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HTC launches “Brilliant” White Desire and “Phantom” Black Legend in Europe

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HTC has announced a new color and finish for two of its most popular devices – the Legend and Desire. The Legend is now available in a new phantom black finish, whereas the Desire is getting a brilliant white.

Florian Seiche, President of HTC Europe, Middle East and Africa, had the following to say on the subject:

“We are always looking for ways to broaden the customer’s mobile experience . We understand that our customers love to express themselves, whether it is through their music, fashion or their mobile phone. We work hard to provide a strong portfolio of mobile phones, to give our customers the variety and choice in terms of experience, look and feel, that they crave.”

The new devices are available now mobile operators and retailers across major European markets Continue after the break for the full presser.

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Verizon starts buy one get any phone free offer for the Droid Incredible

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Now that Verizon has acquired sufficient inventory of the HTC Droid Incredible, they are ready to start pushing what they deem is their most valuable Android phone. Like the Samsung Fascinate, Verizon is offering a free phone with the purchase of an Incredible, which is a pretty good deal if you have multiple lines on your account.

In honor of this momentous occasion, Verizon has also released a new commercial for the Incredible, which you can check out after the break.

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T-Mobile has G2 problems early

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by Jesse Bauer on
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Reports are coming in that T-mobile customers who have recently purchased the new G2 have experienced some “issues” with loose hinges. Users have explained that holding the phone in certain positions will cause the screen to shut or hang open with no interaction. Granted most people aren’t using their phones upside down, but I can say that I’ve sent a few emails while laying down in bed. This would annoy me.

Another issue is that the amount of storage with some newly opened G2′s has been cut in half! The G2 was specified to contain 4GB of storage, but some have found only 2GB exist.

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Verizon may be heating up the holidays!

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by Jesse Bauer on
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We’ve got word from several sources stating that Verizon has some big plans for the next couple of quarters for its customers to be pretty happy about.

Big Red looks to be positioning themselves for some upgrades to its data network, handheld device options, and tablets!

Sources so far list the following as new devices running Android to be seen in the near future:

  • Motorola Venus – full qwerty, blackberry competitor
  • Motorola Droid Pro – 1.3GHz cpu, world phone
  • HTC Merge/Lexicon/Lexikon (naming isn’t ironed out yet)
  • LG enV Pro – 1GHz cpu, radio
  • Motorola Stingray tablet – will run latest Android 3.0 “Gingerbread” with 16GB storage, with option to upgrade to LTE

There you have it folks, possibly some exciting things coming, hopefully most in time for the holiday season!

When this is confirmed, you’ll hear it here!

[via Engadget]

Radio Shack to be first reseller with T-mobile G2 starting Oct. 3rd

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by Dustin Karnes on
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Did you miss out on your chance to pre-order a T-Mobile G2? If so, it looks like your next best route has shown its face: Radio Shack.

According to these shots, Radio Shack will be the first store to receive the G2, the American HTC Desire Z, to put up for public consumption. The date is showing to be October 3rd, with a price of $149.99 on a new 2-year contract, post-paid.

Are you thinking about getting a G2? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

Edit: sorry about the picture mix up, just refresh to see the shots!

[via engadget]

T-Mobile G2 Preview

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by Jesse Bauer on
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It looks as though Engadget has gotten their hands on the new T-Mobile G2! Seen at Best Buy in the NYC, it’s gotten a bit of a buzz. The new G2 boasts a 3.7 inch display, 800MHz Snapdragon processor, 4GB of internal memory, a 5mp camera with flash, all loaded with Android 2.2!

Engadget was kind enough to record their fun with the T-Mobile G2 as well for our viewing pleasure!
Click here to read more on the specifics. We know you wanna! So who’s planning on getting a G2? Let us know in the comments.

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Silver HTC Wildfire, white HTC Desire up for pre-oder in the UK

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In true handset manufacturer fashion, HTC has, months after initial release, let loose some new color jobs on two of their devices. The HTC Wildfire and HTC Desire are soon coming with some new paint, and the pre-orders are up in the UK. The Wildfire will come out in silver, while the Desire is showing off some white curves.

If you’re in the UK, you can pick up one of these handsets, or at least get your pre-order in, for these two handsets. While the new Desire will be free on contracts that start at £25 per month, the silver Wildfire will come in at the same no-cost price on contracts at or above £20 per month. Be sure to check out the order page for the Desire here, and the Wildfire here.

[via phonearena]

T-Mobile G2 up close and personal (photos)

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Well, the G2 is starting to make its way out into the wild, and photos are popping up everywhere. TmoNews has a nice spread, including some comparison shots featuring the G2 next to a Samsung Vibrant.

We can’t help but notice that the display is visually dimmer than that of the Vibrants, but perhaps the G2′s brightness wasn’t set to max in the photo. You can hit up the source link below for some up close and personal shots of the G2.

You can also check out a brief video preview courtesy of Engadget.

[via TmoNews]

HTC set to ship 7-8 million units in Q3, 9-10 million units in Q4

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Taiwan-based HTC Corporation will ship an estimated 7-8 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2010 and 9-10 million units in the fourth quarter. These figures will make its second-half 2010 smartphone shipment volume rank fourth behind Nokia, RIM (Blackberry) and Apple.

HTC will see significant growth its fourth-quarter shipment volume due to the launch of new Android and Windows Phone 7-based models, the sources pointed out. In contrast, Apple’s decreased shipment volume in the fourth quarter is due to the peak in iPhone 4 shipments in the third quarter.

[via digitimes]

Which Android phone is the best wifi hotspot? Find out now

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Laptopmag.com has posted some results to help determine what the best smartphone device is to handle hotspot usage. The original results include mainly Android devices (as it should) as well as a couple of Palm’s. However, the Palm’s were cut from the final results after finishing well below what we would consider standard speeds with today’s carriers.

The results were shown after tests using Speedtest.net with a Toshiba Satellite A665 for Wi-Fi connectivity. Popular sites such as ESPN.com, NYTimes.com and CNN.com were all tested by download times using Google Chrome as well. Head on past the break for the results.

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