint’s version of the Motorola XOOM.
Expected specifications of the HTC EVO 3D include a 4.3″ qHD 960 x 450-pixel Autostereoscopic 3D display, 4GB of RAM, 1GB ROM, 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8660 Snapdragon CPU, dual rear 5-megapixel cameras with a dedicated camera button, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and a 1730mAh battery. It is said to be running Android Gingerbread 2.3 with HTC Sense UI and has output 1080p video via HDMI and output 720p 3D content as well. Supposedly it will come stock will also be a Blockbuster 3D on demand app as well as YouTube 3D. We will see when the announcement gets here.
Expected specifications of the HTC EVO View include features very similar to the HTC Flyer tablet including a 7-inch 1024 x 600-pixel capacitive touch screen, an aluminium unibody design, HTC Scribe with optional pen support, the latest HTC Sense UI optimized for tablet devices, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a 4000mAh battery and DLNA and HDMI-out support. Remember, specifications aren’t official but you can almost count on them being so.
As we mentioned in a previous article, Sprint is planning to launch their own XOOM tablet. See our previous article for more information.
Sources suggest that Sprint will be announcing quite a few more devices including a Samsung Rant 3, a 3G touch screen messaging device that’s eco friendly and features a solar rechargeable battery door. A BlackBerry PlayBook (Wi-Fi & WiMAX version) are also expected to be announced.
What do you think geeks? Will you get any of these? Is this what Sprint needs to gain back their reputation to the fullest? Do you think this will help? Let us know your thoughts?
Source: BGR
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The EVO 3D is looking pretty good. There’s a good chance it will replace my Touch Pro.
4gigs of ram for the evo 3d has got to be a typo…..o_O
@themuffinman, I think your right but if its true that would be cool as hell
@kyler911, I also seen it on other sites as well. Maybe they meant 1gig of ram and 4gig of rom, that makes alot more sense.
@themuffinman, Its 4gb of rom and 1gb of ram…4gb of ram isn’t even possible..no one manufactures ram chips with that capacity for cellphones yet..
Omg a Touch Pro!!! Please sir join the android community.
@kyler911, HEY! I resent that!
Seriously, its taking a while for me to pick something that’s worth upgrading to as well. Dont get me wrong, most devices smoke my TP2 by todays standards; but for the long run, I want something that’s atleast 3x better considering my plan will also be costing me quite a bit more.
btw: has anyone created an app that has 100% exchange functionality (like push, cloud-share, etc..?). This is an absolute must for me
4g of ram is certainly a typo. Try 1g on for size.
Boy I hope they come better than that. They just had an overhyped Droid announcement, now another one will just have me like, who’s next. Tablets are just a fad will be another one of those, remember these in 5-7yrs. The Samsung Rant 3, don’t know what it is but if it is anything like the Rant (a stupid phone) with a solar battery, this will be a huge flop. They need to get off Droid’s jock strap before everyone loose’s interest. They need to roll the BB, WebOS and WM7 into the mix to interest others, because the Droid really isn’t that impressive and I have used them all. It’s just an I-phone knock off with WM6 capabilities I expect more than that, like something original.
As a matter of fact I was in the store yesterday playing with a HTC Droid and the screen was stuttering when I was moving it around. I get that now with my WM6 HTC Touch and it pisses me off to no end. No way not again HTC. The best OS’s I’ve played are the WM7 and the WebOS and not necessarily in that order.
@alphaxi3, anybody who places web os at the top of the pyramid really ought to have their head examined.
@alphaxi3, You called the phone an HTC droid? Don’t make giving away that you don’t know what you are talking about that easy. I like challenging rebuttals thank you very much. Make sure you know what you’re talking about the next time you post.
@neopanther, high five!
@neopanther, Bo Ya!! Tell him
@alphaxi3, The only HTC droid is the HTC Droid Eris…and thats an OLD phone…try a new one…
Also its WP7, not WM7….
Sprint is going by whats in the mix, right now BB market-share is dropping, WP7 they are releasing a phone but they are still testing the waters, WebOs they probably do need to release something as the 2 year contracts of the palm pre people are about to expire..Android is their cash cow at the moment…and FYI..Android is not a copy of iOS…they may share some elements as all devices do..but as long as it works efficiently..thats good enough..
Im all for it! Im happy to see Sprint bring out the new devices. I was scared when they announced that Echo, i was like you have to be kidding me thats it!?!?! So seeing this line-up makes me feel happy about what Sprint is doing. Tablets, the next version of the best selling phone ever! Keep em coming Sprint! We are on the comeback trail!!!!
Yes, I just didn’t want to use my upgrade on outdated hardware. I’ve been happy with my touch pro, but ever since my wife got a MT4G it has started to feel somehow inadequate lol.
We need a “geeker” as a head of one of the big 4…someone who is in tune with what people really want.
They have the specs twisted, Its 4Gigs internal storage, 1GB Ram.
And your slow to what a surprise, but that’s probably why you brought a Droid. Since you can’t read between the lines I’ll spell it out for you. I have tried all of the HTC Droid’s and of course there all the same, because there all droid’s. I have also tried other manufacturer’s droid’s, but I chose to talk about HTC since I have a WM6 HTC phone. Hey I understand I’d be mad to realize that I just have an un-original knockoff phone. Its like going to the store and thinking you brought Gucci and you got Gooci, LOL. Hey its not my fault Google has no originality. Enjoy the knockoff you brought for around $100-200 bucks. LOL. Maybe one day google will become creative and create their own interface.
Hey do those Droid’s get confused sometimes and say D-phone or i-Droid by mistake?
@alphaxi3, Ok again let me explain..Droid is a mark licensed by Verizon for Android phones..you mean Android in general?
Second off all you are confusing knock-off with devices that may share similar functionality…The quality of Android devices are on par and in certain cases exceed whats in the market.
Third of all, there is no such thing as “original” everyone copies each other to some extant..you can’t recreate the efficiency of the wheel..just improve on it..there are many elements Android, iphone, WP7, WM, Blackberry and WebOS copy from each other..its unavoidable.
And lastly..I don’t think anyone (at least here) buys a phone based on what other people think of them…we buy phones to fit our need..if another person can’t tell the difference..who cares…
I mean do you buy a car without wheels so that a person who does not understand anything about cars won’t mistaken it for a cheap car?
@gTen,
Androids phones are for nerds, you never see any cool people or hot chicks using it, they all on Blackberrys and iphones.
Android reminds me of a night club you go to when there are like 10 guys to each chick ratio. Just pathetic.
@NIKKG, Than there are a shit ton of nerds out there because Google’s Android OS now has the most market share. The Iphone is the most popular device but Android is king.
@NIKKG, Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-to-control-half-of-smartphone-market-say-analysts/38881
@NIKKG, And another source: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/03/08/android-bests-rim-for-top-smartphone-platform-in-the-u-s/
@NIKKG, you have to be serioulsy desperate when you get a phone to meet girls..
you might as well play for the other team when you go that far
@NIKKG, Your seriously being silly…do you honestly think girls care which kind of phone you use? People buy what they are brainwashed to buy…Apple for one is one of the biggest advertisers in movies…
I mean be realistic..if you take ALL the celeberties in the world and have them advertise a plain stick for $100..that stick will sell better then you’ve seen possible…
Not only that..I bet ya If I took an Android phone..and gave it to a person who uses an iphone and told them this is the iphone 5..theyd believe it and like it simply because its an iphone 5…or take a winmo phone and pose it as a new blackberry..being “cool” or a “hot chick” does not mean you know which phone is the best…
That said Android is becoming more and more popular..so yes I do see more and more people using them.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not making fun of anyone using an iphone..just saying the 2 things are not related..
@gTen, Yeh, but most people don’t blatantly copy someone elses UI like google did. Yeh, and it is inevitable that these OS’s share similarities, but damn at least put something original in it.
@alphaxi3, But let me ask you this..do you not feel unoriginal when every single person with WP7 has exactly the same look?
so lets make a list:
Original People: Apple, M$, every person who uses Android or winmo
Unoriginal People: Google, every person who uses iPhone or WP7
you get the point? (btw not trying to insult anyone, jsut trying to prove a point) Originality is a pointless argument..because to us consumers who cares who copied who..as long as we get the best product for our use…
I mean ATT/Bell for example made the first cellphone..do we stop using everyone but them cause everyone else is copying? or do we take whats best available?
@gTen, wp7 is the re-invention of the wheel.. it’s a completely different UI wise. the contacts are impressively different, office, calendar and just about everything is impressively different.
iphone and android share a similar interface and android can be considered a copy of ios. they both are a clone of palmOS of old.
it really amazes when i see such responses when you and everyone on here were searching for plugins to have a UI similar to what wp7 looks like now.
there is nothing and i mean nothing out there as polished and as beautiful as wp7 UI and we all know that. it will take time for wp7 to be perfected as with any mobile OS.
93% customer satisfaction is unheard of when it comes to Mobile Phones and thats what Microsoft is getting.
also it’s pathetic to make fun of someone because he refers to android as DROID. almost everyone that own an android device refer to them as droids, except for geeks. my wife calls her evo “DROID”, should i mistreat her like this?
Windows Phone 7 MUST do well, it keeps google and apple on their toes. Without Microsoft, you’ve got nothing.. accept it and move on
@itster, Android is not a copy of iOS..they may share some elements but are nothing alike…that said it really doesn’t matter because Android is an Open platform..so the interface can be customized by us the users…But as I said, all things share elements..some more then others.
PS. I was never looking for a WP7 theme…I personally use TouchWiz on my phone and I know the majority don’t like it..while I am fine with it.
I tried WP7 and the UI wasn’t for me..then again thats probably because I am more used to PC type UIs..I eve turn off Aero and theming in Windows cause not having access to menus drives me crazy lol
I never mistreated him, I corrected him..you may think its nothing but it creates stereotyping..just like people calling WP7 as WM7…M$ re-branded it as WP7 for a reason, to avoid the reputation of lag. Once WP7 becomes more prominent and if you continue to support the platform..you will see what I mean when people stereotype calling WP7 laggy due to them trying winmo..but hey you can’t blame them right?
See I really don’t care much for WP7..same way I don’t care for iphone..not because of what they can or can’t do..but I really don’t like closed platforms..this is why I was hoping for MeeGo to succeed..I want Android to compete against another open platform..not another closed one :/
@alphaxi3, Say it with me A-N-D-R-O-I-D (Google’s mobile phone operating system). I own an HTC Evo running A-N-D-R-O-I-D 2.2 Froyo. F-R-O-Y-O (Frozen Yogurt). You need to use the power of Google to search the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T (Where you find things). To do research on what you are discussing. While your at it put Android on your HTC whatever because if you still have WM6 than you shouldn’t be commenting on a A-N-D-R-O-I-D device
@kyler911, I know, I know I’d be mad if I had a knock off phone to. Glad I don’t. Oh, and by the way I am buying my WM7 phone from Sprint today and MS took the time to come up with their own UI. Maybe one day Google will have an original idea, just not today. LOL.
@alphaxi3, Name what part is knocked off and if you say the market. That has nothing to do with Google. That is the app developers that share apps across platform
@alphaxi3, wow..relax people its his right to have an opinion…
How about WiMAX 2 or LTE on the 800MHz frequency Sprint? Please!!!
@asenduk, Not going to happen..it would take sprint at least 3 years to recycle that frequency..they recently annoucned moving Direct Connect to CDMA which is a BIG plus towards that direction..but first they gotta clear up iDen…
Then I think they got only 14mhz in the 800mhz band..that is only enough to deploy 10mhz of LTE..which is around same mhz it has deployed for wimax now…aka they may get better signal through walls..but they wont match verizon who is deploying 20mhz of frequency…
Ohhhkeeedookeee…alphaxi3. You’re obviously i-fanboy trying to stir something up. Look man. You are clearly not listening to what people are telling you. You have no earthly idea what you’re talking about. Does someone need to invent a computer with a braille screen? What are you really using to make phone calls these days…a hacked speak n spell? Be honest with us. We won’t put you down…much. Itster: There’s a clear difference between a fact and opinion. What some people do is take wrong information (something that can have holes poked in it) and become attached to it no matter how much sense the other person’s making. Then they treat it like it’s true and try to present it to other people. That’s what ol’ phaxiboy’s doing. He has an attachment to the false idea that i-anything is where it’s at. Nothing…even..I don’t know…FACTS will make him see any different. [*MOD EDIT*]
Stop editing my comments!
@neopanther, Your comment was edited because it contained personal insults..please refrain from making personal insults..EVERYONE should be treated with respect regardless if they are right or wrong (Rule #2)
Agreed. See. I can play nice (wink).
The problem I have with the Android crowd is that they are repressed haters and whiners. You get a bunch of these people together and the conversation for another four hours is how much better one guys dual core 1.2 processor is than the other guys 1.1 processor phone. Or like why Android 2.3 is so much better than 2.2 and so on, it like who the hell cares. The BB and iPhone crowd don’t go on and on all day about these trivial issues, to them a phone is something that complements their lives, but not the center of their lives.
A case in point, an old friend of mines switched from his iphone 3GS to the Atrix. He babbles on about why his display is better than my iPhone 4’s retina and why his processor is faster and the whole time I just want to hang up on him because I honestly could care less. This is all reminds me of the old school AMD vs Intel fights or the Windows vs Mac. I guess this stuff really gets old after a while.
My point is that there is more to life than tech gadgets and spending too much time worrying about specs is not healthy. Next week I got a Caribbean cruise to go to, what I enjoy doing is sitting by the pool reading a magazine using a Zinio app on an ipad, sipping on Hennessy with my fiancé next to me instead of hanging around 3 dudes discussing who’s phone display is better or which company’s OS copied who.
@NIKKG, I think your misunderstanding..there is a difference between “Hobbyists” and “Average consumers”..us “Hobbyists” like to discuss this thing..because the phone kinda became one of our hobbies…but even with so many of us we still are the minority of Android users..most Android users are not even rooted and don’t know the difference.
There are also hobbyists in the iphone side whining about how apple constantly breaks jailbreaks..aka if you go to an iphone forum you will see people are also arguing about trivial things…thats what a “hobby” is…
But personally I care less about who copied who…all I care about is who gives me the best product..the companies have their lawyers fight out the copying..thats what they pay them for…me personally I only care whoever gives me the best package.
That’s nice nikkg. Very deep.
wow im in love this has been the best read all day foreal. and gten cant believe u use tw on ur epic i fell in love with launcher pro but if i can find vanilla and tw launchers i might give them a whirl. But i gave the evo up foe a new toy which was the epic but now hearing about this evo 3d omg i so miss sense and the sense port for epic is just going so slow so when this hits im on it. i just dont know why the went from a 8 mp camera to a 5 kinda weird