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Sprint HTC Arrive Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update now available
The official support page for the HTC Arrive on Sprint’s site has been updated, detailing the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update. While the page itself doesn’t mention Mango at all, the list of new features and software enhancements are unmistakable. As with other updates, HTC Arrive owners will need to download and install Zune…
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“Mango” Gets Some Developer Update Testing! Should Roll Out Soon!
This week is slated for the start of the Windows Phone Mango rollout, and while Microsoft talk about a worldwide deployment, WindowsPhoneNZ is reporting an update that seems somehow to be a test of sorts. Seems that Microsoft is sending out a small pre mango update, testing in New Zealand, one that fixes any of…
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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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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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Telstra’s HTC HD7, Mozart to get Mango in the spring; Desire Gingerbread update cancelled
Things couldn’t seem to get any worse for those who own the HTC Desire. Earlier this Spring HTC announced that the Desire would not be updated to Gingerbread due to internal memory limitations. Due to public outcry, HTC later reversed their stance, announcing that a stripped down version of the Gingerbread update would be made…