HTC Zeta Specs and Photos Surface: Quad-Core, Android OS 4.0

By Valerie Sarnataro | 11/16/2011

The HTC Rezound is already yesterday's news, despite only hitting stores on Monday, as a new leak of a possible HTC device codenamed Zeta has surfaced. This will supposedly have a quad-core processor and the newest version of Android.

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Top 10 Smartphones This Holiday Shopping Season

By Ed Hardy | 11/14/2011

There are a lot of great phones available, and finding the right one for the student, busy executive, or soccer mom in your life can be a challenge. In hopes of making this easier, Brighthand has picked the ten best smartphones available for this shopping season.

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HTC Rezound Hits Shelves, Bringing Beats to LTE

By Valerie Sarnataro | 11/14/2011

Verizon's latest smartphone, the HTC Rezound, hits shelves today and brings Beats audio to the Big Red's 4G LTE network.The HTC Rezound retails for $300 with a two-year contract, though Wirefly.com is currently offering the phone for $250 with a two-year contract.

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Microsoft: Why Low-End Phones in Large Quantities is the Best Strategy

By Valerie Sarnataro | 11/12/2011

While smartphone manufacturers race to release high-end handsets with dual-core chips, Microsoft continues to offer solely single-core-equipped phones. So why does the Windows Phone maker stray from the pack in its adoption of a faster CPU?

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Android and iOS Games Out-Earn Nintendo and Sony. Game Over?

By Valerie Sarnataro | 11/10/2011

Android and iOS will generate about $500 million more in revenue this year in the U.S. from the sales of mobile games than Nintendo and Sony, ending the DS and PSP makers' 20-year dominance of the portable game market in this country.

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HTC Edge Could Be the First Quad-Core Smartphone

By Ed Hardy | 11/10/2011

The NVIDIA Tegra 3 will be the first quad-core processor designed for smartphones and tablets. It's debuting next month in a tablet, and an unconfirmed report has revelead some of the details on the first handset to be built around it.

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Android OS 4.0 Upgrades Heading for HTC EVO 3D, HTC Amaze 4G, Many Others

By Ed Hardy | 11/7/2011

HTC has revealed the first group of its smartphones that will be getting upgrades to Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This is made up of newer models available from several wireless carriers.

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AT&T's First 4G LTE Smartphones Debut at Surprisingly Low Prices

By Ed Hardy | 11/6/2011

As promised, AT&T began offering the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket this morning. These are the first handsets that support the carrier's 4G LTE network, and they are debuting at prices well below what AT&T initially said they would cost.

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China Looms as a Smartphone Superpower

By Dragan Petric | 11/4/2011

China is a vast and as-yet undeveloped market where making tremendous profit is possible. It is also able to aggressively compete on the world market. Brighthand's European corespondent brings us his thoughts on this country shortly before embarking on a trip there.

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Verizon's HTC Rezound Mixes Music with 4G LTE

By Valerie Sarnataro | 11/3/2011

HTC has just officially announced its latest music-oriented smartphone, the Rezound. The HTC Rezound will support Verizon's 4G LTE network and will go on sale Nov. 10 for $300 with a new two-year agreement.

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Samsung Replaces Apple As World's Biggest Smartphone Maker

By Valerie Sarnataro | 11/3/2011

It appears Apple's reign at the top of the smartphone market was short lived, as Samsung surpassed the iPhone maker as the new leader in the worldwide smartphone market last quarter, according to a new report.

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Most Popular Smartphones for October 2011

By Ed Hardy | 11/1/2011

Each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks. New devices from Apple, HTC, and Motorola made the list, but Samsung stands firmly at the top.

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