It’s only a few hours before HTC and Sprint unveil a mystery device, but Droid Life has already gotten its hands on a device it claims to be one and the same. The device in question? The rumor mill has dubbed it the HTC Evo One, Sprint’s version of the HTC One X phone that …

In my review of the Nokia Lumia 900, I mention that using the 4.3-inch AMOLED screen with ClearBlack display technology is one of my favorite experiences on the phone. Sure, the specs aren’t technically as advanced as those on, say, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with its HD AMOLED screen and sky-high resolution, but the result is pretty impressive: lots of …

Sprint is preparing to strike out with 4G LTE, and when it does, the LG Viper will be ready to receive it. Today the carrier announced that the Viper, which we first met at CES, will be available for preorder on April 12 for $99.99 after a new, two-year contract and a $50 mail-in rebate. It will be ready for …

Nokia has hyped the Nokia Lumia 900‘s 8-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and you know what that means: it’s time for a camera shoot-out. I traipsed around San Francisco with four smartphones with 8-megapixel cameras: the Lumia 900 and the iPhone 4S to see just how well they captured the moment. I took close to 20 comparison shots, but …

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The days of Sprint as WiMax’s champion are officially over. Earlier this morning, Bob Azzi, senior vice president of networks at Sprint, told attendees at the Competitive Carriers Global Expo that Sprint is through launching devices that use the WiMax 4G technology. Considering that Sprint announced its first 4G LTE phone at CES, the unreleased Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it’s no …

Hotspotters, start your engines. The latest MiFi hot spot, known formally as the Verizon Jetpack Hotspot MiFi 4620L, delivers 4G LTE to up to 10 devices. We first heard of the Novatel-made Jetpack at CES, where it was one of two hot spots revealed at the show. The Jetpack promises 4G data speeds up to 12Mbps down and 5Mbps up. …

Remember those fateful words that no kid ever wanted to hear from their teacher: You’ve got so much po-tential? “Potential” is a compliment when you’re just starting out in your field, and veiled disappointment after you’ve been in it for years. The sentiment describes exactly how I feel about Google Voice. Let me just say that I’ve been using Google …

The Big Four wireless carriers may be warring for LTE spectrum the loudest, but don’t forget that smaller carriers like MetroPCS are also caught up in the battle. The nation’s fifth-largest provider needs to reinforce and expand its 4G network to support its 500,000 total LTE subscribers, suggested MetroPCS’ Keith Terreri, vice president of finance and treasurer. That’s about 5 …

3D phones may not have exactly caught on like wildfire here in the U.S., but that isn’t going to stop engineers at LG and Samsung from innovating around it. In fact, representatives for the rival Korean manufacturers both had something to say to me about 3D image technology for smartphones, and it doesn’t stop at playing 3D golf games or …