‘Tis the season for OTA updates from Verizon, it seems. Verizon Wireless just started rolling out Android 2.0.1 updates to its Motorola DROID fleet across the country, and now has the Droid Eris in its sights. Before you get all excited, this is a bug-fix and system enhancement update, not the Android 2.0/2.1 update that…
HTC Posts Hotfix For HTC HD2’s Pink-Hued Camera Photos
The HTC HD2 has an impressive 5-megapixel camera fitted to a fantastic form-factor. Despite running Windows Mobile 6.5, we can’t say enough good things about the HD2. But, the HD2’s camera has so far been performing below its full potential. There’s a bug in the HD2’s camera that causes photos to take on a bit…
Google Maps update works with HTC HD2’s digital compass!
Google Maps has come a long way from its early days. With support for layers, satellite view and street view, Google Maps is as full-featured an app as we could hope for. The latest Google Maps 3.3.1 update takes things a bit further with support for the HTC HD2’s digital compass. Rather than just pin-pointing…
Brief: Better photo of HTC’s Android flagship device for 1H 2010 leaks [Bravo]
The massive HTC roadmap leak that occurred over the weekend was nice, but the pictures could have been a bit less grainy. A new photo of the HTC Bravo, posted below, has just managed to find itself on the internet. The specifications, in case you need to drool again at this lovely piece of smartphone…
HTC roadmap leaked, with product photos: Legend, Salsa, Tide, Buzz, Bravo, Photon, Trophy and Tera
Part of HTC’s 2010 roadmap has been leaked by “B3ler3fonte”, member of the xda-developers fourm. The 8 new devices fall into 4 new segments that HTC will be targeting, in much the same way that Nokia or Sony Ericsson target different audiences depending on the product being marketed. In the “Design/Lifestyle” category we have “Legend”,…
Head of HTC Sweden: Hero successor to be shown in February 2010, will be in stores shortly thereafter
Patrik Andersson, formerly Channel Manager at LG, is now Head of HTC Sweden. Having recently took office his first order of business was to recruit 10 people under him to handle sales and marketing in the land of IKEA and meatballs. He says that standing in a room full of people arguing about megapixels and…
Verizon: HTC Droid Eris getting Google Maps Navigation with Android 2.0 update
Verizon might be throwing most of its weight behind the Motorola Droid and its promise of delivering an anti-iPhone experience to all who embrace it, leaving the Droid Eris to basically fend for itself. The Droid Eris is essentially Verizon’s version of the HTC Hero, which made a big splash on Sprint’s network not too…
OtterBox Announces Commuter and Impact Series Cases for HTC Ozone and LG Arena KM900
OtterBox have announced some new cases, just in time for the holiday spending season. Now available are Commuter Series cases for the HTC Ozone and LG Arena KM900… PLUS, there’s also an Impact Series case for the LG Arena KM900. The Impact Series case for the LG Arena provides the minimal level of protection OtterBox…
HTC ROM Reveals Many New Android Device Codenames
In the bowels of the recently-leaked Android 2.1 ROM, coders have found a list of codenames that hints at future HTC Android hardware. The list is 20 names long, although there is a lot in there that we’re already familiar with: Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Dream, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Hero, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty,…
Video: HTC Touch.B (Rome) uses Qualcomm’s BREW to make dumb phones look elegant
HTC has historically been a manufacture of smartphones. They were exclusively producing Windows Mobile devices until last year when they launched the first Android powered handset, and since then have released subsequent models. The problems that all smartphones have however is that they don’t scale down in cost. The cheapest smartphones are still too costly…