Verizon's Red Brick Road to LTE. ATT Right behind.

LTE is proving to be super fast. Even though we're super excited about the advent of Sprint's WiMax in the bay area, it is only a matter of time for the crushing to happen.

So far we've seen only tests and working pictures of LTE connectivity devices (dongles). Today we just came across images of two handsets that are not just technically capable of handling an LTE connection, but also showing an active 4G connection over LTE. Sick. Hit the links below for the deets courtesy of the folks at BGR.

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HTC Incredible HD

edit1.1: looks like we have a date for the HTC Incredible. January 6th 2010.

edit1.2: the page for the HTC Incredible HD/Thunderbolt 4G is now live here.

edit1.3: Verizon is not going to keep us waiting. We'll see the 4G handsets at CES, Jan 6-9 2011.

edit1.4: AT&T isn't going to be left behind. Not only are they announcing their LTE plans at CES today, Rolling Stone magazine also outed HTC's plan for a 4G AT&T handset.

source(s): Gizmodo, GigaOM, Verizon, BGR, Cnet, Android Central

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.