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by Alex Dobie
May 22, 2013
HTC 'Desire 200' gets certified in Taiwan, 'Desire 600' spotted in benchmarks
HTC looks set to restore the "Desire" brand for upcoming entry-level phones, according to ...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 02, 2012
The CyanogenMod team has announced that it won't be able to officially support phones powered by first-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon chips in version 9 or 10 of its popular custom firmware. The...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 31, 2012
UK satellite broadcaster Sky has announced that it'll be bringing its Sky Go service to selected HTC and Samsung smartphones from February. Sky Go, which has been available on iOS for some time,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 09, 2012
HTC took a few minutes away from their time at CES and updated the bootloader unlocking tool database with a few more devices this evening, namely the Desire HD and additional versions of the Desire...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Now here's where it gets interesting. In HTC's response to questioning from U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., it listed some 6.3 million "active devices" that have Carrier IQ installe...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 22, 2011
HTC has released kernel sources for the Rezound, Explorer, and the EVO Shift 4G update for developers to have a play with. In addition, they have let loose the full Desire Gingerbread update f...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 07, 2011
Good news for anyone involved with tinkering around with software for the venerable HTC Desire. In accordance with open source rules, HTC has just released the kernel source code for the device'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2011
HTC has (finally) released the GPL kernel source for the myTouch 4G Slide, and they have tossed in the Gingerbread update kernel source for the Desire, and the code for the Raider 4G (Korea) kernel....
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 01, 2011
Almost exactly a year after the device first received an update to Froyo, the venerable HTC Desire now has an official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update available. The update is provided in the for...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2011
OK, all you boys and girls who are dying to hack into your shiny new EVO 3D. The long-rumored collaboration between the folks behindUnrEVOked and AlphaRev has come to fruition, and the Revolutio...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 21, 2011
Good news for HTC Desire owners on British network Three -- the carrier has confirmed today that it'll be pushing out the official Gingerbread update for the popular handset as soon as it's made avail...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 08, 2011
Since HTC made the announcement that it would be bringing Gingerbread to the HTC Desire (minus some applications) they've been letting owners know where the update's at in testing. Most recently, HTC&...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 30, 2011
As promised, HTC has offered Desire owners some news on the status of the phone's Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, saying they've begun testing on it this week. In a post on its official Facebook...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 24, 2011
The plot thickens. Last week HTC kicked up a bit of a storm by announcing that the Desire wouldn't be getting an official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update due to memory constraints, saying there w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 15, 2011
Ah. So that answers that. If you were wondering how HTC plans on getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread and its Sense user interface onto the HTC Desire after it previously said it couldn't be done...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 15, 2011
What a difference a day makes. Just 24 hours after disappointing a smartphone owner or two, HTC on its UK Facebook Page says the Desire will get Gingerbread after all.Contrary to what we said ear...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 15, 2011
Update: ... And apparently HTC has changed its mind and decided to update to Gingerbread after all. Go figure.So you woke yesterday morning to the news that your trusty HTC Desire wil...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2011
Bad news for those of you in the UK who have been looking forward to getting an official Gingerbread update on your HTC Desire. Looks like it's not going to happen, as the phone's just plai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 03, 2011
An anonymous tipster has sent us the latest price sheets from US Cellular, and it has it's fair share of Android phones. From the low end Samsung Gem, to the holy grail of the HTC Merge, it list...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 14, 2011
Alongside today's EVO 4G leak, a Gingerbread test ROM for the HTC Desire has also leaked out via the 911HTC blog. Version 3.06.707.0 is based on Android 2.3.3, but is running the old version of ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 02, 2011
After being the first carrier to confirm the HTC Desire Gingerbread update, Three UK has now given an estimate of when they expect to push the update out to Three-branded Desires. Respondin...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 20, 2011
O2 UK has announced that it's enabled a 900MHz 3G network in London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, after the carrier obtained permission to use the spectrum from communications regulator Ofc...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 18, 2011
The Froyo (Android 2.2) OTA update for the Cellular South HTC Desire is approved and on the way. According to Cellular South's Facebook page, users should receive notification of the OTA&nb...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 15, 2011
The HTC Desire and Desire HD on TELUS will receive updates to Gingerbread sometime this Spring, while a TELUS-approved Froyo update for the Motorola Milestone is expected "very soon", ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 09, 2011
HTC's Desire S is still over a month away from release, but a leaked test ROM from the upcoming phone has already made its way online, courtesy of MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien. The ROM joins ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2011
HTC has confirmed that Gingerbread will be making its way to the Desire, Desire HD and Desire Z during the second quarter of the year, according to reports from SlashGear, which sources...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2011
A post on the official Twitter account of British carrier Three indicates that the original HTC Desire will receive an official update to Gingerbread, confirming rumors from MWC earlier this wee...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 16, 2011
Following the initial handful of phones we reported had received CyanogenMod 7 release candidate 1 yesterday, a bunch more devices have now been graced with official RC1 builds of the Ginge...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 08, 2011
Another long-awaited device update has just rolled out for those of you on U.S. Cellular. The HTC Desire Froyo update has been posted and is now ready and waiting for you to download it. So what ...
