HTC Vigor Details and Picture Appear on Dutch Website

We might have seen our first look at the upcoming HTC Vigor late last night thanks to a Dutch Phone site that posted it up, but it was quickly removed. Seen in the picture below this could very easily be a fake photo but it does look very similar to the Sensation or the popular HTC Thunderbolt that the Vigor is said to be replacing over at Verizon Wireless.Along with the photo we also saw the impressive spec sheet to go along with it. According to the site the HTC Vigor will feature all those specs we saw leaked back in July. Those include a 1.5 Ghz dual-core processor, a 1280×720 HD Display, Android 2.3.4 as well as an updated HTC Sense UI as version 3.5 and more. They also list a few unconfirmed specs that would line up nicely with...

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HTC Bootloader Unlocking Now LIVE, For Euro Sensation Only

HTC promised everyone that come August we would be able to unlock our bootloaders and so far they have stayed true to their promise. Word on the street is HTCDev.com is now allowing users to unlock the European HTC Sensation. The last thing we heard is they would offer this via an online web-based tool and it appears that has gone live this morning.If you head over the HTCDev.com you’ll find all the details as well as that “Unlock Bootloader” option near the bottom right to get started. While we can’t test this out on our T-Mobile Sensation 4G I’m sure there is hundreds of users over at XDA doing it this exact moment so be sure to check that out. Many of us have already unlocked and rooted our devices with the recent Revolutionary...

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Nokia Sea Ray vs. Apple iPhone 4

We're indulging in a little constructive speculation this week, as we compare the world-conquering iPhone 4 with some leaked specs of Nokia's upcoming Windows Phone 7 device, the Sea RayIt's fair to say that the last 12-months haven't been terribly kind to Nokia. The company has seen its stocks take a swan-dive, devices miss deadlines and the smartphone buying public turn their interest en masse to devices powered by Google's Android and Apple's iOS, but in the last few weeks things have started to see a turnaround.Thanks to the company's deal with Microsoft users can look forward to seeing Nokia's excellent hardware running Windows Phone 7 Mango, and it's the premier device to come out of this union that we concern ourselves with today...

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Rumor: Rovio to Receive $1.2 Billion in Funding

Angry Birds or its creator Rovio Entertainment, and today is no exception. Rumor has it that the Finnish game company is in talks with an unknown investor to receive funding in the realm of $1.2 billion. Possibilities regarding the investors include Electronic Arts, Zyngia, and Walt Disney, all of which stand to gain from a collaboration with Rovio. Rovio themselves could use the money for a planned movie adaptation of Angry Birds, pushing its offices out beyond Finland, or creating toys and other products to capitalize on its already existing popularity. Of course, there are other things to spend a large amount of money on. ch_client = "simransingh"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_backfill...

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Original DROID Incredible’s Gingerbread Update Sure is Coming, According to this .PDF

AndroidForums.com have uncovered the .PDF file on Verizon’s servers detailing the update. When we see this, that usually means the update is right around the corner. Anything can happen, of course, but I’d venture to guess we won’t go too far into the week without hearing official word of rollout plans from Verizon. [Androidforums.com] ch_client = "simransingh"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_backfill = 1; ch_color_site_link = "#0000CC"; ch_color_title = "#0000CC"; ch_color_border = "#FFFFFF"; ch_color_text = "#000000"; ch_color_bg = "#FFFFFF"; ...

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Images of the HTC Pico

The Pico doesn’t look like a high end phone, and may be the yet unannounced HTC Glamour, which was meant to be a fashion conscious phone targeted at people of the female persuasion. The Pico is a low end Android device from HTC looks to be a step below the HTC Bliss which is expected to launch on Verizon this fall. Some new age marketing crap may be involved which includes a rough covering for better grip, preinstalled app “calming wallpapers” which features, calming wallpapers (whatever that means), preinstalled apps for shopping and caloriesthe “Charm Indicator” which is a cube that blinks every time you get a message or a call so women can easier find their phone in their handbag.SO the Glamour / Bliss / Pico has...

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HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson sound off on Google’s Motorola acquisition

Early Monday morning, Google announced that it will acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion. Google CEO Larry Page explained the acquisition will help bolster the tech giant’s patent portfolio and that his company will continue to “work with all [of its partners] to deliver outstanding user experiences.” While it may seem that Motorola will now have the upper hand in creating Android smartphones, execs from Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, and LG have all issued statements in support of the acquisition. “We welcome today’s news, which demonstrates Google’s deep commitment to defending Android, its partners, and the ecosystem,” J.K. Shin, president of Samsung’s Mobile Communications division said. “I welcome Google’s commitment to defending...

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Google CEO Larry Page explains reasoning behind Motorola acquisition (spoiler: patents)

In a post penned by Larry Page on Google’s company blog, the CEO explains why Google decided to shell out $12.5 billion to purchase smartphone vendor Motorola Mobility. While Page had plenty to say about Motorola’s extensive history and its leading role in Android’s explosive growth, he also points to what many believe to be one of the leading factors behind the deal: patents. “We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android,” the CEO wrote on Google’s blog. “The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to ‘protect competition and innovation in the open source software community’ and it is currently...

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Google grabs Motorola Mobility for $12.5B

Google has tried its hand at making first party smartphones in the past with mixed results. The problem was in part that Google was more a software company than a hardware firm meaning that it had to farm the design and making of the phones out to other firms. The days of Google not having the smartphone design prowess it needs and wants are over with Google announcing that it has agreed to purchase Motorola Mobility.Motorola is one of the biggest names in the Android realm when it comes to handsets. The deal is a whopper too. Google is buying Motorola Mobility for $40 per share working out to $12.5 billion. That is a premium of 63% over the closing price of the stock on Friday. The deal already has the approval of the boards from...

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