About a month ago, Sprint confirmed that 4G WiMax mobile phones are on the way and now Verizon Wireless, another mobile communications leader has informed of their intention of launching 4G phones.

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It’s almost incredible how more and more photos of the HTC Incredible are showing up, and yet Verizon still hasn’t announced the smartphone.

Anyway, along with the new photos came interesting details about the features of HTC Incredible.

Reportedly, the smartphone measures 117.5 x 58.5 x 11.9 mm (it’s almost like the Nexus One) and comes with an 8MP camera and 512MB of RAM. For some reason, the Snapdragon processor that powers the Incredible seems to be underclocked to 768MHz – however, Android 2.1 and Sense UI are running “blazing fast” on the device.

Verizon’s logo can bee seen on the Incredible’s back cover (which, if removed, unveils a full-red interior):

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Currently the two ways to grab a Google Nexus One smartphone in the US is by going through T-Mobile or direct to Google; however that is soon to change as a CDMA version of the Android toting Nexus One is due to this the Big Red network.

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US carrier Verizon will permit Skype calls over its 3G network starting in March, using a number of devices including several models of BlackBerry as well as Android smartphones from HTC and Motorola.

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Apparently the rumour surrounding Google’s Nexus One superphone is that the Big Red may just gain the Android superphone for their network on the 23rd of March, which will make Verizon Wireless the 2nd carrier to offer the Nexus One in the United States, reports mobilemag.

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Motorola has just announced its second Android phone for Verizon (after the Droid): the Motorola Devour, previously known as Motorola Calgary.

Unlike the Droid, the Motorola Devour runs Android 1.6 and features the MotoBlur interface – which “syncs contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.”

The Devour has a 3.1 inch HVGA (320 x 480) capacitive touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keyboard.

This is the smartphone’s official look:

Other specs and features:

* CDMA EVDO rev A connectivity
* Accelerometer
* Wi-Fi
* A-GPS
* Dual microphones with noise cancellation
* Stereo Bluetooth
* Android HTML Webkit browser
* Adobe Flash Lite
* Document Reader
* 3.5mm headset jack
* 3MP fixed-focus camera
* 8GB memory card in the box
* 1400 mAh battery
* 115.5 x 61 x 15.4 mm
* 180 grams (hm, that’s heavy)

The price of Verizon’s Motorola Devour was not announced, but the handset should be available for purchase starting March.

Verizon has just announced the prices of Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus – its first WebOS smartphones, officially unveiled two weeks ago.

As expected, the prices are similar to the prices of Sprint’s Pre and Pixi: $149.99 and $99.99, respectively (both on contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate received “in the form of a debit card”). For $29.99 more, Pixi Plus buyers will even be able to choose from various optional Pixi Touchstone Back Covers (in pink, orange, green, blue and black).

The Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are slightly better than Sprint’s devices: the Pre Plus has double the internal memory and double the RAM (16GB, 512MB), while the Pixi Plus comes with Wi-Fi.

Both handsets feature a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot that can provide Wi-Fi access to up to other five Wi-Fi capable devices (Verizon offers a 5GB monthly plan at $40 for that).

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While unveiling the upcoming availability of Pre Plus and Pixi Plus via Verizon, Palm has also announced that its webOS platform now supports 3D gaming.

As of today, seven 3D games are available via the Palm App Catalog, which currently has more than 1,000 webOS applications.

Currently compatible only with the Palm Pre, the new 3D games come from top developers like EA Mobile, Glu Mobile, Gameloft and Laminar Research. The available titles include: Need for Speed Undercover, The Sims 3, MONOPOLY, Asphalt 5: Elite Racing, Let’s Golf!, Glyder 2 and X-Plane.

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Pretty much everyone knows that the Palm Pre has been available since June of this year. You’ll likely also remember that Verizon said they would get the device not long after. However, we’ve yet to hear of a successor to the device.

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While Google is getting ready to present something related to Android (most probably the Nexus One) on January 5, Motorola might also unveil two new Android devices, but a day later – on January 6 (just ahead of CES 2010).

According to Trip Chowdhry, analyst at Global Equities Research, Moto “may announce” an Android phone for AT&T and another one for Verizon.

It’s said that the AT&T-bound handset has an OLED touchscreen display, a physical keyboard, and won’t feature the MotoBlur interface – this may be the Motorola Backflip seen not long ago in some leaked photos.

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