G2: HTC Touch HD may be T-Mobile's next Android phone
I'm publishing this one as much because I want it to happen as
anything else. I got it from two unrelated sources late last week that
T-Mobile is prepping a version of HTC's Touch HD as their next Android
phone. One of the sources was the ever talkative Anonymous Tipster,
but the other one was somebody with a decent track record when it comes
to accurately leaking info on upcoming handset releases. Neither of
them are inside the folds of HTC or T-Mo, and no I haven't signed an
NDA I'm trying to get around here. Personally, I'd love to see a T-Mo branded (and subsidized) Touch HD
running Android on the carrier's lovely new 3G network here in the
U.S. Touch HD would give T-mo two things I think it needs: A flashy
Android phone, and a tricked-out, high-end iPhone competitor. Treat this as rumor and nothing more at this point, but if anything more comes of this one I'll be sure to let you know. I promise.
Fetch me more...Quickly jump to more information about related topics, cell phones, carriers or phone manufacturers mentioned in this Blog Article by using the links below. Noah pits Apple's iPhone OS 2.2.1 vs Google's Android OS 1.5 in a QWERTY dogfight. Both platforms now offer virtual keyboards with auto-correct spelling. Which is the best to use? Find out what Noah thinks. The HTC-made G1 with Google takes on BlackBerry's Curve 8900 in this T-Mobile smartphone DogFight! Buying from the priced Android Market is just too easy, and I've had a hard time holding back. $3.99 is a bit steep for the average app, but as you'll see, dxTop is unique. It provides enough new functionality to satisfy geeky urges, and has great potential for future features. Not only can you now have four homescreen panels on your Android device, a new world of widgets is beginning to open up. Remember that video from a while back that demonstrated rudimentary multi-touch support on a G1that basically amounted to unreliable finger painting? Well, it's happened incrementally, but the tech has come a long way, baby. Videos have popped up here and there but this is by far the most impressive I've seen. And while Google has announced nothing, the footage below is pretty exciting. Is it just me or is the music exhausting after thirty... Noah takes a look at the hottest new gadget of the year: The Palm Pre smartphone. Does it have what it takes to go head to head with Apple's iPhone 3G and the HTC T-Mobile G1?
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Here it is, kids, the "G2," codename "Sapphire." We don't know what T-Mobile will be calling it, nor when they'll be releasing it, but you can see... Episode 5 of the Podcast! Featuring David and Jon from TmoNews.com. We talk about life as phone bloggers, striking a balance between posting rumors and protecting the carrier you love, and what's in store for T-Mobile users and the future of Android. Also, the latest cell phone news and (for some reason) Noah's Top 5 TV shows! Notice - We are aware that the audio level on Noah's Bark is a bit low. We're working to correct the issue on future episodes. Turn up your volume to listen.A bonus episode for you this week. Noah talks to Demetra from LG about their partnership with Christian from Project Runway and the design of the LG Lotus. What's up with cell phone product placement in Heroes and Gossip Girl? And what might we already know about the next Android phone?... Like the rest of the phone world and half the tech-savvy public in general, I too awaited this past Tuesday's Google/T-Mobile press event with baited breath. Mainly, I wanted to know two things: What would the G1 Android phone cost, both up front and per month, and would the phone look like the one shown in all of those leaked photos or did Google have something sexier up their sleeves.The news Tuesday was both good and bad. ... Noah's Bark from the day of the Google / TMobile G1 Android phone launch. Doug comes on the show live from the NYC launch event to give us his hands-on impressions of the first Google Android phone. Noah talks T-Mo 3G and reviews the Sony Ericsson TM506. Check it out! |
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