Tag: htc

o2’s HTC HD2 – Some beginning to trickle out

A lucky few are beginning to receive the HTC HD2 on o2. Doug Purnell has mailed in after getting an order through today. Apparently lots of customer service people are giving slightly different information but he managed to get one through retentions....

Orange Tattoo – less functionality…?

When we first spotted that the Tattoo had launched and re-named to the "Tattoo Ink" we presumed this would be the only change. However, Chris Pratt has emailed in after his girlfriend came home with a brand new Tattoo Ink. It seems that Google Mail is...

HTC HD2 Now available from Vodafone

Wehay ! The HTC HD2 has now made it onto contracts with Vodafone selling it right now. You can get it for absolutely NOTHING on the £35 p/m plan or above (24 month plan) and for that you'll get a whacking 900 minutes talk-time, unlimited internet / e...

HTC Tattoo gets an update on Vodafone

An update for the HTC Tattoo has just popped up on the Vodafone website. The device, which is currently featured in HTC TV ads, was reviewed by us a couple of weeks back and is already proving to be a success. The update page doesn't tell us exactly …

HTC HD2 Dissected

We're not sure why someone would ever want to do this. It's like taking the engine of a Ferrari apart just to see how it works. Why? Just drive the thing :) Either way, xda-developers.com have shots of a dismembered HTC HD2 which appear to have come f...

Windows Mobile 7 status update – Q3 2010?

It's fair to say that Windows Mobile is on the defensive right now. There's hot Android handsets appearing literally everywhere and manufacturers that Microsoft battled to gain are suddenly jumping ship to Android. The HTC HD2 has suddenly become the ...

HTC Hero now available to buy on Three

We mentioned it last month and now it's here, the HTC Hero is available to buy from UK network "Three" for £97.86 on a £35 p/m plan. This is a 24 month plan and includes 2 years of Spotify Premium membership. The Hero has already been voted phone …

HTC HD2 Now Available. Yes, now!

We've had our HTC HD2 cruely ripped away by a courier, but you can now get one. Yes, right now. Devicewire.com have just announced that the HD2 is in stock and shipping. There's 11 as I type, so you have to be quick. Link - HTC HD2 @ …

HTC HD2 – Example video from on-board cam

Another HTC HD2 video for you now, but this time it's taken from the phone camera itself. The HD2 is able to record video in 640x480, so I strapped it to the car this morning and took this video. Just click here to download the original movie, or …

HTC HD2 – GPS Test (Video)

This morning I managed to do a quick video showing the GPS in action with a "real life" test. In this video you can see Google Maps in action as I travel up the motorway. The HD2 has QuickGPS on board, so a GPS lock is fast and …

HTC HD2 – Final day (Video)

Now, keep this one under your hat. We've somehow managed to keep hold of the HTC HD2 for an extra day so, late last night I managed to film this extra vid. It's a little dark, but we show the flash in action plus there's more about the …

HTC HD2 Availability Update

We've just had an update on the HTC HD2 situation from devicewire.com. It involves the stock arriving this Friday (13th).. "devicewire.com currently has additional stock not yet allocated to pre-orders. Whilst orders are continuing to be processed d...

HTC HD2 Screens and more cam examples

It looks like the FedEx guy is about to take our HTC HD2 away, but we've just managed to download some more of the photos from the handset. You can click here (taken with flash), here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here to see them direct …

HTC Touch HD November Update

If you own a HTC Touch HD then you may be looking on with envy at the new HD2. HTC however haven't forgotten about you, and there's a new update to add enhanced notifications. HTC say.. "This update for HTC Touch HD combines your SMS function with ou...

HTC HD2 – Day 4

Well, I'm not totally sure where this came from but there appears to be a full overview of the upcoming o2 version of the HTC HD2 ROM here. We've got just a few hours remaining with the HD2 and day 4 is now showing over in our YouTube …

HTC HD2 Video – Day 3 plus example cam shots

Many thanks for all your HTC HD2 questions. We've started answering some of them in todays video so click on to see more about the phone, it's multi-tasking capabilities and more. We've also noticed that our first video got slightly mangled by Youtube...

HTC Tattoo Review now online

Our HTC Tattoo review is now up! Available on Orange as the Tattoo Ink, on Vodafone and unlocked for £269.99 from devicewire.com it's HTC pushing "Android to the masses". We were bowled over by it's bigger brother, so we couldn't wait to see how well...

HTC HD2 – Unlocked units shipping November 13th

You'll see us mentioning devicewire.com quite often here at coolsmartphone.com. They provide SIM Free and Network Unlocked devices minus airtime contracts. If you're eager to grab the HTC HD2 that we've covered this week then click here to get one min...

HTC HD2 Photo tour

We've already posted a couple of videos (here and here) and tonight there's a few up-close shots for you guys to gaze at. Despite the 4.3" screen the device is slim and not overly wide. The screen makes even the most non-finger-friendly apps usable an...

HTC HD2 Video – Day 2

Our earlier video was perhaps hampered a little by a rubbish GPRS connection (note to all networks worldwide, we hate GPRS). So I did a second video with full HSDPA pow-pow-power just how mind-bendingly quick the browsing is on Opera. The multi-touch ...

HTC HD2 Hands-on – The saviour ?

It's not often that we make big, brash statements. It took us a good few minutes of serious thinking before we proclaimed that the Hero was an iPhone contender. So, after only a few hours of playing with the HTC HD2, we found the phrase "Windows Mobil...

HD2 Coming to US in 2010, Europe and Asia now

Today it's been made official. The HTC HD2 is now the first Windows Phone with HTC Sense and it'll be launching in Europe and Taiwan very soon. Peter Chou (CEO of HTC) and Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft) were present in Taiwan to announce the phone. ...

T-Mobile HTC HD2 details now even more confused

Yesterday we pointed out that T-Mobile were showing the all-new HTC HD2 as "coming soon" on this page. There were, however, some problems. The screen size was wrong, the product picture was wrong and it stated that "Android Market" would be available ...

HTC HD2 – Get your questions in – quick!

We had a bit of a laugh showing you the HTC HD2 dummy unit last week but, after T-Mobile started showing it off on their site, we noticed a small puddle of drool on the floor that needed mopping up. Luckily we've now managed to secure a HTC …

HD2 Now on T-Mobile website – Coming soon

Oh ! Check it out ! The HTC HD2 has now appeared on the T-Mobile site as "coming soon". We told you a month ago that the Windows Mobile super-phone was coming to the network, and this will no doubt get added to Christmas lists far and wide. …

Video – HTC HD2 Hands-on overview

So yesterday I showed you a snap of the HTC HD2 we'd received and, if we're honest, it caused a bit of a stir. There is, however, something we should mention about this device. The one we have is in fact ... a dummy unit. Yes, we tried …

HTC HD2 Official ROMs on the web

After "Cease and Desist" letters yesterdat there's still no stopping the ROM market. "Official" HTC Leo (HTC HD2) ROM's are now available on some random 4shared.com link with the filename .. "RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.5...

HTC Droid Eris appears once again

Hello, it's the HTC Droid Eris again. A much better picture this time and, yet again, it appears to very similar in specs to the HTC Hero. The Android-powered phone was snapped by a BGR reader who states that the phone is about "the same as the Spint...

HTC CEO Admits "We have to take care of WinMo"

We've been lucky enough to interview HTC head-honcho Peter Chou in the past. He's really in tune with what customers are after and is always keep to show what his phones can do. Today, in an interview with alibaba.com he spoke about this, the all new ...

Android 2.0 Coming to the Hero too

Late last night a tweet appeared from HTC which confirmed that the HTC Hero will be getting the only-just-released Android 2.0. They're just busy updating the fantastic HTC Sense to make it play nice on the new OS, but you can expect to see it appeari...

HTC Droid Eris appears on Verizon systems

We've heard a lot about "the Droid" and, until now, it's only meant the Motorola Droid. However, there's another Droid. It looks like there'll be an entire range and Verizon have just slipped out some details on their upcoming HTC Droid Eris. It looks...

Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrades – HTC Diamond2

The new Windows Mobile 6.5 Upgrade is now available to HTC Touch Diamond2 users. Download it directly from HTC (where someone has typed "Daimond2" by mistake) and get the very latest features now. Various languages are available and you'll benefit fro...

Our daily HTC HD2 round-up

HTC HD2 news now (well, it's been at least a day since we last mentioned it), and mobiles.co.uk will be expecting stock "early next week". We're still hearing November 11th from others but apparently they'll be doing it for just £39.99 when you purch...

HTC HD2 Now very almost nearly on o2 website

Gah! Come on o2, this is like.. torture or something. The HTC HD2. We all know how good it is. Since the announcement we've been hunched over our laptops, furiously watching videos and drooling at the early reviews. Now it's taken another (tiny) step ...

HTC HD2 – The wait continues.. :(

It's been at least a day or two since we ran our last story about the ooomazin' HTC HD2 so here's the current state of play. First we were told it'd arrive on October 12th, then we were told that it'd be October 19th. Now, two days later, …

HTC Tattoo Overview videos

We're just about to put our HTC Tattoo review online but, just to keep you on the edge of your seat, we have two more videos of the Tattoo. In the videos below I take a look at the on-board FM radio, camera, Google Maps, browser, albums and …

HTC Tattoo now on Orange, with added Ink

No, I've no idea why Orange have renamed the HTC Tattoo to the Tattoo Ink, but here it is anyway. The touch-screen phone runs Android 1.6 and is the first Android to have a 240x320 QVGA 2.8" screen. Now, whilst that screen isn't quite as hi-res as the...

HTC Tattoo – Something you should know

We reviewed the HTC Hero some months back and generally jumped up and down declaring it to be the best thing since beer. This was an Android handset with extra juice - the HTC Sense interface. Full drag-and-drop customization, fluid interfaces and an ...

HTC Touch2 on T-Mo today or tomorrow

We reviewed the HTC Touch2 recently. It runs WinMo 6.5 and has a 2.8" QVGA screen. There's GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, 3.2 megapixel cam and zoom bar. It's available unlocked on devicewire.com for £279.99 and now we're hearing that T-Mobile will be pi...