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T-Mobile have confirmed the launch date and price for the HTC HD2 on their network. The HTC HD2 will be launched March 24 and will cost $199.99.

The release date and phone price were already known from unofficial sources, but T-Mobile have actually confirmed this themselves. The $199.99 price is for a contract version of the phone. An off contract version is also available that will cost $450.

The HTC HD2 on the T-Mobile networks brings a few unique features making it slightly different from other versions of the HD2. Out of the box you get access to Blockbuster video on demand. The memory card has a couple of Transformers movies pre-loaded and access to a number of channels including MTV, NBC and a few others. [Read more…]

If you are a Google Android device user in Canada then you should now be able to download paid apps from the Android Market.

People are currently reporting that they are able to pay for apps now which up till now, hasn’t been possible in the country. However, it seems like only customers on Rogers and Fido currently have this ability with users on Bell and TELUS still not able to get the downloads.

It is unknown what hurdles or how many there were that prevented this function from working, but it’s good to hear of some progress in that area although we do hope that the other two mobile networks follow on and allow the same. [Read more…]

It appears that the Google Nexus One might actually be a sales failure looking at the chart above (larger version below). It is estimated that just 135,000 devices have been shipped in the first 74 days. Compare that to the likes of the Motorola DROID and the iPhone which hit around the 1 million mark things look quite bad for the Nexus One.

The amount of days (74) was decided on because of Apple [AAPL] first announcing that in those opening days of the iPhone going on sale they shifted 1 million units in that time. The other two figures are actually calculated on using stats from a company called Flurry who track app’s installed on devices (UDID’s). [Read more…]

Vodafone have listed the HTC Desire on their online store and given it a tentative shipping date of April. Vodafone are the 3rd network in the UK who are going to be shipping the HTC Desire with the other two being T-Mobile and Orange at the moment.

The HTC Desire runs the Google Android OS, has a 5 megapixel camera and a large 3.7 inch touchscreen. For connectivity it has WiFi, HSDPA and 3G as well as Bluetooth. [Read more…]

This handsfree kit is called the BT-H12-VP and is designed to work in your car. The unit is attached to the sunvisor and provides a Bluetooth two-way speaker phone for your connected mobile phone. The small headset seen in the picture is also detachable allowing you to take it with you when leaving the car.

It has all the usual bluetooth specs that include a 10 meter range for pairing up to your mobile phone along with 80 hours of standby and a 4 hour talk time.

Other features include echo cancellation and noise depression to silence out the background noise as well as allow two way conversations to happen. The unit can be charged while talking allowing it to always be fully charged when needed to be used away from the car. [Read more…]

We expected the T-Mobile variant of the HTC HD2 to arrive this month after numerous leaks and a press release over the last few months.

So, is it arriving this month? Probably as we have now heard that a press event is being held on March 16 over in New York to unveil the phone which has a rumoured release date of March 24.

The information just posted above is all we have right now in that we know there is an event happening. The March 24 date is a previous rumour that was posted due to some leaks found. [Read more…]