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+1 for you, sir, for saying what we were all thinking. :)

That said, this is awesome. Yet another reason to root my Evo, besides being able to install apps to the SD card!]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Also, honestly, what is the point of Google enabling tethering / hotspot functionality in 2.2, when you just know that any carrier who is in it for the cash will disable that ability via ROM updates?

Someone enlighten me...]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
That's why they love the iPhone, control is great if you're a carrier, awful if you're a consumer.]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
It seems that the US telcos are among the very few who are so greedy/stupid. Everywhere else the telcos recognize that people actually see MORE value in buying a phone that has multiple channels for data, and that every phone that is using WiFi is reducing the load on their limited infrastructure. So until the telco 3G/4G/5G infrastructure catches up with total bandwidth demand (read: never, or after we are all dead), they are actually shooting themselves in the foot twice over by not enabling open WiFi access.

Now the argument that the telcos make is that they don't want to lose the minute revenue for voice calls... but the reality is that anyone inclined to use Skype or Google Voice is doing so already, with minimal impact on their total data consumption limits. It's the videos and music streaming and gaming that uses the most bandwidth - which has nothing to do with voice call revenue.]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Poor yanks. Paying for tethering must suck (for anyone that pays rather than hacks)

Even my crappy Sony Erricsson dumbphone can tether its 3G at no more cost than the data.

Oh, it can video call too.

The reason why of course is that noone over here seems to want to. (WHY?!) and so there's no point them charging.]]>Jun 7th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
I won't.

Why give something props when all it does is gain abilities that competing devices have had for years?

I remember when my friend was proclaiming how awesome it was to be able to send / receive MMS on his 3GS. I just laughed...]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
It's only .3 GHz...

Once they start getting mobile dual-core procs in a small form factor like this, then you can color me impressed]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
There will always be flamewars over Apple vs any other competing device. Just a fact of the tech world. Im very interested in Android and like what it does but I know many people just like the Apple experience. It will be talked about for a long while after today but I will be watching just like everyone else on Engadget. Expect lots of "Breaking" lol]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/My HD2 is at 1ghz right now, why would they go backwards to .3, what next gen phone even runs 256 nowadays? ]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Sorry, I meant .3 GHz more, not just ".3 GHz"

Though, I thought that would have been implied....]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Why? Because it is the same as any other smartphone since 2007 and uses whatever is currently available from the chip fabs?

Or because it runs on what ultimately is a version 1 of the 4G network technology?

Or maybe because it uses Android like plenty other phones already do?

Not dismissing it, just questioning the whole "amazing" tag being given to each new iteration of tech spooned out.]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
The iphone 3gs is basically running the same OS as the iphone 3g with speed boost. You came from your mom and your dad came from your grandparent. Fail.]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Even from a hater standpoint you have to admit this phone is legit, HTC is the best hardware developer around]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/The Evo will never beat the iPhone in market because its CDMA and that makes it a no go anywhere outside the USA. We already know its evo>iphone specwise so whats the arguing about?]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Just a mention that you can play Playstation 1 games on a 6 year old Windows Mobile phones (clockeda t 624MHz) at 60 FPS. This isn't new with HD2. The new thing with HD2 is the ability to use onscreen controls with its multitouch screen.

Playstation 2 games are still having issues on PC so I doubt someone will port that emulator any time soon. Can hope though.
]]>Jun 7th 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Once rooted, I become the EVO twin.]]>Jun 7th 2010 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/But i have had my phone rooted sense day one. They have had no such luck with getting the tether working yet.

Its a pretty bad port too. no camera no 4g and a lot of other things.

I am still waiting for a good port with camera. we are not getting 4g till the end of summer. ]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/I'm on Verizon and I'm not expecting it...at least without a fee...]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
what root are you using? My 4g and camera works fine..]]>Jun 7th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/The update was supposed to prevent the root exploit but there's a new version of the exploit out which still works on updated phones.]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Yes there's a new root already and everything works.]]>Jun 7th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Don't fret too much.

Europe (namely Russia) had a 4G phone long before this 4G stuff ever came about in the US. It was called the HTC MAX:

http://www.htc.com/www/product/max4g/overview.html]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Also; Doesn't the EVO have a WiFi hotstop app natively?]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/cdma doesn't work in europe ...
there is no sim card in Evo4G... ]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/4g is not important i want 1ghz processor android 2.2 , hd movie ,4.3 inch screen and a SIM CARD slot ...]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
No need to be sad, it's about time our USA friends got a mobile network technology before it is was nearly obselete. They have suffered greatly during 3G, I think they have earned 4G]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Same with Samsung and others. By end of this year we'll all be spoiled for choice in the Android world. And the iPhanboys will be happy worshipping their new idol as well.]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 7th 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Well if you weren't paying the hotspot fee on your phone, you'd be paying it with the overdrive. So in effect, it's the same idea; you're just getting a faster experience.]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/
Overdrive, another hidden fees. But I had unlimited data and 4g. Such irony. FCC should un-limit all this limited BS.]]>Jun 7th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/If you can use your phones internet on a PC you're going to chew through more data. If people are using more data the carrier needs more network infrastructure to support it, therefore the extra cost is justified. ]]>Jun 7th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/htc-evo-4g-gets-unlimited-wifi-hotspot-skills-courtesy-of-root/Jun 8th 2010 1:17AM