Verizon’s Nexus One to be sold only through Google, have Sense UI (or not)
This doesn't come as much of a surprise, but Android Central seems to have obtained a screen shot from a deep, dark, top-secret Verizon system that indicated that the upcoming CDMA version of the Nexus One will be "available only through www.Google.com/Phones." That, of course, matches T-Mobile's strategy of quietly letting Google do its thing -- and Verizon's strategy of keeping its network "open" -- so you'll just have to remember to not line up at your local store at 8PM the night before the launch, otherwise you're going to come away very, very disappointed.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc, nexus one Tags: differentiation, htc, Lot, nexus one, quietly-letting, reference, result, sense, sense-ui, verizon, verizonwireless, vzw
AT&T’s de la Vega: HSPA+ coming ‘in certain locations’
AT&T hasn't been quite as forthcoming with the exact details of its post-3G plans as T-Mobile and Verizon have been recently, but FierceBroadbandWireless appears to have wrested a tidbit from wireless boss Ralph de la Vega in a recent interview. Though the standard HSPA 7.2Mbps deployment is still AT&T's short-term focus, HSPA+ -- which can theoretically take HSPA to 21Mbps and beyond -- is clearly still on its radar prior to LTE .
Categories: Mobile Phone, htc Tags: 7.2mbps, down-the-line, hspa, htc, lte, three-or-five, uncertain-terms
HTC Incredible out in the wild once more, Verizon color scheme alive and well
Android Forums is alight today with fresh HTC Incredible chatter -- a phone every Android fan on Verizon is desperately waiting for -- and we've managed to glean a few more pictures and possible specs out of the mess. It looks like we can expect a half gig of RAM with about 320MB available (roughly the same as what you find on the Nexus One ) and an 8 megapixel cam, but interestingly, the phone's Snapdragon core is apparently underclocked to 768MHz, almost certainly a battery-saving measure on HTC's part; fortunately, the Sense -powered Android 2.1 firmware is still said to be "blazing fast." It measures 117.5 x 58.5 x 11.9mm -- just a hair narrower, shorter, and thicker than its Nexus One doppelganger, small enough of a difference so that we think it'll be virtually indistinguishable in person. As shots go, we're seeing now that HTC has moved from the brightly-colored glossy shell to a soft-touch black one while keeping the strange contours; we think there's at least a chance that this is final ID, too, since the Verizon logo is silkscreened at the bottom
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, htc, nexus one Tags: after-the-break, check-out-more, contours, htc, measure-on-htc, phone, snapdragon, verizon, verizon-wireless
Ubuntu hits HTC’s Touch Pro2, is any Windows Mobile handset safe? (video)
If there's one thing we're pretty sure Windows Phone 7 Series will be worse at than its Windows Mobile precursor it's in the running of various and sundry other operating systems. We've seen Android running on seemingly every WinMo handset ever created and more recently Ubuntu has been receiving the mobile treatment.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc Tags: ebay, htc, mobile, modder, moments, precursor, touch, touch-pro2, ubuntu 8.04, windows-phone, winmo
Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it’s discontinued)
Crapware's bad enough, but having your life torn asunder simply by plugging in that shiny new (insert USB-connected device here) is an exciting new trend -- viruses find their way into the darnedest places, don't they?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc, nexus one Tags: htc, least-on-days, machine, magic, nexus, nexus one, password, sapphire, silver, tattoo, virii, vodafoneuk
Windows Phone 7 Series demo video reveals new apps, screens
Microsoft may be saving most of its Windows Phone 7 Series news for MIX the week after next (at least that's what we've heard whispers about), but it looks like it's still dishing out a few more details beforehand, as evidenced by a short demonstration Microsoft's Charlie Kindel gave to CNET . Nothing major like a confirmation of HD2 support, but we do get a glimpse of a few apps we haven't seen before (including a flashlight, level, and weather app -- all supposedly "trivial" to build thanks to XNA and Silverlight ), and a look at some new screens for various applications we have seen, including a better look at the Xbox Live hub
Categories: Mobile Phone, htc Tags: htc, look-at-some, microsoft, silverlight, still-dishing, video, windows phone 7, windows phone 7 series, windows-phone, windowsphone7, windowsphone7series
HTC Desire, Legend and HD Mini show up on Amazon UK, expected to arrive on April 1
Slowly but surely, HTC's latest trifecta of handsets is making its way westwards. After appearing on Amazon's Deutsche hub with a pre-order value of €519 ($707), the Desire has now reached the UK with an even steeper
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, htc Tags: amazon, entry, even-steeper, hd mini, hdmini, htc, htc hd mini, legend, price, result, unitedkingdom
HTC Desire, Legend and HD Mini show up on Amazon UK, expected to arrive on April 1
Slowly but surely, HTC's latest trifecta of handsets is making its way westwards. After appearing on Amazon's Deutsche hub with a pre-order value of €519 ($707), the Desire has now reached the UK with an even steeper
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, htc Tags: amazon, entry, hdmini, htc, htc hd mini, htc-desire, htcdesire, htchdmini, htclegend, jump-on-board, latest-trifecta, Sim
Apple / Nokia federal lawsuit put on hold pending ITC investigation
We normally wouldn't cover something so procedural, but given the heightened interesting Apple's patent dealings this week , we thought we'd note that Cupertino's tiff with Nokia in the federal courts has been put on hold while both companies argue their case before the US International Trade Commission.
Categories: Mobile Phone, htc Tags: apple, both-companies, commission, entry, federal-lawsuit, htc, itc, legal, nokia, timeline, trade
Verizon’s HTC Incredible spotted again, looking as red-accented as ever
We're missing that crazy contoured back this time around, but otherwise, HTC's so-called Incredible for Verizon is looking as real and ready for action as it ever has in these latest shots leaked over at Phandroid . It's hard to say whether these crimson bits are going to make it to production -- they seem a little too spectacular for a high-end device that Verizon will want to appeal to the masses, but then again, red is Verizon's color, so who knows?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc Tags: couple-months, crazy-contoured, high-end-device, htc, in the wild, inthewild, looking-as-red, past, prototypes, shots-leaked, special-colors, these-latest, time, verizon