Unlocked HTC EVO 3D now just 249 GBP from ASDA

Let’s say you live in the UK and want the HTC EVO 3D – you can check out that cool deal with a two-year carrier contract we talked about 10 days ago. Or you may want an unlocked device, sans any commitments toward mobile operators? Good news – now you can get the glasses-free 3D screen-equipped smartphone from the online wing of ASDA, which is selling it for 249 GBP (about $388).

It’s a true bargain, considering the European version of the EVO 3D was announced only 6 months ago. Actually it’s amazing how quickly smartphone prices drop these days, something all of us love.

Aside from the mentioned 4.3-inch 3D display, HTC’s baby also comes with two 5-megapixel cameras on the back (for recording 3D video), front-facing camera (for video calls), HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth, an array of sensors and a microSD memory card slot.

So what do you say? Like the deal? If so proceed to this page where you’ll get all the details.

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Tags: 3D, Android, Asda, EVO 3D, HTC, SIM Free, Smartphones, Unlocked

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HTC Desire running Ice Cream Sandwich (video)

Great news HTC Desire owners – it looks like you’ll soon be able to enjoy the all the goodness of the latest version of Android on your aging handset. Developers have been working on an Ice Cream Sandwich port for the phone and it looks like they’ve had a breakthrough recently. The folks over at XDA-developers have announced the beta release of the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the phone and have posted it online for the public.

As usual, not every single function of the phone is working (camera, USB tethering etc) but there are quite a number of things that do work i.e. WiFi, SMS, GPS, Sound, Calling, Touchscreen, Stable 3G, Gmail sync + calendar, SD read/write, all sensors, Bluetooth, Hardware acceleration, WiFi tether, Market with paid apps and more so it’s safe to say you can use it as a daily phone (assuming you have no use for the camera or USB tethering).

Judging by the video demonstration, it’s safe to say Ice Cream Sandwich can run pretty well on this 21 month old phone. Sure it’s not as smooth as the Galaxy Nexus, but this definitely gives hope to all the other Android users out there without dual-core phones and looking forward to having Ice Cream Sandwich on their devices. Now, if only phone manufacturers would spend as much effort as the developer community when it comes to updates. Head over to XDA-developers if you’re keen on flashing this custom ROM to your HTC Desire.

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Tags: Android, Hacks, HTC, HTC Desire, Ice Cream Sandwich, ROMs, Smartphones, Video, xda-developers

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HTC Sense 3.0 update to hit older phones

The HTC Sense user interface experience is something that is better for you to experience for yourself, than to rely on wordsmiths conjuring up adjectives while singing its praises and merits. After all, with Android being an open platform, it makes perfect sense for phone manufacturers to tweak the operating system with their own take in terms of interactivity – Samsung has their TouchWiz UI, so why not HTC with their vaunted Sense? It seems that HTC’s Sense 3.0 update is being prepared for a port over to older HTC handsets, the HTC Desire S and HTC Desire HD in particular, letting you enjoy an enhanced unlock display, newer widgets, and the ability to access settings control directly from the notification bar among others.

At the moment, only unlocked HTC handsets in the UK will be on the receiving end of this update, although we would not be too far off the mark to say that HTC is working to deliver HTC Sense 3.0 to branded handsets across the rest of Europe and in the US in due time.

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HTC Ville: Thinnest HTC Handset Pictured (Image)

Apparently this is the HTC Ville, first detailed byBGR as a dual-core, Ice Cream Sandwich-powered waif of a device: at less than a reported eight millimeters thick, it would be HTC’s slimmest smartphone to date. According to the initial report, we’re looking at a Snapdragon Series 4 processor with two cores running at 1.5GHz, a 4.3-inch wraparound Super AMOLED display with qHD resolution, and a 1080p-capable eight-megapixel camera utilizing the higher-quality lens and sensor found on the latest generation of HTC handsets.

As a quick comparison, the iPhone 4/4S is 9.3mm thick, while the Galaxy S II bulges to 9.91mm at the bottom after enjoying a svelte 8.49mm profile for the majority of its length.

The Beats- and Sense 4.0-infused Ville will supposedly begin shipping next April after a Mobile World Congress debut in mid-February.

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Tags: 1080p, 8 Megapixel Camera, Android, Android 4.0, Dual-Core, HTC, HTC Ville, Ice Cream Sandwich, Smartphones, Super AMOLED

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HTC HD2 gets Ice Cream Sandwich

The HTC HD2 has been around since November 2009, and since then it’s received numerous ports of different operating systems. From Windows Phone 7, to Android 2.x and Meego, it looks like the developer community isn’t done yet. Some folks have managed to create an Android Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the HD2 and have put it up for download. As a beta release, some features are unsurprisingly not working, but for the short amount of time it took to come up with it, it’s pretty impressive.

USB mass storage, the camera, hardware acceleration and some other features aren’t ready yet – but hey, it’s Ice Cream Sandwich (albeit laggy) on a two-year-old phone! Manufacturers don’t even want to waste their resources bringing ICS over to their “lower end” phones themselves. If you own an HD2 and want to give it a new breath of life, you can load up the custom ICS ROM for yourself, or wait for a more stable and complete release first. Check out the demonstration video below:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcdeaWB-lWM

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HTC Zeta rendered, rumored to pack 2.5GHz quad-core CPU and Ice Cream Sandwich

Ready for today’s grain of salt? We just got handed imagery and specs of a possible HTC device in the works codenamed the Zeta. It’s a quad-core handset, much like the Edge that was leaked last week, but it has a much faster 2.5GHz APQ8064 CPU along with 1GB of RAM running the show, on a 4.5-inch 720p HD display. According to our source, the uniquely shaped smartphone will come with Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed with Sense UI (version 4.0 wasn’t specified, but we’d be surprised to see it any lower on an ICS device) and have 32GB of internal storage space, an 1,830mAh battery, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, an 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash, 1080p video capture and a 1.3MP front-facing cam.

Dimensions? We have those, too: the Zeta is said to measure at 109.8 x 60.9 x 9.8mm (4.32 x 2.4 x 0.39 inches) and weigh 5.15 ounces (146g). Pricing and availability aren’t known, and we’re still digging for more info. It certainly has an intriguing look; the sharp corners would be a huge departure from HTC’s recent design choices, though it appears to have HTC’s signature unibody build in the back. So are we just looking at a cool concept or is this the next flagship phone? We’re hoping it’s the latter.

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Tags: 720p, 8 Megapixel Camera, Android, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, HD, HTC, HTC Zeta, Ice Cream Sandwich, Quad-Core, Smartphones

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HTC Sensation XL, HTC Rhyme Can Sync With iTunes

With the occasion of launching the Sensation XL in Taiwan, HTC has announced that the company already has two devices which have a special version of HTC Sync available, enabling users to sync with Apple’s iTunes.

The HTC Sensation XL joins the HTC Rhyme with added support for music synchronization with rival Apple’s iTunes software. The new version of HTC Sync, once downloaded and installed to a PC, can detect the presence of iTunes and achieve content synchronization. “We hope consumers will be able to store their music on HTC phones from any platform,” said Jack Tong, President of HTC North Asia. It is for the first time that HTC is allowing sync with content from its rival, Apple.

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Tags: Android, Apple, HTC, HTC Rhyme, HTC Sensation XL, iTunes, Music, Smartphones

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HTC Edge may be the first quad-core smartphone to market

Color us skeptical on this one, but rumors are coming down the pipeline about an HTC phone called the Edge. It’s supposedly going to be the first Tegra 3-powered smartphone. According to Pocketnow, the device will supposedly offer a quad-core 1.5GHz CPU, 4.7-inch 720p HD display, 1GB of RAM, an 8MP rear camera with f/2.2 lens and Beats Audio. Curiously, no LTE capability was mentioned specifically, though 21Mbps HSPA+ appears to be good to go, and there’s a slight possibility of Sense 4.0 being included — which given its proposed launch window of late Q1 / early Q2 2012, wouldn’t be a huge surprise. We’d love to start seeing more quad-core goodness headed our way, so we’re definitely keeping our fingers crossed to see a lot more of the above show up at CES and MWC.

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Tags: 720p, 8 Megapixel Camera, Android, HD, HTC, HTC Edge, Nvidia, Quad-Core, Smartphones, Tegra 3

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HTC Rezound official: 4.3 inch 720p display, Beats, and LTE in your hands November 14th

Those of you looking for a 4G/LTE device from Verizon that aren’t sold on the upcoming Motorola RAZR or Samsung Galaxy Nexus likely have the HTC Rezound in your sights. The handset is now finally official and should easily be able to go toe-to-toe with about any handset in the market today.

Featuring a 4.3 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 (720p), 4G/LTE, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and Beats support on board, even calling the Rezound a beast-phone sounds like an understatement. It may lack the larger 4.5 inch display we’re beginning to see more of (and love), the handset should me more approachable than other handsets due to its 4.3 inch display that consumers are more than used to at this point in the Android space. The Rezound also ships with an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, capable of recording in 1080p HD, and a 2 megapixel front-facing camera for video chatting. Other innards of the Rezound include 32GB internal memory and 1GB of RAM.

Of course, what would a HTC phone be without bloat the Sense UI? Running on top of Android 2.3.5, the latest version of Sense is found on the Rezound and is said to be “Ice Cream Sandwich Ready.” Well, we’ll believe that one when we see it but the combination of beautiful hardware and software may distract many from the fact that it doesn’t have Android 4.0 at launch.

Music fanatics may love the fact that the handset ships with Beats audio support but we’re still skeptical. We’re not saying have the option isn’t worth it but we won’t be running out to get the Rezound solely on the fact that is supports Beats. Luckily, Beats support is just one of the many awesome features within the Rezound. Let’s just hope the Rezound will have a battery life that will back up these awesome features.

Someone should go get a shovel. I think the Thunderbolt just died from embarrassment.

You can grab the HTC Rezound on November 14th for $299. Any takers?

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HTC partners with Dropbox, 5GB free on every Android

Today Dropbox and HTC have announced their new partnership that includes, first and foremost, the Dropbox app being pre-installed on all HTC Android devices from now on as well as an included 5 GB right out of the box! Dropbox is a cloud-based business that stores files for you, all of these files accessible wherever you have a Dropbox app installed. For the desktop, that means that you’ve got a special folder on your desktop that can be accessed everywhere else you’ve got Dropbox. For Android, that means ultra-easy file transfers to and from your device!

The Dropbox app has been a savior for your humble narrator on many occasions due on the whole to its super simple nature and ease in use. Transfer any sized file (inside your limit) with ease, share folders with whomever you want (even if they don’t use Dropbox) and now make your mobile life one step closer to total oneness. HTC and Dropbox have not yet let known if they’ll allow users who’ve already got HTC devices in their hands to have the same free 5GB of space, but new users on phones being released in the future appear to very much be in the green.

We’ve previously heard that this collaboration would only include those lucky enough to be running Sense 3.5 in the near future, this of course leaving out some of even the devices being released right this moment under the HTC banner. Sense is HTC’s user interface sitting on Android that makes their devices look ever so pretty – and it’s different on every single HTC device, regardless of the version number. So can we expect that this Dropbox inclusion will only work with top-tier HTC devices of the future?

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