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HTC to “cut select apps” in order to make the HTC Desire’s Gingerbread update fit on the phone
Earlier this week, HTC made a startling announcement, revealing that they had scrapped their Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update plans for the HTC Desire due to the handset’s memory limitations. The news came as a shock to most HTC Desire owners since HTC promised that the entire Desire family of phones would be updated to Android…
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Want a Windows Phone developer device? Just ask!
Further to my post yesterday, more information is coming to light about the rumoured release of Windows Phone developer handsets, with the hardware to support all the new features in the Mango update for Windows Phone. Seems you will have to be a serious developer, and actually have applications published to the market. Obviously, Microsoft…
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Rumor: Mango Developer Phone may start shipping next week
In the lead up to the Windows Phone Mango announcement, there were a lot of juicy tit bits making the rounds, one of the more exciting was an idea that Windows Phone developers would gain early access to the OS build. In no way was it stated how that would be delivered, and in a…
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USB Storage Enabler for Windows Phone
Windows phone is still fairly locked down, and that’s probably the right way to think about it. The update from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone, took away a lot of features that users took for granted, copy/paste being the most talked about, but features like screen capture, registry editing and deeper system file access have…
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Video: How to disassemble the HTC Thunderbolt
Handset teardowns aren’t anything new, but it’s not often that we get step-by-step instructions to go along with them. DirectFix has just posted a new video which gives us a detailed look at how to dismantle the HTC Thunderbolt. We can’t really think of any good reason you would want to take your 4G handset…
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HTC’s Android Invasion!
This may be a little strange, but if you happened to be at Antwerp Central Station this past Friday, you may have been greeted by a sea of little green monsters. Well not quite monsters, but a huge number of HTC branded, Android figurines, enough in fact to tinge the whole place in green. HTC…
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I’m a WP7! app for Windows Phone
I’m always trying to get a realistic handle on the uptake of Windows Phone, there have been poor reports on it’s uptake, and if you go into any local carrier store here in Australia, you will most probably receive a lack lustre response from sales staff towards the platform. If they can describe it’s features…