Metro advised they would be upgrading equpment to 3g capable.
God knows if its going to be all areas. I certainly hope so.
Though I live in SW FL (Naples specifically) No 3g has been spotted near fort myers or naples yet. Rumor has it theres some spotted 4g in cape coral and north fort myers. (*228 will only get you to 3019 PRL, i manually updated to 3020).
LTE should be live by the end of summer, mid oct-nov the latest.
1x and EVDO is 2 different verisons of data based on the same technology which is CDMA. Metro phones are all 3g capable (including the indulge and craft), however as long as towers are not updated to 3g, you wont get unless you are in coverage areas (and yes, metro WILL update to 3g most of its network).
This was advised on a dealer meeting back in june or july on miami, fl.
You have to realize, most employees from MetroPCS just sell phones, they dont care about technology..... us on the other side are on the geeky side.
besides, dealer owners or corporate do not pass this information down to the first row of the sales line since they will blow sales away cuz people will want to wait "until we get 3g or 4g".
The samsung admire is the next phone down the road, then the HTC wildfire. none of those will be 4g capable, but 3g capable (or 1x depending of your area).
And further ahead............................................................................... a very VERY good 4g phone.
Follow this thread to keep updating the maps with 3g!
http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus-m/392688-unofficial-evdo-area-count.html