Canada’s biggest CDMA carrier, Telus is reportedly getting the HTC Desire, which the company has relabeled the “Triumph.” Telus’ countdown timer to a major June 8th (which is, incidentally, one day after Steve Jobs‘ expected iPhone 4G/HD keynote) “Unleashing” could very well be for what would be the nation’s best domestic Android 2.1 smartphone. More »

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Mobile Syrup is reporting that Telus Canada has snagged the HTC Desire and has rebranded it as the Triumph. US Cellular is releasing the Desire in July, so the likelihood of a similar Canadian launch is high. More »

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The Nexus One for Europe, as I tend to think of the HTC Desire, is landing on US Cellular in July, but it is being packed with an 8Gb microSD card instead of the 16Gb of some other markets. More »

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With a new 2-year contract, no mail-in rebate is required, and Best Buy is taking pre-orders one day earlier than Verizon, which charges $300 before a mandatory rebate. More »

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The Droid Incredible made its video debut back in February, when it was leaked well ahead of its announcement, but that long clip was briskly removed from Photobucket, though not before I saw it. At the 99% Conference in New York, an HTC representative shows us the Droid Incredible live. More »

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With a $100 mail-in rebate, the total for Verizon’s Droid Incredible amounts to an expected $199.99 on a new 2-year agreement. This is an incredibly enticing offer that could lure away consumers from other carriers. More »

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By way of its UK blog, LG releases official specifications for the sweet LU2300 Android 2.1 smartphone that is due out in South Korea by May. All of the rumored goodies are true, including 1GHz SnapDragon and AMOLED! More »

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Introducing the world’s first, a 1GHz SnapDragon fueled Android 2.1 smartphone with a full QWERTY keypad –the LG LU2300 (sexy name) is also supposed to integrate a digital TV-tuner and other niceties. The bezel and glossy black borders remind me too much of the iPhone though. More »

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Making the rounds today allover the internet is a supposed snapshot of Verizon’s inventory page, which lists 156,709 HTC Incredible units on order, meaning that the smartphone could be making its way to store shelves by the end of April. More »

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From Ziggytek: DisplayMate president Dr. Raymond M. Soneira has conducted a scientific experiment in which he claims that Apple’s iPhone 3G-S LCD is better than the much touted AMOLED display on Google’s Nexus One. OLED is inherently a far superior technology than LCD, but execution is crucial. Just because one form of technology is more advanced, it does not mean that everything that uses it will exceed the performance of an inferior approach. For example, not every rear-wheel-drive car will out-handle every front-wheel-drive auto. More »