Verizon currently doesn’t advertise their Rezound as a global roaming capable phone, but it looks to be that the phone has all the necessary components. A user on XDA has discovered a way to enable the GSM by turning off LTE and then using the SIM card slot for a GSM card. A new global option was available, but it took a little hacking to get data and… Read more
The HTC Rezound may not have been able to get the DROID branding it so obviously deserves, but that’s not stopping the attention from being put on the phone. Thanks to the device’s new unlock able boot loader, the Rezound now has a very, very early taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for those brave enough to give it a shot. We stress early, though…. Read more
The HTC Rezound, the first US smartphone to feature Beats Audio by Dr. Dre, was released back in November for $299.99 on contract. Scarcely a month and change later, it gets a price drop. Today, we found out that the phone is $100 bucks cheaper at $199.99 direct from Verizon. For those of you that still feel like shelling out $200 bones for a phone is just… Read more
Some of the world’s most popular smartphone and tablet manufacturers are starting to turn to their social networking outlets to post some very interesting news. And, considering the global positioning of these companies, it shouldn’t be a surprise that some of the more international social networking pages get to update this information before we see the… Read more
Anyone think Amazon is trying to take over the mobile industry? That being said, consumers are reaping benefits a’plenty from the internet retail giant. Their latest promotion doesn’t disappoint. It looks like if you buy any hotspot-ready smartphone, you’ll get a $100 Amazon.com gift card. Unfortunately, you have to buy the phone packaged with the mobile… Read more
HTCDev.com, HTC’s developer portal, has been bringing official unlocks to HTC phones everywhere. Recently, we saw the Rezound pop up then get pulled shortly after. No clarification on motivations were available from the manufacturer side, but hey, they rectified it this morning. Visiting the HTCDev.com site today will reveal that the Rezound unlock is… Read more
Amazon seems to think that $299 for the HTC Rezound is a bit unreasonable, and has cut that price in half. The new price sits at $149.99, for both new and upgrading customers (Verizon has it for $299.99). Considering it has top-of-the-line specs and Beats audio, this deal is hard to pass up. No word on how long the offer will last, so anyone planning on… Read more
Earlier in the month we found out that Grand Theft Auto III would be coming to the Android Market on the 15th of December, and now that the date has arrived, so has the game. Keep in mind that the title does have some restrictions, though, and won’t work on every single Android device out there. The developers have decided to launch the game on only a… Read more
The HTC Rezound has been available for just over a week now, and we’ve had plenty of time to look it over, test it out, and come up with a pretty firm opinion about the first smartphone with Beats Audio Technology to land in the United States. There’s no denying that despite its thickness and interesting back panel, the handset is light in the hand and… Read more
It wasn’t too long ago that HTC came forward and let everyone know that they were reviewing their options for Ice Cream Sandwich, or Android 4.0 updates to existing devices. That initial statement didn’t do much to actually describe which devices would be getting updates, but that wasn’t surprising at all. The Taiwanese company has now finally come forward… Read more
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