LG Optimus 2X coming to T-Mobile USA by March?
When the Optimus 2X was announced a few days ago, North America was conspicuously left out of the nebulous launch plans mentioned in the press release -- but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not coming. RCR Wireless says it has it on "rather good authority" that LG's beastly Tegra 2 -powered Android phone will in fact see a US launch, and that said launch will be on T-Mobile in late February (which would be right after MWC ) or early March.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: core, gingerbread, hspa, htc, motorola, processor, rumor, tegra 2, the-dual-core, wireless
Motorola has an LTE phone for Verizon in the works
Verizon's chief operating officer John Stratton mentioned today that "LTE smartphones are on the horizon," a sentiment the carrier has been echoing since it launched its 4G network earlier this month . That alone isn't new, but what is new is the mention of Moto in the same breath: "Motorola will be right there." He wouldn't go into specifics about models, specs, release dates, or prices, but we wouldn't be surprised if the offering looked a little like the Tegra 2 -powered device codenamed Olympus (pictured) -- allegedly for AT&T -- that we've seen floating around recently
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: chief-operating, htc, john, operating, release, sentiment, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless
New HTC device starts leaking piecemeal — is it the Mecha / Incredible HD?
So we've got a crazy theory here: Slashgear just got a couple closeup shots of some heretofore-unknown HTC . So did we -- one in common with Slashgear , one different. Could it be that Taiwan's finest are "leaking" us these shots in an effort to drum up interest going into CES in a couple weeks
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ces, couple, device-starts, htc, incredible hd, inthewild, leak, mecha, samsung, shots, slashgear, verizon, vzw
HTC Knight hits Best Buy’s system with PG0610 model name
We've already seen what's purported to be the HTC Knight show up in Sprint's database under the guise of the HTC A7373 , and we now have yet another model name thrown into the mix courtesy of this supposedly legitimate shot of Best Buy's data transfer system. As you can see, what's clearly labeled as the HTC Knight is now sporting the PG0610 designation (previously seen at the FCC ), and it's chilling alongside the HTC EVO 4G , which certainly makes sense -- although it's less clear what the ancient HTC Apache is doing there
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: been-keeping, Best Buy, buy, ces, device, guise, htc, htcknight, speedy, supposedly, Transfer
Verizon teases Android LTE hardware for January 6th at CES
Notice how we said "hardware," not "phones?" In light of that wild Motorola teaser we just saw and the fact that we know Verizon and Moto are working pretty closely on Android tablets , it's entirely possible that phones won't be the only items on Verizon's docket when it starts pulling the covers off its first consumer-oriented LTE gear at CES in a couple weeks. The fact that there'll be new LTE hardware intros from Verizon at CES is nothing new -- they've been saying as much for a while now -- but the specific mention of Android is a comforting confirmation that we'll probably see the HTC Mecha , that unnamed LG , and perhaps a tablet or two on hand as opposed to MetroPCS' unusual strategy of taking the dumbphone route .
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: ces, couple, engadget, hardware-intros, htc, tablet-or-two, verizon, verizon-at-ces
HTC HD7 gets its .bins all in a tizzy, custom ROMs up next?
What do you get when you cross an HTC HD7 with a Mondrian ROM? Or a Schubert ROM?
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: branded, concept, groundwork, htc, htc hd7, more-technical, phone, Proof, rom, schubert, settings, windows-phone, windowsphone7
HTC Aria gets Android 2.2 update… but not on AT&T yet
We know this isn't exactly the news you wanted to hear, AT&T customers, but it's comforting to know that the diminutive Aria has been upgraded to Froyo somewhere , isn't it? HTC's support page for Southeast Asia now reports availability of an over-the-air update to build 2.37.708.5 for the phone, which brings it up to Android 2.2 -- topped off with Sense, of course -- presumably along with all the normal benefits of Froyo like tethering, improved enterprise support, and some serious performance boosts. It's unclear when this update will take a flight across the Pacific to AT&T's version -- but if nothing else, it's good to know that HTC's officially gotten the Aria working with something newer than Eclair.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: aria, diminutive, eclair-remember, entry, froyo, htc, like-tethering, news, something-newer, southeast-asia, the-diminutive, upgrade
EVO 4G gets new firmware update: lots of app refreshes
No, for goodness' sake, it's not Gingerbread ! Okay, now that we've gotten past that, Sprint just cut loose a new EVO 4G update that bundles updated versions of Telenav, visual voicemail, Sprint Zone, and Sprint TV, along with a sprinkling of crapware in the form of a new game trial. You've also got Blockbuster and Kindle apps on board, a new Scan Now widget that seems to assist with locating a 4G signal, and -- this is pretty awesome -- the addition of Swype , which means you'll no longer need to install the off-ROM Swype beta. Want the goods?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: app-refreshes, beta, engadget-mobile, evo4g, firmware-update, goodness, htc, phone, pretty-awesome, sake, sprinkling, sprint, trial
HTC’s Peter Chou says LTE handsets are coming next year, and the world keeps on spinning
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but a very popular handset maker will be introducing smartphones that incorporate the latest wireless technology at some point in the upcoming year.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: adopters, factors, handset-maker, holographic, htc, interview, lte, money, operator, peter, peter-chou, pushing-the-lte, seeing-the-rest, working-on-lte
HTC Hub update helps save us from our Windows Phone 7 phones
Remember the Windows Phone 7 ads, the ones that promised to " save us from our phones " by giving us more "glance and go" information? For the most part, these phones haven't delivered on that promise due to the relative dearth of apps taking advantage of Microsoft's live tile concept
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: htc, htc hub, interface, microsoft, phone, relative, the-relative, tile, windows, windows phone 7