HC EVO 4G Shift = Droid Incredible + Epic 4G

BGR just sent out a blast about the revelation of the latest HTC 4G phone with a slide our qwerty. To us it looks like Droid Incredible and Epic 4g have been mashed up to create this phone.

Of course no AMOLED screen but it has 4g and a slide out keyboard. Ian and I are both EVO users -- swype's really great but it isn't like using a keyboard. The Droid Incredible had a great screen size and snappy performance. Walmart Wireless has it here.

update 1.1: Radioshack isn't wasting any time. They're launching this phone on Thursday Jan 6th for $149.99. Details here.

Here's a video from Wirefly:

source:BGR, Wirefly

4G hungry San Franciscans: December 28th, Save the Date

Sprint Newsroom has just confirmed with CNET that Sprint will launch their 4G WiMax (high speed internet on mobile phones) service on December 28th 2010, to complete their 2011 4G rollout in the United States, as expected in their roadmap.

This is tremendous news for EVO and EPIC users in the bay area and will start opening up some cool stuff we can start doing with this device -- especially using the phone as a wifi hotspot. With speeds of around 4Mbps, it is possible to use your EVO as an option to cut the cord.

Hang around with us and we're going to try using the EVO to stream HD Netflix on a 46" TV after 4G goes live in San Francisco.