Articles By Alex Angove
HTC Sensation XE is Official
We’ve barely even become accustomed to the HTC Sensation and now HTC is bringing us the HTC Sensation XE. This dual-core 1.5GHz badboy is basically a slightly upgraded version of the HTC Sensation that focuses predominantly on music by making good use of HTC’s deal with Beats Audio (commonly known as Dr Dre’s Beats among other titles).
HTC Bliss Gets Spec Sheet
The HTC Bliss is an upcoming device by HTC that is supposedly designed to target a predominantly female audience. We’re not entirely sure exactly how HTC expects to go about this, as so far not too much “female friendly” info has cropped up about the device just yet. So far everything we’ve heard just makes the HTC Bliss sound like “a phone” with a few lighter curves.
HTC Runnymede Gets Specs
The HTC Runnymede is a new high-profile smartphone that we’re expecting from HTC in the upcoming months. Hardware-wise it’s not quite up to specs with the dual-core market leaders right now, but it’ll still certainly pack a punch with a single-core 1.5GHz processor, 768 MB of RAM and 8MP camera.
Netflix Available on Android 2.2 & 2.3
Android users have been waiting a long time for Netlix support on Froyo and Gingerbread and now it seems they finally have it. When Netflix first launched its Android app back in May it was big news, but was only available on a handful of Android devices. Of course it was always possible to install Netflix via the .apk, but most users wouldn’t even know what that means, let alone have any idea of how to go about it.
HTC Looking to Buy its Own OS?
HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang is reported to have told China’s Economic Observer that HTC as a company is considering buying a mobile operating system (OS) of its very own. If true, there are a few interesting possibilities here in HTC’s future. We can certainly see the appeal that HTC might have for making this move. With Nokia siding exclusively with Windows Phone, Google purchasing Motorola Mobility and Samsung rumored to being dropping Windows Phone support in 2013 in favor of pushing its own Bada OS, HTC might be worried about being one of the only top-end manufacturers without its own OS.
Is the Droid Bionic a Let Down?
There are a lot of devices that, when first announced, get a huge amount of hype. However, every once in a while one of those devices gets delayed, and delayed, and delayed, and delayed. A common reaction on the internet to such an incident is a spike in rumors and hype regarding said device. This causes a snowball effect that can often do more harm than good when the much awaited handset is finally released, causing phones like the Droid Bionic to seem like a let-down, despite being a quality product.
Samsung Planning to Focus on Bada?
There’s a rumour circulating the web right now that come 2013 Samsung will ditch the Windows Phone platform and start pushing its very own Bada OS. Despite Samsungs claim that it has absolutely no intentions of picking up webOS and running with it on a “third time’s a charm” ideology, this rumour seems sketchy at best. There's also no mention of continued Android support, but we can't imagine Samsung turning their back on the Android platform.
WinPho Mango Release This Week?
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Windows Phone’s first big “Mango” update for some time now. We’ve expected it to finally see the light of day some time in either September or October and now we’re seeing a lot of rumors concerning a September 15th release date.
The Mobile World After Aug 2011
The mobile device industry is a fast moving place. With a new device either rumoured or announced every week, constant operating system (OS) updates and giant companies vying for dominance in what is quickly becoming the world’s most profitable business it can sometimes be difficult to sit back and see the big picture.
Ice Cream Sandwich in Oct or Nov
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and now Executive Chairman seems to have accidentally let slip that we can expect the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update in either October or November. During an extremely long interview Eric said: “We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October – November, which everyone’s really excited about.”
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