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Telus HTC Desire launches

August 6, 2010 Doug Groves ActiveSync, Android 2.1, Exchange, first look, Friend Stream, google, HTC, HTC Desire, HTC Sense, Microsoft, smartphone, Snapdragon, superphone3 Comments

I think that Friday August 6th 2010 can unofficially be labeled Android day in Canada. That’s because Telus has officially launched HTC’s latest superphone, the HTC Desire, sporting the latest version of HTC Sense. It’s also a harbinger of a possible price war to come, as it’s a solid 1GHz processor priced at $79.99, which is more than competitive with other high end phones. The new phone comes with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera (with flash), and a 3.7″ 800 x 480 screen. We had a chance to…

Virgin HTC Legend review

August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 Doug Groves Android, Bell, canada, Eclair, Friend Stream, google, HTC, HTC Legend, HTC Sense, review, Sense, Sense UI, Virgin Canada3 Comments

HTC, once known as the go-to company for Windows Mobile devices made a wise business decision to embrace Google’s Android operating system from the very beginning, with the original G1. Since that time, they’ve put out an almost dizzying array of phones on the platform, many of them running HTCs custom Sense interface, which first appeared on the HTC Hero. The HTC Legend, currently available on Bell and Virgin in Canada, is very much an updated version of the Hero, with a more polished design and a more current version…