Smaller regional carrier US Cellular is feeling the love this year, and is hosting a Valentine’s Day sale on all of their smartphones. They will be taking $100 off all smartphones until February 14, also known as Valentine’s Day. Phones like the HTC Merge can be had for free, the LG Genesis for $49.99, and the Motorola Electrify for $149.99. Giving the gift… Read more
When a phone goes missing, and then launches on a smaller regional carrier, you’ll have to forgive us if we think it’s pretty much never going to happen. That’s the scenario we were looking at earlier this morning, before we saw this particular advertisement showcasing the HTC Merge, like it had never gone anywhere. Even the price reflects a phone that has… Read more
For those of you out there under US Cellular’s wing, if you managed to get your hands on the HTC Merge, then today’s a pretty exciting day. The wireless carrier has just unveiled that they have begun the roll-out for the Merge’s Gingerbread update. US Cellular has even gone out of their way to make sure that a page is up and running, outlining all of the… Read more
The Verizon-branded HTC Merge is one of those devices that existed at one point in the past, but has seemingly all but disappeared since then. While it’s appeared on other regional carriers (minus the Verizon branding, of course), namely US Cellular and Alltel, it’s yet to make any kind of official appearance on Verizon’s site, or press releases. But, we… Read more
The HTC Merge, who hasn’t seen nearly as much fanfare as expected, has just been announced for release on Cellular South — but that’s not the big story here. The big story is that when the Merge launches on Cellular South, it will be the first Android device to hit shelves with the Amazon Appstore pre-installed. With the way Amazon has been treated… Read more
When HTC finally announced the Merge on February 25th, the only availability line we were fed stated that the Merge is “slated to be available from multiple North American operators beginning in spring 2011.” As leaks and previous rumors have indicated, at least one of those “North American operators” was supposed to be Verizon. Thanks to the FCC, that has… Read more
This has certainly been a long time coming, and now it’s finally here: the HTC Merge has been officially announced. According to the press release (which lines up with what we’ve known for awhile now), the HTC Merge is a CDMA based QWERTY packin’ world-phone and comes complete with Sense UI atop Android 2.2, a 5 megapixel camera that features 720p… Read more
If there was one 2011 phone I was excited about in 2010, it was the HTC Merge. If not for the sexy body, then for what appears to be, in my opinion, the best looking Android QWERTY since the G1. But the path of the Merge is beset by numerous hurdles, the most problematic of which being the rumored launch delay that could facilitate an LTE upgrade. If… Read more
“You want a work phone that’s updated for your life … Everything your work phone couldn’t do.” Why yes, yes we do. And can we have it? No, not yet. In yet another sticky situation with unannounced phones, it looks like the HTC Merge has made it’s way into the latest issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. The ad campaign accompanying this appearance of the… Read more
Just last night, Verizon jumped the gun when they put a 360 degree tour online for the HTC Merge; An unannounced drool worthy slider that’s rumored to launch by January of 2011. It was pulled down just as quickly as it was put up, but luckily, it was caught on film for everyone to see. The Merge has made quite a stir among blogsphere. With sleek… Read more
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