While the rest of us wait to get our hands on a bastardized version of the HTC One, our friends across the pond can pick up the real McCoy today from their favorite carrier. UK carriers O2, Vodafone, Three, Orange, and T-Mobile are all taking orders online as well as selling these One series phones inside their brick-and-mortar compounds. Prices and plans will of course vary depending on carrier, so do your research and see which is best for you.

Sprint employee training material for the Galaxy Nexus leaked today suggesting the possibility of it launching before Sprint’s 4G LTE network. According to the training docs, the Sprint Galaxy Nexus will have 4G LTE switched off by default. It makes sense to have LTE switched off if you don’t yet have a network to support it, but it could also be to avoid having users in non-LTE markets (which will be many) from experiencing adverse battery drain — as the material suggests. The odds of you being in a Sprint LTE area once it launches is pretty slim anyways so I’m guessing Sprint customers probably won’t care about it being switched off.

AT&T’s twelve market 4G LTE rollout is scheduled to begin on April 8th. Of the twelve markets we reported on last month, only three appear to be receiving 4G LTE on the 8th. The following markets will be the first ones to receive the upgrade:

• Bloomington, Ind.
• Muncie, Ind.
• Bryan/College Station, Texas

HTC and Sprint are holding an event in NYC tomorrow to presumable announce Sprint’s variant of HTC’s latest One series. Rumored to be the HTC EVO One, PocketNow managed to assertain what appears to be the first press shot of Sprint’s HTC EVO One. Shown alongside the AT&T HTC One X and the T-Mobile HTC One S, the EVO One resembles the HTC One X with a beefier EVO look. Specs of the EVO One still remain a mystery but according to a tip received by Android Central, it will sport a a 4.7-inch device with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 chip and a 2560mAh battery.

It’s not everyday Verizon has a deal worth jumping on, but this one warrants a definite look. If you’ve been in the market for a powerful smartphone but have been short on cash, Verizon has dropped the price of the HTC Rezound to an amazing $49.99. That’s a steal for a 4G device featuring a 4.3-inch Super LCD screen, dual-core 1.5GHz processor and 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash and f/2.2, 28mm wide-angle lens. The HTC Rezound was unfortunately overshadowed by the Galaxy Nexus, and to be honest, would have been the device I purchased myself (had it not been for the Galaxy Nexus).