HTC Bootloaders: Is Your Phone Unlockable?

12/29/2011 By 1 Comment
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...]

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New in HTC this Week: Dropbox, Mystery Phone Event in NYC, and ICS List

10/27/2011 By Leave a Comment
Dropbox File Storage

There are lots of bits of news that flow around the Internet and though I do not catch them all nor am I able to post about everything, a few notable things I felt were worth pointing out this week are: the HTC partnership with Dropbox, Mystery Phone Event in NYC, and which HTC phone are making the Ice Cream Sandwich list (unofficially). HTC Partnership with Dropbox When the HTC Rhyme was announced we found out the phone came with a ton of hardware accessories and 5 gigs of storage on the … [Read more...]

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HTC Rhyme Gets Official Headed to Verizon and Sold at Target

09/20/2011 By Leave a Comment
Introducing the HTC Rhyme

HTC is getting ready to kick off a press event this morning in New York and all the buzz online is about the HTC Rhyme which now has a Sign-Up page live on Verizon's website. The HTC Rhyme looks to be available via pre-sale as early this Thursday, September 22 and can be purchased at Verizon and Target stores. This phone has been designed with women as the focus. It will come in a plum color and has a charm which is supposed to dangle from a purse. The charm plugs into the audio outlet and … [Read more...]

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