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HTC Incredible User Manual Looks Incredibly… Obvious
Apr 8th
So the Incredible manual has leaked. Which gives further credence to the existence of the phone and its 1GHZ Snapdragon, Sense UI, 8 megapixel, weird-battery-cover hotness.
Personally, looks like the phone will be a winner, mostly for Verizon, HTC and Android. And will further cement HTC as the King of the Android phone world. Which is fine, because nothing tops Sense at the moment, and the more phones they have with it the more it seems like a viable product and not just an “Android skin.”
We’ll have to see on April 29th.
(Thanks @sirlance99 for the scoop!)
HTC HD2 on T-Mobile on March 24th
Mar 16th
In what should be HUGE news, the much-anticipated HTC HD2 will be available to T-Mobile customers on March 24 for $199.99 with a two-year contract – or $450 outright.
Microsoft threw a wrench into many potential buyers’ plans when they announced the HD2 would not be receiving an update to the cleverly-titled Windows Phone 7. Why? Your guess is as good as mine.
So anyone still picking one of these up?
Thanks to Engadget for the heads-up.
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Android Phone Arrives With the Flu
Mar 10th
Is it even surprising these days when you open up a brand new phone, expecting nothing but a clean installation with which you can do anything you please, only to discover the carrier has installed tons of their own, bloated software? In fact, I was surprised to find no bloatware on my Telus Milestone.
Well, last week, a Panda Security employee received a brand new Vodafone HTC Magic, and when she plugged it into her PC, Panda Antivirus discovered several malicious pieces of malware. The botnet installed is fairly basic, but once connected to the internet, it connects to a server run by the software creator, in order to deliver personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, to an external database.
While Vodafone denies this is a widespread issue, it brings the question of quality control into focus, whether on HTC or on the phone carrier, though realistically, HTC probably delivered the phone completely clean, and lets the carrier install any aftermarket software on top of the OS.
This will most likely not be the last time we see malicious software installed on a clean phone. But as customers we cannot be complacent either. Do a scan on the files on your phone, let us know if you come up with anything!
A Legend Approaches… Across The Ocean.
Mar 9th
The HTC Legend, the phone maker’s follow-up to the ridiculously well-selling Hero, is set to release its next earth-shattering handset on March 23rd, according to Clove Technology, a retailer in the UK. The phone has already been to this side of the ocean, and has been reviewed by Gizmodo, who loved it, claiming that, despite its modest hardware upgrades, the new 2.1 OS combined with a sleek new Sense UI, more memory, full-aluminum casing and slight bump in processing speed, makes the phone much, much faster and than its predecessor. And MAN is it a beauty!
Unfortunately, the phone in its current form will not run on any North American 3G networks, so people looking to import it over from the UK are looking at meager EDGE speeds until an 850/1900MHZ version is made.
The phone will be available on March 23rd for a reasonable £376, around $564USD.
Rumor: Verizon replacing Droid Eris with something Incredible?
Mar 9th
There is word on the street that the Nexus One-like rumoured CDMA device, the Incredible, will be replacing the Droid Eris on Verizon’s large 3G network. as of April 1st. The only proof of the Incredible’s existence are some spy shots and a few specs (very similar to the CDMA Nexus One), but if this is true then perhaps Google’s plans for bringing its flagship device to Big Red are moving along smoothly.
The handset, like the N1, is supposed to have a 3.7″ screen and a 480 x 800 resolution, and feature a 5-megapixel camera on Android OS 2.1.
The spy shots show the handset looks nothing like the Nexus One, but it is not out of reach to believe that Verizon would request a different look for the phone, to differentiate it from its T-Mobile GSM equivalent.
(via BerryScoop)
Thoughts? Am I completely off-base? Let me know in the comments.
Let the mayhem begin, Apple’s suing HTC
Mar 2nd
Just when we thought the dust had cleared from Apple’s lawsuit against Nokia, Engadget is reporting that Apple is at it again, this time duking it out with HTC over 20 patents “related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware”
Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs had this to say:
“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it,”
He then went on to say
“We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”
In the end this means a LOT of paperwork and back and forth deliberations, we will keep you updated as we hear more news
What do you think about this? Apple being to pompous? Leave a comment and let us know!
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UPDATE: Gizmodo has the full list:
- The ‘331 Patent, entitled “Time-Based, Non-Constant Translation Of User Interface Objects Between States,” was duly and legally issued on April 22, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- The ‘949 Patent, entitled “Touch Screen Device, Method, And Graphical User Interface For Determining Commands By Applying Heuristics,” was duly and legally issued on January 20, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘949 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
- The ‘849 Patent, entitled “Unlocking A Device By Performing Gestures On An Unlock Image,” was duly and legally issued on February 2, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘849 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
- The ‘381 Patent, entitled “List Scrolling And Document Translation, Scaling, And Rotation On A Touch-Screen Display,” was duly and legally issued on December 23, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘381 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit D.
- The ‘726 Patent, entitled “System And Method For Managing Power Conditions Within A Digital Camera Device,” was duly and legally issued on July 6, 1999 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘726 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit E.
- The ‘076 Patent, entitled “Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity In Portable Devices,” was duly and legally issued on December 15, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘076 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit F.
- The ‘105 Patent, entitled “GMSK Signal Processors For Improved Communications Capacity And Quality,” was duly and legally issued on December 8, 1998 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘105 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit G.
- The ‘453 Patent, entitled “Conserving Power By Reducing Voltage Supplied To An Instruction-Processing Portion Of A Processor,” was duly and legally issued on June 3, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘453 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit H.
- The ‘599 Patent, entitled “Object-Oriented Graphic System,” was duly and legally issued on October 3, 1995 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘599 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit I.
- The ‘354 Patent, entitled “Object-Oriented Event Notification System With Listener Registration Of Both Interests And Methods,” was duly and legally issued on July 23, 2002 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the ‘354 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit J.
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