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Sprint may announce HTC Supersonic and 4G network next week

The Wall Street Journal isn’t exactly saying anything Earth-shattering, but they are lending some cred to a rumor that’s been circulating for weeks. The WSJ reported today that Sprint is expected to use CTIA as a launch pad for the HTC Supersonic, the first 4G WiMax phone. The Supersonic would be attractive on Sprint’s 4G network, [...]

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Red-trimmed HTC Legend now available with SFR in France

It looks like a special red-trimmed edition HTC Legend is going to be launching with French carrier SFR. According to the details, the Legend is currently available for online sales and will be in retail stores as of March 30. It also looks as if this version of the Legend will be an exclusive offering [...]

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HTC Legend bits: User manual and coming soon to Vodafone pages posted

It looks like the HTC Legend is inching its way closer to a launch and recently we have seen some Legend information come available. To begin with, Vodafone has added some information to their website. Unfortunately at this time that information is only a coming soon style page, but it does give a month of [...]

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Android Entelligence: A Rebuttal

An iPhone-owner friend of mine recently sent me an article by Michael Gartenberg, author of the Entelligence column on Engadget. Mr. Gartenberg’s article, “Entelligence: Will Android fragmentation destroy the platform?”, presents some interesting things to consider, but is surprisingly inaccurate on a number of critical details. I thought it would be useful to summarize his [...]

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HTC incredible: More images and more specs

The HTC Incredible is not a handset that has remained hidden. We have seen more than our fair share of leaked images, and now once again we have more images. And this time those images have come with some specs. In terms of the specs, Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED Screen (800×480) Optical Trackpad 1Ghz Snapdragon [...]

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Is the Droid Eris being replaced by the HTC Incredible?

According to BerryScoop, who claim to have received word from a “trusted source,” the Droid Eris is about to be replaced. It seems that the Droid Eris will be EOL’d (end-of-life) on April 1, 2010. Now normally I would recommend any would be purchasers in holding off a few weeks before making a purchase, but [...]

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HTC Supersonic gets caught on camera

The HTC Supersonic seems to have made another appearance, unfortuantely as like the last time it seems that visit was also with Mr. Blurrycam. That said I guess we should be happy with the footage we get, whether blurry or not. As for the video, it is slightly interesting to say the least. Notably due [...]

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Vodafone UK discontinues sales of the HTC Magic

Vodafone may be planning on rolling out Android 2.0 for the HTC Magic, but that does not seem to be stopping them from discontinuing any further sales of the device (at least in the UK). “Unfortunately the HTC Magic is now end of life, and we don’t have stock of that phone.” The message came by way [...]

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[OPINION] Apple suing HTC is bad for consumers, Android or otherwise

I am sure that most if not all of our readers have heard about the recent Apple, Inc. lawsuit against mobile handset maker and Android pundit HTC. The 20 different patents that Apple is protecting can be torn apart, criticized, mocked, whatever but the real issue at hand is Apple is trying to destroy any [...]

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Absolute Radio iAmp updated to support HTC Tattoo, QVGA screens, and background streaming

Angry HTC Tattoo owners often complain in our comments section about being unable to download certain apps because of their small screen. Well, Absolute Radio iAmp has gone out of its way to create an app that’s QVGA-approved. OGSLabs has demonstrated a Tattoo-compatible version of its music streaming application to play stations on London-based Absolute [...]

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