HTC EVO 4G: Froyo comes with hidden features

There a few hidden features that aren’t listed on the Sprint EVO 4G Froyo 2.2 update. These hidden features may be useful to some and to others, not at all.

• Android Market interface
• Screen rotation is now possible in both directions
• You can copy text from emails (using the standard Gmail app): go to “menu,” select “more,” and there’s an option to select text. Position the cursor where you want, and press and hold to copy to the clipboard
• Camcorder app now encodes video inH.264, not just MPEG4 or H.263
• Handset now supports Hebrew font
• Eight active icons instead of the six when holding down the home button

[via USA News Week]

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HTC EVO 4G to get Android 2.2 on August 3rd

The first skinned device to receive Android 2.2 looks to be the HTC EVO. After some rumors went back and forth around the web today, Sprint and HTC decided to put and end to all the ruckus and put out an official press release. Android 2.2 is coming to the EVO 4G on August 3rd and will be supposed to be up for customer initiation a couple days before. So what is Froyo you ask? Well check out the list of new features after the break…

[How-To] Tether your Android phone to your X-Box

How many times have you been at a friends house with no internet, your internet connection goes down, or you just lost your connection in a fierce battle playing Halo? Well gear no more as you can get your X-Box fully hooked up to you Android handset. Below is a full 12 minute video walk through of what you need to install and do to make this a reality. Big props to huskermania for the video.

White HTC EVO 4G arrives at Best Buy

Looks like Best Buy is having quite the day, after launching there Best Buy Connect service, they have an exclusive phone that can go with that. The White HTC EVO 4G is the same as its black counterpart but you can only get this color at any Best Buy store. It is not suppose to go on sale until July 11th to those who pre-ordered but Engadget got a couple shots of it and it does look pretty good in white. Anyone who pre-ordered should call up there Best Buy and see if they will be nice to let it go a little early. Couple more shots of it after the break.

HTC quarterly profits higher than expected

HTC is one of the biggest contributors to the Android platform and they are proving it is worth their while. HTC’s quarterly profits just came out and HTC has done quite well. So well in fact, they were able to exceed their own already high expectations for how they would do this year. They previously predicted $1.6 billion in revenue and have exceeded that at $1.88 billion in revenue. This can no doubt be attributed to Android. HTC has been a big proponent of Android and Windows Mobile. Ever since Android 2.0 and some of HTC’s new higher end devices with their Sense UI, they are starting to make a big name for themselves in the consumer space. Can they continue this trend? It is quite possible the iPhone 4, a possible new WebOS device, and the slew of new Blackberries on the way could cut these profits. On the other hand, with the new HTC EVO, the still sold out HTC Incredible, and the cute and cuddly HTC Aria, sales could be even higher.

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[Video] A Sprint Evo 4G salesman vs. An Apple fanboi – NSFW! Funny Stuff

There is nothing funnier than Android vs. iPhone fans. This little video by TinyWatchProductions puts things into perspective.

[via TechCrunch]

Sprint EVO 4G to get Android 2.2 soon

Sprint users won’t have to wait too long to get Android Froyo 2.2. According to the Sprint website post, EVO users can expect to see the upgrade in a short amount of time. The next update will show some new UI improvements, improved browser performance and Flash 10.x support.

As work on finalizing the software is under way, Sprint expects to launch Android 2.2 in the near future. It also will be available as an upgrade on the recently launched HTC EVO 4G.

With the Android 2.2 upgrade, customers can expect improvements to include the following benefits: updates to user interface, improved EAS Support, improved browser performance, including Flash 10x Support, voice dialing over Bluetooth and application storage on external memory.

[via Sprint thru Engadget]

HTC EVO 4G loses 30fps video limit; gets 802.11n WiFi

Oh EVO. How you make me so happy. Not only are you big and beautiful but you keep the devs busy. HTC shipped the EVO 4G with a cap on the graphic output. Now devs decided to take things into their own hands and uncap that little snafu. The guys at xda-developers decided to get their coding mitts on and pump out the needed lines to remove this limit.

Also, HTC didn’t allow 802.11n WiFi when the EVO 4G was shipped. Again, xda-developers decided to give this puppy the needed code to enable EVO to use the band. So if you’re interested in doing both to your EVO, hit the break for videos and links on how to enable both features on your EVO 4G.

HTC EVO in White to get exclusive through Best Buy

Best Buy is going to be the exclusive retailer of the HTC EVO 4G in a brilliant color White. According to an anonymous tipster over at Engadget, Best Buy will get the new color on July 11th, with Sprint retail to get them around August 8th. Pre-orders started today, June 19th. So if the black EVO wasn’t your cup of tea, now is the time to make the jump get your White EVO 4G on!

[via Engadget]

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HTC EVO 4G “Sold Out” on Sprint’s site

In what appears to a good sign for Sprint, the HTC EVO 4G appears to be currently out of stock on the Sprint website. After setting sales records for Sprint, the EVO 4G is not available right away through Sprint’s site. But that’s not the only place where we found it out of stock! WireFly also has a “Ships within 20 days” right on the pic of the EVO 4G. WireFly saves you $10 bucks (for new customers) and gets you free shipping.

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