Price Drop: HTC Rezound for $199

ibeats earbuds

It is no secret that HTC is reporting a loss in sales for the 4th quarter of 2011. The HTC Rezound is a great phone with its fast 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, excellent 720p resolution display, Beats Audio, and more, but it was quickly overshadowed by the Motorola RAZR and the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus all on the Verizon Wireless Network. The HTC Rezound can be bought outright for $649.99 or for $199.99 with a new 2 year contract. If you want a smooth, dual-core Android phone … [Read more...]

HTC Bootloaders: Is Your Phone Unlockable?

htc lock

While unlocking the bootloader on a smartphone is not for everyone, there is a large community begging device manufacturers to free them of the boundaries from a stock device with locked down features. The bootloader is a set of instructions specifically designed to communicate with the motherboard and other internal hardware pieces of a device at boot up; giving them strict guidelines on how to start and work together. With many new devices released each quarter, manufacturers have a … [Read more...]

First Impressions of the HTC Rezound

ibeats earbuds

I have been pretty excited about the HTC Rezound since I first laid eyes on leaked shots of it a few months ago and now that I have it in my hands I am still pretty excited. There are some good and bad things I like about it, but I know I could live with the bad if I had this as my main phone. The Good The screen! Wow, this 720p image is very impressive. The phone is not as wide as most with a 4.3" screen; instead it is taller and fits nicely in my hand. Games and text on web pages are … [Read more...]

Is HTC Gearing Up For Another Successful Year?

HTC Zeta

With the recent release of the HTC Rezound, HTC is exiting 2011 as the top manufacturer in the United States and now leaking out bits of information for new devices to be released in the next year. For those of you that have not heard yet, a rumored quad-core device popped up last week called the HTC Edge. The Edge is said to come with a 1.5 GHz AP30 Tegra 3 processor which is a break from the Qualcomm Snapdragon line with previous phones and tablets for HTC. Additional specs include a 4.7" … [Read more...]

HTC Devices First Up to get a Taste of Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC ICS

Did you catch the press event when Android's newest version Ice Cream Sandwich was announced a couple of weeks ago? Although the facial recognition unlock feature did not work during the live demo the event was a success none-the-less and full of enhancements to the popular mobile platform. Now that we have all drifted off that cloud of excitement curious customers want to know which devices are going to get an upgrade to the revamped operating system which is fit for both tablets and … [Read more...]