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Now that Samsung and Motorola have shown their Android super phone hands for the holiday season, it was only a matter of time before HTC followed suit. After signing a $300 million deal to buy 51% of Beats Electronics back in August, HTC’s first Sense-skinned Gingerbread 2.3 phone with Beats audio is now here. Besides [...]

Quietly Enormous

HTC’s Titan may be our dark horse favorite smartphone of the fall. It’s biggest claim to fame (literally) is a hipster-pants-tearing 4.7-inch, 480 x 800 Super LCD touchscreen slapped on a body that measures only .35-inches thick. A 1.5Ghz processor, 512MB of Ram, 16GB of on board storage, a MicroSD card slot, 14.4Mbps HSPA+ download [...]

What You Need to Know Before Diving In

2011 is the year of the tablet, no matter how hard we and our wallets squirm over having another gadget thrust into our lives. But why now? A discussion on that topic could take longer than the birther diatribe if explored in full, but the short answer is we have our smartphones addictions to thank. [...]

When it comes to traveling you may still rely on tried and true packing lists, but it goes without saying that gadgets and tech, have become both welcome and obnoxious additions — so much for packing light. In this Essential Gear feature we bring you our list of travel-tech endorsements, field tested by the GP [...]

Is this the Droid You've Been Looking For?

If you didn’t already bite on the Motorola Droid or the HTC made Google branded Nexus One, then your patience might have just paid off. Announced yesterday as coming to Verizon, the HTC Droid Incredible falls in line with the new slew of high powered Android smart phones storming the market. It will run Android [...]

Packed to the Gills

HTC, not one to be beleaguered by lawsuits from Apple has unveiled the HTC EVO 4G, a handset with no shortage of specs. The Android 2.1 based smartphone features a 480×800 4.3″ TFT LCD display, 1Ghz Snapdraggon processor, 1GB of built-in memory, 512MB of RAM, 1,500 mAh battery, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, digital compass, dual 1.3 [...]

The concept of owning a smartphone should appeal to you. Not only does it serve as a device that will reduce the number of gadgets/gear you have to carry, but the sheer capability of the latest phones will keep you organized, connected and engaged 24/7 and on the go. There was a lot of anticipation [...]