Tag archive: HTC

There's good news and bad news on the software update front today, with the positive aspects coming from HTC and the negatives from T-Mobile in the USA. First up, here's the good news: HTC has finally got around to providing a more accurate time frame for its initial round of Ice Cream Sandwich updates, plus announcing which devices will be first to sample its delights. Having announced in November last year its intention to upgrade… Read More

Once the king of the Android smartphone world, Taiwanese handset maker HTC has slipped from its throne in recent months, usurped by Samsung's powerhouse lineup, as well as stiff competition from Apple and Nokia. In a trading update (pdf) released Monday, HTC said that it earned revenues of NT$16.6 billion (US$564 million) during the month of January 2012 — a drop of more than 52 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Thanks to a… Read More

In just over one month's time, the doors will open at Mobile World Congress 2012, one of the largest mobile industry trade shows in the world. Held in Barcelona, Spain, the exhibition center will play host to more than 1400 exhibitors and last year attracted 60,000 visitors. The reason Mobile World Congress is so eagerly anticipated by mobile fans around the world is that traditionally, manufacturers use it to unveil their very latest… Read More

We can expect plenty of smartphone-related leaks over the coming weeks, as information on the devices set to debut at Mobile World Congress starts to circulate. We've already seen the LG X3 this week, and here we have another Android phone that could show up at the end of February – the HTC Primo. Despite being currently blessed with a name that suggests a top-end spec, the Primo's leaked feature list reveals it to be a far… Read More

In preparation for Mobile World Congress at the end of next month, the organizing body – the GSMA – has announced the 2012 shortlist of nominees for their prestigious Global Mobile Awards. That's right, it's not just those in with a chance of an Oscar nod on tenterhooks today. What makes the GSMA's awards worthy of attention is that they're voted on by 170 independent industry players — from chief… Read More

The Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone. Though there were few revolutionary new products at the show this year, in the smartphone space, we saw a number of promising new devices, many from companies that haven't been performing well in the United States in recent years, including Nokia and Sony. Huawei and Fujitsu also had impressive showings, but overall, Windows Phone may be the winner at CES 2012. While it still has a tiny… Read More

Though there weren't dozens of new Windows Phones shown at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, Microsoft may have had a more impressive showing than Android. Nokia finally debuted its first 4G LTE Windows Phone 7.5 device, the Lumia 900, and HTC quietly announced a sequel to its newly released 4.7-inch Titan phone. Oddly, the manufacturer didn't have a presence on the show floor, but Microsoft let me play around with one during… Read More

Google may have released Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) already, but HTC Flyer owners are only now getting Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). Android Central, and other sources, are reporting that users of the Wi-Fi version of the Flyer have begun receiving the update to Honeycomb. Those who own the Sprint version, known as the Evo View 4G, should have gotten the update in December.  For a little history, the HTC Flyer went on sale in May 2011, but… Read More

Last summer, phone maker HTC raised eyebrows by announcing it would enable users to unlock the bootloaders on some of its most popular phones, enabling technically-inclined customers to root the devices and install custom operating systems or, really, any darn thing they like. Now, HTC has come through, releasing a tool to unload the bootloader on phones launched after September 2011. HTC also says it is working to make the bootloader… Read More

Apple still commands the largest market share for a smartphone manufacturer, but Android manufacturers are closing in. According to new data released by Nielsen, HTC, Samsung, and Motorola are all top five smartphone manufacturers, along with RIM. Keep in mind, this data doesn't include non-smartphones. If you factor in those, Samsung is the largest phone maker in the U.S. Worldwide, Nokia leads the pack.  Smartphone market share by… Read More

The U.S. International Trade Commission has handed Apple a partial victory in its patent infringement litigation against Taiwanese phone maker HTC, ruling that HTC phones violate a single Apple patent related to detecting data items within otherwise unformatted content. Along with the ruling, the ITC has issued a limited import exclusion order (PDF) that will go into effect on April 19, barring the import of infringing phones into the United… Read More

As CES and Mobile World Congress both draw closer, so the first leaks and hints of new devices set to be unveiled there start to appear. In previous years HTC has been prolific at both events, launching a wide variety of phones for both the US, and the international market. According to Boy Genius Report however, this year HTC won't be releasing the slew of new products we've come to expect, and its first quarter of 2012 may include… Read More

Responding to questions from U.S. Senator Al Franken regarding its use of the controversial Carrier IQ software, US mobile operator Sprint has revealed (PDF) that it has installed Carrier IQ on more than 26 million handset — but insists its use of the software is limited solely to diagnostic data and does not constitute a breach of users' privacy. Furthermore, Sprint says that it only has Carrier IQ active on about 5 percent of the… Read More

The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced it will deliver its ruling on Apple's complaint against smartphone maker HTC on December 19th. The delay marks the second time the agency has postponed its ruling this month: the decision was supposed to have been handed down on December 6, and was then postponed to December 14. Now, it appears the industry will have to wait until next Monday to learn whether Apple or HTC wins an early… Read More

Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week. Two iPhones spontaneously combust, Siri turns out to be pro-life On Monday of this week we reported about a passenger on a regional Australian flight whose iPhone 4 mysteriously exploded shortly after landing, apparently emitting smoke and a red light. In an even stranger twist,… Read More