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Looks like HTC is spawning plenty of mobile phones. Between confirmed leaks and rumoured devices, it seems like there is one new HTC phone being reported almost each week now. Photos of HTC’s Bravo and Supersonic phones popped up just a while back and it looks like the Taiwanese manufacturer is about to spring two impressive mobile phones soon (at the very least, the images are authentic, unlike the fake images of the supposed HTC Obsession).

The HTC Bravo has already been revealed late last year when the HTC 2010 roadmap got leaked. The document contained 8 mobile phones (5 Android phones and 3 Windows Mobile devices) with the HTC Bravo sporting the highest specs in the list. So far, it has already been confirmed that the Bravo will be getting a launch this March (so expect to see the Bravo and the XPERIA X10 to go head to head).

Specs wise, the Bravo and the Google phone Nexus One resemble each other. Both devices have large AMOLED capacitive touch screens, both run on 1GHz Snapdragon processors and the two devices have 5 mega pixel cameras. The two phones resemble each other physically too, and at some point last December, some assumed that the Bravo would be the Google phone. Anyway, the Bravo takes the specs a little bit higher from the Nexus One with its ability to record videos in 720p HD format.

The HTC Supersonic on the other hand will be the very first WiMax Android phone to be released. At close view, the Supersonic sports a very nice touch screen display and four buttons along the bottom of the screen. Both devices are expected to appear on the floor of the upcoming MWC next month.

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The HTC Smart is one of first mobile phones made by HTC that isn’t a smartphone in the traditional sense. Sure, it has many of the same features as a typical smartphone like the Hero, but it runs on a different operating system. The Smart runs on the Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform just like some of AT&T’s phones, less impressive phones. The Smart has decent specs.

Customers who purchase this handset will get the benefit of a 2.8 inch resistive display, which is admittedly pretty small and a QWERTY keyboard. Owners of the Smart will have the benefit HTML browsing. They will be able to check and send email as well as keep up with their favorite celebs, family and friends on Twitter.

The HTC Smart comes with 256 MB of RAM and ROM. Users will be able to take photographs with the phones 3.0 megapixel camera. At 3.0 megapixels, the camera is not bad but it’s not great either. It’s probably just right for the price of the phone.

The Smart is a Euro-friendly 3G handset and utilizes Quadband EDGE technology. The mobile’s processor speed is 300MHz, which is not really fast at all and its RAM is average. It has a built in memory of 256 MB. However, more memory can be added via the phone’s MicroSD slot.  There has been no mention of GPS or Wi-Fi. As a result, there is an assumption that they won’t be added, though this may not necessarily be the case.

The HTC Smart should reach Europe and Asia in the Spring (2010). Though no price has been set, this phone is expected to be priced quite affordably. The rumored specs speak to this assumption. It simply isn’t possible, or at least it would not make good business sense to price this handset expensively. The specs and features simply wouldn’t support it. There are too many good phones on the market at the higher price points that the Smart wouldn’t be able to compete against so we should be able to look forward to some excellent HTC Smart deals come Spring time.

The Google Nexus One is an HTC mobile phone scheduled to makes its first appearance during the prestigious Consumer Electronics Show. There is a lot of anticipation as many people are interested in what the phone will look like and offer in terms of specs. As it concerns the electronics show, the Nexus One buzz has been incredible, quickly becoming the event’s focus, not by the handlers of course but by the public, electronics journalists, bloggers and others in the industry.

At $530, the Nexus One is pricey. Google was not shooting for the low-end market. Instead, their target audience appears to be those persons who expect a great number of impressive features and specs. By all accounts, it looks like Google will give it to them. Though no official word has been given, there are rumors concerning what the phone will offer users.

The Google Nexus One will reportedly include a five or six megapixel camera, will run on Snapdragon and GSM networks. The latter means that while it will be able to work just fine on the AT&T network, it won’t on the Sprint Nextel or Verizon Wireless. Besides what seems to be a high quality camera, the latest Android by the search engine giant will have a 3.7 inch touch screen display, FM radio and Bluetooth technology.

Though the Google Nexus has yet to be released, it appears like it is going to be great phone. It is using the Android Operating System, reportedly will have a top-of-the-line camera and use the speedy Snapdragon as its processor. Set to be introduced formally to the public very soon, Google’s Android, the Nexus One, has a lot of people talking. It already owns most of the buzz surrounding the Consumer Electronics Show, where it will be officially unveiled for the entire world.

Only a few days ago, some information was leaked about the next Android phone from Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer HTC, the HTC Bravo. The news is that a photograph of a much better quality has been released which partially confirms and partially corrects the circulating leak about the HTC 2010 Roadmap.

The earlier leaked HTC 2010 roadmap now stands corrected with the release of a bigger snapshot of the HTC Bravo. The Android handset, which is to feature the latest Android 2.0 Éclair as the operating platform will be offering its users 256 MB of memory, instead of 320 MB as reported earlier. There was also some doubt whether it will feature the Éclair version of the Android OS.

Although the HTC Bravo has been learned to be operating the Android 2.0 operating platform, but there is no word whether the handset will be featuring the Sense user interface. By looking at the recently released picture, it seems that the handset may just as well feature the Sense user interface, because the minimal design and the lack of buttons bear similarities with other devices using the Sense user interface and the Vanilla Android. However, nothing can be said for sure unless the official announcements are made.

Apart from these few variations, the rest of the specifications of the handset are very much the same. The HTC Bravo will be powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, which will be supporting a 3.7” long  AMOLED touch-screen with a WVGA resolution. Apart from that the handset will also be featuring a 5.0 mega pixel auto focus camera, which will be capable of recording video of 720 p resolution.

HTC Bravo will be available in the market by April 2010, and by that time, more leaked information is expected to surface. But from our experience of the HTC Roadmap, we are not expecting a lot of changes in the HTC Bravo from what we have already learned.

HTC is a well known name today in the market. It is having many featured phones available. As per reviews HTC roadmap was leaked impulsively. In the next six months Taiwan Company is going to make available the devices with HTC roadmap 2010. These devices contain five Android and three WinMo headsets. HTC has launched these headsets with the mentioned features.

Android Legend of HTC

HTC has launched a set called Legend. It’s a basically code name which will be changed after release. This is unique in design and made for lifestyle class. This handset comes with touch screen and having 3.2 inches display screen.  It’s coming with HVGA resolution color display. Camera resolution is 5 MP, having a GPS, Wi-Fi and 3G features.

This phone comes with FM radio, USB 2 port with 3.5 mm audio jack. It is having inbuilt 256 MB memory. Company is going to launch this set in March 2010. It is thin in structure and having fast CPU for fast processing. Its look makes it similar to HTC Hero spec-wise.

Android Salsa of HTC

This set comes with 2.6 inches with QVGA touch screen with the camera of 3 Mega Pixel. It is having inbuilt GPS, Wi-Fi and FM Radio. It is having a micro SD card slot for memory. This comes with 528 MHz CPU and 256 MB of RAM. Company is going to launch June 2010.

Android Bravo of HTC

The next model of HTC is Bravo, comes with 3.7 inches with AMOLED display. It is having video recording features of 720p. This set comes with multimedia feature.  It is having the 1GHz processor to process the application fast. It also has featured of Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5 mm audio jack and USB 2 port. It’s coming with Android operating system and having 256 MB RAM.

The American mobile phone carrier Verizon is preparing for software updates to HTC DROID Eris, one of its freshly released handsets with the Android operating platform. For those who are familiar with the handset, the device is featuring the Cupcake, which is the 1.5 version of the operating software, which will be upgraded in the first quarter of 2010.

The change for the users to look out for is that Verizon has engaged to bring Google’s Map Navigation on the HTC Eris. This will be significant as the Google’s Map Navigation System was only noticed in Motorola DROID, a set which features the latest Android 2.0, nicknamed the Éclair, and after that in handsets featuring Android Donut or the version 1.6.

However, it may not be necessary that Verizon keeps the HTC DROID Eris to the Android 1.5 version, and the word around the internet electronics communities is that they may upgrade the handset to Android version 2.0, or even to the version 2.0.1 of the operating platform, as Google may upgrade it before the last sun of the current year sets. However, with the price range of HTC DROID Eris, that seems highly unlikely.

Instead, it is possible that Verizon may settle with providing its DROID users to the Android 1.6, in order to settle for a relatively low-key alternative of enjoying a richer web experience and also enjoying the upgrade of Google Map Navigation. This would prove to be a much more convenient way for Verizon to provide its users the promised features.

But we are already in the last month of the current year, and we will soon see the expected Android version upgrade from Google. Suppose Verizon does move the Eris DROID to the version 2.0, then that will create a very interesting scenario for observing how the market reacts to that.

Of course, this way the Eris will be considered a much more attractive handset, and it will be interesting to see how users choose between the HTC handset and the Motorola DROID offering the Android 2.0 OS. Although Eris is hardly a match for the MOTOBLUR interface, but the price range with the Android 2.0 OS will surely offer a tough fight. Who knows, the HTC DROID may surprise the market.

One of the finest mobile phones of the era, HTC Hero, which was released to the mobile market this year and utilizing Google’s Android Operating System has been seen pictured with the Android 2.1 flavour on board. There are however no available information on the new platform version neither are there information on how HTC managed to have lay hold of this Operating system. There are now series of screenshots revealing the relationship between the two.

The Taiwanese mobile phone maker, HTC Corporation already disclosed in the past that it would not considering the upgrade of Android 1.6 flavour of Google’s Operating System because of the fact that it may automatically update to the Android 2.0 version. However, Hero still does not have the Éclair even though the Sprint’s version had received the update a long time ago.

Concerning the Android 2.1 version of the platform, as most people have already heard, the version is expected to be released as a minor update for the Éclair, and will focus mainly on solving any issues associated with the latest Android modifications. There is a great likelihood that only a few number of users will benefit from the update since the Motorola Droid on Verizon is the only mobile device that is currently running the platform and makers/ carriers are not too keen on the release of the updates for other devices too.

As is the case with other new platform releases, it will be well appreciated if this new Operating system continues to develop and wax strong. If you decide to compare the UI of the 2.1 version and that of the Android 1.5 flavour, you will notice a great amount of similarity between the two which depicts the fact that the Taiwan-based handset vendor intiated Sense to the Android at a fast pace (already noted by Engadget) and the update may not be too far away for both the Hero and other devices.

There is great news for all the fans of the HTC HD2, the Touch HD2 on contract; Touch 2, Touch Diamond and Leo are some of the old names associated with the HTC HD2. Anyway, this powerful mobile phone is finally out. Windows Mobile 6.5 Profession will be the operating system for this Snapdragon 1GHz phone, though critics might want to hold their judgment until actually trying out the HTC Sense interface layered on top of Windows Mobile. The HTC Sense is basically an evolution of the HTC TouchFlo 3D and it makes navigating Windows a whole lot easier.

All About the Screen

If you have a 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen, start to wonder if the HD2 lacks multi touch capability? Most of you may already be familiar with the fact that Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional does not support multi touch functions, so all those pinch gestures will not register. At the same time, there are plenty of HTC apps that do support multi touch. It seems like it is WinMo itself that is the problem.

At 480 x 800 pixels, the resolution is more than just impressive, it is almost unparalleled with most devices out today. The brightness is outright impressive, far surpassing the clarity of the XPERIA X2 in most demonstrations (though this may be due to the native settings on the devices).

In Comparison

Being a Windows Mobile phone, the HD2 is compared to the XPERIA X2 a lot. The two share a common operating system, but HD2 takes the advantage by having a better proprietary interface.  Mostly, it is the 1 GHz Snapdragon processor places the gap between the two devices. The HD2, like other smart phones, is a 3G device that supports quad-band networks, has Bluetooth, GPS, microSD card slot and supports various media file types.

Users of Android mobile phones designed by HTC can start jubilating as information reaching us shows that the company has just upgraded the HTC synchronization for the HTC Magic, HTC Hero and HTC Tattoo. This update will help increase connectivity with PC’s for users of HTC phones. There is a likelihood that this new software version arises to confirm that Android users can connect their mobile phones to a computer running Microsoft’s Windows Operating System.

There is an array of useful new features that the HTC Sync Version 2.0.8 brings to the table for owners of HTC magic, Hero or tattoo. HTC confirms that the update was released for owners of one of the three devices from the company and is geared at empowering them to enjoy an enhanced user experience.

Below are the release notes;

- This update for HTC Sync provides more connectivity between your HTC Phone and PC. Still providing synchronization between your Outlook and your HTC Phone, we’ve added in media enhancements, syncing your contacts pictures along with their contact information.

- Syncing now also syncs your HTC Phone’s time with your PC’s time and vice versa, providing the most accurate time for you, wherever, or whenever, you are.

- Sync your phone with ease. Just plug in your HTC phone to your PC using a Mini (Or Micro) USB cable and watch as HTC Sync displays your model name and starts to sync your information for you.

This new software requires a PC with processor speed of 1Ghz or more, 512MBB of ram or Higher, Video Adaptor with a VGA of 800 x 600. Also 59MB of hard disk is required and a USB 2.0 port to attach the device.

HTC is proud to announce their HTC Tattoo mobile phone. This 3G smart phone is powered by a Qualcomm 528 processor and runs the Google Android 1.6 Donut operating system. These are good specs for a basic 3G device that specializes in connectivity. By focusing greatly on created integrated applications for major social network applications on the internet, the Tattoo acts as you personal hub for Facebook updates, Tweets, Flickr uploads and more. Sure, there are also other devices that allow you to create a fully consolidated address book from your contacts lists, connect to social networking websites and keep and archive of messages; but how many of those mobile phones are actually running a version of Android?

The Operating System

The Android operating system is the reason why the Tattoo is such a good mobile phone. The operating system is able to fully maximize the processor and provide a stable operating platform for all applications allowing the phone to operate fast and smoothly. HTC is a veteran when it comes to making Android phones and it shows in the Tattoo. The best part of it all is that they have designed the Tattoo as a phone for everyone. Not exactly the cheapest device on the market, but it is reasonably priced and you are sure to find good Tattoo deals from local carriers once the phone launches.

Official Announcement

I like how the HTC official page advertises the consolidated address book and describes the entire experience as being dead easy. Well, it really is, but dead easy just does not sound right sometimes, and it some ways that does not sound easy at all. But as said, it is easy, with HTC’s shortcut buttons for both the Android and the integrated applications, all you need is an active account on social networking sites and you will be using the Tattoo regularly.