HTC Bootloaders: Is Your Phone Unlockable?

12/29/2011 By 1 Comment
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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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First HTC Phone with Beats Audio Announced

09/14/2011 By Leave a Comment
HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio

The HTC Sensation has been revamped with software and hardware and has been given a new name. The HTC Sensation XE is HTC's latest announced smartphone and is currently destined for Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa with hopes of a US release yet to be announced. This new Sensation XE delivers a faster processor, bigger battery, and a combined listening experience of software and hardware. When using the Beats by Dre in-ear headphones the phone will switch to a Beats by Dre sound … [Read more...]

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Rumor: Special Edition HTC Sensation to Include Beats by Dre

09/01/2011 By Leave a Comment
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According to CNET.com, HTC is reworking the HTC Sensation to encompass audio technology from the recent deal with Beats by Dre for a fine-tuned listening experience. If the graphic shared below is true, the Special Edition Sensation will include a set of in-ear headphones, a remote to control music playback, and a bigger battery for longer listening time. The enhancements listed above are notable, but also coming to this phone is a faster processor (1.5 GHz) and 3 more gigs of internal … [Read more...]

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The Future of Qualcom

07/06/2011 By Leave a Comment
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Qualcomm Snapdragon chips are commonly found in HTC smartphone and tablet devices these days so when a roadmap of Qualcomm's chip release info is leaked we at HTCfanatic.com pay attention. To help put this roadmap into perspective let us compare processors with a couple recently released smartphones; the HTC Evo 3D and HTC Sensation 4G are sporting Qualcomm's first generation dual-core processors, the MSM8660 and MSM8260 at 1.2 GHz. These are the current high end phones on the … [Read more...]

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Is T-Mobile Going On A Summer Vacation?

05/18/2011 By Leave a Comment
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Despite talks of the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile, the big magenta is rolling out their plans for the summer to include a stop for a "Doubleshot" of espresso on July 6th. The HTC myTouch 4G slide is the successor to the myTouch 3G slide with HSPA+ support. It is also rumored to come packed with a dual-core processor and 8 MP camera under the hood of a 3.7" WVGA display. … [Read more...]

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