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HTC Bravo Headed To T-Mobile?
The HTC Bravo is very similar to the Nexus One. It features a 3.7″ touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and HSDPA/HSUPA. The biggest difference is that it includes HTC’s SenseUI. Rumor has it that this device will also land on T-Mobile, just as the Nexus One is. The source also says it may be free on…
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Sprint Releases Official 2016 SMS Fix for 3 Devices
Sprint has released an official fix for the 2016 SMS Timestamp bug that has been plaguing a multitude of devices since the new year. The following devices have fixes waiting to be downloaded as of now (clicking on device name will send you to download page)- HTC Touch Pro HTC Touch Pro2 HTC Touch Diamond…
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At&t Developer Summit
Engadget has some nice findings from the At&t Developer Summit in Vegas. Ralph de la Vega has announced that At&t will be launching two WebOS devices in the first half of 2010! They’ve also announced that they will be launching 5 Android devices in the first half of 2010, coming from HTC, Motorola, and Dell.…
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CNet Live Coverage of Nexus One Launch Event
If you want to keep up with the coverage of Google’s Nexus One launch event, keep refreshing this page on CNet. They are updating it every few minutes, along with some pictures. It started at 10am PST and is expected to last about 90 minutes. Update: They just announced that they have a partnership with…
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HD2 Only Current Device To Get WM7
According to HTC’s Russian Twitter page, the HD2 is the only device currently on the market that will receive an upgrade to Windows Mobile 7 when its released. The translation is: “for Diamond 2 firmware is not planned. Of the existing communicators on the market, only the HD2 firmware to get WM7“. Sorry for those…
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Sprint Hero & Moment To Go Straight To Android 2.1
Sprint has confirmed that the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment will be skipping Android 2.0 and will be jumping straight to Android 2.1. Users will still have to wait until the first half of 2010 for the update though. Click on the image to the left to view a screenshot of the Twitter post. Source:…
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HTC May Unveil Hero Sequel At World Mobile Congress
FierceWireless has picked up a rumor that a HTC executive let it slip that the smartphone manufacturer will debut the sequel to the popular HTC Hero early next year at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Patrik Andersson, the head of HTC in Sweden, said in an interview with the website IDC.se that the…
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HTC’s 2010 Roadmap
If you remember, last year PPCGeeks was lucky enough to be the first site to get HTC’s 2009 leaked roadmap and pictures of the devices. Unfortunately we weren’t quite as lucky this year as it was leaked to XDA-Developers first. We’re still here to bring you the goodies though. There’s not a whole lot of…
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HTC Touch.B To Use Qualcomm’s BREW OS
HTC has been known for its Windows Mobile phones, and recently its Android phones. Now they’re in a new market, for cheaper phones with the smartphone look and design. This is where Qualcomm’s BREW OS comes into play. We all know how HTC is though, they’ve redesigned the UI to their liking, just as they’ve…
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HTC HD2 Gets Patched Video Drivers w/ 500% Performance Increase
HTC still seems to be having issues getting good video drivers released for its devices, and the beloved HD2 is no exception. Chainfire from XDA has come to the rescue! Just as we have patched drivers for our Diamonds, Touch Pros, etc., he has released a patched driver for the HD2 that could possibly increase…
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[OP/ED]- Microsoft to ditch Mobile OS?
An interesting article has been posted by the UK’s newspaper The Guardian hypothesizes that Microsoft could abandon their Mobile OS platform, Windows Mobile, all together and call it quits. They cite that the 3.1 percent drop of their share of the Mobile OS Pie (down from 11 to 7.9%), the increasing support for Android from…
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iPhone Accounts for 55% of US Mobile Web Traffic
AdMob, recently acquired by Google, has released its latest report breaking down the US Mobile Web Traffic by OS. The winner, the iPhone, which accounts for 55% (including both the iPhone and iPod Touch). HTC is up, mainly because of its Android devices. RIM/Blackberry is also up, but very little. Nokia and Palm took the…
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[Rumor]- Telus HSPA Touch Pro2?
It appears that Telus may be launching a GSM version of the HTC Touch Pro2, with support for their GSM 3G bands. The Touch Pro2 that they currently have on the market is a CDMA version, much like the Sprint or Verizon version. The new GSM version will probably support all 3G GSM bands that…
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[PPCG Recommended Joke]- iPhone or Droid?
With all the hardships we face each day (scratched screens, dead batteries, no 3G coverage), I would like to share a comic with you from Randall Munroe over at xkcd.com. It covers a topic PPCG has covered in the past and is especially relevant due to the recent launch of the Droid smart phone. So…
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T-Mobile Getting HTC HD2 Next Month?
Forum user Unknown Zone posted in our forums a link to an article at ITProPortal stating “…It will also be available on T-Mobile USA by the end of next month”. We haven’t heard any other information on this, such as a price or a date, but if this is true, along with Project Dark, T-Mobile…
