CNET.com(CNET) — It’s been a little more than a year since Google Android was announced and rumors of a little device called the HTC Dream started to leak onto the Web.The G1 does not support stereo Bluetooth, Microsoft Exchange, or video recording.The G1 does not support stereo Bluetooth, Microsoft Exchange, or video recording.

Wal-Mart has confirmed that it will begin selling the HTC G1 Android phone at the discounted price of $148.88 with new T-Mobile contract. The G1 currently sells for $179.99 at T-Mobile USA retailers. The G1 will be available in ...
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Wal-Mart will start selling the HTC Android T-Mobile G1 with Google on Wednesday October 29 in 550 stores for $148.88, less than the $179.99 direct price from T-Mobile with a two year contract. The T-Mobile G1 phone, formerly known as the HTC Dream, has a lot of iPhone-like features but lacks some enterprise features. It uses the open source Android operating system. Reviewers liked the peppy web browser which has a slight security flaw. The T-Mobile G1 lacks a video recorder and ability to sy

Yesterday Orange said it would be carrying the HTC Touch HD handset from early November, making it the phone's exclusive carrier in the UK

Orange announced it would be releasing the unticipated HTC Touch HD smartphone next month in the UK, followed by France and Romania shortly after.

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Orange UK welcomes HTC's Touch HD, a Windows Mobile 6.1 touchscreen smartphone that features 3G connectivity, WiFi, a 5 megapixel camera, and a massive 3.8" display.
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Orange today announced that the HTC Touch HD handset will be available in the UK from early November, exclusively on the Orange network. The handset will also be available from Orange in France and Romania in the forthcoming months.

The HTC Touch HD is exclusive on the Orange UK network until 2009 from £79.99 on an 18 month, £40 per month contact Package includes inclusive option of anytime mobile internet browsing (subject to 250Mb per month).

Key Touch HD product specifications:

• Size: 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
• Weight: 146.4 grams/5.164 oz with battery
• Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Software/Operating system: HTC TouchFLO 3D with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Display: 3.8 inch Wide Screen VGA screen (480 x 800 WVGA)
• Camera: 5.0 megapixel with auto focus - Second Camera: VGA
• Internal memory: 512 MB flash; 288 MB RAM
• Memory card: microSD memory card (SDHC capable)
• WLAN: 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
• GPS: GPS/AGPS
• Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
• Battery: 1350 mAh
• Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 390 minutes / GSM: Up to 310 minutes
• Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 450 hours / GSM: Up to 390 hours
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7201a 528 MHz

The HTC T-Mobile G1 clearly has Apple’s iPhone in mind as its top competitor, so we’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of their specifications. Behold (below the jump):

Another busy week for PhoneMag, so lets not delay with our review. First off, we got a good look at several concept phones this week. A Nanokia concept phone utilizing e-ink for a flush screen that doesn’t look like a screen at all. But the real attraction was new Pantech phone concepts that might actually get developed one day. There was a lot of HTC news this week, actually. For starters, the HTC Touch Pro went official on Sprint and it has also shown up on AT&T. A few new HTC Touch Di

Review of Reviews of the HTC Touch Pro from Sprint from Wireless and Mobile News The reviews of the HTC Touch Pro are gaining momentum. The HTC Touch Pro has been called the "most advanced Windows Mobile phone" by one reviewer. It's similar to the HTC Touch Diamond except it has a QWERTY keyboard with a dedicated number tow. It does have the TouchFlo 3D interface which gives appealing access to multimeda that has been well reviewd in the the HTC Touch Diamond. Syncing with Microsoft appli

Just one month after we first heard the HTC Touch Diamond in snow white color, a website in Netherland has reported a white HTC Touch Diamond on a tradeshow. According to the source, the white version will be available to purchase in Netherland mobile phone store in November next month.

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HTC today launched the HTC Touch Pro for Sprint. The HTC Touch Pro is priced at $299.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement, after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a $25-or-higher data add-on or Everything plan with data. Customers will be able to purchase the device in select national retailers beginning the week of Oct. 26.

Building on the similar feature set found on the HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD card slot (1 GB card included) and a business card scanner application to automatically capture and convert business card information to the contact list using the built-in 3.2 MP camera/camcorder. Additionally, with Windows Mobile 6.1, users have access to security and device management capabilities demanded by many business customers.

The HTC Touch Pro for Sprint provides a mobile Internet experience that uses the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. With EV-DO Rev. A, peak download data rates increase to 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates increase to 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds improve to 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps and average uplink speeds increase to 350 Kbps to 500 Kbps.

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Today Sprint announced that the HTC Touch Pro smartphone will be available for purchase starting next week. It will be available through all Sprint channels on November 2nd.
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After a slight delay, Sprint announced on Friday that the HTC Touch Pro will be available for purchase at Best Buy stores nationwide starting ...

Beginning this coming Sunday, Sprint customers will be able to purchase the HTC Touch Pro from select national retailers, including Best Buy. It will be available via all Sprint sales channels starting November 2. The HTC Touch Pro will ...
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Sprint today launched the HTC Touch Pro, a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for data entry, expandable storage with a microSD card slot and a business card scanner using the integrated 3.2-megapixel camera.

The Touch Pro is crafted to fit comfortably in the hand and has touch screen response with the a sliding five-row QWERTY keyboard. It has a 2.8-inch touch screen display. The built-in 3.2-megapixel camera has an optical auto-focus lens for clear photos. Built-in TV-out functionality delivers PowerPoint presentations.

The Touch Pro provides mobile through Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A broadband technology, with peak download rates of 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates increase to 1.8 Mbps. Average download speeds improve to 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps ...

Phone Review: T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) - Google Android Phone First Impressions, Basic Phone Functionality. Let’s get this out of the way… there isn’t any wow-factor when you take the phone out of the box. Walking around town with the ...

HTC and Palm both announced that updates for certain Windows Mobile 5 smartphones will no longer be available after October 31st.
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T-Mobile and Google will be pushing a firmware update over the air to the new HTC G1. It will provide enhancements and fix one bug that is visible to customers which makes all songs from Amazon available for listening.

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Wednesday marks the release of the HTC Dream T-Mobile G1 featuring Google Android. If you're planning to pick one up, you're probably going to want to do something other than make calls and send texts. I mean it is a phone, for crying out loud.

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The T-Mobile G1 is more than just a phone.

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By now, you might have read Bonnie Cha and Nicole Lee's review of the T-Mobile G1, which goes on sale Wednesday. As one of the most anticipated cell phones of the year, the G1 had me on the edge of my seat the moment T-Mobile announced it. I wasn't part of the formal CNET review, but I relished the opportunity to get some one-on-one time with the device.

As Bonnie and Nicole rightfully point out, the G1's design isn't the most inspiring, and it lacks some needed features, but I still applaud HTC and T-Mobile for taking this step. Though it isn't perfect, and I can't think of a phone that is, the G1 is a great start on a new way to think about the mobile industry. It is much more than just another phone; the G1's real appeal lies in its promise of an open-source device that puts control in the hands of users. Whether the G1 will really deliver on that promise remains to be seen, but I think it has a lot of potential to do so. ...

HTC announced today that on October 31 the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade software for WM5 devices will be removed from the company's website. Those handsets include HTC S621, S620, P4350, P3300 and Advantage models. If you own one of them, you have till the end of m...

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All those who are waiting for the Sprint HTC Touch Pro can spend some quality time reading the new user manual for the upcoming phone. One can download it here....

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HTC today has posted a bulletin that it will remove Windows Mobile 6 upgrade software from its website from October 31st. HTC devices like S621, S620, P4350, P3300 and HTC Advantage will be affected. If you are using one of the devices, you should download the upgrade software from HTC support website.

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Sprint has delayed the launch of its HTC Touch Pro until the end of October or early November. Initially, the touchscreen smartphone was scheduled to be released this Sunday. The exact cause of the delay wasn't announced.

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Yes folks, we have laid our hands on the AT&T Fuze and have set it through its paces too. While we polish off some nice pictures, check out our impressions of this baby from HTC! Where to begin? I want to first get it out of the way that this is not a revolutionary upgrade to the HTC Diamond, but more of an evolutionary step. Second, this is a review of the AT&T Fuze, not the Touch Diamond Pro. That means we live with the lack of the front CMOS camera, and the locked down operating sys

Sprint has delayed the launch of its HTC Touch Pro, which was supposed to be hitting shelves on October 19th.
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Back at CTIA Fall 2008, Sprint announced that it would offer the HTC Touch Pro smartphone with an expected ship date of October 19. Well, with the date drawing close, I thought I'd check in with Sprint to see about getting a review unit; plus, I wanted ...

Here it is. The "GPhone". The Google Phone. The HTC G1 is the first phone running Google's Android platform. Does it pass muster?
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The world's first review of the final, production version of the T-Mobile G1

T-Mobile today announces the T-Mobile G1 will be available in the UK from 30 October. Exclusive to T-Mobile, the G1 comes with full touch screen functionality plus a QWERTY keyboard for easy online communication, high speed internet with popular Google services already on board, and access to innovative application downloads from the new Android Market. According to the company, there are already 25,000 UK consumers pre-registered their interest in the device.

The G1 is available for free on T-Mobile Combi and Flext price plans from £40 a month, including unlimited fast mobile internet browsing powered by T-Mobile’s award-winning network. Combi 35 offers 800 minutes and unlimited texts while Flext 40 gives up to 1,250 minutes or up to 2,500 texts or any mix of the two.

The T-Mobile G1 Features:

• Available in two colours black and white 
• GPS and compass
• Rich HTML email client which seamlessly synchs email with POP3 or IMAP services 
• 3.5G (HSDPA/HSUPA) and Wi-Fi connectivity 
• 3 Mega pixel camera 
• MP3 music player 
• Pre-installed 2 GB Micro SD memory card (device supports up to an 8 GB card) 
• Bluetooth-enabled 
• Up to 130 hours standby and up to 5 hours talk time 
• Dimensions: 117.7 x 55.7 x 26.5 mm 
• Weight: 158g

Different sources report that the release of the highly anticipated HTC Touch HD will take place on November 6th. So if you're eager to get one, be ready to throw away no less than 649 Euros.

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While we're not in love with the design and would have liked some additional features, the real beauty of the T-Mobile G1 is the Google Android platform, as it has the potential to make smartphones more personal and powerful. That said, it's not quite there yet, so for now, the G1 is best suited for early adopters and gadget hounds, rather than consumers and business users.

While we're not in love with the design and would have liked some additional features, the real beauty of the T-Mobile G1 is the Google Android platform, as it has the potential to make smartphones more personal and powerful. That said, it's not quite there yet, so for now, the G1 is best suited for early adopters and gadget hounds, rather than consumers and business users.

HTC Touch Diamond Cell Phone Review By Christian Emil Johansen. HTC Touch Diamond is an ultimate working tool disguised as a designer mobile. A large, clear touch-screen, which you can read e-mail at without squinting, ...

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According to some sources, HTC will be releasing its G1 in China sometime in Q1 2009. The production of the device will be carry out by Dopod, HTC's subsidiary in China, and the phone will be modified to support Chinese cellular networks, maybe even TD-SCDMA.</...

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The device here looks like some modification of the HTC Touch HD dubbed the T8290. Apparently it supports WiMAX and was supposedly developed for Russia’s Yota WiMax network. Details are scarce at the moment, but we'll keep you up-to-date. Here's what we know about the han...

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Owners of the HTC's Touch Cruise and Touch Dual can now update their handsets to Windows Mobile 6.1. The updates are available here:

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HTC recently provided the tools for owners of the Touch Cruise and Touch Dual to update their phone's operating systems from Windows Mobile 6.0 to 6.1.

HTC is now offering official Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional firmware updates for its Touch Dual and Touch Cruise smartphones.
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We were recently passed a bit of information on a new WiMAX equipped HTC smartphone that we believe to be called the T8290. The device appears to sport a 3.8" WVGA touchscreen display.
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Leaked photos from nedge2k.com has revealed a new HTC T8290, with its front like HTC Touch Diamond but has much bigger touch screen. The HTC T8290 is said to be a GSM + WiMax device, it has a 3.8-inch display screen with an impressive 800 x 480 WVGA resolution, built in WiFi and Bluetooth. The back of the T8290 is showing a Yota logo, which is a Russia WiMaX network provider. Is HTC bringing this to US instead of Touch HD? Check out more photos here!

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The HTC S740 is a rare beast in the Windows Mobile world. Remember when phones were phone-shaped? A numeric keyboard up front, a screen you can't touch to activate stuff? Device supplied via devicewire.com

If Google’s ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most critically, mobile network operators.

According to ABI Research director Kevin Burden, “If Android is to become the ubiquitous mobile phone platform that Google and the Open Handset Alliance hope it will be, it will be because operators and handset OEMs recognize the value to their own business models of using standard platforms, not because wireless subscribers clamor for feature-rich phones, much less an Android-based phone.”

The current smartphone market accounts for only 14% of worldwide handsets. That doesn’t help Google’s aspirations to have a platform used by a wide population to whom they can market their services. Google needs to convince handset manufacturers to replace the real-time operating systems that now power the majority of mobile phones. In the smartphone market of the future, users won’t always be aware of what they’re buying: they will buy simply because they’re in the market for a phone, not specifically a smartphone.

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This is a great article reviewing HTC Cellular Phones (HTC / MDA)

There's good news and bad news for fans of HTC's high-end Windows Mobile phone. The Touch HD was hailed as the "first 'iPhone killer' worthy of the name" in its first European review -- but the phone won't be coming to the U.S., HTC reveals.