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Canalys has released the results of their U.S. smartphone market share research for the third quarter of 2011, and BlackBerry is in rough shape. At this time last year, RIM commanded 24%, just barely behind Apple’s 26%. Now BlackBerry claims only 9% of U.S. smartphone owners. Sure, Apple has lost a bit of ground, and…
HTC has started pushing Android 2.3.5 update to Desire S owners in select parts of the world. We don’t have anything confirmed from the Taiwanese company, but we’re hearing owners of unlocked devices in the UK as well as those who bought the Desire S from Vodafone, O2 and Orange are getting the new software…
Verizon started posting advertisements at retail stores for a new phone in its 4G LTE lineup, the HTC Rezound, but it seems the carrier got a little ahead of itself. Neither Verizon nor HTC has made any announcement about such a device. Will we see the news break sometime soon? HTC already has an event…
HTC today posted more than stellar Q3 results. The Taiwan-based company saw a record third quarter that brought profit growth up to 68% on shipments of 13.2 million handsets, up 93% from the same quarter last year. Revenue grew 79% year-over-year to NT$135.82 billion and profit grew to NT$18.68 billion, or NT$22.07 per share. The company has shown six…
A few new Windows Phones aren’t the only handsets to be hitting AT&T shelves on November 6th. AT&T’s first LTE-enabled smartphones will be going on sale the same day, and will include the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. To mark the occasion, AT&T is also flipping the switch on LTE in 9…
O2 UK is now selling the HTC Sensation XE, which is still the best Android smartphone made by the Taiwanese company. The Telefónica-owned operator is offering the device for free to anyone willing to commit on a two-year contract with a 36 GBP per month plan. Of course, there are also some more expensive options…
We already know Amazon Wireless is offering the HTC Evo 3D or 50 bucks. Now the online retailer is running the same deal for the plum version of the 3D screen-equipped device. Of course, in addition to $49.99, you’ll also have to put your signature on a two-year Sprint contract, but that’s like given these.…
We know O2 has scored the exclusive launch deal for the HTC Rhyme. Now we’re not sure whether the Android smartphone doesn’t meet sales expectations or this is just part of O2’s regular cycle, but the good news is that you can now get the Rhyme for less. The Telefónica-owned operator is offering the music-centric…
HTC today announced its first LTE smartphone, called the Raider, for availability Canada. The HTC Raider will be coming soon to both Bell and Rogers networks, following on an initial announcement in Korea. The new Canadian bound device packs some pretty impressive features like a 1.2 GHz processor, 1080p camcorder and Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread with of course…
Bad news for you Nexus One owners out there, it turns out the first official Google phone will not be getting the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich after all, according to Google’s Product Management Director for Android, Hugo Barra. Barra said what many tech insiders already expected: the hardware was simply too old to run the…