LIVE FROM CTIA WIRELESS 2011: Sprint this afternoon unveiled the latest additions to its Evo device range from HTC, touting what it claims is ‘America’s first 4G 3D device’ as well as a new tablet offering.

The Evo 3D smartphone (pictured) is attempting to kickstart the 3D device market in the US. “Mobile will lead the 3D revolution,” Fared Adib, head of product development at the operator, told a press conference. Adib cited research from In-Stat which claims that 3D-enabled mobile device shipments will surpass 60 million in 2014.

The Evo 3D doesn’t require glasses and has a 4.3-inch display, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dualcore processor and runs Android 2.3. It has front and rear-facing HD cameras. Adib declared it “the most powerful smartphone around.”

Meanwhile the Evo View 4G tablet runs on both Sprint’s EV-DO 3G network as well as its WiMAX network. It has a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, front and rear cameras, a 7-inch display and runs Android 2.3 but will support Android 3.0 (Honeycomb, designed specifically for tablets) in future. It is 13.2mm deep, making it thicker than the iPad 2 and Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 10.1 The HTC tablet supports the Taiwanese vendor’s popular Sense service, and also features HTC Scribe, a digital pen accessory that can be used for writing notes and drawing. Scribe is synchronised with the View 4G’s voice recording application. The Evo View 4G appears to be a revised version of HTC’s first Flyer tablet, launched at last month’s Mobile World Congress.

Both new devices have 3G/4G mobile hotspot capability supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously. Today’s unveiling marks the first-year anniversary of Sprint and HTC’s Evo 4G device, the industry’s first WiMAX smartphone.

CEO Dan Hesse said both new products will be available “this summer.” No pricing details were released. Hesse noted that Sprint now has 22 WiMAX devices in its portfolio: “And these aren’t faux G, but 4G,” he quipped, in a not-so-subtle dig at the marketing efforts of its rival operators. Interestingly, there was no update from Hesse on Sprint’s future network technology roadmap; the WiMAX operator is believed to be mulling a switch to LTE technology.