Purported HTC Accord Windows Phone schema leaked on Twitter

. While certain other manufacturers claim a lot of the Windows Phone column inches, there are other players in the game. An image that recently popped up on Twitter reminds us that HTC is also a supporter of Microsoft's mobile OS. The picture above claims to be a possible schema for a forthcoming handset, which the poster believes to be the HTC Accord. The account belongs to a prolific XDA-Developer user with a history of Windows Phone ROMS, so it's entirely possible this was found somewhere along the way. Likewise, though, we'll have to take this with the requisite amount of salt. There's not much in the way of specification to be gleaned here, either, but at the least we can get a sense of what the design style might be like going forward. We just need to wait now for the official product launch event to join the ever-growing list.

Via:Football4PDA (Twitter)

HTC’s Windows Phone 8 roadmap reveals three new handsets

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HTC's Thunderbolt beset with video capture woes, fix purportedly on the way

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HTC Incredible S render surfaces in red

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Of course you've all had a peek at the HTC Incredible S by now, but what you might not have seen is this, a potential red variant. Of course we're saying potential because until word flutters down officially, this is something any kiddie with a red Crayola could craft in a quick minute. As a reminder we're at CTIA this week, and if there was ever a good time to show off a recently launched device in a new color: this week's it.

Via Dustin.dk

HTC 7 Mozart's copy and paste update leaked early?

. Word has it that an unbranded update for HTC's Windows Phone 7-powered 7 Mozart that's recently appeared over on xda-developers is imbued with Microsoft's fabled "NoDo" code -- that is, the good stuff with copy and paste support, performance improvements, and a CDMA stack (though that obviously doesn't matter for the Mozart folks). Results of the update procedure are still trickling in... so proceed with extreme caution, or just wait for users braver and crazier than yourself to report back on what kind of destruction the update process has wreaked on their beloved devices.

Via wpcentral

HTC Mecha leaked on HTC Sense

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We've been hearing the hushed whispers of an HTC Mecha handset for a few months. Now we've got solid evidence of its existence thanks to the HTC's own HTC Sense web site that lists the Mecha along side the Desire HD and Desire Z when signing up for an account. Unfortunately, the image used for the Mecha (found after the break) appears to be the old Hero handset unless HTC is planning to resurrect that particular industrial design (which we doubt). Now get out of here and hit the source link to try it for yourselves.

Via HTC Sense

HTC HD7 has hidden microSD slot, user-replacable card?

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We thought the Samsung Focus was the only Windows Phone 7 launch device that could replace its external storage, but the HTC HD7 can apparently do the same -- there's an SD card slot under that Windows Phone logo, and The Unwired managed to replace it while dodging the dreaded "There's a storage error" screen. What sort of black magic did the publication cast to make it recognize the new card? They're not quite sure themselves, but several factory resets and physical reinsertion of the chip seemed to do the trick, if only for an 8GB card. If you're in a daring mood, let us know if it works for you in comments below!

Via Unwired

HTC Gold with Windows Phone 7 in November, and more from a rumored UK roadmap leak

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O, to see what Omio sees. The outlet has obtained what it claims to be "a huge UK mobile phone release schedule for the rest of the year... [from] all the manufacturers" (emphasis its own). So, from where would such an all-encompassing roadmap hail? We don't know, nor can we corroborate any of this, but the details are numerous so let's go through it -- albeit with cautious optimism and a few grains of salt. The biggest phone we can see of this baker's dozen of a lineup is the HTC Gold (sound familiar?), due in November and loaded with Microsoft's mobile OS newcomer Windows Phone 7. Unfortunately, that's all the information provided, but it's certainly enough to entice us. Also in November, we've got Samsung i8700 and Nokia E7 -- the latter being possibly a N8-esque QWERTY slider with AMOLED display and Symbian^3, and the former being a mystery (although Omio takes a gander that its aquatic Greek mythology might suggest a Bada-powered existence).

Going up the list Memento style, October purportedly brings across the pond-ers HTC Vision, the virtually unknown HTC Ace, Nokia N8, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X8 and Yendo. September's a bit of a yawner -- SE Hazel and a Nokia X2 candybar -- as is August with the X6 8GB and BlackBerry Curve 9300. And July? Nokia E5-00, Sony Ericsson W20, and Samsung i5500. As is usually the case, the more you can wait, the better your options. Now, let's see if this supposed roadmap stays on course.

Via WMPoweruser

HTC quarterly profits improve by a third, beat even its own lofty expectations

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We were impressed with HTC back in April when it forecast a record $1.6 billion revenue for itself over the second quarter, but lo and behold, the Taiwanese superphone maker has gone and outdone that with a $1.88 billion income over the period between April and June. Reporting a very solid 33 percent improvement in profits year-on-year -- $268 million versus $202 million 12 months ago -- the company points to strong sales (no doubt catalyzed by Android's growing popularity) as the chief culprit for its newly increased tax bill. Guess that shows that having a wide catalog of high-end devices doesn't preclude raking in the cash, provided they're all desirable enough to garner mind and market share.

Via sourceWall Street Journal

HTC HD2 Android and Ubuntu builds now available for mass consumption

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We're approaching the end of an era -- the legacy of Windows Mobile handsets getting spotted running some open sourced OS or another shortly after their release. With Windows Phone 7 on the horizon the HD2 will surely be one of the last, but you can extend that grand tradition just a bit longer by installing your choice of Ubuntu Karmic Koala or Android 2.1. Those builds we reported on earlier have been made available for general consumption and, while installing them certainly doesn't seem to be entirely risk free, neither of them touch the phone's internal flash, so you're never more than a reset away from the comforts of WinMo. If you're feeling adventurous this weekend, both downloads are on the other end of the source link below.

Via xda-developers forum

Leaked Windows Phone 7 smartphone from HTC: 4.5″ Super AMOLED display and 1.5GHz processor

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As with any leak, we suggest you approach this with a healthy amount of skepticism, but if a post made to PConline is to be believed, this upcoming Windows Phone 7 handset from HTC — the HD3 — is going to be an absolute beast. We mean, take a look at the purported specs:

• 4.5″ WXGA Super AMOLED multi-touch display
• 8 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash
• 720p HD video recording
• 1080p HD playback
• Wi-Fi / Bluetooth
• 3G / 4G connectivity
• 32GB microSD support
• 1GB RAM / 1GB ROM
• 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor
• 1800 mAh battery
• 115mm x 65mm x 10mm

Like we said, this is strictly a rumor, but how great would it be if it all came true?

Via Gizmodo

Vodafone spicing up HTC Legend with 360 services

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Vodafone 360 has yet to come to Android -- but really, what's stopping it? Though it initially launched on some custom Samsung dumbphones, the megacarrier's cloud-ish social platform ended up spreading to the desktop and a couple of S60 devices, so there's no good reason we couldn't see it on smartphones across the whole range. Indeed, the company has now announced that the Legend will be loaded up with 360 services of some sort, but what's really interesting is that the Desire won't be, even though Vodafone will be carrying both models. It's possible that HTC wants to leave its top-of-the-range model as virgin as it possibly can be, but at any rate, just remember this simple guide, folks: if you hate 360 but you've got to get in on HTC's latest round of hotties, get the Desire; if you like it, get the Legend or prepare to live without it.

Via Pocket-lint

Your Nexus One with Sense and Flash has arrived

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The one thing you'll never see on a stock Nexus One is a skinned interface like Sense or TouchWiz -- they're just not Google enough for a phone commissioned and sold directly by Mountain View. Thing is, Sense on Android has plenty of fans, and the mere thought of running it on something with as much oomph as a 1GHz Snapdragon brings tears to our eyes. The solution? The Desire, of course, featuring virtually all of the original Nexus One's mojo with a little less direct Google support, a little more Sense, and a trackpad in place of the old trackball. The 3.7-inch AMOLED display carries over, but things get interesting on the software side: not only do you get HTC's freshly-updated Sense with Friend Stream, you also get Flash 10.1 compatibility, which means you need every clock cycle of that 1GHz more than you ever thought you would. Unfortunately, North Americans, you're getting screwed on this one for the time being -- HTC is only announcing that it'll be "broadly available" throughout Europe and Asia in the early part of the second quarter, while it'll come to Australia via Telstra. Supersonic, care to save us?

Via HTC

HTC pulls wraps off Droid Eris' kernel source

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They knew this day was coming, but still, we can't help but feel like there must be some higher-ups at Verizon that are squirming today at the knowledge that the innermost workings of one of their highest-profile smartphones -- the Droid Eris -- are now available to anyone willing to invest the couple minutes that the package takes to download. This should give hackers some more elbow room to cook custom ROMs for Verizon's remix of the Hero -- and if they can beat an official Android 2.1 release for the phone by even a single day, that sounds like a win in our book.


Via HTC

HTC Bravo shows its Android UI in new hands-on photo

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The same day when images of Sprint’s HTC Supersonic popped up on the Web, a new photo of the HTC Bravo has appeared, too – a hands-on photo, to be precise.

As previously reported, the HTC Bravo kind of resembles the Google Nexus One, although it has more hardware buttons and the trackball has been replaced with an optical trackpad.

Apparently, the features of HTC Bravo include a 3.7 inch AMOLED WVGA multi-touch display, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, 512MB of RAM, 5MP camera with HD video recording, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1GHz processor, and Android 2.1.

HTC Bravo should be available starting March, and T-Mobile UK might be among the first carriers to sell it.

Komorkomania says that the new Bravo photo was sent by a reader alongside some info about the HTC Legend (nothing we didn’t know already, save for the fact that the Legend seems to have an aluminum case and a camera lens cover) – so both devices will probably be announced pretty soon.

Via Komorkomania

HTC HD2 extended battery with kickstand up for pre-order in the UK

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British electronics e-tailer Clove has started listing a new £53 ($86) HD2 accessory that should be of interest to everyone who owns or plans on owning the device. We always thought that generous 4.3-inch screen could do with some backside support, and indeed the new kickstand-equipped extended battery will provide just that. You'll also get a nice energy bump, as the new accessory is set to double the 1,230mAh capacity of the default juice pack. Deliveries are expected by Clove in February, meaning it shouldn't be too long before this official appendage makes its global debut -- let's just hope other nations don't have to suffer as much wallet damage as the UK.

Via WMPoweruser

T-Mobile and Eric Clapton launch the myTouch 3G Fender Edition

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Announced in October last year, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Edition is now finally ready for launch.

The customized Android smartphone will be on sale starting January 20, and T-Mobile USA has teamed up with legendary guitarist Eric Clapton to promote it and appear in commercials that will air on national TV.

Featuring “a Fender guitar sunburst-finish inspired design”, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Edition has a 3.5mm headset jack and a 16GB MicroSD card in the box, and it will come preloaded with Eric Clapton hit songs like “Wonderful Tonight,” “Layla,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart” and “My Father’s Eyes.” Songs from Avril Lavigne, Wyclef Jean and Brad Paisley will be included, too.

The new phone will also come with applications like Guitar: Solo and Musical Light, as well as with a customized multimedia sync solution from doubleTwist, which “offers a sleek, intuitive interface for syncing and managing music and other media” with a Mac or a Windows PC.

The myTouch 3G Fender runs Android 1.6, but it should be upgraded to Android 2.1 sometime this spring.

Like the original myTouch, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender will cost $179.99 with a 2-yr contract agreement.

Via Press release

Official HTC capacitive stylus for HD2 now shipping

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As hard as the world has worked to get away from styli and toward fingers, HTC -- in all its quiet brilliance -- decided that it'd still make a poker available for its mighty, capacitive HD2; after all, how else are you going to pinch and zoom with those adorable mittens on? After some delays, at least one British retailer now has those official HTC-branded units in stock -- you won't have any place inside the phone to stow it, of course, but we're sure you'll figure something out. Heck, even if you do end up losing it, they'll be more than happy to charge you 17 quid (about $28) for another, so rest easy and keep those digits toasty.

Via CoolSmartPhone

HTC Droid Eris gets an ultra-minor update

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What you want for your Droid Eris: Android 2.1. What you're actually getting: the tiniest of updates designed to fix just one bug. ROM version 1.17.605.1 is starting to make its way into the world via the phone's over-the-air update mechanism, fixing an intermittent bad signal indicator when bringing it out of standby. Yep, that's it -- so there'd better be a much heartier update in the wings later this quarter as Big Red has previously promised.

Via Verizon

Brew-based HTC Smart (Touch.B / Rome) gets official

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Surprisingly or not, HTC has just unveiled the HTC Smart – its first phone based on the recently-announced Qualcomm Brew Mobile Platform.

Previously known as HTC Touch.B and HTC Rome, the Smart reportedly comes to “define a new category of smartphones for the masses” – so it’s not really a dumbphone, after all.

The Smart combines Qualcomm’s Brew platform with HTC’s Sense UI (which includes features like Stay Close, Make It Mine and Discover the Unexpected) to deliver an “intuitive user experience.”

As you can see in the photos below, design-wise, the new device has a lot in common with the Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC Touch2.

Here are the main specs of HTC Smart:
* 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display * GSM and HSDPA connectivity * Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP * 3.5mm headset jack * 3MP camera with flash * HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0) * 300 MHz processor * 256MB ROM and 256MB RAM * MicroSD card support * 1100 mAh battery * 104 x 55 x 12.8 mm * 108 grams
Apparently, Wi-Fi and GPS are both missing.

HTC Smart will be commercially available starting this spring – only in Europe and Asia, unfortunately. The handset’s price was not announced by HTC, but the company mentioned that it would be an “affordable smartphone”.

So there you have it – if you don’t like Windows Mobile but want a Touch2-like handset, the Smart will most probably be perfect for you. Of course, that’s assuming that the Brew and Sense combination is as intuitive as HTC says it is.

Via Press release