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Modular phones could be in HTC’s future thanks to new Microsoft patent
A slide-out QWERTY keyboard, speaker or gamepad isn’t anything new when you look at today’s smartphones, but what if you could swap out that keyboard or speaker for a larger battery or a dedicated gamepad? A new patent labeled “Mobile Communication Device Having Multiple, Interchangeable Second Devices” has surfaced which would allow handset owners to…
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Video: Windows 8 pulls the HTC Shift out of the grave
It’s been nearly four years since HTC introduced their first and last UMPC – the HTC Shift. For those of you who don’t remember, the UMPC was Microsoft’s first attempt to bring full-fledged mobile computing to market. The idea was that you could deliver a full OS (Windows Vista) in a small package which would…
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HTC Titan and Radar get their public video debut – again
The Titan and Radar are HTC’s initial second generation Windows Phones, second gen because they will come loaded with Windows Phone “Mango”, which is the first major update for Windows phone from Microsoft. Yesterday we had confirmation that existing handsets would receive the update over the air via the Zune desktop software, this week or…
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HTC and Drop Box partnership delivers an extra 3 GB of storage to Sense 3.5 phones
HTC has announced that users with phones running on HTC Sense 3.5 will be given an extra 3 GB of storage through Drop Box. The new partnership between HTC and Drop Box increases the standard 2 GB of free storage up to 5 GB. As of now, the only phone that’s been announced which features…
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Windows Phone ‘Mango’ update, this week or next
Windows Phone users have been hanging on every bit of rumour and speculation as to when Microsoft would release Windows Phone 7.5 [dubbed Mango]. Rumours pointed to the 15th of September, were unceremoniously quashed by Joe Belfiore himself. Reminding us all of the date Microsoft had mentioned earlier. Less a date, more a season, fall…
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HTC Raider unveiled for Korea, shows us what the HTC Holiday will bring
AT&T customers planning on picking up the HTC Holiday once it’s officially released may want to take a quick peek at the new HTC Raider. The Riader is Korea’s newest 4G LTE handset running on a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor with a 4.5-inch qHD display. Other specs on the HTC Raider include 16 GB…
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Video: A closer look at the HTC Rhyme design process and its accessories
HTC has just uploaded a few new videos which give us a closer look at the HTC Rhyme, its accessories and the design process for the handset. If it’s not obvious by now, the videos should make it clear that the HTC Rhyme was designed to be the perfect smartphone for women. HTC’s design approach…