HTC EVO 4G Selling Well in First Week

While the launch of Apple's 4th generation iPhone has been the focus of the gadgerati this week, the iPhone's newest, hottest competitor has been enjoying a very solid week of sales and reviews. The HTC EVO 4G, Sprint's first WiMAX capable handset, sold very well on its launch (though maybe not as well as Sprint initially crowed), with estimates of 150,000 in its first weekend (it was released last Friday, June 4). But despite the sales numbers downgrade, the fact remains that HTC EVO 4G is currently sold out across the country.

The big deal about the HTC EVO 4G is that trailing spec in its title--connectivity to Sprint's new 4G network as well as Sprint's more mature 3G EV-DO network. And that latter fact is important as 4G coverage isn't very wide at this moment in time, with Sprint currently providing 4G service to 33 markets (according to this press release) ranging from Philadelphia to Raleigh in the east to Chicago and Dallas in the midwest and Portland and Seattle on the west coast. The presser also notes that 4G coverage will be coming to cities such as Boston, Miami, LA, and San Francisco in 2010 (check out the coverage tab on this Sprint 4G page to see currently available coverage). If your market doesn't have 4G, you'll automatically run on Sprint's 3G network.

And that's not too much of a sacrifice, what with the phone offering an extra-large 4.3-inch screen, Android 2.1 OS features, a nicely nimble 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 8-megapixel camera, and the ability to use the HTC EVO 4G as a Wi-Fi hotspot--enabling you to connect up to 8 devices (laptop, iPod touch, etc.) to share the handset's 3G/4G cellular connectivity.

Much has been discussed about the iPhone 4's new FaceTime video chat feature, but the HTC EVO 4G also includes this capability thanks to its forward-facing 1.3-megapixel camera and partnership with the Qik mobile video service. And unlike Apple's FaceTime, the HTC EVO 4G allows you to make video calls via a 3G/4G cellular connection as well as Wi-Fi (the iPhone 4 is limited to Wi-Fi only). Qik is offering HTC EVO 4G owners free unlimited Qik-to-Qik video chat at up to VGA quality, but it's also offering a $4.99 monthly service that provides higher quality video resolution (see this Qik blog post for more details on features and pricing).

For more on the HTC EVO 4G, check out this review by Lisa Gade over at Mobile Tech Review (one of my favorite review sites) as well as her hands-on video review below (the quality of the ESPN clip over 4G is pretty astounding).

--Agen G.N. Schmitz

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