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Press Invite Reveals Nvidia’s Plans To Show Off First Quad-Core Phones at MWC 2012

by Chris Chavez on February 9th, 2012

Looks like Nvidia is getting ready for another quad-core industry “first” when they introduce the world’s first Tegra 3 powered smartphones at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The press invite they sent to media outlets revealed in an image of a strapping young gentleman completely enthralled with his smartphone (generic device used) instead of the [...]

Germany to receive HTC Velocity with Vodafone 4G LTE

by Kevin Krause on February 8th, 2012

Germany is about to be treated to a taste of 4G LTE courtesy of Vodafone and HTC. The carrier has confirmed plans to carry the HTC Velocity, the phone known as the HTC Vivid in the US and HTC Raider in other parts of the world. The Velocity features a 4.5-inch qHD capacitive display, a [...]

White HTC Sensation XE launching week of Feb. 20 in the UK

by Kevin Krause on February 8th, 2012

We’ve just received word from the folks at Clove UK that we can expect the white version of the HTC Sensation XE to drop its Beats Audio during the week of February 20th. Along with the inclusion of Beats by Dre audio technology, the Sensation XE sees a bump up in specs from the standard [...]

New HTC Studio Division for Hero Device Philosophy Formed

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 7th, 2012

Just a day after HTC admitted that their 2011 portfolio was uninspiring and below the standard that they’d like to meet, it looks like they will be creating a new division to help streamline their processes for 2012. Namely, HTC has created a Studio division which will report directly to Peter Chou, their CEO. This [...]

HTC Ville once more smiles for the camera

by Kevin Krause on February 6th, 2012

HTC will give us our first taste of their 2012 smartphone lineup at Mobile World Congress, but Japanese site Ameblo is giving us a look at one handset a few weeks early. The HTC Ville appears in a series of images only slightly less blurry than a video of the rumored dual-core device that came online [...]

HTC concedes big, battery-hungry LTE phones were disappointments

by Kevin Krause on February 6th, 2012

After reporting a downturn in revenues, HTC’s top brass is conceding that some of their woes can be attributed to a disappointing crop of bulky, power-hungry LTE handsets. CFO Winston Yung wasn’t mincing words during the company’s quarterly earnings call, saying that HTC “dropped the ball” with last year’s lineup of high-end smartphones. Yung pointed [...]

France’s SFR says Android 4.0.5 coming in March

by Kevin Krause on February 6th, 2012

The Android 4.0.4 update for the Galaxy Nexus was just sniffed out over the weekend, but French mobile provider SFR is already suggesting a fresher update for March. The carrier’s device update timeline lists an Android 4.0.5 version of Ice Cream Sandwich due for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S that month, a software [...]

HTC forecasts lower revenues, thinner margins after reporting poor Q4 financials

by Kevin Krause on February 6th, 2012

HTC stock will take a hit after news that the company saw a significant downturn in revenues during the fourth quarter of 2011. While annual revenues were up overall (465.79 billion Taiwanese dollars in 2011 compared 278.76 billion in 2010), the surge seen for most of the year trailed off as HTC’s take for the [...]

Shareware Site Tucows Launches Cheap Wireless Service in Conjunction With Sprint

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 3rd, 2012

The folks at Tucows, who were once known for their applications (free, shareware or otherwise) repository for desktop operating systems are looking to introduce a new venture that’s interesting, to say the least. With the help of Sprint they have launched Ting, a pay-as-you-go service that gives users extremely good value compared to other PAYG [...]

Sprint issues HTC EVO Shift 4G software update to version 2.77.651.3

by Kevin Krause on February 2nd, 2012

As of today a new software update is available for Sprint’s HTC EVO Shift 4G. The update to version 2.77.651.3 deals with a few bug fixes and software tweaks, including security enhancements, a new version of the Peep client for Twitter, and improved battery life. The software update can be initiated manually starting today, otherwise [...]

Europe to receive white HTC Sensation with Ice Cream Sandwich March 1st

by Kevin Krause on February 2nd, 2012

A new version of the HTC Sensation is on tap for a European release, and it may be one of the first handsets from the manufacturer to feature Ice Cream Sandwich. A press release out of HTC’s Dutch branch is announcing a new white version of the Sensation for sale on March 1st throughout Europe [...]

Bug gives access to WiFi passwords on certain HTC handsets

by Kevin Krause on February 2nd, 2012

HTC has had its fair share of security problems over the past few months, and the manufacturer is coming clean about yet another potential data leak. Certain HTC phones contain a bug that allows third-party apps with android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE enabled can gain easy access to a users WiFi network info, including password. The exploit was discovered [...]

HTC Reveals Android 4.0 Rollout For Sensation XE To Begin “Early This Year”

by Chris Chavez on January 31st, 2012

We learned back in November that HTC was planning to deliver Ice Cream Sandwich to their dual-core lineup sometime in 2012 only problem was — when exactly? 1st quarter? Q2? Heaven forbid towards the end of the year… Well, today we finally have a better idea of when HTC plans to update some of these [...]

HTC Ville With Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4.0 Caught on Blurrycam Video

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 31st, 2012

The HTC Ville, a thin and sleek smartphone said to be announced at Mobile World Congress next month, looks to have gotten leaked a bit prematurely. The device has been put on video for the world to see. What we’re looking at is a 4.3 device that has Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4.0. It’s [...]

Linux and Windows 95/98/XP on the HTC EVO 3D? It’s more likely than you think

by Kevin Krause on January 30th, 2012

We’ve seen Windows 95 running the on the Motorola Droid, but how about putting the golden child of 90s computing onto something a bit more powerful? Something like the HTC EVO 3D. Thanks to an APK made available by mnomaanw of XDA Forums, we now can. But it doesn’t stop there. Also bootable with minimal hassle [...]

HTC Amaze 4G, HTC Sensation 4G and More Nearing End-of-Life on T-Mobile?

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 30th, 2012

Some devices survive a mobile lifetime without hitting end of life while others are decommissioned faster than the season in which they launched is over. It looks like T-Mobile will soon be putting several of their devices on end-of-life, many of them being Android-based handsets. Highlights include the HTC Sensation 4G, the HTC Amaze 4G. [...]

In Case You Missed It: Dropbox Will Give Sense 4.0 Users 50GB Of Cloud Storage

by Chris Chavez on January 28th, 2012

In case you missed Pocketnow’s initial impressions with Sense 4.0 (read: snoozefest) there was a little tidbit of information that even we initially looked over our first time reading through. One reader brought it to our attention that in between all those letters and punctuation, in plain black and white — you know, because there [...]

HTC Rezound Global Capable Device? – Hidden GSM/HSPA Radios Work On T-Mobile UK

by Chris Chavez on January 27th, 2012

It looks like there are a few secrets hiding inside the HTC Rezound on Verizon. Apparently, after a little snooping around, an XDA member has discovered that the Rezound actually contains support for GSM/HSPA radios, making it a global capable device. This was discovered after the device was shipped overseas and the user popped in [...]

HTC Rezound Users Starting to See OTA Update

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 26th, 2012

It was only hours ago that we’d learned Verizon and Motorola would soon be issuing an OTA upgrade to users of the HTC Rezound and reports of people receiving the update are already rolling in. The changes were detailed in this post so be sure to take a quick look and apply the upgrade under [...]

HTC Sense 4.0 First Impressions Posted

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 26th, 2012

PocketNow have gotten their hands on an early build of Android 4.0 – one they say we should expect to see on the phones HTC will announce this February – and were kind enough to post their first impressions. They note that Sense will feel a lot better than it has in recent years with [...]