Whilst I’ve been playing with the Hero this week, Orange have been busy making their website all Android-friendly – specifically, they’ve listed the HTC Hero in Graphite as a ranged device: Checking out their site in more detail, Orange’s recommended tariffs have you laying out between £50 and £100 for the device – that is,…
HTC Whitestone hitting Verizon as HTC XV6975
We love it when a leak comes together. Following on HTC’s leaked roadmap that showed a the WVGA touchscreen smartphone hitting market in the second half of 2009, we have new information that points to Verizon Wireless picking up the HTC Whitestone as the Verizon HTC XV6975. Tweakers.net has been able to confirm the Whitestone’s…
HTC Firestone render leaked?
The HTC Hero and Touch Pro2 are the brightest stars in HTC’s smartphone portfolio, but there’s another Windows Mobile handset waiting for its time to shine. Meet (again) the HTC Firestone Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional smartphone! Previous rumors pointed to an August unveiling of this touchy-feely handset, and now that July is almost done and…
Half of HTC Handsets in 2010 to be Android?
HTC, well-known as being Windows Mobile’s sugar-daddy, is apparently going to be cranking up its Android hardware production in 2010 – over 50% of HTC handsets shipped in 2010 will be running Google’s operating system, tipsters say. We’ve already seen hints of the Click, and lots of other manufacturers are gearing up for a busy…
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Unboxing Video
It was only a matter of time before the first myTouch 3G unboxing video made its way to the interwebs. Today, I happened to stumble across one, and I’ve posted it above for your viewing and/or gawking pleasure. First thing you’ll notice besides the funky artwork on the outer sleeve, is the great looking carrying…
Low-Cost HTC Click Coming with Android?
More Android goodness today: this picture of the supposed HTC Click has bubbled up, though skimpy on details. All we have on the HTC Click is that it will be packing a 3.5mm headphone jack, has a 2.8″ screen, and an unidentified camera on the back. It’s easy to see the similarities with the Magic…
Rumor: Full HTC Leo specifications leak: 1 GHz, 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen, 5 megapixel camera
Yesterday I published an article saying that the HTC Leo was going to be a clamshell qwerty device with a 5 megapixel camera and Qualcomm chipset. Apparently that was 66% right. It’s going to be a regular monoblock (aka iPhone form factor) device; the full specification sheet was leaked via ai.rs and it confirms the…
HTC rumored to be launching a non-smartphone this Fall
Speaking of an unannounced handset coming down HTC’s product pipeline, there’s another rumor sourced from Solo Palmari that has HTC prepping their first non-smartphone (dumbphone, feature phone, whatever you wanna call it) for launch this coming Fall. According to Palmari, the lower-end HTC feature phone will have a touchscreen form factor similar to the HTC…
WiFi Alliance outs HTC ‘Mega’ brand
HTC boffins are cooking up something new in their R&D facilities. We know this because the WiFi Alliance has leaked a new HTC handset codename that we haven’t yet heard of. These WiFi guys are getting really good at leaking unannounced handset codenames! The HTC “MEGA” brand is referenced in the WiFi Alliance’s latest handset…
HTC Leo: No pictures, but a partial spec sheet and a form factor to die for
Imagine a device with a 800 x 480 pixel screen that folds just like a laptop and has a QWERTY keyboard. Imagine that this device, in the closed position, has a 320 x 240 pixel display on the front. That mental image you now have, is what the HTC Leo may look like. The code…