HTC Sense Debuts on New HTC Hero
HTC Hero is the world's first Android-based phone with a customized user interface HTC Sense to be integrated across a portfolio of phones beginning with HTC Hero
HTC Corporation, a global designer of mobile phones, today debuted HTC Sense, an intuitive and seamless experience that will be introduced across a portfolio of phones beginning with the new HTC Hero. With its distinct design and powerful capabilities fully integrated with HTC Sense, Hero introduces a unique blend of form and function that takes Android to new heights.
HTC Sense is focused on putting people at the centre by making your phone work in a more simple and natural way. This experience revolves around three fundamental principles that were designed by quietly listening and observing how people live and communicate.
"HTC Hero introduces a more natural way for reaching out to the people and accessing your important information, not by following the status quo of todays phones, but by following how you communicate and live your life," said Peter Chou, Chief Executive Officer, HTC Corporation. "HTC Sense is a distinct experience created to make HTC phones more simple for people to use, leaving them saying, it just makes sense."
HTC Hero
HTC Hero continues HTCs leadership in cutting-edge design that focuses on introducing a variety of distinct devices to represent your own individuality. Boasting bevelled edges and an angled bottom, the HTC Hero is contoured to fit comfortably in your hand and against your face while youre on a call. The HTC Hero is built to last beginning with an anti-fingerprint screen coating for improved smudge resistance and a longer lasting, clearer display. The white HTC Hero includes an industry-first, Teflon coating, resulting in an improved, durable white surface that is soft to the touch.
With its 3.2-inch HVGA display, the HTC Hero is optimized for Web, multimedia and other content while maintaining a small size and weight that fits comfortably in your hand. It also boasts a broad variety of hardware features including a GPS, digital compass, gravity-sensor, 3.5mm stereo headset jack, a 5 mega-pixel autofocus camera and expandable MicroSD memory.
HTC Hero also includes a dedicated Search button that goes beyond basic search, providing you with a more natural, contextual search experience that enables you to search through Twitter, locate people in your contact list, find emails in your inbox or search in any other area in Hero.
HTC Sense
Built on a culture of innovation and a passion to enhance peoples lives, HTC shapes the mobile experience around the individual. Debuting on the HTC Hero and available on all new HTC devices moving forward, Sense delivers on three basic principles: Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.
Make It Mine
Make It Mine, is about feeling your HTC phone was created for and by you. To do this, HTC encourages you to dictate and organize how you want to access the people and content in your life in a way that fits best for you. For some, this means adding glance view widgets that push content like twitter feeds, weather and other content to the surface while others may want quick access to business-focused information like email, calendar and world-times. HTC is also introducing a new profile feature called scenes that enables you to create different customized content profiles around specific functions or times in your life.
Stay Close
Today, staying in touch with the people in your life means managing a variety of communication channels and applications ranging from phone calls, emails, texts, photos, status updates and more. HTC Sense takes a different approach by integrating these communication channels and applications into one single view enabling you to stay closer to your important people. With HTC Sense, friends Facebook status updates and photos along with their Flickr photos are included along side their text messages, emails and call history in a single view.
Discover the Unexpected
Many of the most memorable moments in your life are experienced, not explained. HTC Sense is focused on providing a variety of these simple yet innovative experiences on your HTC phone that will sometimes bring you moments of joy and delight. It can be something as basic as turning the phone over to silence a ring or as simple as improving the smart dialler for making calls quicker. HTC Sense also includes perspectives, a new way for viewing your content such as email, photos, Twitter, music and more in different ways.
Availability
The HTC Hero will be available to people across Europe in July and in Asia later in the summer. A distinct North American version will be available later in 2009. /PR
HTC Unveils New Qwerty Smartphone, the Snap
By Phil Goldstein
HTC unveiled a new Qwerty smartphone, the Snap, at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 show in Las Vegas, promising users a more streamlined email experience.
The HSPA phone looks similar to many of Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, and like those devices is designed for users to send and receive email. However, HTC is touting the phone's "Inner Circle" feature, which allows users to press a dedicated key that brings up emails from a preselected group of people to the top of their inbox.
The phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, has WiFi and GPS support and a 2-megapixel camera. The phone will be available in select channels during the second quarter of 2009 and will likely be in wider availability in markets around the world during the second half of the year.
HTC also said an unlocked version supporting HSDPA at 850/1900MHz for the U.S. market will be made available under the name HTC S522 during the summer. The company did not give any pricing details. [FierceWireless]
First Android Phone to Showcase Google Brand
By Jason Ankeny
With T-Mobile USA poised to officially unveil the HTC Dream--the first handset based on Google's Android operating system--on Sept. 23, The Wall Street Journal reports the phone will heavily emphasize the Google name in its branding and marketing. While most devices note only the manufacturer and mobile operator in question, the Dream (and, presumably, subsequent Android phones) is expected to feature the Google logo, indicating the depth of the handset's integration with the company's web and search services.
The WSJ indicates T-Mobile USA will also introduce new, "aggressively priced" data plans in conjunction with the Dream, citing sources familiar with the matter.According to The Wall Street Journal, the HTC Dream is expected to sell for $199--while T-Mobile USA is targeting the mass consumer market by keeping the phone under the $200 smartphone benchmark established by Apple's iPhone, Google also wants to keep the handset price low to encourage widespread adoption and in turn persuade other operators and handset makers to adopt the Android platform. [FierceMobileContent]
Google: No 'comprehensive' Bluetooth API in Android 1.0
By Jason Ankeny
Some developers are scratching their heads in the wake of Google's Android 0.9 SDK beta release--in addition to supplementing the OS with a new home screen, user interface upgrades and other bells and whistles, the web services giant also made the unexpected decision to remove Bluetooth functionality.
"Due to significant API changes in the upstream open-source project and due to the timeline of getting certain Bluetooth profile implementations certified, a comprehensive Bluetooth API will not be possible or present in Android 1.0," reads Google's release notes, and as Computerworld points out, some developers are hung up on the word "comprehensive," which could mean any number of things.
A Google spokesperson promises the firm will elaborate on its Android plans later this week, but in the meantime developers are already expressing their concern and confusion on the Google Android forum. With T-Mobile USA poised to launch the HTC Dream--the first U.S. mobile handset based on the Android OS--one developer writes "HTC would not release a smartphone in this day and age that lacked Bluetooth support."
Other developers suggest the next SDK update--expected sometime in September--could still feature basic Bluetooth support. [FierceDeveloper]
HTC: Report of Android Delay is not True
By Sue Marek
HTC is denying last week's report from Tech Trader Daily that quoted Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research saying that the computer maker was having problems incorporating Google's Android feature set and that the first Android phone would not make its debut until the first of next year. HTC says that an Android-based phone will be available in fourth quarter as previously announced.
Chowdhry isn't the first to question the deliverable date for the first Android phone. In June, the WSJ said Google's Android software suite would likely not show up on handsets until late 2008, as opposed to its original plans to debut Android in the second half of the year. Insiders said carriers are having trouble customizing Android so it promotes their own Internet offerings. Meanwhile handset makers are having problems testing and building custom user interfaces to meet carrier specifications. [FierceWireless]
Smartphones: 8 Killer iPhone 3G Alternatives
Apple's iPhone 3G may be hogging the headlines, but there is a slew of other smartphones from HTC, Samsung, RIM, Nokia, LG, and GPS-maker Garmin, that can offer the same, if not better features.
By Marin Perez InformationWeek
While the iPhone 3G has undoubtedly been a hit -- with over 1 million sold in three days -- it's not for everyone. Gripes are piling up about the mandatory AT&T (NYSE: T) service, the camera, the lack of a physical keyboard, and some of the decisions made behind the Apple App Store.
Fortunately, there are multiple handsets that can provide similar, if not better experiences than Apple's latest smartphone.
While the iPhone 3G's enterprise capabilities are a highly-touted, some IT departments may still be nervous about it. But, those departments are likely to have experience with BlackBerrys, and Research in Motion is readying its next generation of smartphones.
1. BlackBerry Bold
The BlackBerry Bold is generating much pre-launch buzz due to its snazzy redesign, integrated Wi-Fi, 3G-network capabilities, and assisted GPS. Fitting for a RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) device, the handset will have a full, physical QWERTY keyboard that will make shooting off e-mails a breeze. The Bold, reviewed here, is expected to be released in August or September.
2. HTC Touch Pro
If you're a fan of touch-screen interface but still need a physical keyboard, the HTC Touch Pro may be your next smartphone. The Windows Mobile handset uses the TouchFlo interface to navigate programs, browse through the Web, and flip through photos and contacts. It also packs a slide-out, five-row QWERTY keyboard for composing e-mails, and editing documents.
The Touch Pro also has Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth support, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and 3G-network capabilities. HTC's Touch Diamond also packs in all these features, but it ditches the physical keyboard.
3. LG Voyager
If a physical keyboard is your desire, reach for the LG Voyager, which also has a touch interface. While not necessarily a "smartphone," -- it's not able to add independent apps -- the Voyager does have a 3G data connection, an HTML Web browser, a digital player for music and videos, and a microSD memory slot that holds up to 8 GB of storage. Corporate e-mail capability is not native to the device, but can be achieved using the Voyager's RemoSync application.
4. LG Dare
Another option for Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless subscribers is the LG Dare, which is clearly aimed at the casual market, but has features and a design that may make mobile professionals look twice. This small touch-screen phone has a large screen with haptic (touch) feedback, and the handset sports a stylish finish.
It also packs a full HTML browser that uses Verizon's EVDO Rev. A network, a microSD slot, and Bluetooth capabilities. The phone also bests the iPhone with a 3.2-megapixel Shneider-Kreuznach certified lens, face-detecting technology, and video-recording capabilities.
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Opera Mobile Delivers Breakthrough Web Experience on HTC Touch Diamond
Raising the bar even higher for superior Web browsing capabilities, Opera today announced the availability of Opera Mobile 9.5 on the new HTC Touch Diamond. The customized HTC-specific version enables easy one-handed viewing and effortless navigation. As a result, your favorite Web sites look exactly the way they were intended to be seenwithout compromise.
The HTC-specific version of Opera Mobile 9.5 introduces a new intuitive user interface (UI) and includes numerous innovative features that elevate the Internet experience on a phone. Page viewing and panning allows users to scan and navigate pages quickly while Opera Zoom enables users to dive into the page and get closer to the content they want. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the Web page view from a portrait to landscape view.
Opera Mobile 9.5 makes multi-tasking easier than ever before with improved tabbed browsing. In addition, productivity tools like the ability to save pages for offline browsing, Web address auto complete and password manager allow for a more enjoyable experience. In addition, Opera Mobile 9.5 gets users closer to family and friends as it allows users to easily share images from online photo albums or any other Website through MMS or e-mail.
Other features in Opera Mobile 9.5 include:. Tabbed browsing. Improved text wrap. Landscape mode. Call phone number directly from Web page. History and bookmarks. Copy text"Opera Mobile 9.5 on the HTC Touch Diamond will bring to customers the most powerful Web browser yet on a mobile phone," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Opera is on the road to give mobile Web browsing a complete facelift and an elevated user experience. This is just the beginning."
"2008 will come to be known as the year the mobile Internet became usable and the HTC Touch Diamond will be one of the main devices driving this change," said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. "We have worked very closely with Opera Mobile to deliver a feature set and browsing experience that is optimized for mobile, but viewed like it would on a PC."
AvailabilityThe HTC Touch DiamondT will be available to customers across all major European carriers in June. It will be available later this quarter in Asia and the Middle East. The North American and Latin American versions of the Touch Diamond will be available in the second half of 2008.
About Opera Mobile
Opera Mobile is the Web browser of choice for today's sophisticated mobile feature phones and Smartphones. With more than 100 million shipped installations since 2004 with the leading mobile OEMs and operators worldwide, Opera Mobile is the proven solution for Web browsing on a mobile device. /PR
With HTC “Touch Diamond”, A New Age for Mobile Phones Begins
Debut brings breakthroughs in size, style connectivity and overall user experience, leaves compromise at the door.
Born from a unique heritage of innovation and a deep desire to blend design with simplicity, HTC Corp., a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond. Delivering unmistakable style and meticulous craftsmanship the HTC Touch Diamond is defined by its compact size, game-changing Internet and its new captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. The result is an uncompromising mobile phone that sets a new benchmark for phone sophistication and shapes consumer expectations for how a phone can be used.
"Today we mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at broadband speeds," said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. "The HTC Touch Diamond will make browsing the Web and using Web-enabled applications just as practical and easy to use as making calls."
A New Dimension To Touch
HTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with the introduction of its new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, HTC is introducing a new innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with Touch Diamond.
Making The Mobile Internet Fun
With the introduction of the Touch Diamond, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA wireless connectivity. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they were designed.
As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan Websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.
In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Diamond includes a customized new, HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content as well as utilizing Google Maps for mobile for mapping and traffic data.
Unmatched Style and Size
The Touch Diamond is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand without compromising on features or functionality. Blending contrasting design elements of metal and unique geometric facets, the Touch Diamond complements a user’s personal style.
Bursting with Innovation
The Touch Diamond delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality that set a new standard for integrating mobile phone innovation into a small package. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful Web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera includes an optical auto-focus lens that ensures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Diamond experience a stand out.
Availability
The HTC Touch Diamond™ will be available to customers across all major European carriers in June. It will be available later this quarter in Asia and the Middle East. The North American and Latin American versions of the Touch Diamond will be available in the second half of 2008.
"Our long-standing relationship with HTC meant they shared their phone concept and worked with us from the earliest stage. This early collaboration is important to us because at Orange, we know that the right multimedia experience is about more than just the phone," said Olaf Swantee, EVP of Orange's global mobile operations.
"Our approach is to select and test the best phones and integrate our applications, combining them with access to the Orange World portal, the best tariffs, integrated billing, a user-friendly interface and excellent customer support. With the Touch Diamond from Orange we have created a unique phone which has taken advantage of our latest service innovation to build upon the consistently rich experience customers expect from Orange," he added. /PR
HTC Touch Diamond Key Specifications
- Size: 102 x 51 x 11.33mm
- Weight: 110 g
- Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
- Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
- Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling
- Internal memory: 4 GB Internal Storage, 256 MB flash, 192 MB RAM
- Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
- Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
- GPS: GPS/AGPS
- Interface: HTC ExtUSBTM (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
- Battery: 900 mAh
- Talk time: GSM: up to 4 hours
- Standby time: GSM: up to 300 hours/100 hours with push email
- Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM 7201ATM 528MHz
HTC's Android Device Named "Dream"?
HTC is developing a handset called "Dream" that runs Google's Android software, according to a report from InfoWorld. The handset is reportedly 5 inches long and 3 inches wide with a large touchscreen and a full QWERTY keypad that slides out from underneath the screen. It should hit store shelves by the end of this year.
Sprint Launches EV-DO Rev. A Handset
Sprint announced that it would release a software update for its HTC Mogul handset that would allow the phone to connect to its EV-DO rev. A network. The HTC Mogul is the first handset to connect to the data network, which has been restricted to data cards for laptops up until this point. Verizon Wireless also has an EV-DO rev. A network, but to date it has only been used for laptop data cards, too.
Sprint said the Rev. A network provides Downloads speeds should be 600 kilobits per second to 1,400 kbps, up from a range of 400 kbps to 700 kbps with Rev. 0. It will be capable of uploads of 350 to 500 kbps, up from 50 kbps to 70 kbps
Sprint said its broadband network now covers 234 million people, and the vast majority of it has been upgraded to EV-DO Rev. A, short for Evolution-Data Optimized Revision A.
The Mogul is a smart phone that runs Windows Mobile software and can be used as a modem for a laptop. It costs $199.99 with a two-year contract and went on sale in June. The software update will be available immediately from HTC's site. [FierceWireless]
HTC Advantage X7510 UMPC
At the event of 2008 GSMA Mobile World Congress, February 11, 2008, HTC Corp., the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile smart devices, announced an updated version of the HTC Advantage™ that introduces new software, increased storage and an improved keyboard.
The HTC Advantage™ is an ideal companion for the business traveller who needs a powerful and portable device that includes constant connectivity.
HTC Advantage X7510 is a second-generation UMPC, an update of the HTC Advantage X7500. Pocket-size or not (considering the weight of 375 g and dimensions of 133.5 x 98 x 16 mm) the laptop performance is all there.
Featuring the massive 16GB of internal flash memory (yeah, no more hard drives), coupled with finger gesture recognition and full keyboard for intensive text input, the Advantage X7510 UMPC handles media, works with Microsoft Office documents, email and web.
HTC Advantage X7510 has a full QWERTY detachable magnetic keyboard and the immense 5" VGA touch screen, along with the finger-friendly HTC TouchFLO.
The feature-packed device flaunts a built-in GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, tri-band HSDPA and quad-band GSM /EDGE support, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support, Opera 9 full internet browser optimized for touchscreen use. The device is powered by a Marvell PXA270 624 MHz processor with the ATi Graphic Chip W2284 and runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional.
There are 256MB ROM and 128MB SDRAM, while the user available memory is the trendy 16GB Flash, further expandable through the miniSD slot. A Li-Po battery with capacity of 2100 mAh powers the feature-packed gadget.
The connectivity department features HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one), USB 1.1 host/VGA and TV Out and a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack with microphone. There are also two camera modules: the main 3.1 megapixel auto focus camera with flash and a secondary VGA video-call unit.
HTC Advantage will be available towards the end of 1Q 2008 in select European countries.
Specifications:
- Size: 133.5 x 98 x 16 mm (additional 4.75mm for keyboard)
- Weight: 290g + 85g for keyboard
- Networks: WCDMA/HSDPA: 850/1900/2100 MHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Operating system: Future Version of Windows Mobile
- Display: 5-inch VGA with touch screen
- Camera: 3.1 megapixel with auto focus
- VGA for video calling
- Internal memory: 256 MB + 16 GB flash; 128 MB RAM, Memory card miniSD™
- WLAN 802.11b/g, Bluetooth®2.0, GPS GPS
- HTC ExtUSB™ (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed); HTC 16 pin port (USB 1.1 host, TV/VGA out); 3.5mm audio jack with microphone
- Battery 2100 mAh
- Talk time WCDMA: up to 300 minutes, GSM: up to 360 minutes
- Standby time WCDMA: up to 300 hours, GSM: up to 300 hours
- Detachable QWERTY Keyboard with Haptic feedback; document printing; G sensor
- Chipset: Marvell PXA270 624 MHz; Qualcomm MSM6275
The Stylish HTC Touch Cruise
The HTC Touch Cruise is sleek, stylish, and compact, but big on features and with an LCD screen size that gives you an excellent multimedia experience in a mobile device. Featuring HTC’s innovative TouchFLO™ interface, the Touch Cruise is extremely easy to use.
Using ordinary finger gestures, you can quickly browse through e-mails, web pages, messages, music, and images, making navigation a breeze.
Built-in GPS functionality and the included software enable you to find the fastest route to your direction, locate restaurants and services on the way, and never get lost. Avoid traffic and delays, and take detours to visit points of interest and local attractions.
The Touch Cruise will be a Windows Mobile 6 Professional device, and comes with HTC's propriety elegant HTC interface. Running the show on the Touch Cruise is a Qualcomm MSM7200 400MHz processor, coupled with 256MB and 128MB of ROM and RAM respectively.
Simple applications suffer no obvious lag, though you'll be forewarned not to overload it with too much multi-tasking and open applications.
Connections specifications include Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, HSDPA support and also built-in GPS for the traveler in you. If all this sounds familiar, you're right. The Touch Cruise has the power of the TyTN II, sans its QWERTY keypad, which makes it thinner at 15.5mm and lighter at 130g than the TyTN II.
With moderate usage of its Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth capabilities, the Touch Cruise lasted nearly 2 whole days on a full charge, which is in close contention to the TyTN II.
Features:
Full multimedia experience with the large 2.8-inch (TFT LCD) touch screen - Revolutionary TouchFLO™ Version 2.0 touch-screen technology that allows finger-touch scrolling, panning, and photo zooming
- Innovative 3D Touch Cube interface for quick and easy navigation
- Worldwide connectivity (HSDPA/UMTS/GSM/ GPRS/EDGE)
- Quad-band 850, 900, 1800 and 1900MHz
- Windows Mobile 6 Professional with Direct Push Outlook® e-mail
- Live HTC Home™ featuring time and weather display, quick launcher, and one-touch ring tone settings
- 3.0 megapixel CMOS camera with auto-focus for shooting photos/videos
- A second camera for video calls or self-portraits
- Built-in turn-by-turn GPS navigation with TomTom software offers you a full navigation experience
- Entertainment features including an FM radio, MP3 player, and video playback
- Processor from Qualcomm MSM 7200, 400MHz
- Standby Time Up to 400 hours
- Talk Time Up to 7 hours
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0, WLAN 802.11g/b, GPS
- Memory 256MB ROM; 128MB SD RAM
- microSD expandability (SD2.0 compatible)
- Weight 130g (with battery)
- Dimensions 110mm x 58mm x 15.5mm
HTC "Dream": One of The Google Phones
HTC is developing a phone being referred to as the "Dream". One of the phones used to demonstrate the recently announced Google OS "Android", the Dream might be one of the first phones to offer Android when mid-2008 rolls along, which is when Google plans on rolling out their open-source OS.
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