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Slowly but surely, each of Lenovo’s CES introductions are popping up for sale. With nary a moment to spare, the 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 has finally surfaced at the company’s website, offering up Core i3, i5 and i7 options, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, ATI’s 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 5730 GPU, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and a 1,366 x 768 native resolution panel. Plenty of options are tweakable should you not find the base configurations suitable for your needs, but you’ll be hard pressed to secure one for under $949. Well, unless you’ve got the patience of Job.

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Lawsuit fight! Two months ago, Apple sued HTC over 20 counts of patent infringement. This week, HTC is fighting back with a lawsuit of its own. The company has filed a lawsuit with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) in an attempt to “halt the importation and sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod in the United States.”

“We are taking this action against Apple to protect our intellectual property, our industry partners, and most importantly our customers that use HTC phones,” explained HTC’s vice president of North America, Jason Mackenzie. “As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in 2002 and the first Android smartphone in 2008, HTC believes the industry should be driven by healthy competition and innovation that offer consumers the best, most accessible mobile experiences possible

Apple has yet to issue a response, though I imagine more lawsuits will likely arise. Back in April, HTC and Microsoft announced a “patent deal” that provided “broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for HTC’s mobile phones running the Android mobile platform.”

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.