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September 14 to Bring HTC Touch Diamond to Sprint

Rumors about HTC Touch Diamond's arrival at Sprint have been around for some time now, but no one had a clear idea about the handset's release date. It was said that the fashionable device might reach Sprint's shores on August 28, but unfortunately this did not happen. Apparently, now we have both...

5 September 2008
08:42 GMT

Xperia X1 Might be Delayed Again, OS Problems Reported

Back in February, during MWC 2008, almost everyone was excited about Sony Ericsson's new and uber-cool Xperia X1 smartphone, presented from the beginning as one of the most attractive high-end mobile devices of 2008. Sony Ericsson said the X1 would be available "in the second half" of 2008, so everyone was hopin...

1 September 2008
09:41 GMT

Sprint Confirms Its Touch Diamond, Touch Pro Details Also Emerge

HTC Touch Diamond is finally confirmed to be released in the US via Sprint, the third largest North American mobile carrier. The Diamond appears as coming soon on the Bluefish Sprint web page, with the estimated release date sometime this month (September). Although there are no official details yet about the pr...

1 September 2008
06:33 GMT

HTC Dream – Not That Pretty in Reality

A handset named "Dream" should be among the best-looking mobile devices on the market, right? Well, HTC's Dream (also known as HTC G1), the first handset to come with Google's Android OS, doesn't really have what it takes to be considered beautiful. Several live pictures with the Dream have recently be...

1 September 2008
03:35 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Gets a Telescope for Improved Photography Performances

The happy owners of HTC's Touch Diamond Pocket PC might get even happier after finding out that their precious handset can be improved when it comes to photography related performances. This is not done by a ROM update or anything like that, but thanks to a new telescope especially created for the Touch Diamond....

27 August 2008
22:46 GMT

Windows Mobile 6.1 on AT&T Tilt, For Real

At the beginning of last week, HTC presented, on its US website, a ROM update for AT&T Tilt, which was said to upgrade the Pocket PC from Windows Mobile 6.0 to Windows Mobile 6.1. However, it turned out that neither the Taiwanese company (HTC) nor AT&T had in fact released the update, as the available downl...

27 August 2008
18:21 GMT

HTC Presents the S740, a "Long Diamond"

Lifted high up in the sky by the success of its Touch Diamond and Touch Pro Pocket PCs, the Taiwan-based HTC has announced today a new device that brings obvious design similarities with the two mentioned handsets. The new phone is HTC S740 and, at first sight, it looks like an elongated Diamond. Which it actually is...

26 August 2008
08:02 GMT

HTC Dream - Where Banana Form Factor Meets Google

HTC Dream, the much talked about handset that runs on Google's Android platform and that is prepared by T-Mobile for a US release, will come in a banana-shaped case - a form factor that some of Motorola's phones (Z8, Z10) are famous for. Of course, unlike the aforementioned Moto handsets, the Android one h...

26 August 2008
04:14 GMT

HTC Touch Launched by U.S. Cellular

U.S. Cellular, the seventh largest mobile operator in the US (in terms of subscribers number), has recently released a new Windows Mobile handset: the HTC Touch. Of course, the Touch is not new in the true meaning of the word, as it has been available across Europe for about one year, while other North American carri...

20 August 2008
07:18 GMT

Red HTC Touch Diamond, Soon from Sprint

If Samsung Instinct or Palm Treo 800w are not your thing and you're a Sprint user in need of a cool touchscreen handset, we have good news: HTC Touch Diamond is said to hit Sprint's stores on August 28. We're talking about the CDMA version of the Diamond, of course, which is a bit thicker than the GSM ...

18 August 2008
03:44 GMT

T-Mobile to Release an Android-Powered HTC This Fall

Google's Android mobile platform was officially announced quite some time ago, but there's still no device on the market to run on it. Well, according to recently unveiled details, this will change pretty soon, as T-Mobile USA is said to be the world's first mobile carrier to offer an Android-powered h...

15 August 2008
07:04 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Review

One of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone market, HTC, has achieved remarkable recognition over the past couple of years, thanks to its high-end Pocket PCs and smartphones. Since 1997, the year that the Taiwanese manufacturer started its business under the HTC brand, it became clear that worldwide domi...

8 August 2008
11:16 GMT

Vodafone UK to Release the HTC Touch Pro This Month

Vodafone will soon offer a new high-end Pocket PC to its subscribers across the UK, and we're talking about HTC Touch Pro, the handset announced by the Taiwan-based manufacturer at about the same time with the Touch Diamond.The Touch Pro has recently appeared on Vodafone UK's Business Shop website, with the...

7 August 2008
12:15 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Debuts in Canada on August 14

Although Canadian users might already know that HTC Touch Diamond will be available in their country, no release date for the handset has been announced. Well, now this "little" detail is cleared out, as Telus - Diamond's exclusive Canadian carrier - revealed the new Pocket PC would be on sale starting August 14...

7 August 2008
08:31 GMT

O2 UK Releases HTC Touch Diamond as XDA Ignito

O2, the largest mobile operator in the UK, will soon enlarge its XDA family of handsets with a new device named XDA Ignito. It is actually O2's own version of HTC Touch Diamond, the high-end Pocket PC already available in the UK from other carriers (Orange, for example). According to a recently leaked O2 pre...

4 August 2008
05:02 GMT

HTC Touch Dual Heading to Bell

While planning important management job cuts, Bell Mobility is also preparing to offer a new HTC Pocket PC to its subscribers, namely the HTC Touch Dual. Coming as the successor of HTC Touch (which is already in Bell's line-up of handsets), the Touch Dual is not too different from it. However, the new Touch does...

31 July 2008
10:22 GMT

HTC Touch and HTC Mogul Go WM 6.1 on Sprint

HTC and Sprint have just released the official Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrades for the HTC Touch and HTC Mogul Pocket PCs that Sprint is offering to its US customers. Both of the updates bring, of course, the latest version of Microsoft's mobile OS, as well as several other enhancements. Besides the new face of WM ...

21 July 2008
08:37 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Got Cloned

After the TyTN II got cloned (and downgraded when it comes to functionality), now the newest HTC Pocket PC, the Touch Diamond, has an illegitimate brother too. Named Diamond J6, the Touch Diamond clone comes from China (as most of the copycat handsets) and it can easily be mistaken for a genuine HTC Pocket PC. At ...

17 July 2008
06:10 GMT

HTC Touch and Samsung Ace, Cheaper from Sprint

Sprint, the third largest mobile carrier in the US, has cut $100 from the prices of HTC Touch and Samsung Ace. Both handsets had an original price of $199 (with a contract agreement for 2 years) and can now be acquired for only $99. This move comes not only because Sprint has recently released its mega-hot Samsung I...

16 July 2008
05:35 GMT

Customized HTC Touch Diamond for Taiwan

HTC is preparing the release of a new version of Touch Diamond, the high-end Pocket PC first unveiled at the beginning of May. Codenamed HTC Victor, the new device will be available from the largest mobile operators in Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom (later in June) and Taiwan Mobile (in August). The difference between t...

14 July 2008
12:11 GMT

CDMA Touch Diamond Approved by FCC

HTC Touch Diamond, one of the hottest Pocket PCs unveiled this year, has been approved by FCC in a CDMA version suited for the North American networks (850 / 1900 MHz). This means that, from now on, any of the CDMA carriers from the US can, theoretically, release the Diamond. Of course, there's no word yet on w...

11 July 2008
03:47 GMT

Sprint's Upcoming Ten Handsets Leaked

Sprint's current and future subscribers will probably be happy to find out that their carrier intends to release at least ten new handsets in the next few moths. Well, two of them are only new color versions of already existing devices, but they can still go as "new products," right? The upcoming handsets are l...

9 July 2008
12:00 GMT

Unusual Comparison: HTC Diamond vs. Nokia E71

HTC Touch Diamond and Nokia E71 don't have too much in common. But they're both high-end devices that will soon be available on lots of markets around the world. Actually, they are already on sale, but only in few of the countries for which they have been announced by HTC and Nokia. Why do I speak a...

2 July 2008
07:02 GMT

HTC's Touch Diamond and Touch Pro Going to Verizon

The latest high-end Pocket PCs unveiled by HTC, namely Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, will be available on the US market not only from Sprint, as known until now, but also from Verizon Wireless. Obviously, since both Sprint and Verizon are CDMA carriers, the new HTC handsets will be modified a bit, so as to change the...

1 July 2008
07:25 GMT

HTC Touch Dual Going to South Korea

HTC has announced the upcoming availability of its Touch Dual Pocket PC in South Korea, via SK Telecom, the largest mobile carrier in the country. HTC Touch Dual will be commercially available for South Korean users starting mid-July. The retail price of the Pocket PC is expected to be around 600,000 won, meaning abo...

1 July 2008
05:27 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Hits Australia in August

HTC Touch Diamond, the new and fashionable Pocket PC unveiled by HTC on the 6th of May in London, will be available in Australia starting mid-August. The handset is offered only by Telstra, the largest Australian mobile carrier, and will be available through all its shops and dealers across the Southern Hemisphere co...

27 June 2008
11:44 GMT

HTC Not Afraid of the iPhone 3G

Both HTC and Apple have recently announced new full touchscreen high-end mobile devices, and it seems that the Taiwanese company and the Cupertino-based American one will be, from now on, in a competition fiercer than ever. HTC has just rolled out its Touch Diamond Pocket PC, while Apple has announced the upcoming a...

11 June 2008
13:13 GMT

T-Mobile Shadow II Available for Purchase

T-Mobile is indeed preparing a follower for its current Shadow phone, and that is T-Mobile Shadow II. The handset is already manufactured, and it was recently spotted on eBay, on sale. Well, only a prototype version of it, but that's still about the same thing as the Shadow II that will be officially launched b...

7 June 2008
06:48 GMT

HTC Touch Pro Going XDA on O2

HTC Touch Pro, the "big brother" of HTC Touch Diamond, will be soon offered by O2 Germany to its subscribers, as part of the carrier's own-branded XDA series of Pocket PCs and smartphones. Officially presented only a few days ago and previously known as HTC Raphael, the Touch Pro is the latest high-end device ma...

6 June 2008
05:32 GMT

HTC Raphael Officially Turns into HTC Touch Pro

The big brother of HTC Touch Diamond, namely HTC Touch Pro, has been officially announced today by the Taiwanese company and it will hit the market at the end of this summer. Previously known as HTC Raphael, HTC Touch Pro is a slightly changed version of the Diamond though at a first glance the devices look exactly...

4 June 2008
03:03 GMT

Sony Ericsson Might Buy HTC

According to some recently appeared rumors, Sony Ericsson might buy HTC and merge with it in what could be one of the most important deals in the "modern history" of mobile devices. A top five handset manufacturer, Sony Ericsson is itself a joint venture, created back in 2001 between Japan's Sony and Sweden�...

3 June 2008
03:38 GMT

HTC Dream and Android's Powers Unveiled

Google unveiled yesterday the true face of its upcoming Android platform, plus several details regarding what seems to be HTC Dream. The unveiling took place in San Francisco, during Google I/O, said to be the company's "largest developer event". Thanks to Android Community, several videos and images have been...

29 May 2008
09:11 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond on Sale Now

The official released date of the Touch Diamond was set by HTC for June, but the elegant Pocket PC is available as of now, via several online mobile retailers. Its price, free of any contract, ranges from almost $800 to about $900, as expected. The device can be found, for example, at Welectronics or Popularelect. ...

28 May 2008
03:22 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond the Indian Way

HTC Touch Diamond, one of the hottest full-touchscreen handsets to be launched this year, will soon be released in India, via Airtel, the largest mobile operator in the country. Officially presented to the world on the 6th of May, in London, HTC Touch Diamond is a stylish smartphone that combines an exclusive desi...

23 May 2008
06:44 GMT

HTC Shift and BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Heading to Canada

Rogers Wireless will soon be offering two new mobile devices to its subscribers: HTC Shift and BlackBerry Pearl 8120. We don't know yet how soon that will be, but the Pearl is almost surely the first to be released. Already available in the US, BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is the latest smartphone from RIM's...

22 May 2008
11:52 GMT

HTC P3400i, the Affordable Pocket PC, Launched in Asia

HTC has announced the approaching Asian release of HTC P3400i, an affordable and stylish Pocket PC targeted at users who need a business-oriented handset, but don't want to pay too much for it. The P3400i is not a new device in the true meaning of the word, as it is basically identical with the P3400 launched ...

22 May 2008
10:51 GMT

HTC Touch Goes Burgundy on Alltel

Alltel, the fifth largest mobile operator in the US, now offers a new version of HTC Touch to its customers: a Burgundy red one. This is surely a nice change of look from the initial gray Touch and it comes to offer users an alternative in case they have something against gray. At the end of April, HTC updated the fi...

19 May 2008
06:40 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond to Cost Less than $800

HTC Touch Diamond is definitely one of the hottest mobile devices that will be released this year - hence most of us expect its price to be a high one. Until now, HTC didn't announce how much the Diamond would cost, but it seems the high-end touchscreen phone could even have a retail price of less than $800. Whi...

19 May 2008
05:08 GMT

HTC Diamond and the 3G iPhone to Be Camera Palls

HTC Touch Diamond, the latest high-end smartphone unveiled by HTC, will apparently have lens cameras similar to Apple's second generation iPhone, which should be released sometime in June or July (if all the rumors appeared until now are not too far from the truth). Quoting the Chinese Economic Daily News websi...

16 May 2008
10:42 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Presented: Officially Beautiful

HTC officially unveiled its HTC Touch Diamond high-end handset during the "May 6 HTC Event" held in London and ended a few hours ago. As expected and as seen in several leaked images appeared yesterday, the new device is slim and compact, having a very nice overall aspect. The rumored diamond-like pattern on the phon...

6 May 2008
09:05 GMT

HTC Touch Diamond Looks Great

HTC Touch Diamond (or simply HTC Diamond), one of the newest high-end devices produced by HTC, is now pictured in what seem to be its official images, which come after previously-leaked unofficial shots and details were spotted on the Web. The Italian website Newsmobile has some high-res images of the Diamond and ...

5 May 2008
07:36 GMT

HTC to Launch Diamond, Raphael and Dream Handsets

HTC is preparing some big surprises for mobile users all round the world, as the Taiwan-based Windows Mobile handset manufacturer will release several new high-end devices that can easily stand besides most of the advanced mobile devices currently on the market. Rumors about an HTC Diamond and an HTC Raphael...

30 April 2008
08:17 GMT

Alltel's HTC Touch Gets Updated with EVDO Rev. A

HTC released a new firmware version for Alltel's HTC Touch, which brings, first off all, support for Alltel's EVDO Rev. A network, allowing faster data transfer speeds as well as faster Web browsing. Moreover, the update enables Touch users to receive video messages and it also comes with enhanced Bluetooth...

24 April 2008
06:01 GMT

HTC P3470 Launched In India

HTC P3470, the latest handset unveiled by the Taiwan-based Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer, is now available in India through authorized resellers, for a suggested retail price of 19,900 INR (about $500 or 310 Euro). The new HTC is one of the smallest and most affordable GPS-enabled smartphones. The handset m...

17 April 2008
02:58 GMT

T-Mobile Shadow II Leaked

After the success of T-Mobile's Shadow smartphone, the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US will apparently come pretty soon with a new Shadow, simply (and somehow obviously) named T-Mobile Shadow II. Most probably, the new handset is manufactured by HTC, like the first model, released back in October 2007.A...

16 April 2008
06:32 GMT

The First Android Handset, HTC Dream, Might Come in May

HTC Dream, rumored to be the first mobile device based on Google's Android mobile platform, could be unveiled sooner than anyone expected: on the 6th of May. HTC is preparing what seems to be a big launch for this day, in London. Some sort of invitations surfaced on the Web these days, on which we can read "Wit...

10 April 2008
13:44 GMT

HTC TyTN II Cloned with Style

HTC TyTN II, one of the most powerful Pocket PCs on the market, has now a Chinese brother that looks like its twin. At least at first sight, because if you check the "brother" more carefully, you'll find an overall quality far from the one the TyTN II comes with.TyTN II is offered in the US by AT&T, as AT&T Tilt...

9 April 2008
11:05 GMT

White HTC Touch at Verizon, as XV6900

At the end of March, Verizon Wireless announced that it will offer its own branded version of HTC Touch, under the name of XV6900. The carrier said the handset is planned for an April launch, but no exact date was given. Now rumors say XV6900 will be available starting the 16th of April, which can only be a good thin...

8 April 2008
04:11 GMT

CTIA Wireless 2008: HTC Touch Dual Available Soon in the US

HTC Touch Dual will hit the US market this Spring, coming with Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and many other cool features. Already available in other markets (Europe, Japan and Australia for example), HTC Touch Dual now brings US-specific network connectivity: 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 Mhz GSM/GPRS/EDG...

4 April 2008
10:30 GMT

HTC TyTN II, Now In India

HTC TyTN II, one of the best Pocket PCs out there, is finally available in India, at authorized dealers across the country, for a retail price of 33,000 INR (about $825). Although launched in Europe last year, the device has only now, at the end of March 2008, got the chance to hit the quick-growing Indian mobile ma...

31 March 2008
04:09 GMT




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