T-Mobile Announces MyTouch 4G Slide, More HSPA+ Markets
T-Mobile has announced the successor to the HTC-sourced MyTouch 3G Slide in the 4G Slide. The phone’s trump card is its rear-illuminated 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, dual LED flash along with new features such as zero shutter lag via instant capture to cache when the Camera app is launched, Sweep Shot for capturing panoramas, […]
HTC Customer Support Confirms Thunderbolt Gingerbread Update
An email received by a customer regarding the availability of an update to fix long-standing reboot issues has confirmed that HTC plans to roll out an update to fix the issue as well as update the device to Android Gingerbread: I understand how important it is for your Thunderbolt to function properly and I apologize […]
Sprint Launches HTC EVO 3D and EVO View 4G
As expected, Sprint has launched the HTC EVO 3D Android smartphone and the HTC EVO View 4G Android tablet. The EVO 3D is being sold for $199.99 after new 2 year agreement while the EVO View 4G is being sold for $399.99 after the same terms along with including the Scribe capacitive stylus at no […]
Sprint Rolls Out Android Gingerbread Fix for EVO 4G
Sprint has begun to roll out another Android Gingerbread update for the HTC EVO 4G over the air. The update features the following additions and fixes to issues with the first update: Enhancements/Fixes: – SMS are intermittently sent to wrong and seemingly random contact – "Me" instead of "Yo" in SMS thread conversations when set […]
HTC ChaCha Revealed with AT&T Branding
The HTC ChaCha social networking oriented smartphone has surfaced with AT&T branding after being announced for Europe earlier this year. The Android-powered ChaCha features a 2.6-inch 480×320 display, an 800 MHz processor, and a 5.0 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera for video calls. It also features a microSD slot, […]
Verizon to Roll Out Gingerbread with gTalk Video for Thunderbolt
According to screen caps taken from internal Verizon update documentation, the Thunderbolt will be the first carrier supported Android smartphone to feature Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, the first Gingerbread version to feature support for Google Talk with Video support for two-way video chat over 4G service. The update also includes the previously announced Skype with Video […]
T-Mobile Launches HTC Sensation 4G
As expected, T-Mobile has launched its version of the HTC Pyramid as the HTC Sensation 4G. The phone features Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense UI version 3.0, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm dual-core chipset, a contoured glass 4.3-inch qHD (540×960) display with an aspect ratio of 16:9, an 8.0 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and video capture […]
Sprint Confirms Android Gingerbread Update for EVO Shift 4G
Sprint has confirmed availability of the latest update for the EVO Shift 4G in Android Gingerbread, with the manual update currently available via update check on the device, with the OTA beginning next week. The update adds improved download management and Swype keyboard support along with added multi-touch support on the stock Android keyboard and […]
Verizon Further Extends Complimentary Mobile Hotspot Access to July 6th
In an internal memo to employees, Verizon has confirmed that it has further extended the complimentary Mobile Hotspot service first offered on the HTC Thunderbolt 4G and now extended to the LG Revolution and Samsung Droid Charge to July 6th. On the 6th, an update will be pushed out that will disable complimentary access and […]
T-Mobile G2 to Receive Gingerbread Update
Not long after being placed on the End of Life list despite being released only nine months ago, T-Mobile’s G2 will be the recipient of its last major update in Android Gingerbread. Additions included in the update include user interface improvements, new keyboard, improved copy/paste and network type indicator as well as improved power management […]