Sprint HTC EVO 3D Finally Gets A Taste Of Ice Cream Sandwich

The long-awaited update to Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 3.6 on the Sprint-branded HTC EVO 3D is finally here! The update weighs in at 305.76MB and bumps the software version up to 2.89.651.2, beating Sprint’s latest announcement of an August release by one day.

Here is the official changelog:

• Upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
• Home screen folders
• Launch Bar for commonly used apps
• Improved Android Browser
• Improved Camera Experience
• Face Unlock
• Resizable widgets
• Add/Remove Panels

To check and see if the update is available for your phone, just hit Menu > Settings > System updates > HTC software update. Of course, the general warnings for root users still apply here (i.e., if you’re rooted, don’t take this update – wait for a rooted version to come along).

HTC EVO V 4G Will Launch May 31 On Virgin Mobile

Previous rumors regarding a launch of the HTC EVO 3D on prepaid Sprint MVNO Virgin Mobile have now been confirmed. The device will be rebranded the HTC EVO V 4G and take advantage of Virgin Mobile's new 4G Beyond Talk plans.

The prepaid carrier will make use of Sprint and Clearwire's WiMAX network to offer unlimited 4G data, along with unlimited text and 300 voice minutes, all for $35/month. The device will sell for $299.99 with no commitment.

Interestingly enough, Sprint implies in its press release that the EVO V 4G will launch with Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 3.6. Hopefully, this means that Sprint-branded EVO 3D handsets will also receive the update before May 31.

HTC EVO 3D Gets First Taste Of ICS Via Leaked RUU

HTC has been due for something equally large on the software front for a bit now, and the ICS leak for the HTC EVO 3D suggests that the device should be getting an official release relatively soon. Hopefully, anyway.

The leaked ROM shows that HTC may still have some interest in their former flagship phone for Sprint, although given the difficulties in rolling out large updates, it is possible that we won’t see an official release until after the launch of the HTC EVO 4G LTE. XDA Recognized Developer dastin1015 has posted the RUU up for users to check out and, more importantly, for developers to get their hands on it to bring even more ICS goodness to the EVO 3D.

For users attempting to flash, approach with extreme caution as it’s been pointed out by XDA Recognized Developer chad.goodman that the mount points are wrong. Luckily, that’s currently being worked out, so it’ll be available to everyone soon. Additionally, there is already some custom ROMs being made based on the RUU for both the GSM and CDMA versions of the EVO 3D. So if you’re not confident in flashing the RUU just yet, there are some custom ROM alternatives.

For additional information and download links, head over to the leaked RUU thread.

webOS 3.0 booted onto Evo 3D

As was heavily implied in HP’s announcement that they’re open-sourcing webOS, there are a lot of open source developers already hard at work on our favorite mobile OS. The group is led by Rod Whitby of WebOS Internals, but it’s not really a group, per se, than an idea. The idea being for stuff to truly be awesome one must be disciplined and consistent, even with open source work. That’s why we can have things like Preware while the Android open source community is a mind blowing mess.

Even without webOS being open source (it will be a while before we get to the point that it is), the webOS homebrew community is still making awesome things happen. Enter Ryan Hope (known around Twitter as @_PuffTheMagic_) who brought us amazing things like wIRC and FreeTether. Hope today not so coincidentally posted a trio of photos onto Twitter showing an HTC Evo 3D running webOS 3.0, the version of webOS used on the HP TouchPad. Hope says the work was done three months ago, showing just what the most talented members of the webOS homebrew community are capable of even without webOS being open source.

Now that they’ll soon have full access to everything down to the Linux core of webOS, who knows what we’ll see.

Source: Ryan Hope (Twitter 1, 2, 3); Via: The Verge