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Don’t ask me what is going on here – after stating that then HD2 tinting issue is a hardware issue, the boys have now rowed back.
Members of the xda-developers forum were given the following statement:
Dear HTC Customers,
We have identified a software issue affecting HTC HD2 ...
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HTC
Hoards of HTC customers have recrently reported issues with their handset’s camera – according to various reports, the device has a tendency to produce pinkish-hued images.
HTC has now acknowledged that we are looking at a hardware issue:
Thats not a software problem, our ...
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HTC
HTC’s Touch HD2 currently has the largest display of all Windows Mobile handsets. While I personally think that the HD2 is already pretty fat, the folks at C-Motech feel differently.
SlashGear pictured the critter below:
According to them, this Qualcomm-Snapdragon-based ...
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HTC Touch
Windows Mobile
WiFi
WiMAX
Don’t ask me why, but it looks like Sony Ericsson is hell-bent on shipping the X2 in time. In fact, their UK team even was a bit overzealous, and sent one out to an xda-developers head before the official release.
He has immediately proceeded to create the unboxing video below:
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Peripherals
Sony
Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 will likely be on the market for some time – after all, the X2 will likely not hit the road for quite a bit of time. Thus, rumors of an upcoming WM 6.5 upgrade made the rounds…but have not yet been confirmed officially.
CNet Asia now brings along ...
Peripherals
Windows Mobile
Sony
NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA phones have always been a somewhat weird bunch of boxen: rarely seen outside of Japan, many ground-breaking features have been released initially in these handsets.
According to GizMag , these handsets will soon get another impressive feature – self-healing ...
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Quite a few of you are likely to know ViewSonic for its screens – they are pretty common all over Europe. However, the manufacturer has just started to venture into the mobile space…the V901 is pictured below:
Engadget managed to navigate their Chinese web site , and claims the ...
Displays
ViewSonic
Windows Mobile
GPS
Bluetooth
HTC’s HD2 is hot – more than one UK carrier was quick to announce intentions to carry it the moment when the box dropped officially.
According to pocket-lint , VodaFone UK has now stated its pricing for the box, which will be free on some contracts:
…available for free on ...
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HTC
HTC’s ultra low-end WM box has been featured on TamsPPC quite a few times – Electronista now reports the box to be on its way to the Canadian carrier Rogers.
They have posted the three pictures below:
Along with the following description:
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Canadian carrier Rogers ...
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HTC
Even though HTC’s original Touch HD is all but on the way out of the market now that the HD2 has been announced, the company has nevertheless released two small updates for the official WM 6.1 ROM:
Notifications enhancement
Office Mobile enhancement
As usual: both of these ...
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HTC
The FCC sometimes releases really interesting things – the shot on the left side hits us via PhoneScoop and has since been taken down.
According to them, the box (designated GM730F) is well on its way to AT&T. Specs-wise, it is decent:
850/1900MHz HSDPA
BT and WiFi
5MP ...
OS
Windows Mobile
WiFi
Traditionally, HTC has been very secretive when device releases were concerned. Press releases went out late (if at all), and carriers usually did most of the announcing themselves.
However, their recent self-branding attempts start to bear fruit – the press release below went out a ...
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HTC
Microsoft
Steve Ballmer
Samsung has traditionally been very close to Olympic sports events: its handsets have been nominated as “official phone of event X” for quite a few times.
Nexus404 reports the following:
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The Omnia II will be the official phone of the competition and it will come ...
Displays
Samsung
As usual (for this time of the month), the folks at BrightHand’s have just released their “mindshare stats” for the last month. These stats are generated by monitoring the usage of the web site – a very valid description goes as follows:
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This report is ...
Displays
Nokia
HTC
Samsung
Android
LG Electronics
T-Mobile has been rumored to get the HD2 for some time – and the UK division of the carrier just uploaded the picture below:
CoolSmartphone has found out about a few little eekers in the listing:
… There’s a number of problems with the “Coming Soon” link ...
