The HTC EVO went on sale this morning. The phone, only available on Sprint, is the latest Android phone that trumps the iPhone (for now at least). Along with having a replaceable battery, a free range of apps, a decent carrier network, the possibility of Flash support soon, freedom from iTunes, multitasking, a kickstand, “unlimited” data, desktop widgets, miniSD memory expansion, the ability to mount as a drive, video chat, tethering, and multi-notifications, this phone runs on the 4G data network. The network is reported to be 8X-10X faster than 3G. Some tech reporters, in fact, are saying that now is the time for people to consider dropping their land data lines and going to a tethered 4G phone instead.

4G service is only available in 33 cities. New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, Miami, Denver, and Pittsburgh are among the cities that don’t have coverage, but Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill do! The full list of included cities is after the break:

• Abilene, TX
• Amarillo, TX
• Atlanta
• Austin, TX
• Baltimore
• Bellingham, WA
• Boise
• Charlotte
• Chicago
• Corpus Christi
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Greensboro (+ Triad)
• Harrisburg, PA
• Honolulu
• Houston
• Kansas City
• Lancaster, PA
• Las Vegas
• Lubbock, TX
• Maui
• Midland/Odessa, TX
• Milledgeville, GA
• Philadelphia
• Portland
• Raleigh (+ Triangle)
• Reading, PA
• Salem, OR
• San Antonio, TX
• Seattle
• Temple/Killeen, TX
• Waco, TX
• Wichita Falls, TX
• York, PA

This year Sprint plans to expand to markets like Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.