Accordingly to digitime, the Taiwanese online publisher, HTC is pushing back the release date of the previously rumoured phone, the Dragon (or the Passion?). The device is said to use a Snapdragon CPU with 3.5 inch WVGA OLED screen.  And was originally targetted to be release with Android 2.0 by end of 2009.  And Digitime is saying now it will be released early 2010. However, the HTC roadmap we have got few days ago suggested [...]

There a series of HTC phones being lined up for the first half of year 2010.  According to XDA-developers, the pre-production brochures of the products from HTC portfolio updates reveal the information. Say hello to Tera, Trophy and Photon if you are a WinMo 6.5 lover.  And say hi to Legend, Salsa, Bravo, Tide and Buzz if you like Android. Here are the summaries of the phones: Photon: WinMo 6.5, 3.2 inch HVGA phone.  Arriving [...]

The recently leaked ROM of HTC Hero Android 2.1 shows a bunch of codenames that could be phones to be released by HTC in the near future. The developers have found a list of codenames in the leaked ROM, and many of them have never been heard before.  We have Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Espresso, Halo, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Passion, Sapphire and Supersonic.  And of course we have the Dream, HeroCT, [...]

Before you can get your hands on this beast, somebody from htcpedia has already leaked the updated ROMs for the HD2, even before they appear on official HTC support sites. These leaked ROMs, with various languages and regions to choose from, look like the shipping ROMs from HTC as some of the HTC support sites have shown the updated ROM for HD2. If you couldn’t wait for the ROM to show up at HTC site, [...]

Were you tempted to install the unofficial Android 2.1 (Ecliar) from XDA-Developers on your HTC Hero when I told you it is available?  Here is a video that might make you more tempted to do that.  Someone from Europe apparently has installed the Android 2.1 on the Hero and is showing it off on youtube. Enjoy! And be tempted

It is here, finally!  Google has just made Google StreetView available in Singapore.  You can now view the streets of Singapore using Google Map on your PC or on your mobile device.  First launched in May 2007, Street View is hugely popular worldwide and is available in more than 100 metropolitan areas around the world. Singapore is the first country in Southeast Asia to get Street View and the fourth country in Asia Pacific after [...]

HTC is famous of not using a proper video drivers for their Windows Mobile phones and it has caused a lot of complaints regarding video performance from the users around the world. And it is the same case for their latest HD2.  There have been complaints that some of the 3D games and applications are not working properly on the HD2.  According to the author of the patch: “For many Leo users several OpenGL games [...]

I have just posted the unofficial screenshots of Android 2.1 for HTC Hero 2 days ago, and now XDA-Developers have gotten it to run and released for everybody to download. According to post on XDA-Developers, it is still being worked on and bugs are being ironed out from time to time.  However, it is definitely working on your GSM version of HTC Hero. By looking at the progress, the official release of Android 2.1 for [...]

Do you still remember there was a report few months back that HTC was getting a patent for a capacitive stylus that works on a capacitive touch screen. It seems like the product is coming.  According to Clove, the UK online retailer, the HTC HD2 Capacitive Stylus is about to launch.  The stylus will cost 15 British Pound before tax. While technically one will not need a stylus for a capacitive touch screen.  However, being [...]

HTC has promised the world that there will be an Adroind 2.0 firmware upgrade for the HTC Hero. While all of us have been waiting anxiously for the new firmware to come, there are people who spotted screenshots of HTC Hero running the upcoming Android 2.1 promised by Google to be delivered by end the 2009.  This actually makes a lot of sense as HTC should not release a 2.0 firmware for the Hero if [...]