We love hearing about the near-mythical Google Phone, the GPhone if you will. Will it be a fully-branded Google handset? Will a Google Phone just be some smartphone using the Linux-based Google OS? We’re still not 100% on those questions, and now there’s yet another rumor to throw into the mix. According to UBS analyst…
Telus launches HTC Touch, S640 in Canada
Telus has just launched two Windows Mobile powered smartphones in Canada – HTC Touch and HTC S640. The first mentioned is the iPhone-like device that has only 5-way navigation and dial/hang-up key on the front. For everything else, Touch users rely on the touchscreen and HTC’s TouchFLO technology which allows controlling the Windows Mobile 6-based…
Orange UK dumbing down HTC Touch Dual – numeric-only keypad variant of HTC Touch Dual
Apparently, our Brit-friends over yonder aren’t too fond of the SureType-esque, 20-key, half-QWERTY keypad on the HTC Touch Dual. MoDaCo is reporting that Orange UK will be launching a 16-key variant of the HTC Touch Dual with a numeric-only keypad. Orange UK wants to slide in the HTC Touch Dual beneath the full-QWERTY smartphones in…
Video: AT&T Tilt unboxing video
The “holy grail” of smartphones is here and the video previews are starting to hit the interwebs. Check out this video of the US-spec HTC Kaiser TyTn II – the AT&T Tilt – getting unboxed. It looks a bit bigger in the hand than we expected, but we’re still drooling.
The HTC Kaiser TyTn II is here – AT&T Tilt has finally launched!
That’s it. Game over. The US has finally been graced with the “holy grail” of the smartphones with AT&T’s launch of the AT&T Tilt today. Just as we expected yesterday, today is the day that HTC Kaiser fans rejoice with the AT&T-branded version of one of the most highly-anticipated smartphones this year. Of course, real…
HTC finally releases Windows Mobile 6.0 update for HTC P3300
HTC has definitely been slow to release all the Windows Mobile 6.0 updates that we’ve been expecting these past months. But, when it comes to free updates, it’s better late than never, we say. The latest smartphone in HTC’s portfolio to get the much-anticipated Windows Mobile 6.0 update is the HTC P3300 Artemis. Proud owners…
O2 germany picks up the HTC Touch Dual as O2 Xda Star
If there’s one thing we love more than the quirky codenames coming out of HTC’s labs, it’s O2’s practice of renaming all of HTC’s best handsets. O2 Germany’s done it again with the HTC Touch Dual that was recently launched. It didn’t take long at all for the German carrier to pick up the HTC…
AT&T finally sets launch date for AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser TyTn II) – holy grail of smartphones launches tomorrow!
We thought it would never happen. After missing rumored launch dates left and right, AT&T has finally set a launch date for their AT&T Tilt. It looks like AT&T is going to be offering up the US-spec HTC Kaiser TyTn II as the AT&T Tilt (without the front-facing camera) on October 5. The No. 1…
HTC Tilt video tour; The best business smartphone ever?
AT&T is about to introduce the ultimate Windows Mobile smartphone – HTC Tilt, also known as TyTN 2. This business-centric baby has every single feature you may need, including 3MP camera with auto focus, built-in GPS, full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, touchscreen… you name it. What follows is a 5-minute video tour of the new…
800,000 HTC Touch handsets out the door in just 3 months
Apple isn’t the only player that can send 1 million handsets out the door in a matter of months. It looks like HTC is following in the Apple iPhone’s footsteps – they’ve managed to ship 800,000 HTC Touch handsets in a mere 3 months! We should mention that HTC’s achievement has to be tempered by…