Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Sprint trots out HTC EVO Shift 4G and new 3G / 4G MiFi from Novatel

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It's been leaked all over the place, but Sprint has just confirmed its
second EVO: the EVO Shift 4G. The big new addition is obviously the
slide-out keyboard, but otherwise, while specs are solid, there's
nothing as revolutionary as the original EVO. The Shift has a 3.6-inch
800 x 480 LCD, Android 2.2 (with HTC Sense), and the same great 800MHz
Qualcomm MSM7630 processor that's in the G2 and myTouch 4G. Naturally
there's WiMAX 4g, in addition to EVDO Rev A., and HTC hopes to keep
those radios alive with a 1500mAh battery. There's a 5 megapixel
camera around back, capable of 720p video, but oddly no front-facing
camera -- something we assumed was part of the definition of EVO. The
phone will be available on the 9th for $150.

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" />Meanwhile, Novatel Wireless is cooking up its own WiMAX goodness,
putting 3G and 4G in a brand new MiFi device, the MiFi 3G / 4G Mobile
Hotspot. It includes a display for tracking status of the device,
unlike Novatel's 3G MiFis, claims 4 hours of active use and 60 hours
of standby, and can share storage from its microSD slot with connected
devices. It should be out on February 27th for $50 with a two-year
contract.

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