Sure took a long while, but the Android 2.2 update is now available to all HTC Legends residing in Europe and… no, sorry, this isn’t the just-announced Gingerbread. It’s Froyo, the one before it — trust us, this isn’t a frozen dessert you won’t mind in the midst of winter. And don’t bother asking about 2.3 because HTC isn’t giving specifics yet. Wildfire? That’s “coming soon,” according to the person behind the HTC UK Facebook curtain.

HTC Legend finally updates to Android 2.2 in Europe originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The phone, the myth, the Legend has just become available over in Canada, giving North Americans their first taste of that aluminum unibody construction. It’s looking highly likely that this is the same handset we saw gracing the FCC’s pages not too long ago, indicating that Yanks should be getting in on the fun relatively soon as well. AT&T already let one HTC cat slip out of the bag today, guess this confirms the Liberty won’t be feeling lonely in Ma Bell’s Android cupboard whenever it does launch. And hey, Canadian friends, just think of the Legend as consolation for your teams not sniffing the Stanley Cup the past three years.

HTC Legend debuts on Virgin Mobile in Canada, glances furtively southwards originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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That ugly, pixelated label doesn’t really look like much, does it? Ah, but there’s so much going on here! A closer examination reveals that the label is a dead ringer for the label found underneath the endcap of HTC’s lovely unibody aluminum Legend — but this isn’t exactly the Legend with which we’re already well acquainted. Instead, this FCC filing is for a phone that operates on the 850 and 1900MHz WCDMA bands, a pretty strong sign that it’ll be coming to AT&T (and / or Rogers, Bell, and Telus) at some point. Further evidence lies in the FCC ID itself: the original Legend bears an ID of PB76100, while this puppy is the awfully similar PB76110. Sure, it’s no gigahertz-class, WVGA ultraphone, but we’ve got to admit — the Legend’s sexy enough to have us a little excited.

HTC Legend coming to AT&T, according to FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Attention, possessors of the European HTC Legend! Have you noticed a handful of missing apps in the Market, namely Twidroid, Layar, MySpace Mobile, Barcode Scanner, Google Goggles, FxCamera, and so forth? The brilliantly quiet HTC has finally come to light with the bizarre offending bug — camera incompatibility. Oopsie! Any moment now your metallic slab should receive the OTA update to patch things up, and hopefully the Droid Incredible will get the same fix even sooner. Crisis averted.

HTC Legend gets firmware update in Europe, reunites with missing apps in Market originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rooting is the first step in the arduous process of hacking the crap out of an Android-powered handset, and we’re delighted to report that two of HTC’s newest — the Legend and Desire — have taken less time than average to crack open. MoDaCo‘s Paul O’Brien tweeted this morning that he’s done the deed, and from there, it should just be a matter of days until we start seeing serviceable replacement ROMs show up. Plenty of folks love HTC’s Android 2.1 implementation of Sense, sure — but if you’re one of those crazies that wants a bone-stock “Google Experience” Legend, today’s a pretty exciting day for you.

HTC Legend and Desire caught up in root access twofer originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vodafone has today announced that it will be the exclusive UK carrier of that aluminum-clad successor to the Hero: the HTC Legend. Advance registration pages for it and its family mate, the Desire, have gone live today and indicate an April launch date — something we’d already expected thanks to Amazon’s delivery estimates for unlocked handsets. The two HTC devices are flanked by Sony Ericsson’s long awaited X10 and the Nexus One, with the latter lacking a release date. It’s interesting that as things stand the Desire (HTC’s own-branded Nexus One) will beat its precursor to the UK market. Same could be true of Spain, where Engadget Spanish notes that Vodafone has confirmed an April arrival for HTC’s full family of new phones, including the HD Mini.

HTC Legend will be exclusive to Vodafone in UK, coming in April together with Desire originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Legend already trickling into customers’ waiting hands? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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

HTC Legend clears the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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