HTC’s newest tablet, the Puccini, has just allowed another recent hint about its performance to be dropped. We already learned it will be available at AT&T and be able to use the LTE network service, but it has now being rumored that the tablet will be powered by Qualcomm’s MSM8660 Snapdragon dual-core CPU. More »

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HTC’s replacement for the Hero has been shown in quality renderings before, but today, Engadget snapped the Legend in the metal. Supposedly, the Legend will run Android 2.1 and be blessed with an AMOLED display. More »

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On Monday, LG released its InTouch Max GW620 (which is the same Eve out in Canada since fall 2009). Motorola has announced that the first South Korean Android 2.0 smartphone, the Motoroi will be available in February, with a planned American launch one month afterwards. Meanwhile, in February, Gigabyte is going to release its first Android smartphone in Russia. More »

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From Ziggytek: HTC is the main player in the Android and Windows Mobile smartphone bazaar and has the 8 following handhelds scheduled for release in 2010. Some of the information here is speculative, but the data is trustworthy. The Legend is all but confirmed to be HTC’s first Android phone for this year, while the Bravo looks to be Nexus One’s match. I am excited that all phones are both CDMA and GSM, so they should work with any carrier in the world. From my perspective, the only significant area that HTC phones need to do catch-up on is multi-touch, which Apple does just so splendidly. More »

iFixit is always at the forefront of disassembling new high-tech toys - especially Apple gear - and at the prices that it charges for replacement parts, it can afford to tear apart expensive gadgets. For those of you who are wondering what the internals of the Nexus One look like, this is your answer. More »

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Now that some of the new gadget hysteria surrounding Google’s smartphone has waned a bit, we can examine it in greater depth and evaluate whether or not it has lived up to the hype. Once the honeymoon period of a new product launch ends, serious analysis can begin: More »

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HTC has been one of the fastest growing technology companies over the past three years, yet much of the public in the western world knows little about this Taiwanese firm. As 2010 moves along, HTC’s relative obscurity will be replaced by recognition and acclaim. Formerly just an original design manufacturer (ODM), which supplied handheld devices like PDAs and smartphones to big name clients, HTC officially launched its own branded smartphone in 2006 with the Blackberry-like Excalibur. In 2007, HTC released its preemptive counter to the iPhone, the Touch (Windows Mobile 6), which was generally criticized for its poor TouchFLO UI, mediocre screen, and lack of 3G. Years later, after significant maturity, together with Google and its Android operating system, HTC is preparing to compete against the established smartphone hierarchy in North America. More »

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