The Sensation is one of HTC’s most popular handsets overseas, and despite being launched nearly a year ago (May 19,2011), the company just announced a new "Ice White" version. While there are no differences in hardware, the outside will obviously be white (à la Amaze 4G). More importantly, though: it will launch on March 1, [...]
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People have been saying this for more than a year, just around the time when HTC started to release phone after phone, that this strategy is not going to work for long, and not only will it make their own customers angry because they feel they get ripped off when a slightly better version of [...]
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HTC is going strong into the new year after a disappointing quarter last year. They plan to cut back on the devices the put out, they want to use other chips besides Qualcomm ones, and they’re going to double down on making Sense 4.0 great again on top of Android 4.0. I’ve long been a [...]
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Picking Up Where BlackBerry Left Off HTC and IBM have announced a new partnership aimed directly at the enterprise sector by taking care of the major issue that has stopped Android from being a key player for IT administrators. HTC will now ship their phones and tablets with an IBM software suite that first and foremost addresses [...]
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Sprint has updated their “Expected Upcoming EOL” list to include two members of the EVO family. These end-of-life lists are subject to change (as stated in the above image) and definitely do. This is at least the third time the HTC EVO 4G has appeared on the list, and until the phone is pulled from [...]
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Microsoft has been making a lot of news of late, what with all of the patent licensing deals that they’ve been striking with the Android OEM’s over the last several months. The latest such OEM being LG, but Microsoft has bagged most of the big ones. Samsung, HTC, ASUS, Acer and LG along with lesser [...]
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Although the source of this story is from an HTC rep, we’re going to err on the side of caution. A fellow named Bruno spoke with an HTC rep on their site to ask about the HTC Flyer and a upgrade to Android 4.0. The rep told him that we could expect to see it [...]
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With all the bad juju surrounding Verizon’s very first 4G phone, the HTC Thunderbolt, I am pretty sure no one is looking to pick one up anytime soon, especially with so many great options these days. Well what if I told you it was now being offered for free, would that make a difference? Big [...]
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Another quad-core Android device has decided to show up today, this time coming from LG. Currently we know of two quad-core devices in the works, one of which is from Fujitsu which we played with at CES 2012, and the second rumored to be from HTC. Now we have a third which is coming from [...]
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One of my biggest complains about HTC over the past year or so has been that HTC releases too many phone models in the market, for anyone to treat any single model seriously anymore. One of their upcoming phones, which was supposed to be a quad core Tegra 3 phone, was first named Edge, then [...]
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Another day, another very disingenuous article about Apple abusing little Chinese kids. Thanks to their annoying fans and media outlets the world over, everyone knows that Apple sells less than ⅓ of the worlds smartphones but makes more than 60% of the profits. Everyone knows that Apple makes products that some people simply won’t live [...]
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Just a few days ago we caught word of an update that was rolling out to the HTC EVO 3D and reports are that it also removed Carrier IQ from the device. Folks who have checked around in the manage applications tab have noticed that “HTC IQAgent” and “IQRD,” both of which were Carrier IQ, [...]
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Over the past year or so, manufacturers have gone crazy with the new models, trying to one-up each other with a phone that came a week later and was 5% better. This was and still is very short-sighted of them, and it has only led to faster commoditization of their products and dilution of their [...]
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Yeah you read it right, all HTC phones released after September 2011 are now unlockable via HTC’s bootloader unlock page. A couple of their latest additions include AT&T’s HTC Vivid and Verizon’s HTC Rezound. Say what you want to say about HTC but they kept their word. Let’s hope that manufacturers such as Motorola follow [...]
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It turns out the HTC Rezound wasn’t an anomly when it was discovered that HTC’s official bootloader unlock tool worked with little effort. HTC has updated the page to announce that all handsets released since September of this year are now unlockable via the method provided at HTCDev.com. “All HTC Android devices launched after September [...]
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The list over at HTCDev.com just keeps getting longer and longer doesn’t it? Well, though technically the HTC Rezound hasn’t officially made the list yet, it’s being reported that the same method and tools work just the same to unlock the Rezound’s bootloader. You’ll be left with “S-ON” afterwards, but it appears to most that [...]
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The Honeycomb update for the HTC Evo View 4G (HTC Flyer variant) has finally arrived making this tablet on par to compete with other tablet in the market. This update was rumored in early December when the European version of the HTC Flyer started receiving their updates. Those that own the View 4G are in for a real [...]
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It is being reported that HTC will be implementing a new release strategy for 2012 in which they will slow down the number of releases and focus on putting out higher quality products. They will have a pretty quiet schedule for the first half of the year. They will be releasing their first 4G WindowsPhone featuring [...]
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You may not remember an article we wrote, back near the beginning of December, about HTC being sued by Apple which could result in HTC Android devices being banned here in the USA. Well it seems that Apple has actually won that suit and HTC could now be facing that possible ban starting next year. [...]
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DailySteals.com has the HTC EVO View 4G for only 9.99. This is a brand new model that is compatible with Sprint’s network. It is essentially an HTC Flyer tablet with access to Sprint’s network. The EVO View 4G features a single-core 1.5GHz processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread (Honeycomb is on the way), 32GB of internal storage, [...]
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If you want to “create” the next name for the next Android phone, check out this Android Phone Name Generator. It takes random names from many different Android phones and jumbles them all together. I sure can’t wait to get my hands on the HTC Wildfire Vibrant Plus Prime X2. I’d like to believe this [...]
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This week has been hell for CarrierIQ, the company providing software for 140 million smartphones around the world. It’s not surprising considering they’ve tried to log user data in a completely un-transparent way, and without giving the user a way to stop it. Right now, the FTC got involved and there’s a class action lawsuit [...]
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And HTC's made it official: Honeycomb indeed is rolling out to the GSM HTC Flyer in Europe. So what about the rest of us? HTC says the Wifi version of the Flyer will “receive its Honeycomb update soon.” Here's the full skinny: Ready for some ‘sweet’ news? The GSM version of the HTC Flyer tablet, [...]
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This year hasn’t been HTC’s best year. Well, sure, from a financial point of view it has been, but that’s mostly as a consequence of actions and strategies from the previous years. This is why RIM and Nokia were blind for years about their strategies been bad ones, because they were still strong financially at [...]
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All of HTC’s handsets may get a ban in Germany soon because of an injunction from IPCom (sounds like a Intellectual Ventures-like patent troll company). IPCom owns some 3G patents which could help ban all HTC’s devices across Germany, especially with the judges that have been ruling there lately, which seem very pro-patents and [...]
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Well — there goes the joke, will my HTC G1 get Ice Cream Sandwich? No, it's not overly functional. No, it's not extremely fast. But that doesn't really matter. The fact Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich can be jammed into a HTC G1 is just plain awesome and the fact it's available for download — [...]
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HTC’s just released source code for their latest round of devices, including code for the HTC Rezound the HTC Desire S the HTC Amaze and the HTC Explorer As usual, users may not find much use out of these but developers will be using them to cook up good ROMs and other great modifications. If [...]
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If you haven’t heard, Verizon is offering the HTC Droid Incredible 2 in all red starting on Black Friday. Units are already starting to hit stores and we’ve gotten our first glimpse at the device, courtesy of Droid-Life. It’s likely identical to the version we reviewed, save for its color. You can get the device [...]
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Over the past 24 hours or so there have been plenty of rumors floating around about upcoming Tegra 3 quad-core tablets that could be heading our way. While the Asus Transformer Prime is official, Lenovo recently got some news time with their apparent Tegra 3 tablet that is coming. Now HTC and Acer are joining [...]
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Asus may be the first one to start the quad-core tablet revolution, but they won’t be the only ones in the game. HTC, Lenovo and Acer are also gearing up with Tegra 3 tablets that should be available in the next few months. I’m not entirely sure why Nvidia had to delay the Tegra 3 [...]
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If you were looking to pick up the HTC Rezound this Monday, you may be looking for some accessories to go along with it. And what could be better than the official HTC desktop dock that just so happens to be available right now via HTCPedia for . While I’ve never been a “dock-man” myself, I [...]
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Anxiously awaiting Nov. 14 to arrive so you can get your hands on the brand new HTC Rezound- Well, it seems as though a lucky customer received their order from Verizon Wireless a bit early, and they broke out the video camera to show us what they got. So, check out the video above [...]
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Mobile viewing link Want to see what is included in the HTC Rezound’s packaging- The guys over at Wirefly have gone ahead and unboxed the HTC Rezound for all to see. The Rezound will be available on Verizon Wireless for 9 starting on November 14. It features a powerful 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, [...]
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Just a few days ago we saw the HTC Thunderbolt get a semi-functional MIUI port, and today we were graced with the good news that the data and SMS issues have been resolved. Developer DroidVicious tweeted out that another developer who had been helping out, Reid Holland, was able to get data fully functional on [...]
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Want to get another look at Verizon’s upcoming HTC Rezound Check out this promotional video put out today, which highlights Beats Audio, 4G LTE, and the handset’s 720p display. The phone is fresh off its official announcement in NYC yesterday and will soon be available through Verizon. [via BriefMobile] … Continue Reading Here HTC Rezound [...]
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