HTC today announced the S743, a version of the S740 with support for US 3G networks. The phone is a non-touch Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard device with a bar form factor and numeric keypad, plus a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 3-megapixel camera, memory card slot, WiFi, GPS, and 528 [...]

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Smartphone-maker Palm has reported dismal results for smartphone shipments in the second fiscal quarter of 2009, with overall distribution of less than 600,000 units, 13 percent below last year’s quarter. The company took a harder hit with its smartphone revenue of $171 million, marking a decrease of 39-percent year over year. The numbers also indicated [...]

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Verizon Wireless customers are going to have to drop an extra $50 than their AT&T brethren to get the qwerty-sliding HTC Touch Pro. It popped up on VZW’s web shop for $420 minus a $70 mail-in rebate (hopefully not administered by Rebatestatus.com).

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It seems there could be a new “race” heating up in the mobile phone industry, and that being of processors. Of course, processors with high clock speeds are nothing new, especially at the Windows Mobile end. Even still, 800 MHz of processing power in a mobile phone is certainly a feat, and if this catches [...]

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Today HTC announced that the Fuze is now available to AT&T customers. The Fuze is a GSM version of the Touch Pro. It carries quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, as well as 850/1900/2100 tri-band HSDPA. Other radios include Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP stereo, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and GPS. It has a VGA touch screen, a 3.2 [...]

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The software also features a quick store function that allows the storing of new caller ID info into the contacts list. I’ve never used a BlackBerry before but my wife’s Palm Centro and my iPhone already offer very similar called ID functions stock.

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HP has announced two new Windows Mobile devices in its iPAQ range of smartphones. Shared features include tri-band HSPA 900/1900/2100MHz and quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. Both phones also have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and assisted GPS. A 3.1 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash comes with both. They support microSD cards up to 8GB and use [...]

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HTC’s Touch HD, it’s main feat being it’s 3.5″ touchscreen, with a resolution of 800 x 480 (WVGA), will begin shipping, certainly in Europe, and possibly Asia, coming November 6th.
Though, obviously, given its extensive feature set - it’s not just a one-trick pony (5MP camera, Wi-Fi, 528 MHz processor etc), it’s going to come at [...]

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HTC’s Android-powered G1 handset, to be exclusively available in the US, from the 22nd of this month, has sold a staggering 1.5 million, in terms of pre-orders. Initially, it was thought that the G1 will sell around 400,000 units, before years-end.
Well, the number of pre-orders has trounced that figure, and there’s still two and a [...]

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Android browser in action
Right after T-Mobile’s latest and greatest offering, the G1 (world’s first Android based handset) launched, the Web got flooded with guides through the phone’s user interface and demos. We have scouted YouTube for some of the most informative walkthroughs - without further ado, here they go:

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Today HTC, T-Mobile and Google announced the first phone running the Android platform, the G1. The G1 has a touch screen that swivels out to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. The G1 is highly integrated with Google’s services, and includes one-touch access to Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others. It has a track [...]

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HTC recently announced its Touch HD handset - its main feature being the 800 x 480 (WVGA) 3.8″ touchscreen. A video of the Touch HD has been posted on the video-sharing site, Youtube. In the video, which lasts at just over twelve minutes and a half, you get a detailed look at the high resolution [...]

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Leaked pictures show a vey sleek and sophisticated looking Asus Glaxy7 which looks like a splitting image of the Samsung Omnia from a distance. Nevertheless, the Glaxy7 looks more poised to take on the iPhone than its smaller sibling, the P552w. Some of its more notable specs include a 3.5-inch WVGA 65L TFT touchscreen display, [...]

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HTC have announced their Touch 3G handset. This isn’t simply the original Touch, with 3G connectivity tacked on - that would be pretty pointless. Obviously, to get with the times, as it were, several features of the original Touch have been upgraded.

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It seems someone at HTC has spilled the beans on another Touch-branded communicator - this time around it’s codenamed “HD”. As the spec sheet implies, this phone carries a whopping 480×800 pixel screen onboard, and naturally HTC’s trademark TouchFLO 3D finger-friendy user interface. Other than that, the HTC Touch HD is pretty much a [...]

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