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HTC to Launch PlayStation-Certified Smartphones in 2012

In 2012, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation might launch smartphones that have been PlayStation-certified, recent reports on the matter suggest. Apparently, HTC Corporation is planning to make an official announcement on this as soon as the Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona later this month. ...

14 February 2012
11:06 GMT

Camera Test Samples from Unannounced HTC Smartphones Emerge

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is gearing up for the release of new handsets running under Google’s Android operating system, and some more info on what these devices would be capable to offer in terms of camera capabilities has just emerged. Test photos of a number of such phones have made it on...

10 February 2012
18:31 GMT

Nvidia Confirms Quad-Core Smartphones for MWC 2012

This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, will mark a new step in the evolution of the smartphone market. The first quad-core handsets in the world will be unveiled at the event, and they will pack Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chipset. The chipmaker has long promised the availability of smartphones ...

9 February 2012
05:26 GMT

Vulnerability in HTC Android Allows Hackers to Steal Wi-Fi Passwords

Researchers Chris Hessing and Bret Jordan found that an issue present in certain Android builds designed for HTC smartphones could expose 802.1X Wi-Fi credentials to applications that have basic Wi-Fi permissions. Since Wi-Fi permissions are almost always related to Internet access permissions, a malicious applicati...

3 February 2012
10:57 GMT

HTC’s Sense 4.0 Users Get 50GB of Free Dropbox Storage

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is gearing up for the release of a new flavor of its user interface called Sense. Dubbed Sense 4.0, the new UI is set to bring along a nice range of enhancements when made available on the company’s next gen devices. It should make a debut on smartphones such as HTC ...

28 January 2012
07:22 GMT

Pantech Caves In to Microsoft, Will Pay Undisclosed Amount for Android Patents Use

Shortly after LG and Microsoft announced that they had inked a partnership over the Android patent use, another South Korean handset manufacturer is about to sign a similar agreement with the Redmond-based giant.   According to Yonhap News, Pantech is in talks with Microsoft over the Android patent use, but addi...

16 January 2012
12:12 GMT

Kodak Sues Apple over Patented Imaging Technology

Kodak has issued a complaint to the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that Apple’s smartphones and tablets are infringing patents related to technology for transmitting images. Taiwan’s HTC is also targeted by the suit. Eastman Kodak Company has filed separate lawsuits against Apple Inc. and ...

11 January 2012
13:21 GMT

HTC Unlocks the Bootloaders of Wildfire, Salsa, Merge, and Desire

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just announced that the owners of more of its Android-based devices have now the possibility to unlock the bootloaders inside them.The owners of HTC Wildfire S, Wildfire, Salsa, Merge, and Desire can now take advantage of this option via the special website that HTC ha...

7 January 2012
08:16 GMT

Dropbox for Android Gets Ice Cream Sandwich Support

Shortly after announcing partnerships with Sony Ericsson, HTC and LG to offer users free cloud storage, Dropbox has improved its Android application with support for Ice Cream Sandwich and new features.   The developers also added support for more languages and redesigned the application’s interface to mak...

21 December 2011
17:11 GMT

Apple Gets HTC’s Android Phones Banned in the U.S.

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has sided with Apple in a patent suit against smartphone maker HTC by ruling that the latter has, indeed, violated Apple-patented inventions, thus banning the import of several HTC handsets in the US. Gadgets cited in the suit included key names like the Sprint ...

20 December 2011
08:21 GMT

LTE Windows Phone from HTC at AT&T in February

HTC is expected to bring to the market some appealing new smartphones during the next year, including a LTE-capable smartphone running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, and some info on it has just started to emerge. According to a recent article on BGR, the new handset should arrive on shelves...

19 December 2011
11:46 GMT

HTC Sensation XE Announced in India, Priced at $680 (510 EUR)

HTC India officially introduced the Sensation XE smartphone in India, though the device was already being sold by multiple major retailers in the last couple of days. Although the Taiwanese handset manufacturer announced a suggested retail price of Rs 35,490 (680 USD or 510 EUR), the folks at AndroidOS claim that th...

25 November 2011
05:38 GMT

HTC Delivers Updates for Desire S and Sensation in Europe

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just started to push out new software updates for two of its most popular handsets on the European market today, the Desire S and Sensation. The handset vendor announced plans on the matter via its Twitter account, but did not offer specific info on what exactly the...

24 November 2011
19:01 GMT

10 Percent of Computers Sold to Be Chromebooks, UK Retailer Believes

Chromebooks haven't exactly taken the world by storm, that much is certain, even if Google doesn't disclose sale numbers and won't for a time to come. But no one was expecting that from a rather radical new approach to computing. Still, there are some people that have a lot more faith in the devices t...

24 November 2011
06:11 GMT

HTC Has a Chromebook Device Planned, Say Sources

The underwhelming sales of Acer's and Samsung's Chromebooks don't seem to scare HTC which is now reportedly working on its own such laptop running the Chrome OS operating system.Unlike the other players in this business however, HTC is looking at a new concept billed as an “internet-access device...

23 November 2011
07:11 GMT

HTC Preps a 'Supreme' for Launch, Wants Protection for the Name

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is gearing up for the launch of a slew of new mobile phones, and one of them might be set to land on shelves under the name of Supreme, it seems. The company has put the 'Supreme' name up for trademark protection in Europe, which suggests that it will attach it...

23 November 2011
02:41 GMT

HTC to Bring Quad-Core Smartphone and Tablet PC to the MWC 2012

Next year's Mobile World Congress has been long rumored to be the place where the first smartphones to pack quad-core application processors would debut, and it seems that things have been confirmed on the matter once again. Nothing is officially announced on this for the time being, but next year Taiwanese m...

14 November 2011
08:51 GMT

HTC and Samsung Push Custom Flavors of Tango App in the Marketplace

Owners of handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS can now enjoy the benefits of the first video calling application released for their handsets, namely Tango, and some of them can even download custom releases of the software. HTC and Samsung have both pushed out such iterations of the ap...

11 November 2011
07:11 GMT

Comprehensive List of HTC Codenames Leaks

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation should soon bring to shelves a new range of devices, at least this is what a recently leaked list with codenames from the company shows. Available courtesy of the guys over at Pocketnow, the list includes both already launched devices, as well as yet unannounced ones, s...

9 November 2011
01:58 GMT

HTC Confirms Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade for Eight Smartphones

HTC has decided to shed some light on its Ice Cream Sandwich upgrading plans, as the Taiwanese handset maker revealed the first wave of phones that will get the update.Although, the list is a a bit short and comprises only new HTC phones, the company states it will continue to assess its portfolio of smartp...

7 November 2011
03:50 GMT

HTC Leads the Smartphone Market in the US

Samsung has just outplaced Apple in smartphone sales on a global basis, but it seems that the company still has some catch up to do in some markets around the world including the United States, where HTC is said to be the king at the moment. The Taiwanese mobile phone maker secured the first position on the US sma...

1 November 2011
14:31 GMT

Rogers HTC EVO 3D Gets Security Update Now

One week after this security update was deployed to all EVO family devices available in the United States, Rogers customers who own the EVO 3D can patch their phones' software as well.It looks like several developers discovered and reported that HTC EVO smartphones, as well as the Sensation model, are plagued by...

1 November 2011
14:01 GMT

New Vulnerability Found in HTC Android Phones with WiMax Radios

One day after HTC and Sprint started to roll out a software update to all the EVO family devices that was meant to patch a hole it the smartphones' security, a new vulnerability has been found that threatens the usage of these HTC devices.It appears that XDA developer TrevE has been working hard on founding and ...

28 October 2011
06:07 GMT

Sprint Releases Software Update for HTC Android Phones

Mobile phone carrier Sprint has just announced the availability of a new software update for the HTC smartphones available on its network. Apparently, this is the update aimed at bringing a fix for some of the security issues that these devices have been struck with. The new update will be sent to users over-the...

26 October 2011
12:21 GMT

HTC Thunderbolt Gets Gingerbread Update Again

One month after Verizon and HTC decided to deploy the Gingerbread upgrade for HTC Thunderbolt device and then pull it immediately due to a couple of critical bugs, Verizon is rolling out the update again.Hopefully, Thunderbolt owners will be able to use their smartphones properly after downloading and installing the ...

25 October 2011
04:23 GMT

HTC to Offer 5GB Dropbox Storage on New Android Phones

The partnership between HTC and Dropbox has just been officialized. Well, kind of, as the Taiwanese handset manufacturer made a short mention of the partnership on its official Facebook account.Rumors about a possible collaboration between the two companies emerged a few months ago when HTC confirmed that the HTC Rhy...

25 October 2011
03:15 GMT

HTC Is Evaluating Ice Cream Sandwich

Google has just made official a new version of their Android operating system, namely Ice Cream Sandwich, and handset vendors around the world are already considering the delivery of this platform flavor to their customers. Among them, we can count the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, which has just unv...

19 October 2011
05:11 GMT

Windows Phone-Based HTC PI86100 Emerges

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is expected to bring to the market in the near future a new handset that will run under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and which has just started to emerge around as HTC PI86100. The smartphone was spotted over on the Occasional Gamer’s stats site, ...

18 October 2011
13:31 GMT

HTC Leads the 4G Smartphone Market in the US in Q2 2011

During the second quarter of the ongoing year, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation managed to dominate the 4G smartphone market in the United States, a recent report notes. The handset vendor accounted for no less than 62 percent of 4G smartphone sales in the country in the time frame, market research firm ...

17 October 2011
15:41 GMT

HTC Delivers Software Update to Sensation in Europe

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has reportedly started to deliver a new software update to its Sensation devices in Europe. Apparently, this is the update that HTC promised not too long ago to be delivered to its devices so as to put an end to the sending of users' personal information. Fol...

13 October 2011
14:21 GMT

HTC Works on Patching Security Flaw in Its Android Devices

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just responded to a series of claims that some of its Android handsets are plagued with a security flaw resulting in user's private date being sent out to the Internet, and said that it is working on finding ways to patch it. The company has acknowledged the ...

4 October 2011
04:46 GMT

Security Vulnerability in HTC Android Phones Exposes User Data

Owners of an HTC mobile phone running under Google's Android operating system might have their personal data exposed to applications that enjoy Internet access, a recent report explains. Apparently, a new update from the handset vendor included a series of tools that collect data such as email addresses, rec...

3 October 2011
03:15 GMT

HTC Believes That Windows Phone Will Beat Other Platforms

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC was once the largest provider of devices running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, yet the company is selling at the moment more Android devices than Windows Phones. However, it seems that they are still confident that Microsoft's mobile operating syste...

29 September 2011
15:11 GMT

HTC to Pack Beats Audio in Windows Phones Too

Recently, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced the launch of their first handset to sport Beats Audio, the Android-based HTC Sensation XE, and it seems that the company is already considering the inclusion of this feature inside more devices. Among them, we should see Windows Phone handsets as w...

22 September 2011
08:01 GMT

New HTC Media Player Looks Like a Phone but Isn't

HTC may be best known for its many phones, but its stake in the media player market is also considerable, possibly set to grow some more if a certain report is anything to go by.Over the past couple of years, many consumer products were created by this or that company in collaboration with beats by Dr. Dre.In HTC�...

19 September 2011
11:09 GMT

Verizon Deploys Gingerbread for DROID Incredible Now

DROID Incredible should have been one of the first smartphones to receive the Gingerbread upgrade this summer.Unfortunately, HTC was forced to postpone the release of the upgrade back in August. No reason for the delay was given, but it's most likely software related, as the update was already pushed for testing...

8 September 2011
13:01 GMT

Google Lends a Helping Hand to HTC in Legal Fight Against Apple

Apple has feuds with many mobile phone makers around the world, especially with successful ones, and HTC is no stranger to that. The company has been sued by Apple over the alleged violation of various patents, and has even lost some battles in court, but it seems that it might have a few aces up its sleeve, and...

8 September 2011
10:23 GMT

Google Sells Motorola Patents to HTC to Help Fight Against Apple

In the escalating patents war, Google has been staying mostly quiet so far. It did start gobbling up patents wherever it could and complained about the unfairness of it all, but it's been mostly on the defensive, in fact, mostly on the sideline. With HTC's latest lawsuit against Apple, Google is finally ...

8 September 2011
03:30 GMT

HTC Unlocks Bootloaders for More EVO 3D and Sensation Models

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just made more of its customers happy by adding new device models to the list of handsets that can have their bootloaders unlocked. New HTC EVO 3D and Sensation models can now be unlocked via the dedicated website HTC has put in place for developers and end-users ...

7 September 2011
07:47 GMT

AT&T Officially Launches HTC Jetstream Tablet

The Puccini started out as a name in rumors, then got labeled Jetsream and, now, AT&T has finally made the official introduction of this tablet loaded with Android 3.1.It was just over ten days ago that a certain HTC tablet was identified as a slate that AT&T would soon offer to its customers.Sure enough, the carrie...

31 August 2011
10:43 GMT

HTC Flyer Gets Almost $250 Cheaper, Might Retire in Puccini's Favor

Whether it is because of the Puccini's emergence or not, the Flyer tablet from HTC has been found to have undergone a fairly significant drop in price, at least in the UK.Users keeping track of developments on the tablet market will likely have learned of the new project HTC has cooked up. Dubbed the...

26 August 2011
09:33 GMT

HTC Sense 3.5 Screenshots Emerge

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is getting ready for the release of a new flavor of their user interface for mobile devices, one that should arrive as HTC Sense 3.5, and which can be admired in a series of leaked shots on the web today. The handset vendor did not make an official announcement regard...

25 August 2011
08:11 GMT

New Gingerbread ROM for HTC Thunderbolt Leaks

It looks like Verizon's HTC Thunderbolt is getting a lot of attention these days with all the Gingerbread ROMs that keep leaking in the wild. Only a few days ago we reported about an official Gingerbread ROM that was leaked courtesy to the guys over at XDA, and we already got another one, which seems to be a ...

24 August 2011
15:01 GMT

Window Phone UK Invites You to an HTC Event on September 1st

If you were wondering when the next Windows Phone-based HTC devices could be unveiled to the world, we might have an answer for you: September 1st. The Taiwanese mobile phone maker has already announced plans to hold an event in London on that day, but did not offer specific info on what might be unveiled there....

22 August 2011
08:45 GMT

New HTC Phones Coming September 1st

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation might unveil new handsets to the world as soon as September 1st, recent reports suggest. On its Facebook page, the handset vendor announced that it would be hosting a party on September 1st in London, which suggests that it might be set to unveil a new mobile phone on tha...

19 August 2011
14:21 GMT

HTC Puccini Tablet Gets Named Jetstream by AT&T

Just a day ago, HTC was found to be working on a certain tablet device, one on which there was hardly any information available, though this situation appears to have now changed, courtesy of AT&T. The tablet market is growing, as always, even though HP did announce it was dropping its entire webOS project (in addi...

19 August 2011
08:11 GMT

HTC Puccini 10-Inch Tablet on Course for Q3 Release

One company that has, so far, not steered too close to the tumults of the tablet market is HTC, but its quasi-neutrality is about to end, since it too will be releasing a tablet in the more or less near future. The tablet market is already a place of inventiveness and rapid advancement, but it has witnessed and pla...

17 August 2011
08:43 GMT

HTC Sues Apple Over Patents Infringed by Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPods

HTC Corporation is suing Apple Inc. alleging that the Cupertino giant’s Mac computers, iPhone, iPad and iPod players are infringing on several key patents owned by the Taiwanese smartphone maker.HTC this week filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. District Cou...

17 August 2011
04:05 GMT

HTC Announces Partnership with Beats by Dr. Dre, New Devices Will Launch in Fall

The 'major announcement' that HTC 'threatened' is earlier this week has nothing to do with the launch of a new device or service.Instead, the Taiwanese handset manufacturer announced an interesting partnership with Beats Electronics, the audio company led by famous rapper Dr. Dre.Following the col...

11 August 2011
07:15 GMT

HTC to Launch Its First NFC-Enabled Smartphone in China

HTC Stunning will be HTC's first smartphone to embed a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip.The phone will be launched in China some time in September and will support bank card network China UnionPay’s mobile payment standard.“Mobile phone users no longer have to bring their bank cards in the future,...

10 August 2011
13:57 GMT


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