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Three Dees and Four Gees. That’s the Evo 3D. But it’s more than that: The screen’s a killer 4.3-inch, 960×540 auto-stereoscopic display, meaning it’s almost as high-res as the iPhone 4 and pulls off 3D tricks without glasses (like Nintendo’s 3DS). More »

There’s not exactly a lot of surprises left at this point, but Sprint has just officially announced that it will be the exclusive carrier for the brand new HTC EVO 3D. The standout feature here is of course that 4.3-inch, glasses-free 3D display, but the phone is far from just a gimmick — you’ll also get a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, WiMAX connectivity (including mobile hotspot support), dual 5 megapixel cameras with a flash ’round back, a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera, support for 1080p video playback via the HDMI out (or 720p for 3D content), and Android 2.3 with Sense. Still no word on pricing, but you can look for it to be available sometime this summer.

Update: We just managed to get up close with the phone (behind glass). Check out the gallery below, and stay tuned for a proper hands-on.

Joanna Stern contributed to this report.

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HTC EVO 3D officially announced for Sprint originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AT&T yesterday released news that will almost certainly overshadow everything that comes out of CTIA this week. Pending government approval, the company will be buying T-Mobile for a combined cash and stock deal worth around $39 million. Naturally upon hearing the news, we all asked the same question: so, when is Verizon buying Sprint?

Well, isn’t this just something. It only took Sprint a matter of hours (on a Sunday evening, no less) to push out a detailed list of gripes concerning the proposed AT&T / T-Mobile USA tie-up, but Verizon Wireless won’t even be wasting its time. According to an interview with Reuters ahead of CTIA, VZW CEO Daniel Mead confessed that his company wouldn’t be lobbying the FCC or any other entity to stop the inevitable, noting that “anything can go through if you make enough concessions.” That’s a pretty bold quote in and of itself, but of course, this is coming from the man who made an awful lot of those so-called concessions in order to pick up Alltel a few years ago. Continuing on, he blasted out this gem: “We’re not interested in Sprint. We don’t need them.” In other words, there’s nary a chance in Hades that America’s current largest wireless carrier will be making a bid to keep it that way by shelling out for The Now Network. Why? Quite simply, he’d rather focus on being the most profitable US carrier rather than the largest. Not exactly what you’d expect coming from Verizon Wireless’ CEO, but hey — if he’s down for the competition, we’re down with watching from the sidelines.

Verizon Wireless CEO ‘not interested’ in buying Sprint, won’t waste time opposing T-Mobile / AT&T merger originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CTIA snooping is in full swing today, as the HTC EVO 3D has seen its major specs divulged courtesy of a document within the exhibition halls of the show. True to our initial scoop and subsequent spec leak, we’re looking at a 3D-capable successor to the EVO 4G, this one rocking a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (Qualcomm’s MSM8660), a 4.3-inch qHD ( 960 x 540) display, dual 5 megapixel cameras around back, and the sweet, sweet promise of 1080p video playback. That’s constrained to 720p for viewing 3D content, but there’s no denying this new Sprint smartphone’s shaping up to be yet another multimedia powerhouse. Specs of the EVO View tablet have also been snapped, marking it as indeed a Sprint rebadge of HTC’s 1.5GHz, 7-inch Flyer slate. Look for both to become official at Sprint’s presser later this week.

EVO 3D specs confirmed: 1080p 2D video, 720p 3D, dual cameras, 1.2GHz dual-core CPU originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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