AT&T’s twelve market 4G LTE rollout is scheduled to begin on April 8th. Of the twelve markets we reported on last month, only three appear to be receiving 4G LTE on the 8th. The following markets will be the first ones to receive the upgrade:
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:
Google Wallet has been dealt more blows than Rocky Balboa but it just won’t quit (even though some of its engineers will). Today, Google announced the acquisition of technology company TxVia and hopes their expertise will “accelerate innovation towards our full Google Wallet vision.” TxVia has worked with advanced processing technology for prepaid cards and emerging payments since 2008 and has supported the management of more than 100 million accounts. Google Wallet could use all the help it can get right now and I’m betting TxVia’s connections with major payment networks will come in handy.
The latest distribution numbers are out and it appears Ice Cream Sandwich is gaining momentum. In a 14-day period ending on April 2, 2012, Android 4.0 appeared on 2.9% of devices accessing the Google Play Store. Yes, that’s still a pretty paltry number, but compared to last month’s data, it’s up 1.3%. That’s good news for an operating version that has been mostly stagnant since its release back in November of 2011. We’re finally starting to see OEM’s and carriers roll out the Android 4.0 update to their phones and this latest data is reflective of that.
