The Chinese Economic Daily News is sourcing a Merrill Lynch report given to investors saying that the Windows Mobile 6.5 powered HTC Mega, and the budget Android powered HTC Click (pictured above), will be launched toward the end of Q3 this year. Those two devices will be responsible for a 19% increase in shipments from…
HTC wants to make a stylus for capacitive touchscreens
HTC has filed a patent for a stylus that works with capacitive — usually known as finger-friendly — touchscreens. The trick is in using some sort of magnetically charged tip which would allow hard-core stylus fans to use it the way they did on regular resistive screens. And while you may think this is kinda…
HTC Leo Render Spotted
Specs for the upcoming HTC Leo had slipped out last month, but now we’ve finally got a face to match them with. As reported, the Leo has a monoblock form factor (not clamshell), but based on the text on the rear of the device, it’s still very much in the design phase, so who knows…
Smartphone segment keeps growing, but not for Windows Mobile or Symbian
The smartphone market is still seeing solid growth, despite a weak global economy that has consumers cutting back on non-essential goods. Gartner is reporting that Global sales of smartphones in the second quarter of 2009 increased 27% year-on-year, accounting for more than 40 million units sold. Meanwhile, mobile phone sales in general slid 6.1%, compared…
HTC’s CEO Peter Chou: We sold 1 million Magic smartphones!
DigiTimes has an article about HTC’s efforts to focus on mid-range smartphones, saying that such devices will account for 50-60% of the company’s total handset shipments in H2 2009. What they mean by mid-range smartphones are devices that will carry a price tag of around $300. And while that’s (I guess) good news for HTC,…
Let’s Talk offering T-Mobile Touch Pro2 for just $200!
The T-Mobile Touch Pro2 has launched today, and the masses are crying foul over T-Mobile’s hefty $349.99 price-point (and that’s the subsidized price, too!). With other high-end smartphones priced well below the HTC Touch Pro2’s asking price, there’s no question that consumers are going to think twice about buying T-Mobile’s latest and greatest Windows Mobile…
Video: Hands-on the HTC Universal Desktop Cradle
HTC’s sleek design and high-end hardware has become the talk of the mobile world of late. But, there are some gems hidden in HTC’s accessory lineup that just don’t get the attention they deserve. One such accessory is the HTC CR-G300 Universal Desktop Cradle. Like Apple, HTC does not bundle a mobile phone cradle/dock with…
T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro 2 Now Available
Well, the day many have waited for is here. All the rumors and wild pricing details that have been flying around for the past week or so can come to a rest. The T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro 2 is now available online and in-store. So, in the end, how much are you going to end…
Future Shop Puts HTC Dream and Magic On Sale for $49.99 Until August 13th
Crikey, just when you thought Rogers’ price of $79.99 was not a bad deal for the HTC Dream and Magic… Future Shop comes along and undercuts them. Yessir, for a limited time (until August 13th) Future Shop has the same HTC Dream and Magic up-for-grabs for a measly $49.99. Ridiculous. Now I’m REALLY wondering if…
T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro 2 Pricing Leaked… Again.
This one caught me a little off guard… Guess TMoNews’ ninjas had the pricing slightly wrong on the Touch Pro 2 the first time around. You can check out the initial rumor right here. This time around, hopefully the information via TMoNews is a little more solid (I think it should be, we have an…