Pre-Order For HTC EVO 4G Phone Starts Soon
The much anticipated HTC EVO 4G phone is expected to be available for pre-order later this month.
No official retail price for the phone has been released yet. Even the release date of the HTC EVO 4G hasn’t yet been officially confirmed – although all the indications are that it will be June 6 or 13.
The HTC EVO 4G phone is the first mobile phone equipped with Google’s mobile operating system, Android, that will be available for use with the Sprint 4G phone network.
First HTC EVO 4G Video
In case you haven’t heard, the HTC EVO 4G phone is the first 4G smartphone available in the United States. That makes it cool.
Of course, phone features like a glorious 8 megapixel camera, HDMI outpt and a fabulous 4.3 inch touchscreen just add to the overall coolness. You’ll be able to get your hands on one in the very near future from Sprint 4G.
Meantime, HTC have rustled up this little HTC EVO 4G video. Please try not to drool into your keyboard.
HTC HD3 Will Be 4G Phone
HTC HD3 Windows 4G Phone
The Windows Phone 7 Series handset – still in concept stage – will also come with an 8 megapixel camera, 1GB RAM, HDMI output and a massive 4.5 inch screen.
So is the HTC HD3 too good to be true? We may not have to wait that long to find out – the new 4G phone is due to be released in time for the launch of the Windows Phone 7 Series later this year.
Why The 4G Phone Will Kill Pay By Minute Calls
4G phones are coming and both WiMAX and LTE variations of the service will soon be able to deliver high quality voice calls over an IP network, rather than a standard mobile phone network. That means that rather than pay by the minute, we could soon be paying a flat rate for all 4G calls.
It’s the like the difference between using Skype and a normal pay as you go landline.
Analysts predict flat rate mobile phone calls on a 4G phone will be commonplace within three years. Even if mobile operators would prefer to continue charging by the minute, the availability of flat rate services like Skype and TruPhone via their own 4G network means they’ll have no choice but to offer flat rate phone calls themselves.
First Nokia 4G Phone Soon
According to production schedules released by the technology department of Nokia the mobile phone company will release its first 4G phone later this year, making Nokia one of the first phone companies to produce a 4G phone.
A number of 4G networks are already operating or are just around the corner. Verizon 4G is due to launch soon, while AT&T 4G should be online in 2011.
In Canada, both Bell and Telus have announced new 4G networks in the pipeline.
NTT DoCoMo To Demo 4G Phone
Japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo will demo a prototype 4G phone based on LTE technology later this month, according the company’s handset partner NEC.
The 4G demo will take place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which starts on February 15.
While 4G modems are starting to go on sale around the world, voice 4G phones have yet to appear in the marketplace. NEC says NTT DoCoMo will demo streaming high resolution video across a 4G network at the Mobile World Congress on a 4G phone joint developed by Fujitsu, NEC, NTT DoCoMo and Panasonic.
Sprint 4G Windows WiMAX Phone
Sprint 4G looks set to deliver on its promise earlier this year of a 4G WiMAX phone in 2010.
The phone division of both Sprint and mobile phone company LG have sent invitations to an event at next months CES trade show at which it’s thought they’ll announce a new smartphone that runs Windows Mobile and can connect to 4G WiMAX networks.
No further details are available for the Sprint / LG 4G phone, so we’ll have to wait until CES on January 6 to find out more.
4G Speed – The Truth
What speed will the mobile 4G internet run at? Motorola and ZTE think they know and it’s 20Mbps.
While showcasing data modems at trade show ITU World that support download speeds of up to 100Mbps and upload speeds of 50Mbps, both companies admitted that real world internet speeds will much slower.
Actual mobile speeds will instead be more like 20Mbps for downloads and 5Mbps for data uploads. That’s not as bad as it sounds – it’s still around ten times as fast as current real world speeds experienced by most 3G mobile users around the world.
