Everyone called the HTC Desire a Nexus One clone. The contradiction is that for a lot of people, the so‑called clone is actually the more practical phone. Hardware: Nexus DNA with Small but Real Tweaks If you’ve seen the Google Nexus One, you’ve basically seen the HTC Desire. Both run a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, ship […]
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HTC Tattoo Revisited: The Mass-Market Android That Aimed Low But Hit a Nerve
Android’s Early Mass-Market Gamble Android didn’t start as a flagship-only playground. Before today’s $1,000 glass slabs, manufacturers were scrambling to shove Google’s OS into anything cheap enough to get carriers excited. The HTC Tattoo was one of the first real attempts to push Android into the mass market, and it did that by cutting hard […]
HTC Hero Retro Review: The ‘iPhone Killer’ That Wasn’t
The ‘Most Advanced Android’ That Still Missed the Mark The HTC Hero was hyped as “perhaps the most advanced Android to date” and the first real answer to the iPhone’s touchscreen era. On paper, it looked like Android’s big coming-of-age moment. In practice, it was a clever skin, a nice chin, and way too many […]