Somewhere along the line, HTC figured out that there are two kinds of smartphone users: those who need a screen over four inches, and those who don’t. In all seriousness, though, with the announcement of their latest two Windows Phone 7 devices, both of which ship with Mango out of the box, they are appealing [...]
Otterbox has been around for a few years, outfitting cutting edge phones with protective gear that keeps them better protected than the average bargain-basement silicone skin. Though they are priced a bit higher than their competitors, the quality of the materials that goes into each case, in this case the Commuter series for the BlackBerry [...]
We were lucky enough to be given access to the closed beta of BBM Music, the latest venture buy RIM to expand the reach of BBM6 and its third-party integration. At its core, BBM Music is a natural extension of the BBM social network. For $4.99US per month, you have access to 50 songs in [...]
There is already a group established with the sole purpose of porting Android to the TouchPad — they call themselves TouchDroid. And, independently there is a $1500 bounty to bringing it over, too. But it seems that a lucky guy got the device from Qualcomm shipped with Android 2.2 Froyo already installed, or at least Ubuntu [...]
The HTC Flyer is a tablet, but it’s running a phone OS. Sound familiar? The Samsung Galaxy Tab, also a 7″ Android tablet, was released last year to mildly positive reviews, ran on a modified version of Android 2.2 Froyo, and ended up being a quiet hit. At the time it was the only real [...]
Samsung is now known these days for their Galaxy S series of Android devices. But those premium devices are not in everyone’s price range, and over the last year the company has released many low-to mid-level phones to fill in the gaps in consumer demand. Now, going forward, each product will be remanded under a [...]
HP has taken a beating in recent years. Best known today in the consumer market for making inexpensive laptops and printers with touchscreens, their bread and butter is now in the Enterprise. They’ve dipped their toes into the high-end consumer market, however, with the Envy line of laptops, and since their purchase in 2010 of [...]
Less than two weeks ago, the ITC claimed that HTC, the world-renowned handset manufacturer famous for its Android handsets, most recently the Sensation 4G, had infringed on two of Apple’s patents. This was several days after the company had won a victory against Apple in another dispute, claiming that they had violated two patents which [...]
HTC isn’t messing around these days. It wants every base covered, regardless of market size. It wants big screens, small screens, landscape QWERTY devices, and now, with the HTC Status, a keyboarded portrait device. The well-trodden BlackBerry territory may not be the first place you’d think Android would go (though it has gone there before [...]
Bell’s HTC Sensation 4G has been out for two weeks today, and to commemorate the occasion (or perhaps by complete coincidence) the company has pushed out a small OTA update bringing smoother overall performance and faster GPS lock capabilities, along with a newer kernel. The build date is June 13th (the shipping version was June 2nd). One [...]