HTC: No Android HD2 For You!

Yours genuinely reportable a gossip circulating a some chronicle backwards that the HTC Passion, the CDMA equal of the Dragon, would be achievement to Verizon as Android’s edition of the HD2. According to a past discourse however, that gossip has been dispelled by HTC’s CEO.

Peter Chou conducted an discourse with Forbes yesterday and talked most quite a some aspects of the smartphone industry. But what was most engrossing to us was his declaration:

Technically, we could attain the HD2 an Android phone, but I effect to avow tending of Windows Mobile.

Blammo. Just aforementioned that, every desire has been lost. Or has it?

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I personally got a change things from that nugget. He mentioned the HD2 specifically won’t be an Android phone. There module exclusive be digit flavor of HD2, and that’s Windows Mobile. But the gossip I mentioned specifically most the HTC Passion, was questionable to be an “equivalent” of the HD2; not actually the HD2 itself.

So my instrument is that the HTC pain could be rattling actual still, and could easily be on its artefact to Verizon. Technically it’s not the HD2, foregather a heck of a aggregation aforementioned it.

I also create it engrossing when he said “I effect to avow tending of Windows Mobile”, as if he were in The Godfather. As if he owes Microsoft something. This evidence hints at some difference of dominion alter or accolade HTC has with Microsoft to dispense a trusty difference or quotient of Windows phones in a presented year. I astonishment if there’s some rigour to that.

Thoughts? Feel free to call me discover if there are flaws in my logic.

via Forbes

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Rumored HTC pain Coming to Verizon, is a HD2 With Android?

It appears that Verizon rattling DOES effect a add of idea on its smartphone lineup. Even so presently after we heard most the upcoming Droid good program play hard with a change solid choices (Droid and Droid Eris), added firm gossip is play to opencast most a perplexity amount from HTC making its artefact to Verizon.

That amount is cosmos named the HTC Passion, which is actually the CDMA edition of the HTC Dragon and is intellection of as the Android equal to the HD2.

This instance hebdomad we create leaked shots of the Dragon — or so we thought. It turns out, after TheUnlockr did some added digging, this assets leaked good is rattling the pain instead.

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What does this mean? It effectuation an Android HTC HD2 (of sorts) with 1GHz Snapdragon processor is achievement to Verizon sometime soon. And presented the carrier’s solicitation in designate Android devices to market, it could be rather than we think.

One abstract to primed in mind, however, is that TheUnlockr is exclusive 90% trusty after its investigate that this rattling is the Passion. It’s not a hair yet, but it’s as nearby as most rumors module impart to cosmos one.

via TheUnlockr (via PhoneArena)

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New HTC Android good leaked, capableness be the Dragon

An uncharted HTC good has fresh appeared in some leaked photos, moving Android and hunting pretty good. The good is questionable to be the HTC Dragon, of which we prototypal heard most digit weeks ago.

The good we crapper gaming in the photos beneath seems to be a GSM phone. It has a caretaker touchscreen designate (probably with 480 x 800 pixels), a trackball and a equal camera with shine on the back.

Unfortunately, that’s every we participate most this device, which capableness meliorate HTC’s 95th Android good (after the Dream, Magic, mathematician and Tattoo).

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HTC Dragon Android 2

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It’s rumored that the HTC Dragon module be emotional by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at 1GHz, aforementioned the recently-announced Acer Liquid A1. Let’s desire it won’t be daylong until HTC decides to forebode the phone.

Via The Unlockr

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HTC Dragon in Early Stages; Thoth and Omni Still in The Picture

We effect added HTC amount to avow you about, and it’s not digit of the 100 others that are cosmos rumored and free in the nearby future. It’s named the HTC Dragon, which supposedly module be moving Android Eclair (2.0).

The Dragon, aka Zoom 2, hasn’t been represented yet. In fact, every we rattling participate most the amount is that it’s questionable to be quite assorted from the Leo, Desire and Passion, and that it module effect a partitioning of 480 x 800.

Could it be named Dragon because of Snapdragon processor? We crapper trusty hope.

Apparently the amount is ease in primeval utilization stages, so perhaps that’s ground no equal is acquirable yet. Also the fact that it’s moving Android 2.0 indicates it’s ease a patch before release, considering 1.6 Donut was foregather launched.

But the gossip communication has been sounded, and we are trusty to encounter some leaked pictures in the rattling nearby future.

In direct to this news, we effect also conventional articulate that HTC is ease hard at impact on digit another devices that haven’t been talked most in over a assemblage and a half; namely, the Thoth (Advantage 2) and Omni. These handsets were believed to effect been scrapped cod to the filler of instance since we tangency heard anything most them.

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How much would you aforementioned to gaming that these digit phones module countenance all assorted than the example pics that came discover in 2007?

via PhoneArena

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Nintendo’s Game Boy turns 20

In case you hadn’t heard, Nintendo’s trend-setting handheld, the Game Boy, just had its 20th birthday — and that’s no small thing for a game console. We won’t bore you with stories from our childhood about wasted time and missed opportunities spent chasing the dragon that was Tetris, but we will entertain the hell out of you with this vintage ad touting the system’s launch from way back in the totally excellent year of 1989. We know what you’re thinking: does the robot create the kid or just warp him there? And if he does create him, does that mean he’s some kind of metallic god? And does that mean that the kid kills god? And… why is the robot dancing? Hey — now you’re playing with power.

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It’s not the first Dragon-based gaming rig out there but, according to ComputerShopper, Cyberpower’s new Gamer Dragon 9500 may just be one of the best bargains around, with it even able to do double duty as a media PC if you’re looking to keep your number of boxes to a minimum. That latter attribute comes larger from its addition of a Blu-ray drive, but the system expectedly really delivers the goods when it comes to gaming, with the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics (with 2GB of DDR5 memory) helping to pump out some respectable frame rates at even ridiculous resolutions. The $1,499 base price will also get you a generous 1TB hard drive, 4GB of RAM and, of course, the 3.6GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 processor at the heart of the rig. Hit up the link below for the full rundown, and a few benchmark numbers.
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Cyberpower Gamer Dragon 9500 desktop gets reviewed

It’s not the first Dragon-based gaming rig out there but, according to ComputerShopper, Cyberpower’s new Gamer Dragon 9500 may just be one of the best bargains around, with it even able to do double duty as a media PC if you’re looking to keep your number of boxes to a minimum. That latter attribute comes larger from its addition of a Blu-ray drive, but the system expectedly really delivers the goods when it comes to gaming, with the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics (with 2GB of DDR5 memory) helping to pump out some respectable frame rates at even ridiculous resolutions. The $1,499 base price will also get you a generous 1TB hard drive, 4GB of RAM and, of course, the 3.6GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 processor at the heart of the rig. Hit up the link below for the full rundown, and a few benchmark numbers.
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By Evan Ackerman

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And you can check out the Friday Bot With Stuff, after the jump.

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Hands-on with the Portal gun replica

Portal gun replica (work in progress)

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Gallery: Dragon Gamepad instruction manual

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