HTC Evo 4G
The HTC Evo 4G utilizes Sprint's WiMAX 4G network, and allows you to connect up to eight devices with its mobile hot-spot feature. It features a large 4.3-inch display, 8-megapixel camera with HD-video-recording capabilities, and it ships with YouTube's HQ video player.
"Let us be crystal clear: we love this phone. Nay, we adore it. But the fact remains that it's still very much an Android device -- which means that if you don't like Android now, odds are good that even Android executed on the most amazing hardware to date won't do much to change your opinion of it. You've also got to be concerned about upgradeability; Froyo is almost certainly around the corner now, and HTC hasn't done anything to suggest it's able to push Sense-powered updates in a timely fashion."
"Out of the box, the HTC EVO 4G is comprehensive and highly capable, and there’s a wealth of third-party content in the Android Market that extends its abilities even further. Equally, developers are unlikely to abandon support for previous versions of Android, knowing that HTC’s devices are some of the most popular around. That reputation should be rightly shared by the HTC EVO 4G. Expensive it may be, scarce its high-speed network of choice and ambiguous in its upgrade timetable, but it’s still one of the most capable and impressive handsets not only running Android but in the US smartphone segment altogether."
"Would I give up my iPhone for this? Not a chance. Hell, I wouldn’t give up a Nexus One or Droid Incredible for this, even with 4G. The battery life is simply too poor, and the whole device is too large. The Android software continues to make steady improvements, but Sense, in my opinion, doesn’t help it at all. Instead, Android 2.2 is the thing to get, and that won’t be available on the EVO at launch. The EVO has many of the strengths of the Nexus One — mainly, the way Google services interact with the phone (Google Voice, Gmail, Maps, etc), but it adds a bunch of weaknesses."
"The HTC Evo 4G is easily Sprint's best smartphone and one of today's top Android devices. It also shows the promise of 4G, which will grow as Sprint's WiMax network expands, but until there's broader 4G coverage, it's hard to agree with the mandatory premium data add-on fee."
