HTC and Sprint are moving fast to fix a storage card-related bug that left some early users of the Evo 4G smartphone frustrated.
As Wired reported Thursday, aproblem with the 8-GB MicroSD card that ships with the HTC Evo returned error messages to some people when they tried using the phone's camera app. The bug also prevented some people from saving files and documents to the card.
HTC has started pushing out a software fix to current and new Evo users, the same day the phone goes on sale at all Sprint stores.
HTC spokesman Keith Nowak confirmed that the updates started streaming out Friday morning so "anyone who currently has an HTC EVO 4G and people who are lining up to buy it today should not experience the issue."
HTC and Google gave about 5,000 of the devices to attendees at Google's developer conference two weeks ago, which is how many early users discovered the problem.
The Evo has been a much anticipated phone because of its position as the first 4G smartphone. HTC and Sprint unveiled the Evo in May. The feature-packed gadget has a huge 4.3-inch touchscreen, 1-GHz Snapdragon processor, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video conferencing and a 8-megapixel camera for shooting photos and videos. (Evo’s MicroSD card has been manufactured by SanDisk.) Evo runs the 2.1 version of the Android operating system, and costs $200 with a two-year contract. Despite poor battery life, the phone has gathered positive reviews.
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