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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.</...
[Continue reading Dopod G1 For China?]
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...
[Continue reading HTC T8290 with WiMAX Support]
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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[Continue reading HTC Released Windows Mobile 6.1 Updates for Touch Cruise and Dual]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.
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!
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.
The challenge is to convince operators that having ...
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We hate to be the bearer of bad news, and you may have already heard or received the official HTC tweet, but the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has decided not to bring the HTC Touch HD to the United States.
The tweet reads:
..."sad news, US. we looked into

A portion of bad news: HTC announced today that thier anticipated Touch HD won't be released in the U.S. because of the large amount of time needed to launch the North American 3G version into mass production. Tough luck... However, they say the've got some other cool devices c...
[Continue reading U.S. bound HTC Touch HD is out of the question]At least for the time being, HTC has “announced” that the company has no plan in producing a Touch HD with US 3G support. Posted in their twitter account, HTC says that although you would not see Touch HD in US so soon, but there are other “cool stuff” being prepared for US.

Source [twitter] via [wmexperts]
The authors of the review complain that the device has no flash and that it's relative large, but overall the Touch HD is a "must have" handset. Check out the video review below (in Deutsch), or read the translation of i...
[Continue reading Video Review of the HTC Touch HD]You can find HTC Diamond in 7 different colors - Rose, White, Mocca, Blue, Purple, Red and Yellow on a French retailer’s Phone&Phone site. Not sure whether all 7 colors are also available for the rest of the world.
Personally, I like the yellow one…
[via UnwiredView]
The Emblaze Mobile Ltd, Israel-based company unveiled the Emblaze Edelweiss, a touch screen phone. It seems that Emblaze Edelweiss phone in turn be quite an iPhone killer because it has a 3.5 inch TFT touch screen.

Also the Edelweiss is a 3G phone, comes with a GPS integrated in addition to being available in capacity of 8 and 16 GB more, it does well.
The scribes must be tired of reporting on infinite number of the iPhone “rivals”, but seems that the motive is not enough deployment of the iPhone lookalikes, but anyway he feels well to report that its screen is said to offer a resolution of 480 x 854 which put the high-definition HTC Touch and Sony XPERIA behind.
It’s really looks like a tough competition. Unfortunately, not much has been revealed about this phone, not even the prizes except for the above characteristics and initially target the Russian market in October.
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Just as what they promised early last month, HTC has released an updated ROM with the new Windows Mobile 6.1 and couple of bug fixes. You will have to backup your data first as the software update will erase all the data stored in the phone.

Read the upgrade detail here on HTC website.
Watch movies, surf the web and take hold of your communication in high-definition, widescreen for mobile. New official product tour video is now available. The HTC Touch HD will be available across major European carriers in Q4 2008 and be introduced in other global markets shortly following.

Click here to view the embedded video.
Not enough? Here is another Touch HD walkthrough below!
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The HTC Touch Viva is a slight update of the original HTC Touch, the main improvements of a software update, more memory and better battery life.

The touch screen on the Viva is a 2.8 inch 240 x 320 pixel touch panel. On the back is a fairly basic two-megapixel camera, and Viva Touch Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and microSD expandable memory. Internal Memory 128 MB is now (64 MB in original), and operating system is Windows Mobile 6.1 with the improved HTC TouchFLO interface running on top.
It is a GSM-only 3G device with no support, even if it does come with WiFi connectivity. When the original Touch is out, the lack of 3G was boring, but the range is also the HTC Touch 3G if you need support UMTS. The interior is a 210 MHz TI OMAP 820 processor, the same as the original Touch. This is not particularly fast, it must get more things.

HTC say that the 1100 mAh battery can now give Viva Touch up to 8 hours autonomy and 11 days in standby mode. If so, this is a significant improvement ...
The HTC Touch HD is a very impressive Windows Mobile device with a large 480 x 800 pixels screen, a camera of 5 megapixels, HSDPA and WiFi support more integrated GPS.

HD is the touch screen 3.8 inch WVGA touch that is certainly one of the best around, and it is certainly more impressive than the iPhone 3G 3.5 inch with 320 x 480 pixels panel. When used in the landscape (wide) mode, the Touch HD 800 pixel wide may make it more comfortable Web pages without having to descend the ladder.
It is one of only a very small number of handsets with such a display, the Nokia E90 was 800 pixels wide display for some time, and the new Sony Ericsson X1 is even closer to HD Touch. The Touch GPS support HD, so it can be used with Google Maps or another application. The large touch screen is ideal for satellite navigation, although you will probably want to add a mounting kit if the vehicle used in the car.

It is a quad-band GSM device with EDGE and GPRS data, more support for UMTS ...
HTC offers up a CDMA version of its Touch Diamond for Sprint. It is a mixed bag of HTC goodness and Windows Mobile madness.
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Powered by Windows Mobile, the T-Mobile Shadow is made by HTC as an affordable smartphone. It has a sleek design with a rounded edges. The slider phone will support T-Mobile MyFaves and Hotspot@ Home services. Not sure whether this device will support 3G connectivity (yeah, let’s hope).
According to BGR, this device is slated for an October 15 release on T-Mobile and will likely be $149.99 with new contract and mail-in rebate.

T-Mobile's HTC Shadow II is gettin ready for launch. It is a Windows Mobile 6.1-based UMA-capable and HotSpot@Home-enabled handset, successor to the previous Shadow. The official release is scheduled for October 15th. T-Mobile customers will be able to get it for $149.99 with new contract and m...
[Continue reading T-Mobile HTC Shadow II is Coming Soon]
Some sources report that HTC’s Touch HD will be soon available from the Italian carrier TIM. If you're already glad you're an Italian, don't get too excited as the price of €849 (about $1195) will most likely cross out all your inten...
[Continue reading HTC Touch HD from TIM Italy?]
HTC’s S740 has passed the FCC’s quality check. Unfortunately, we didn't get much info from the FCC filing. So far we only know that it supports EDGE 850/1900, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks, and there was no word on the North American 3G either. That's all, expect mor...
[Continue reading FCC Approves HTC S740]The FCC recently approved the HTC’s Rose. I do not know much about this new phone, but according to Engadget Mobile, “The Rose had been a bit of a mystery to us when it first came out of the woodwork in some Bluetooth SIG documentation; it later turned out to be the very well-concealed S740. Unlike the ROSE100 model that we saw with the SIG, though, the FCC latched onto a ROSE110, giving us fleeting hope that there might be some North American 3G buried in this one.”
Seems High Tech Computer (HTC) doesn’t want to put all the eggs in one basket and will continue to simultaneously develop smartphones based on Windows Mobile and Android platform. HTC is Taiwanese-based phonemaker for Android’s first phone, T-Mobile G1.
Android and Windows Mobile handsets can complement each other in the market, offering consumers and telecom service providers more choice, according to John Wang, CMO, High Tech Computer (HTC), who added in saying the company will continue to simultaneously develop smartphones based on the two platforms
Windows Mobile and Android handsets form separate ecosystems with their own merits and advantages, Wang explained. The former provide users with high performance, interoperability and a large library of applications, while the later give handset design companies and developers more flexibility, he detailed.
[DigiTimes via TechTicker]
Of course, Asia will patiently wait for the Android-powered phones. I am glad to obtain the news from Taiwan News, saying that Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom–country’s largest operator–is about to sell Android-based Gphone–made by HTC.
Chunghwa Telecom will import iPhone and GPhone, Google Company’s new product in the fourth season and cooperate with HTC Corporation to sell GPhone, which needs no keyboard because Taiwan people are not using.
So far, there is no official announcement from Chunghwa about this, however I will keep you updated!
[via 3Gweek]

While the HTC Touch Dual isn't new, Canadian Telus has decided to add it to its lineup only yesterday. Here's the pricing:
$199 with a 3 year contract; $299 with a 2 year contract; $349.99 with a 1 year contract; $399.99 contract free... [Continue reading Telus' HTC Touch Dual Released]

Following Telus, Canadian Bell is getting ready for the upcoming launch of its own version of the HTC's CDMA Touch Diamond. The device will most likely be released on October 15th with a price tag of $149.99 CAD on a 2-year contract with a $45 ...
[Continue reading HTC Touch Diamond Coming "soon" from Bell]
News Brief: The FCC has given the nod of approval to the highly anticpated HTC Touch HD. The handset sports the model number BLAC100, and will be also known as the Blackstone.
... [Continue reading FCC Approves HTC Touch HD]
Other than the black color, T-Mobile will be offering the white T-Mobile G1 too. Check out the photo gallery here


Source [android community]
NEW YORK--Nearly a year after word of a "Google phone" started spreading, T-Mobile USA and the search giant are revealing the first mobile device to run on Google's Android operating system. Anticipated is a smartphone manufactured by Taiwanese electronics maker HTC called Dream. Below is CNET News' live coverage of the event here, which has concluded.
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10:15 a.m. ET: We're waiting for the event to start. As noted by my colleague Stephen Shankland, some photos of T-Mobile's G1 phone--also known as HTC's Dream--are emerging shortly before the official debut here.
10:30 a.m.: T-Mobile USA's chief technology and innovation officer, Cole Brodman, takes the stage and introduces everyone for the launch. Andy Rubin of Google takes the stage, as does the chief technology officer of Deutsche Telekom, Christopher Schläffer.
10:35 a.m.: Schläffer announced that Deutsche Telekom is also announcing the Android phone across the pond on T-Mobile by the end of the year. He is talking about how Deutsche Telekom has grown its ...