Details on the HTC Endeavor have emerged this weekend, after a ROM for the Android smartphone - believed to be the same device as the HTC Edge - revealed it as a Tegra 3 powered 4.7-inch superphone with an 8-megapixel camera. The ROM was turned up at xda-developers, detailing Android 4.0.3 and Sense 4.0 along with NFC and Beats Audio; then HTC-Hub did some digging, pulling out screenshots of exactly what we have to expect from the newest iteration of HTC's UI.
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‘HTC Sense’ Stories
HTC Endeavor leak spills Sense 4.0 secrets
HTC Ville caught on video with Sense 4.0
The HTC Ville has been caught on video ahead of its expected MWC 2012 debut, showing off both its slimline form-factor as well as a glimpse of HTC Sense 4.0. According to the Android 4.0 smartphone’s hardware info page, it runs a 1.5GHz dualcore processor with 1GB of RAM and a 4.3-inch qHD touchscreen. There’s also WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and an 8-megapixel main camera.
HTC Sense 4.0 previewed: Streamlined UI, 50GB DropBox integration, more
HTC has already said it plans to focus on quality not quantity with its 2012 range, but it seems the company has some significant software changes in the pipeline too with HTC Sense 4.0. The Android reskin initially offered a far more usable interface than the native OS, but Google's successive iterations narrowed the gap and HTC failed to keep pace with its own services. Now, according to some preview playtime by Pocketnow, that's changing: gone is the unnecessary heft, replaced with a pared-down UI, better typography and improved apps such as email and DropBox integration.
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HTC: Quietly Blundering
To say HTC is having a bad month is an understatement: share price ditching, outlook slashed and reeling from an embarrassing and unexpected defeat by Apple in the patent courts. The company that once led the smartphone segment has found its “Quietly Brilliant” message struggling to be heard above the crowd. The potential collapse of the S3 Graphics deal is just the latest stage of the company’s ebbing momentum, though it can’t blame the USITC entirely for investors’ loss of faith. HTC lost its common Sense some time ago.
HTC Ville Ice Cream Sandwich phone tipped for Feb 2012 debut
Another upcoming HTC smartphone has apparently been revealed, the HTV Ville, a 4.3-inch qHD handset running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset. The Ville, according to BGR's sources, will also include HTC Sense 4.0, the company's refreshed UI, and include an 8-megapixel camera with a backside-illuminated sensor and support for up to 1080p HD video recording.
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HTCdev Speaks: Compelling Coders, Fragmentation, More
The barrier to Android development is already low, but concentrating your efforts with one particular manufacturer can pay dividends. That’s the message from HTCdev, HTC’s “built by developers, for developers” outreach program launched this year. SlashGear caught up with Bruce Jones and Leigh Momii from HTCdev at Droidcon UK last week, the developer evangelism team’s biggest public outing to date, to find out why independently cultivating coders could well be HTC’s best strategy to stay relevant in Android.
HTC Explorer targets Android first-timers
HTC can’t stop announcing Android smartphones these days, and the HTC Explorer – the company’s ‘droid on a budget – is the latest to slot into the range. We’re talking at the bottom of the range, mind; the Explorer replaces the easily-forgotten HTC Smart and falls under the Wildfire S, with its 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 600MHz processor and 3-megapixel camera.
HTC Runnymede, aka HTC Bass, leaks in demo video
What you're about to see is a video showing off the HTC Runnymede, a device which will be released in the near future complimented by HTC's newest business partner in Dr. Dre's Beats audio integration. This is a smartphone with a massive 4.7-inch display, a white front and back, and Android 2.3.x Gingerbread. We saw it first back on September 12th, saw a whole stack of specs the very next day, and a whisper somewhere between there and here noting that this device would be called "HTC Bass" when released to the public. Today there's a video of someone who happens to have gotten their hands on one, flipping it about and taking us on a tour of it's version of HTC Sense 3.5 for the camera.
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HTC Rhyme hands-on
Verizon and HTC announced the Rhyme this morning, a 3.7-inch Android handset finished in a distinctive plum but offering distinctly mundane specifications. We’ve grabbed some hands-on time at the launch event, and while the physical design is good and the build quality decent, we’re struggling to get past both the single-core processor and HTC’s positioning. Read on for our first impressions.
HTC Vigor leaks in first press shot
The first press shot of the much anticipated HTC Vigor has leaked. The handset has been rumored as HTC's next flagship phone and could be one of the first to offer Beats Audio technology. This leak follows several others, including the press shot for the HTC Bliss as well as some spec sheets on the Bliss and the Runnymede. Perhaps more details will continue to surface as we get closer to HTC's press event on September 20, when the company is expected to unveil these devices.
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HTC Bliss could become “Rhyme” at launch, first press shot leaks
The first press shot has leaked of the HTC Bliss, which has long been rumored to be an Android handset designed for women. The leaked photo comes from German site HTCInside, which is calling the device the HTC Rhyme and that may become its official name at launch or simply be the name of the European version.
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HTC “discussed internally” acquiring own Android alternative
HTC is internally discussing the potential purchase of a mobile OS, though the company is at pains to point out that no decision on its software plans has been taken. “We have given it thought and we have discussed it internally” HTC chair Cher Wang said in an interview recently, Focus Taiwan reports, “but we will not do it on impulse.” The company has previously been tipped as a potential suitor for webOS, though so far HP has insisted it has no intention to sell the platform.
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