Sprint employee training material for the Galaxy Nexus leaked today suggesting the possibility of it launching before Sprint’s 4G LTE network. According to the training docs, the Sprint Galaxy Nexus will have 4G LTE switched off by default. It makes sense to have LTE switched off if you don’t yet have a network to support it, but it could also be to avoid having users in non-LTE markets (which will be many) from experiencing adverse battery drain — as the material suggests. The odds of you being in a Sprint LTE area once it launches is pretty slim anyways so I’m guessing Sprint customers probably won’t care about it being switched off.
Amazon’s Wireless store has proved to be a great place for buying Android devices on the cheap. We often recommend their great deals, and today we have good news about the website. AmazonWireless is now dropping its beta-tag and is adding two new features that will be great for the customers. AmazonWireless will now feature price matching and will now give customers a Free Premium Apps bundle when a device is purchased.
Google has been rumored to release its own branded tablet for quite awhile now. The company, which isn’t seeing the tablet sales it’d like, has been rumored to partner with either Samsung or Asus to manufacture the tablet and have a “pure” Android experience on it — much like the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S. Today, a purported image of what could be Google’s Nexus tablet has made its way on to the internet. Here’s why it could be legit..
HTC and Sprint are holding an event in NYC tomorrow to presumable announce Sprint’s variant of HTC’s latest One series. Rumored to be the HTC EVO One, PocketNow managed to assertain what appears to be the first press shot of Sprint’s HTC EVO One. Shown alongside the AT&T HTC One X and the T-Mobile HTC One S, the EVO One resembles the HTC One X with a beefier EVO look. Specs of the EVO One still remain a mystery but according to a tip received by Android Central, it will sport a a 4.7-inch device with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 chip and a 2560mAh battery.
The Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX and all of its 3300mAh glory has been available in the U.S. for a couple months now but it appears it will do some traveling soon. Starting next month, the RAZR MAXX will roll out to markets in Europe as well as the Middle East. The powered up RAZR MAXX is essentially what the DROID RAZR should have been and provides all the great specs along with a battery to handle the load. In case you’ve forgotten, the RAZR MAXX features:
