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Sprint selling HTC EVO 4G on June 4 for $199

Everyone’s favorite WiMAX-powered Android device finally has a date and a price, and you don’t have terribly long to wait: June 4 is the date that you’ll want to be lining up outside your local Sprint store for an EVO 4G, $199 in hand (assuming you’re signing up for a new contract, of course — according to the fine print, the full cost is $450 before all discounts). Interestingly, Sprint has specifically called out that you’ll be able to video chat (remember, the EVO 4G has a front-facing cam) over both 3G and 4G using Qik — not a bad choice, considering the company’s well-established expertise with streaming live video out of handsets.

Unfortunately, there’s a downside to all this: customers will be paying a mandatory (as confirmed to us by Sprint reps) $10 per month “Premium Data add-on” on top of their plan — ostensibly for the privilege of enjoying WiMAX when they’re in a Sprint 4G market — and the 8-device WiFi hotspot feature runs an extra $29.99 a month, which Sprint is quick to point out is half what you’d pay for a dedicated mobile broadband account. As we saw at CTIA, the phone is the first to offer on-phone YouTube high quality video, a feature that automatically kicks in when you’re in the sweet confines of a WiMAX tower. Oh, and check this out: Sprint was hesitant to commit to offering simultaneous voice and data before, but HTC must’ve worked out the kinks, because it’s all systems go — you’ll be able to yap and browse on 4G at the same time.

We’re at the EVO 4G’s announcement in New York as we type, and we can tell you that everything Sprint is demoing is crazy fast — we’d expect no less from an WiMAX device with a 1GHz Snapdragon — and we’re particularly stoked to see them demo Need For Speed Shift on it, which will be launching on Android around the same time as the device. Follow the break for Sprint’s full press release!

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Sprint HTC EVO 4G WiMAX smartphone, with 2-way video chat, to retail June 4th for 199.99

Today Sprint announced that the HTC EVO 4G will retail for 199.99 beginning on June 4TH. The Android powered smartphone is the first 4G WiMAX phone to be available on a U.S. carrier. The device also offers 2-way video chat powered by Qik. Sprint said that the optional hotspot feature will cost an additional $30 per month.

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Video: Samsung I5801 mid-range Android phone

It must be Spring, because it looks like the little Androids are multiplying.

Today sees another mid-range Android device previewed before being set upon the masses. This time it’s from Samsung.

Specs are a bit scarce at the moment, but as it stands, the device appears to run Android 2.1, 802.11n, 3G, a (possible) 240×400 display, 3.5mm headphone jack, and MicroSD slot.

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Motherboard City, Population: 2048KBytes [Image Cache]

Someone built the entire city of Helsinki, Finland, using motherboards. It’s looks detailed that I thought it was an actual model at first sight. I can’t wait for someone to make New York. And then Berlin. More »

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HTC’s complaint against Apple examined

Okay, we’ve just gotten the full complaint HTC filed with the International Trade Commission this morning, alleging that the iPhone, iPad, and iPod infringe five of its patents and asking for sales and imports to be halted. What’s odd here is that HTC hasn’t yet filed a lawsuit in federal court, which could mean a lot of things — HTC could just be banking on the ITC’s somewhat faster process to force Apple’s hand, or it could be less sure of its patent claims and avoiding the harsher scrutiny of a courtroom in favor of an administrative decision. We can’t say for sure what the reasoning is — but we can read the ITC complaint and break down the claims, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do. It’s going down semi-liveblog style after the break, grab the PDF or check out the gallery and follow along.

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