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HTC HD2 review

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 12 Comments

Twelve months ago HTC shook up the Windows Mobile world with the launch of the Touch HD, a smartphone that offered a vast touchscreen, lashings of connectivity and the latest version of their UI tweaking, TouchFLO 3D, to produce what was hitherto thought impossible: an alluring Windows Phone. Now, the company have attempted just such a revolution with Windows Mobile 6.5 in the shape of the HTC HD2. They’ve upped their game with a speedy Snapdragon processor, even vaster display and a fresh UI that’s been educated by their recent work on Android. Can the HTC HD2 again do the unthinkable, and give us a reason to love Windows Mobile?

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HTC “carefully looking” at netbook possibilities

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 No Comments

HTC’s CEO Peter Chou has reignited speculation that the company is preparing some sort of netbook. Chou apparently told reporters at the Taiwanese launch of the HTC HD2 that the company was “carefully looking into that category and how it can be part of that”; the comment echoes the chief executive’s vague allusions to a tablet or MID style device when SlashGear talked to him at the HD2’s debut in London last month.

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MOTO Android Media Platform range of OLED tablets announced

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 6 Comments

The MOTO Development Group is no stranger to Android – they showcased an Android-based e-ink prototype a while back – and now they’re cashing in on that familiarity with a number of new devices targeted at developers. The MOTO Android Media Platform will eventually consist of three models – 3.5-, 5- and 10.4-inches – each with OLED displays as standard, OMAP processors and capacitive multitouch-capable touchscreens.

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Sungale Cyberus Smart Info tablet: jack of all trades?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 1 Comment

Details on Sungale’s Cyberus Smart Info tablet are scarce, but to look at the product listing on Amazon you’d ask yourself what the darned thing couldn’t do. Centered around a 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, the Cyberus promises not only ebook access but – courtesy of WiFi – a web browser, YouTube viewer and internet radio streaming.

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Samsung Mythic and Flight hit AT&T today

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

Samsung’s latest AT&T cellphones, the Samsung Mythic and Samsung Flight announced last month, will both go on sale today. Each handset has a touchscreen and the Flight throws in a slide-out QWERTY keyboard; neither are going to cause as much excitement as a proper smartphone, though, and the Mythic’s support for Samsung’s TouchWiz UI will seem like little consolation when your friends are taunting you with Android.

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Saygus VPhone V1 clears FCC: Verizon’s third Android device?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 8 Comments

Remember the talk in early October about a third Verizon Android smartphone from a small company and certified through the carrier’s Open Development program? The HTC DROID Eris and Motorola DROID pushed that mystery device to the back of our minds, but an FCC filing has seemingly revealed the device as the Saygus VPhone V1, another sliding form-factor with a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera.

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LG Eve (aka GW620) arrives on Rogers Wireless

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 1 Comment

Remember the LG GW620, the QWERTY slider Android smartphone that rocked up with its own mini-site last week? The handset has now made its way to Canada for a debut as the Rogers Wireless LG Eve, promising a Social Network Services (SNS) Manager that pulls together Twitter, Facebook and Bebo updates, a 5-megapixel autofocus camera and – stealing a jump on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 – automatic face recognition tying images into contacts entries.

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CrunchPad hamstrung by unexpectedly high production costs?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

Last we heard, the CrunchPad budget tablet was set to leap to the market this month with a roughly $399 price tag. Now the rumor circulating California is that unexpected manufacturing expenses have delayed – perhaps even killed – the project; the Silicon Alley Insider claims that project founder Michael Arrington has been surprised by higher-than-expected quotes from suppliers.

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LG GD510 POP lands in UK for sub-£100 contract-free

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

Remember the LG GD510 POP? The 3-inch touchscreen cellphone is, according to LG, the smallest of its type with a display of that size; unfortunately that's because they've thrown out any such niceties as WiFi or 3G. Still, it's at least cheap: UK buyers can pick up the GD510 POP from today on a non-contract pre-pay plan, priced at £99.95 ($165).

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Sony Ericsson Kurara leaks again: 8.1MP S60 AMOLED smartphone

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

The floodgates are open and Sony Ericsson’s Kurara is spilling through them. Having been spotted in the wild yesterday, the touchscreen Satio sibling has made a second appearance getting up close and personal with a carbonated beverage. No more hardware specs to share – though the HD logo on the back is missing on this particular unit – so we’re left with the expectation of a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, Symbian S60 OS and 8.1-megapixel autofocus camera.

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