Category: Misc

  • Sprint’s WM 6.1 ROM released into the wild

    Vogue owners rejoice! The official Sprint  WM 6.1 ROM has been  released on xda-developers.com.  Other than being late to report this story, we're also a bit disappointed.  Sprint and At&t have been rolling out WM 6.1 upgrades for their phones, but it seems those who purchesed HTC branded devices are still out of luck. 

  • HTC Set to Launch Pl@net Mobile Service

     HTC, Microsoft, and several other partners announced today the launch of Pl@net, a new mobile service for HTC devices.  Pl@net is poised to offer entertainment, shopping, news, and travel information to users with a quick tap on their touch screens.  The service will also feature several Taiwan's most prominent Internet shop and exclusive content and…

  • “The Diamond surpasses the iPhone in all aspects” – Vodafone

      Well I guess the debate is over.  Vodafone has just declared that the HTC Touch Diamond is superior to the iPhone.  Glad we got that all cleared up.  Ok, so maybe this is just vodafone's way to trying to move a few more Diamonds when the phone launches in July, but you can judge…

  • HTC, Apple, Toshiba and others sued over Touch Screens

    It seems like it's a never ending battle in this high-tech world.  BetaNews is reporting that Typhoon has just reworked a lawsuit against Dell to also include HTC, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, Fujitsu, and Panasonic over their patents  #5,379,057, and #5,675,362 issued in 1995 and 1997. Both patents share the title "Portable Computer with Touch Screen…

  • Welcome to the MID Wars

    It seems every year there's a new technology battle front with manufacturers competing for supremacy in a new technology segment.  Last year was the HD War with Toshiba's HDDVD falling to SONY's BLURAY.  It's now time to sharpen your weapons for the MID War.  Most people's first response to that it "The what war?  What…

  • Tigerdirect Selling Qaud Band Diamond for $799

    For those of you waiting to get your hand on Diamond in the U.S. the wait is over.  TigerDirect is offering the Diamond for $779.99.  Ok, so it's not the first time you've seen the Diamond for sale, but as far as we can tell, TigerDirect is the only retailer selling a quad band (you read…

  • HTC to Jump into the MID Game

    With all the talk these days about the Eee PC and everyone trying to get into the MID game, HTC thought that maybe they should try playing that game as well.  DigiTimes (which has proven to be wrong quite a few times) is reporting that HTC has plans on working on several smaller devices based…