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Sep

2

2011

Rogers now taking reservations for 4G LTE devices

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by David Laborde
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A few days after announcing their 4G LTE expansion, Rogers is now taking online reservations for LTE devices.  Right now you will find the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE as well as the as the Rogers LTE Rocketstick (Sierra Wireless Aircard 745S) available for a reservation fee of $40 per device.  Three additional LTE devices are [...]

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Sep

2

2011

Survey: Smartphone Users Tell Swiftkey/TouchType What They Really Want

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by Justin Routhier
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The makers of the wildly popular text entry tool SwiftKey X have posted the results from a survey that asked “What do smartphone users really want?” Swiftkey/TouchType conducted the survey in partnership with the online smartphone retailer and manufacturer Smartphone Experts and included over 30,000 participants. This surveyed group of predominantly Android platform users was 91% [...]

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Sep

1

2011

Is Your HTC Sensation and EVO 3D Watching Your Every Move?

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by Harold Williams
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Privacy concerns and security holes are nothing new and are to be expected with anything software driven (as long as they are patched up quickly). To name a few from the past, we had reported a security hole in the Sense UI that had to do with the Bookmarks widget. How about another one for [...]

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Sep

1

2011

HTC will launch Sensation Special Edition with Beats by Dr. Dre

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by Robert Nazarian
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Since the announcement  of HTC’s collaboration with Beats by Dr. Dre, everyone has been trying to figure out what the first device will be that supports it. Could it be the Vigor, or the newly leaked Runnymede? It really doesn’t matter because HTC will no doubt implement it in every high end device. Now we [...]

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Sep

1

2011

HTC Announces Gingerbread Updates For Droid Incredible and Thunderbolt Coming In September

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by Justin Routhier
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After a series of disappointments and set-backs, HTC has announced via Twitter that both the Droid Incredible and Thunderbolt will get their Gingerbread 2.3.4 updates in September. “Good news! A Gingerbread update for both DROID Incredible and ThunderBolt are coming in September. Thanks for your support!” – HTC Via Twitter Droid Incredible and Thunderbolt users have [...]

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Aug

31

2011

HTC Jetstream Tablet Coming to AT&T, Bringing Honeycomb and LTE

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by Mitch Wright
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Android tablets have really been taking off now that the tablet market itself is gaining some traction. Surprisingly, HTC has been somewhat absent from this niche, only releasing the Flyer and EVO View 4G (which is really just the same device with Wimax). That’s changing on September 4th though, as the HTC Jetstream has been [...]

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Aug

31

2011

Pink Wildfire S available for pre-order at Phones4U

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by David Laborde
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If you thought the white Samsung Galaxy S II wasn’t quite chic enough, the latest offering from HTC might be right up your alley. Phones4U is now accepting pre-orders for a very pink HTC Wildfire S. This limited edition phone comes with Android 2.3, 720p HD video capture, and a 5MP camera with LED flash. [...]

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Aug

31

2011

HTC 4.7-inch Runnymede revealed with Beats Audio onboard

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by Robert Nazarian
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The HTC Runnymede has been revealed as one of the first phones to come out of the agreement between HTC and Beats by Dr. Dre. This one has a whopping 4.7-inch display. I remember earlier in the year, everyone was saying that 4-inches is the sweet spot, but now that seems small.  Here is a [...]

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Aug

30

2011

Rogers is bringing LTE to Toronto and confirms Samsung Galaxy S II LTE

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by Jim Farmer
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Today Roger’s annouced that their LTE network will go live  for Toronto on September 28th.  Toronto will be the second of four cities to receive LTE following Ottawa, with Montreal and Vancouver being added by the year’s end. Currently, Roger’s only LTE device is the Sierra Wireless Rocket Stick (AirCard 313U), but that’s about to [...]

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Aug

30

2011

HTC adds T-Mobile Sensation and others to unlockable bootloader list

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by Robert Nazarian
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Do you have a variation of the HTC Sensation that has not been added to the list of approved devices for the HTCDev bootloader unlocking tool? We have good news for you because HTC has added a few more variations, including the T-Mobile version, as well as Turkey, Arabic, and Bouygues Telecom versions. [via HTCDev]

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