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HTC Merge wins the prize for the first CDMA Android World Phone

HTC MergeHTC Merge is the first CDMA Android World Phone from HTC and comes with HTC Sense UI flavor, HTC’s customization of Android. HTC Merge is not a high budget cutting edge technology phone, is rather a mid-range phone which joins the latest rally of HTC’s recent phones announced at the MWC.

The phone features a full QWERTY keyboard which makes the phone a heavy slided one even though it’s not that thick. HTC Merge will come with Android 2.2 Froyo and let’s hope that for the future it will support the 2.3 Gingerbread version. The HTC Merge is not going to bring an upgrade to old Android smartphone users0 because it doesn’t features something new and the specs, if you compared them to the latest additions, are below average. But don’t worry this is going to be a good phone for those who are stepping into a newand wiidespread world of Android smartphones.  The display of this phone is big, a 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen and on the back a normal 5-megapixel camera with shooter will serve your purposes of a general point-and-shoot camera. You can record videos up to 720p with the camera. +Continue Reading

HTC Thunderbolt is set to be released soon for an estimated $249.99

HTC ThunderboltWith the Thundebolt announcement made just few weeks ago, HTC clearly stepped into the future. To make you believe this just take a look at some of the features that will make this smartphone so especial: the support for the next LTE Verzion wireless network, a 1 Ghz processor and an 8 megapixel flash camera.

It has 8GB storage which falls a little short because the iPhone has max 32 GB memory, but that won’t be a problem as it accepts microSD card with capacity up to 32 GB. On the other side, it features 768 MB RAM and this will make it one of the fastest smartphones.

ThunderBolt uses Android 2.2 Froyo OS and is powered by a 1GHz Scorpion processor plus an Adreno 205 GPU.

When talking about display, it has 4.3 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen display with 16 million colors and 480 x 800 pixel resolution. In addition to that, the accelerometer and proximity sensor along HTC Sense 2.0 UI make the media viewing excellent. For Audio experience this phone has Dolby mobile sound enhancement (DNSe) and also a 3.5mm jack for headphones and loud speaker. +Continue Reading

HTC unveils at MWC 2011 three new smartphones: Wildfire S, Desire S and Incredible S

HTC Wildfire SHTC announced at MWC during their press conference the release of three new smartphones, each one having special features, but all three have the same operating system, Android. HTC Desire S, Wildfire S and Incredible S are the smartphones that they expect to be very popular as their previous versions ruled the market and faced too few complains to mention and they are likely to keep their perfection in the coming phones too.

Along Android OS, another common thing found between all these phones is the use of HTC Sense UI, which we all know is the HTC customization layer that fits perfectly the Android. HTC are going to ship Wildfire S and Desire S phones with the 2.3 version of Android which is also named as Gingerbread and Incredible S will come to the market loaded with Android 2.2 Froyo but will support an upgrade to 2.3 version ‘in the near future’. +Continue Reading

HTC Inspire 4G will come soon at AT&T

HTC Inspire 4GHTC Inspire 4G is now official after a number of leaks on different web-pages and tech blogs. This is a 4G phone of course, but there is a question, why it is from AT&T? They still do not have any such network which we can call 4G. May be because they are just going to label their HSPA+ network with little upgrading.

This big 4.3-inch-display phone was not focused too much in the last few days as CES 2011 came with a rain of tablet PCs and iPad killers. But the leaks were coming on pages like flood for about a month before the official advertisement from f the Rolling Stone magazine.

This mobile is powered by Android 2.2 Froyo operating system which will be delivering a solid Android experience with the Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 processor that maxes at 1GHz enabling you to multitask with freedom. +Continue Reading

Get inside HTC new Windows Phone 7 devices

HTC Windows Phone 7 Mobile Phones

Microsoft announced officially Windows Phone 7 last week and we saw with this occasion some of their features. Now is time to discover first WP 7 devices and HTC is the first producer to come with five different models. Each one of this has special options and target different kind of users. The winning names are: HD7, 7 Trophy, 7 Surround, 7 Pro and 7 Mozart. Each one of this phone suite comes with a 1Ghz processor and at least 448 Mb of RAM, so expect nothing more than speed from Windows Phone 7 devices. Other similarities are: GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, 3.5 mm jack, miniUSB port and the sensors(G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor). +Continue Reading

HTC announced Desire HD and Desire Z at London

HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire ZHTC hosted a big event this week at London and with this occasion they announced their latest mobile releases: Desire HD and Desire Z. Both phones are Android 2.2 ready and come with HTC Sense UI.

Desire HD has almost the same specifications like Evo, but comes with a lower price and is a little bit larger. It features a 4.3 inches touchscreen display that has 16M colors and a 480 x 800 WVGA resolution. On the other side, Desire Z has a 3.7 inches touchscreen display, 16M colors and the same 480 x 800 WVGA resolution. Both phones have plenty of sensors: G-Sensor, digital compass, proximity sensor and ambient light sensor. The big difference is at design: Desire HD is a touch phone only, while Desire Z is touch phone with QWERTY keyboard. +Continue Reading

Nokia, HTC, RIM and Samsung deny Apple allegations

Samsung Nokia Htc Rim against AppleAt the Apple last conference(July 16) Steve Jobs accused Samsung, HTC, Rim and Nokia for having the same problems that they’ve got on iPhone 4 smart-phone: antenna problems.

Expanding the problem towards four other big mobile producers was not a smart choice for Apple and the time will surely prove that.

All four blamed companies filled press releases where they explained about their antennas and some(Samsung) claimed as “unacceptable” the decision of Apple. RIM made it clear that they are a global leader in antenna design and the they always avoided the designs like the ones Apple used on iPhone 4. HTC responded through a PR voice that they had just 0.016% users complaining about antenna issues. Nokia, one of the largest mobile producers ensured customers that they put antenna design on top of their priorities when they design a new phone.

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