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Can’t wait to get your hands on an EVO 4G? Then it looks like you can now at least settle for the next best thing that’s not actually anything like the real thing: the final, shipping version of the EVO 4G ROM. That’s just been released into the wild courtesy of Conflipper, and is ready to be downloaded for use however you like — and at your own risk, of course. Hit up the source link below for the download link, and let us know in comments if you manage to work any magic with it.

[Thanks, Marcos]

Shipping HTC EVO 4G ROM released into the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 May 2010 19:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Guess what humans? It’s that time again — the Engadget Show returns this Saturday, May 22nd at 5pm… and it’s shaping up to be a killer! First up, we’ll have an exclusive interview with Adobe’s CTO Kevin Lynch (taped at the Google I/O conference), which is sure to be both informative and wildly entertaining. What’s more, Josh, Paul, and Nilay will be putting the new HTC Evo 4G through its paces live onstage, then they’ll be joined by our very own Chris Ziegler and Laura June for a hard-hitting round of Q&A with the audience. That’s right, it’s your chance to ask the Engadget editors anything, live and in-person, plus much more (see instructions in the bullet points below). And as usual, we’ll have some rocking 8-bit music from minusbaby and visuals from notendo and plenty of those good ‘ol Engadget Show shenanigans.

You like giveaways? Well then, this is your lucky week (if you attend). Many of you will be walking away with shiny new Voyager Pro headsets, courtesy of Plantronics and we’ve got tons of Engadget t-shirts to hand out!

Oh, and did we mention we’re also giving away a brand new iPad (courtesy of The Little App Factory and bundled with all of their software titles)? Well we are, alongside a handful of other goodies.

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Between Sprint and Best Buy locations, there shouldn’t be any shortage of opportunities to score an EVO 4G next month — assuming inventory holds up, of course — but Radio Shack’s getting in the game, too, and it’s sweetening the deal just a little bit. If you reserve a phone prior to launch by purchasing a $50 gift card (which you’ll presumably use in June to help pay for the purchase), they’ll toss in a $20 credit toward accessories when you come back in. Of course, these days, that doesn’t even get you all the way to affording a freaking wall charger, but it’s better than a punch in the nose.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Radio Shack taking EVO 4G preorders for $50 deposit, will toss in $20 for accessories originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 18:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sprint on Wednesday announced pricing and availability for the hotly anticipated HTC Evo 4G. The phone will be available June 4 for $199.99 with a 2-year contract. Much is already known about the Evo 4G, the first 4G-capable phone released in the U.S., but these two details indicate the phone will go head-to-head with the next Apple iPhone.

A new iPhone is expected sometime in June; if history is any guide, the base model will likely sell for $199.99. PCMag mobile analyst Sascha Segan predicts it will be called the iPhone HD and will place an emphasis on recording and sharing HD video. Because the phone won’t be on a 4G network, it is unlikely Apple will call the device the iPhone 4G, a name that has been widely circulated because it will be the fourth generation.

The HTC Evo 4G is a monster when it comes to hardware specs and a giant when it comes to software. The device will include a 4.3-inch LCD screen, a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor, an 8-megapixel camera on the back, and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front. The phone will run Android 2.1 software with HTC’s Sense UI, a similar setup that we saw (and liked) with the HTC Droid Incredible. A full hands-on with the phone can be found here.

Sprint also announced that the Evo 4G will be the first device that will be able to stream YouTube videos in high quality mode. During an event in New York, Sprint showed off the Evo next to a Motorola Droid, which can only stream YouTube videos in standard quality, and the difference was stark–the Evo’s high quality stream looked bigger, brighter, and bolder.

Look out for a full review of the HTC Evo 4G on PCMag.com closer to the phone’s release date.