HTC announces HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z

HTC just unveiled a couple new handsets in London. The HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z are both powered by Google’s Android-platform.

Specs on the HTC Desire HD have it designed similar to the Legend with a unibody aluminum frame with a 4.3-inch LCD display, 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processoror, 8 megapixel camera, dual-LED flash and can record 720p HD video and WiFi. The HTC Desire Z has a “pop hinge” that reveals a full QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera, records 720p HD videos and has a 800MHz Qualcomm 7230 processor.

As for availability, HTC says “The new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z will be broadly available through mobile operators and retailers across major European and Asian markets from October 2010 with the HTC Desire Z shipping in North America later this year.”

Any guesses on which Canadian carrier will be releasing the HTC Desire Z?

Via : mobilesyrup.com, Newswire

HTC Desire Goes White, Wildfire Goes Silver, We Go GaGa

If you read our review of the HTC Desire, you’ll already know that the physical design of the phone is hardly the fist thing that needs to be changed.

Regardless, we can’t complain about the changes HTC is rumored to be making here:

Yep, what we’re looking at is a white version of the Desire, and even though I’m not exactly known to go crazy over white gadgets (especially when they’re phones), I’ve got to admit this one’s pretty hot.

As you can see, HTC is also making a silver (and possibly aluminum!) version of the Wildfire. While not as exciting as the white Desire, it’s still something to look forward to…if, that is, you live in the UK, for Android Community informs us that the two devices will be sold exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse, a UK-only retailer. Oh well, at least we here in the States have the R2D2 edition of the Droid 2 to look forward to, with all its awesome live wallpapers.

Via : androidpolice.com

T-Mobile G2 outed as HTC Desire Z?

It was only a couple of weeks ago when we first met the T-Mobile G2 through it’s Internet teaser page, and official images of the handset have now appeared on T-Mobile’s servers.

Specifications have also leaked alongside the images, which spies at Cellphonesignal claim confirms that the handset is likely to be known as the HTC Desire Z in the UK, a mobile which fell victim to separate leaks earlier this month.

A QWERTY version of the HTC Desire is expected to be announced at the end of the month, and it seems like this could be it. The HTC Desire Z hid under the code-name of HTC vision a while back, featuring specifications which sound very similar to those which feature on this handset – basically those of a HTC Desire with a slider keypad.

The handset will feature a 3.7 inch AMOLED screen, Android 2.2 running system, 1GHz SnapDragon processor, slider QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera and 3G HSPA+. These specifications indicate that this will be the first T-Mobile handset to feature HSPA+, which T-Mobile refer to as having 4G speeds. It is also rumoured that the handset will only be available in silver, but we sort of hope this part isn’t true.

The G2/Desire Z is expected to be released later this year, although this is yet to be confirmed. With a HTC Event planned in London on September 15th, hopefully we won’t have to wait long to find out. We’ll keep you updated!

Via : dialtosave.co.uk