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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…
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Telstra Has No Sense! GingerBread for the Desire!
When the Desire hit Telstra back in early 2010, it was their premier device, but Android has evolved and grown in size. As the Android OS matures, it inevitably has a larger device footprint, and older devices like the HTC Desire, don’t have the inbuilt ROM storage to support it, and HTC’s Sense UI. So…
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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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GSMA names HTC as ‘2011 Device Manufacturer of the Year’
HTC is certainly no stranger to industry awards, but to be named as the winner of GSMA’s Device Manufacturer of the year is by far the most prestigious award HTC has ever accepted. The GSMA judges commented that the HTC Desire (first introduced at last year’s Mobile World Congress) set a high standard which most…
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HTC confirms Android 2.3 will be coming to “some phones”
When it comes to rolling out Android updates, HTC certainly has a better track record than most other manufacturers out there. Over the past year, we’ve seen HTC push out Android 2.1 to the majority of their first generation Android handsets and the majority of their second generation of Android phones have been updated to…
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HTC releases maintenance update for the HTC Desire
HTC has started pushing out a new OTA update for the HTC Desire. No, you will not be getting Gingerbread or anything fancy like that, but the maintenance update should fix a few bugs here and there and there are reports of improved speeds while surfing the web. If the update has not yet pinged…
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GameString shows off game streaming on the HTC Desire
Ever wonder what it would be like to play World of Warcraft of your HTC phone? Mobile gaming has come a long ways in the past few years, but it’s still hard to pull fans away from their computers or dedicated gaming systems. But since most of us spend the majority of our time on…