As they say, straight from the horse’s mouth, Peter Chou, CEO of HTC has made an official statement that they will no longer be locking bootloaders on their phones. This announcement came on their Facebook page. There’s no word if this will effect the upcoming Evo 3D, or just for their future phones. We’re hoping they’ll unlock the Evo 3D’s bootloader though, even if its after launch. Also, what about existing phones like the Thunderbolt and Incredible 2? Do you think Motorola will follow suit?

“There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that we’ve listened. Today, I’m confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience,” Peter Chou, CEO of HTC.

Though the sad realization of a locked bootloader is around the corner, there is a silver lining! According to our Forum Users, June 4th appears to be the rumored day that the Upcoming Android Sequel to the EVO 4G, the EVO 3D, is slated to release. According to their super hive-mind sleuthing powers, the users on our EVO 3D Forums appear to be talking it up with the various Sprint Stores, all hearing within or around the weekend of June 4th. We expect a very short turnaround on the hacking community (UnrEVOked anyone?) to start making attempts to break the device’s will once it goes live.

We have yet to hear anything official regarding a release date for the device – but it’s been common for carriers to wait until the last minute on their release announcements. There’s only one way to be sure, we’ll have to wait to see one in the wild!
Tell us what you think! Comment here in our news or join the discussion in the forum topic.

Friday is here and it’s time to relax! While doing so, enjoy this six minute video Engadget has shared of the HTC EVO 3D smartphone available on Sprint’s network very soon. This is a great way to get started learning more about the device if you haven’t seen it already.

Take a look at the video below:

Be sure to visit HTC.com for the list of full specifications. The features that stand out to me most of all is the 4.3-inch 3D touch screen and the carousel feature when scrolling across the several screens in a fast manner. I think those are some features that attracts most of us. Do you agree? Let us know what you think.

Source: Engadget

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