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UK service provider O2 had begun rolling out Android 2.2 (Froyo) to HTC Desire owners earlier today, but have paused the deployment due to some technical difficulties users are having with installation. The same update went out through Vodafone recently, including such features as Flash 10.1 and mobile Wi-Fi hotspot support. It seems like most…
I pegged the TELUS HTC Desire as a hot seller (in my mind). To backup my case, Simon posted a mostly glowing review of the device… in fact, if you give the review a look, you might even catch Simon say something like ‘why do I use BlackBerry again?’. Check it out and give his…
An Android-powered QWERTY slider from HTC was uncovered in the myriad of test results that emerge from the FCC. Designated the PD42100, the handset prominently features a Verizon logo and Android-specific touch sensitive front buttons. According to the test results, the handset is a world phone with dual-mode CDMA(2000)/GSM(850), EV-DO Rev. A, Bluetooth, and 2.4GHz…
Back in December, the HTC Trophy made its first appearance in an internal roadmap, and it’s finally getting around to coming to market as it has passed through the Global Certification Forum. Back then it was listed as running Windows Mobile 6.5, but at this point, it’s a likely candidate for the fall launch of…
An enterprising hacker has rigged up an original Nintendo controller to play nice with an Android emulator, letting you hardened old-school gamers play NES games the way they were meant to be played. Except, y’know, on your phone, and not on the other end of a cathode ray tube. The NES controller plugs into an…
After some pretty heft hints earlier this week, Verizon prepaid plans have gone live on a wide variety of handsets. It’ll cost you $30 for unlimited data for the month, or those with feature phones can 25 MB for $10 month. Verizon recently changed their prepaid mobile broadband plans, so offering something on the smartphone…
Sony Ericsson is aiming high, as the company said it wants to be the world’s biggest supplier of Android phones. It has its work cut out for it. Sony Ericsson said it has about 17% of the Android market, although it didn’t cite the sources. We’re not huge fans of its Xperia lineup but these…
T-Mobile’s insider newsletter, aptly called “SCOOP“, has revealed some details on the yet to be announced HTC G2, namely that the processor inside is clocked at 800 MHz, the operating system it runs is Android 2.2, and that the peak theoretical network speed it’ll offer customers is 14.4 Mbps. But doesn’t T-Mobile have a 21…
Thanks to Gizmodo, who showed the world that you can kill the reception of an iPhone 4 by holding it as if it was the rope needed to pull you out of a pit of quick sand, everyone started doing the same thing to their devices and low and behold the Google Nexus One suffered…
The HTC HD2 was widely regarded as a high-end handset that limped along on Windows Mobile 6.5. Those who enjoyed the stellar specs of this handset will be happy to know that the HD2 may be re-born as the HD7, a Windows Phone 7 handset slated to hit O2 UK. The information about this handset…