The Taiwanese producer is on high heels right now, because of their impressive growth since they started to create smartphones too. A target set at the beginning of this year said HTC wants to reach 24 million devices sells within a year, but I doubt someone trusted it's possible. Well, now it is. Handset suppliers estimate HTC may sell around 12 million devices in the two quarters to come, while they sold 8 millions in the first two. That's around 20 million devices, not too far from the milestone.

What this means? It means they will sell in 2010 over two and a half times the devices they sold in 2009. That's what I call an impressive growth. HTC holds now the 4th position in the top of smartphone makers, but they also want to hold a place in the first 10 of mobile phones makers by the number of sells. And by what we see now, there's not too much to wait.

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Do you remember your first computer, back in the '90s? Well, I surely do, and I can recall it had an AMD 750MHz processor. Nowadays, smartphones even reached the 1GHz milestone. Would you be surprised if they will come with something better soon? I wouldn't.

The new HTC Mondrian is rumoured to be powered up by a 1.3GHz Snapdragon processor. According to leaks, the surprise is, though the processor is also impressive, the fact that Mondrian will run Windows Phone 7, and not Android, as expected in the beginning.

Files from a leaked ROM showed this picture from left too. Sure, this is just a render, not an actual photo of the model, but the final design may not be too different from this. Anyway, the informations on HTC Mondrian are not officially released yet, so don't take it like for real, this is just a rumor.

Source: GSM Arena

Android 2.2 went live for Nexus One, but his "brother" from Europe will also get the Froyo soon. It's possible this update to come 23rd July, so you will not have to wait too much until you can have it if you own a Desire. The guys from PhAndroid spotted Froyo on XDA-Dev, a forum for developers.

HTC Desire, codenamed Bravo, is available at many European carriers at about $250, depending on if it's a deal involved or not. It has a 5MP camera, packs 512 MB RAM, is powered up by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and has a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen.

Source: MobileCrunch

HTC launched the most smartphone this year and it seems they do not want to stop here. Anyway, the Taiwanese producer announced most of their devices will run Android 2.2 until the end of this year. A full list of all the phones which will run Android 2.2 will be available soon, maybe around the date HTC Evo 4G will be launched. Indications about software updates will come in the second half of this year. It's obvious models like HTC Desire, Evo 4G or Legend will all run Android 2.2 before this year is through.

Source: Engadget

The 4.3 inch screen smartphone will come soon and there's always need of a short review of any phone coming. This is a high-expected device, though it's maybe not the best coming, but I think it deserves being bought. It's capable of 3G/4G, has two cameras, will be released Friday, on 4th June, has Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities and on a service plan it will not be more than $199 from Sprint.

Even if the huge bright screen improves the quality of everything, the battery is not good at all. I would even call it terrible. Having this Evo 4G, with that big screen, will never let you go back to anything else before. It's just a stunning view. The phone is thick and fits well in pocket, you will never find it uncomfortable or too big to carry. You may find it big when you are talking on it, but otherwise you won't even feel you have it with you.

Evo 4G is light, solid and strong. The back camera, an 8MP device, has a nice design and it's powerful than ever. Unfortunately, the camera may get damaged because the phone rests on the front lip of the metal housing. Anyway, the camera is one of this device strong point. The camera does a good job, sure it will not replace your DSLR, but it will still get it done. The autofocus works well and quick, maybe quicker than iPhone.

Going back to the battery, this is a weak spot of the smartphone. The phone losses a third of its battery in the night, considering it's without GPS, Wi-Fi or 4G. Even with Advanced Task Killer, it's difficult to get more than 1 day. It seems you will have to keep the smartphone plugged in all the time, otherwise you may find it dead when you need it the most.

Via Mobile Crunch

I wrote here about HTC Evo 4G being soon available, and it seems we were not the only one doing this. Many other experts previewed and reviewed Evo 4G and most of the tip it to be one of the best smartphones ever. The battery life is high, the 4G streaming quality is the same, the 8MP camera with dual LED flash is impressive and the design is nice too. HTC Evo 4G impressed almost everybody who tried it. Besides the video quality, which isn't so great, any other feature is really worth having.

Powered up by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512 MB RAM and using Android 2.1, Evo 4G is one of the fastest smartphones out there. It's even faster than the first computer I had, for God's sake. Can you even imagine that? The screen is a 4.3 inch and the battery is a 1500 mAH Li-Ion. In my opinion, HTC Evo 4G is one of the best smartphone I've ever talked about and I really can't wait to see how much money I will have to spend for having it.

Source: PhAndroid

When HTC Wildfire was releaved, I told you right here. Now we also found out HTC Wildfire will be available soon in UK and will be sold by T-Mobile. After Virgin Media, which will be able to sell it, T-Mobile UK will also offer the smartphone starting June 14th. The information was releaved during a tweet: "The newly announced HTC Wildfire will be available to T-Mobile customers from the 14th June. A date for the diary"

We do not know the price of the device powered up by a 525MHz processor and working on Android 2.1, but the release date is not far from today, so we will not have to wait too much.

Source: PhAndroid

Because the release of the new HTC Evo 4G is an important moment of this month, it seems Walmart joined BestBuy and Radio Shack and offers the phone with $199.99. This price is available only with a two-year deal upfront. Why wouldn't we consider this a very good deal, considering the smartphone is just few days before the actual release?

There is not going to be any mail-in rebate, so the buyers will not have to spend that hundred dollars and to wait receiving them back after weeks or worse, months. This is the price, you pay it, you sign the contract, the phone is yours and that's that. It's as simple as saying "Hello", no more messy mail-in rebates.

HTC Evo 4G will be released on Friday, 4th of June, and may cost around $450 off-contract. There's not an official price anyway, because we heard about an actual possible $600 for the device without any contract and we think this is difficult to swallow for anyone. Would you be prepared to pay this amount for purchasing the smartphone?

Rumors suggested before Bell will release HTC Legend on 11th June, but there are sources that say Bell will start selling the phone 5 days later, on 16th June. Now we even have some pricing. If you want the smartphone on a three-year deal, you will pay $79.99, and $249.99 upfront a two-year contract. If you want to tie you up until next year, there is going to be a $349.99 fee to pay, while for the unlocked version you will have to spend $399.99. We haven't heard anything about minimum plans on contracts or any other informations, but the price range looks good enough for me.

The phone is running Android 2.1 and will probably get Froyo this year, is powered by HTC Sense, has a 3.2" AMOLED screen and is built out of aluminium, which also explains its weight, 126 g. The Taiwanese producer packed a 600MHz processor and 384MB RAM, with another 512 MB ROM. The 5MP camera with autofocus features Geotagging and wide-screen photo capture.

Source: PhAndroid

We've been waiting too much for this moment and now it's here! The Taiwanese HTC Evo 4G is not available to purchase at Sprint. On a two year deal you will have to spend $199.99 for buying the device, but in my opinion this is one of the best deals out there, also regarding the fact that we had to wait a lot the smartphone. In this situation you will also have a $100 mail-in rebate. The limit is set to five devices for each user, that's in case you want to buy for all your family an HTC Evo 4G.

The 4.3 inch display phone, running Android 2.1 and being powered up by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, packing 512 MB ROM and codenamed Supersonic (a suitable name, in my opinion) can also be bought off-contract, but you will have to spend $499.99 without signing any deal or extending your old one. Focused on Wireless entertainment, preorders for Evo 4G are not accepted anymore from BestBuy or Radio Shack.

Even if I will have to wait a few months, I can't wait to try and test the new Taiwanese device and have it in my pocket. I just believe this is one of the toughest rival to beat in matter of Android phones.

 Rumors say that Telus might be ready to sell HTC Desire in Canda, but the pundits are not suggesting  any price ranges. We hear Telus will bring the phone in Canada around July or August, and will start  selling it under a different name: HTC Triumph. It is obvious Triumph will have the same features as  HTC Desire, being actually the same phone. Trumph will come with Android 2.1, Sense UI, Wireless,  GPS, 5MP camera, microSD support, 1 GHz processor and 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display.

 This new product will be the third Android smartphone Telus sells, after HTC Hero, Motorola Milestone  and Motorola BackFlip. All of them cost under $150 with contract. Without contract the Motorola  Milestone is $599, the BackFlip is $299 and the HTC Hero is $499.

Source: UnwiredView

Today there's been released an HTC Hero Android 2.1 update. It's not an official release, the owners have been waiting for Sprint to release it on the market. Sure, not being an official version means you can update you HTC Hero using it, but there's not any assurance it will not root your smartphone. There is actually no way to know if this version will also be an official one in the future, but you can update your operating system if you just can't wait any longer.

You can download the update from here, but I advise you again. It's an update at your own risk, because this is not a version from any carrier.

Source: AndroidCentral

The final price and release date of the new HTC Evo 4G was released last week and it seems the sum isn't big at all. With a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate the smartphone will be available at just $199. It will be sold by many national retailers including BestBuy, RadioShack and Wal-Mart.

Sprint confirmed HTC Evo 4G will need a $69.99 "Everything Data Plan" monthly and a $10 "Premium Data Add-on" for WiMax. The user will have to use those plans even if he lives in a 4G coverage area. The Evo 4G can also be set as a Wi-Fi hotspot but this will requite $29.99 per month.

The smartphone features an 8MP camera, a 1GHz processor, Android 2.1 operating system and a 4.3 inch touch screen, as seen in the picture on the left-hand side. The price for the device is not big, but seeing how much the feature cost per month many people will think two times before actually buying it.

Source: CNet

If you're ready for another HTC device, then the Taiwanese company has another surprise for you. The features of the future HTC Wildfire were revealed today and now we are also able to present them to you. With a 532 Mhz processor and 384 MB RAM, this is not the most powerful handheld device on the market, but it will do at least a decent job. It will support microSD, it will have Bluetooth 2.1, 512 MB flash memory, Wi-Fi and a 5MP autofocus camera with LED Flash.

The new Android 2.1 smartphone will have a 3.2 inch display and the producer promises a good stand by time: 480 hours. The guys from Engadget actually tested the phone and you can find their opinion at the source.

When Sprint released HTC Evo 4G they created an histeria in the US, with people waking up in the morning to go and receive their pre-ordered device. Sprint announced they have even sell more Evos than Palm Pre and Smansung Instinct (the two biggest devices until that day), and this means more than two hundred thousands handsets. Well, someone actually counted all the devices sold, and they realised there are not so many as they thought previously.

Pundits suggest that they actually sold around 150.000 smartphones. They said they sold around 300.000, so double than they actually managed to sell on 4th June. Sure, this number is highly expected to climb fast, but those are just future previsions, not certain things. It remains to be seen how many HTC Evo 4Gs were actually sold on 4th of June, but if one thing if for sure, then Sprint lost a lot of credibility with this announcement they should have made.

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For those who want to move on to Primus, one of the least popular mobile phone carriers out there, they've just adeed two devices. They may not be the newest possible, but we can consider them as being great addition. Nokia Surge 6790 is focused on messaging and was launched by Rogers for the first time on October 2009. It packs a 2.4 inch screen, full slide-out qwerty keyboard, 2MP camera, Bluetooth and a 2.5mm headset jack. On a three-year deal it can be yours for $50, on a two-year contract you can have it for $149.00, while on one-year deal you can buy it for $199.00. Have it for $249.99 off-contract.

The second device released by Primus is the HTC Magic+ (foto), a smartphone packing a 3.2 inch touchscreen display (320x480), full qwerty keyboard, 3.2 MP camera, GPS and Wi-Fi. Pay just $79.00 with a three-year deal up-front, $399.00 with a two-year deal and $449.00 with a contract for 12 months. Buy it off-contract with $599.00. High prices for the HTC, don't you think so?

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The new HTC Legend arrived at Bell, and it seems there's not any reason to be happy for that. The phone was released right on schedule, as announced before, but there is something weird about this release. Some time ago, Virgin Mobile released the Android 2.1 operating system before Bell, which is considered a parent company. Then, they came with very good prices: $79.99 on a three-year deal, $349.99 off-contract. 

Even if it's considered a parent company, and the prices should be lower, Bell has the same price regarding the three-year contract, but for purchasing the phone off-contract you will have to pay $399.95. That's $50 more than at Virgin Mobile. 

The new HTC legend is a solid device, comes with HTC Sense, 3.2 inch display, 5MP camera with autofocus, flash and video capabilities, 3.5mm headset ack, music player, radio and Wi-Fi. It can hold up until 32GB with microSd card.

Via MobileSyrup

There were reports last days that Android 2.1 may come sooner than expected for HTC Hero. We didn't knew what "soon" meant, but now we can even see the update coming. The HTC Hero will get Android 2.1 update until the end of June. That's way sooner that we would have expected. As a tip, back-up all your data, right as you should do at any kind of update, because this new version will clean all the data that are not on your SD card. There are not anymore informations, we don't know what Android 2.1 will come with for the Hero version, but developments are expected soon.

The HTC Hero is the third smartphone manufactured by HTC using Android as operating system. It has a 320x480 screen, 3.2 inch HVGA LCD, 5.0 MP camera with autofocus, multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display, volume controls, ambient light sensors and digital compass. Is powered up by a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, packs 288MB RAM and 512 MB ROM. The flash memory is 256MB and the phone can carry up until 32GB on the microSD slot. There is also Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and aGPS.

Via PhAndroid

The phone is available in Canada since its release, but US support has not been offered. Well, it seems now there is HTC Legend for Americans too. If you don't like the HTC Desire, you may want to purchase its smaller brother. The HTC Legend is now available at AT&T's 3G bands. Many people ask why would AT&T make this phone available in the US. Well, this is probably because of AT&T's band frequencies are shared with Bell's one. The Canadian carrier launched the device some time ago, as we reported before.

The new HTC Legend is a device coming with HTC Sense, 3.2 inch AMOLED display, 5MP camera with autofocus, flash and video capabilities, 3.5mm headset jack, music player, radio and Wi-Fi. The handset can hold up to 32GB on the microSD card. The smartphone can be ordered from here, it's unlocked, and you won't have to tie you up to AT&T. The phone is in stock and you can purchase it for $498.50.

Via PhAndroid

HTC Aria, ATT's second attempt in Android phones is now available at some places. Even if the release date is tomorrow, rumors suggest it's available already at Best Buy Mobile locations. The price of the phone is $129.99 with contract, but we don't know anything else about the period of the deal or any other prices. HTC Aria is being considered better than the Motorola Backflip and you can't install unsigned apps on it, exactly as it happens on the device from Motorola

HTC Aria's official release date is tomorrow, 20th June. The phone weighs 108 grams, has a 3.2 inch display, HTC Sense UI, optical trackpat and touch sensitive controls. It has a 3.5mm headset jack, microSD up to 32GB (the 2GB version is included). It packs 512MB ROM and 384 MB RAM and is powered up by a Qualcomm 600MHz processor. It also packs a microUSB 2.0, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It runs the Eclair (Android 2.1) and has GPS too.

Via PhAndroid

Another good move from Orange's UK division. They've decided to make Samsung Galaxy S and HTC Touch Pro II available soon. The first one is already available in the UK, but only through Vodafone, but now Orange is ready to compete with the "red" carrier. Wait, there's more to come! Orange will even give the phone for free on some deals and plans, which is cool. We don't know anything about plans or other pricing, but I think you've heard enough.

Another phone, the HTC Touch Pro II, now older than one year, is coming to Orange too. This is a considered weird, because there were plenty of other alternatives out there, but maybe Orange thinks of the fact that none of the HTCs they are selling (Desire, Hero, Tattoo) has a full qwerty keyboard.

Orange is also selling the released Samsung Galaxy Apollo, and you can get it for £189 on Pay As You Go, or free on different deals.

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We reported before there will not be too much to wait until Google will release Android 2.2, and now the news is confirmated. Besides Nexus One, which was already confirmated, we've heard news about two other devices. It seems HTC will deliver Froyo to HTC Desire and HTC Legend within the next two weeks! After giving a taste of Froyo on Desire and Legend, HTC wants to deliver the new operating system to several other handsets. The news come from a German site, and the translation says the update will come "in the next two weeks". This is pretty soon, isn't it?

Adobe also announced some time ago that they will send Adobe Flash 10.1 to several retailers, and that the new service will be available on some Android 2.2 handsets, such as Google Nexus One, HTC Desire, Evo 4G, Motorola Droid/Milestone and HTC Droid Incredible. Samsung Galaxy S may also be on the list, but is not for sure.

Via PhAndroid

T-Mobile is shipping HTC Wildfire since this week, and Vodafone doesn't want to lots ground. The "Red" company started to ship HTC Wildfire after not managing to do it on 15th June, which was the first official date. THe handset can now be bought even for free with monthly plans starting from 20£. The device can be ordered from here, from the official page of Vodafone.

Wildfire is another smartphone developed by HTC Corporation, announced on 17 May 2010 and released this month. It is powered up by a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor, runs Android 2.1 Eclair as operating system and includes a TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen. There is also a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED Flash. The phone has been described as the "Mini HTC Desire". The screen is a 3.2 inch 240x320, and the phone packs 512 MB flash and 384 MB RAM. It supports up to 32GB on microSD and features Radio, social media integration, aGPS with turn-by-turn navigation and full Flash support.

Via PhAndroid

It's official now! The three models of HTC, Legend, Desire and Wildfire will be getting Fyoyo, the update for Android, in the next quarter of this year. Anyway, that seems far, but it's not. The third quarter of each year stars in July, so it's almost here. Sure, there is not going to be any Froyo update tomorrow or next week, because the third quarter is long, but rumors suggest there is going to come in a few weeks to a few months. Sure, that's not helping you too much, isn't it? We're sorry, but we don't know too much about it either.

Now we will only be able to wait for it, and I am sure there are many users out there who can't wait to update their operating system to the new Froyo, tipped to be way better than the 2.1 Eclair. Nexus One is the only phone which got a 2.2 update until now, but it seems there are also new three smartphones that are going to get it too.

Via PhAndroid

HTC said that they want to update every new device to Android 2.2 Froyo, and it seems they will really do it soon. Soon means by Christmans, but we all know there's a lot of work and there are lots of devices out there, so I think Christmas is an ok deadline. The HTC Desire is tipped to get the Froyo in August, for example. Anyway, it's very possible the owners of Legend or Wildfire (not high-end devices) to have to wait until the last month of this year to get it. They might even change their handsets until then...

Eric Lin, global PR and community manager at HTC said why is it going to last so much: "It takes time to port all of our applications over to Froyo and then make sure that it is running well on each of our devices. That's nor like a one week kind of project. We need to make sure that our applications are taking advantage of the Froyo features", said Lin. True, it takes, time. And I really understand them. Everybody expects to get updates over updates, but no one ever thinks of the work that is behind one update only.

Via UnwiredView

Australia's largest phone carrier, Telstra, announced they will release HTC Wildfire in the Oceanic country starting soon. The phone will probably arrive in August and will feature the same specs as the smartphones released in Europe and US. People in Australia will be able to stay connected through the same HTC Sense.

Some of its feature include a 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen, a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. The operating system is Android 2.1 with the latest versions of Sense. Some other specs include an optical trackpad for navigation and text editing and many other things.

Pricing hasn't been announced yet, but the press release says that Telstra will have exclusivity in Australia for the Wildfire.

Via PhAndroid

The HTC Desire will be available soon at Telus, announced the carrier through a press release today. We believed that's the carrier to sell HTC, but there was nothing sure. Now there is. Desire will definitely be found soon in Telus' stores. Desire will come with a 3.7 inch capacitive touch screen (800x480 resolution) and a 5MP camera. The handset will run Android 2.1 and will be powered up by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor.

Telus will probably release the pgone in "back to school special", so the device will probably be on the market before the summers ends. As fast as we know the official release date, we will tell it to you, so stay tuned!

Via PhAndroid

The Taiwanese produces said they will introduce on the market several devices this year. They may reach the incredible 8.5 million in the last quarter and achieve the release of six other models in the same time. Three of those devices seem to be Android devices: the Europe version of the HTC Vision and two other outbound devices (Vanguard and Emeral). The last two seem to head to T-Mobile in the US.

Anyway, this goal can't be met if they don't surpass their shortage issues. Two of their best devices, Droid Incredible and Evo 4G weren't so successful as everybody tipped them to be. Some of devices are difficult to find in Europe too, so it's not just a US problem. Anyway, it remains to be seen if HTC will sell 8.5 million devices in the fourth quarter. But with six new devices, this goal may not be so difficult to meet.

Via PhAndroid

AT&T announced today that they will launch their alternative to Sprint's EVO 4G, the HTC inspire 4G, on 13th February, one day before the start of the Mobile World Congress. This is the first AT&T device to run Android 2.2 Froyo and the first device to run "4G" HSPA + network. Moreover, this is the first AT&T device with Mobile Hotspot support.

The phone is going to be cheap, with a price tag set at $99 on a two-year deal. The phone features a 4.3 inch screen (480 x 800 resolution), an 8 MP real camera and a front camera designed for video chatting. The device will be powered up by a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor and will feature a 4 GB of storage, and a microSD support for up to 32 GB.

Source: Mobile Crunch

There's finally a word from Telus Canada regarding the availability of the HTC Desire HD. The handset is now stated as a soon-to-come mobile phone, but there are not any information regarding price, long-term deals or anything else. However, earlier reports suggest the price for the phone might be $499.99 off-contract, so the phone coming in February or March might have a price tag around this one.

The HTD Desire HD features a 4.3 inch touchscreen, Adobe Flash support, an 8MP camera with autofocus and dual LED flash, geotagging, 3.5 mm headset jack and GPS. The handset is powered up by a fast 1GHz processor and features a virtual memory if 768 MB. The internal phone storage is 1.5 GB and the expansion slot is available due to the microSD slot. The phone also features social networking intefration, tethering and Bluetooth 2.1

Source: Mobile Syrup

Earlier reports suggest that AT&T will not accept sideloading on its HTC Inspire 4G. Basically, sideloading means to be able to download and install applications that are not developed to work with an operating system. AT&T's approach will not change in the following months, as the carrier decided sideloading non-Android applications will be forbidden and will not work for the HTC Inspire 4G.

However, there has to be some application that will make it possible, because Apple announced they will not accept installing non-Apple Store applications on their devices, and yet many hackers managed to create applications that are allowing you doing that - it's just not official and accepted by the company, but it can be done.

Source: PhAndroid