It really doesn’t get any better than this. O2 is now offering lucky Brits a chance at buying the HTC Touch Diamond2 for FREE when purchased with qualifying 24-month (that’s 2 years, but you knew that) calling plan. And, cellphone retailer Mobiles.co.uk sweetens this already cavity-inducing deal with the option to get “9 months half…
Italy’s TIM to offer HTC Magic, too
Aside from offering the first Android handset, HTC Dream aka T-Mobile G1, Italy’s TIM will be adding the second one as well. Of course, we’re talking about the all-touchscreen HTC Magic, which is set to hit the operator’s portfolio in the coming days or weeks. The exact release date is unknown, but we do have…
HTC Fuze Refurbs Available for Free on 2-Year Contract from AT&T
In the market for an HTC Fuze on the AT&T network? No? What if I told you that you could pick up the device for free on a 2-year contract and activation? Interested now? That’s exactly the deal AT&T has going on at the moment. Only potentially ‘bad’ thing is the Fuze’s are Refurbished models.…
HTC to release a feature phone later in the year?
Is it a sign of times or just HTC’s idea to expand its market share? Whatever the reasoning, it seems the famous smartphone maker will come up with its first feature phone later in the year. According to DigiTimes, the Taiwan-based company will unveil such a device in Q4 2009. The report goes on, suggesting…
HTC appoint new MD in UK and look to grow
Mobiletoday.co.uk is carrying an interesting story on the appointment of a senior ex-Samsung person at HTC in the UK. Jon French has been hired at HTC’s new MD, having previously worked behind the UK MD of Samsung. His goal (obviously) is going to be building the HTC brand (but more importantly market share) in the…
HTC Touch Pro2 spotted as T-Mobile Wing II in the wild!
We’ve been expecting T-Mobile USA to launch the highly-anticipated HTC Touch Pro2 on July 22. T-Mobile will be rebranding the HTC Touch Pro2 as the T-Mobile Wing II – as a successor to the original T-Mobile Wing, which also happens to be an HTC smartphone (the HTC P4350 Herald, to be exact). And, now that…
More Android Goodness Coming This Fall? HTC ‘Hero’ Release Rumored for October
Take this for what it is (an unconfirmed rumor), but via a forum post over at XDA Developers, user atomixpaintball has leaked some interesting info. The user claims he works for a company prepping the HTC ‘Hero’ for an upcoming October 11 release date. Quote from the post: I work for a wireless developer firm…
HTC Touch Pro lands on U.S. Cellular
In a move that surprised no one, U.S. Cellular has launched the HTC Touch Pro, offering it for $249.95 on a two-year contract, after mail-in rebate. It’s a great thing to see smaller carriers catching on with the smartphone revolution, although I would be even more delighted if this had happened a year ago. The…
HTC Touch 3G gets a firmware update
HTC has recently released a new update to its high-end Touch 3G smartphone. Among the improved functions and fixes, they highlights: Fixed auto-reboot issue after enabling WLAN. Added the control panel to the action panel after taking a picture in theme mode. Improved QuickGPS updating through ActiveSync, Wi-Fi and GPRS. Enhanced Opera’s browsing performance while…
HTC Magic Shipping May 5th at Vodafone UK
In case you missed it yesterday, all of the lucky Android users over in the UK can now pre-order the HTC Magic thanks to the folks over at Vodafone. Not only that, but the device comes free on a minimum £30/mth contract. Sheesh, I can’t get over how lucky those folks are… Such a nice…