HTC has released a brand new detailed Android 4.0 schedule and it looks like the HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich update is slated to arrive sometime in either July or August of this year. The schedule offers no specific dates but it does offer a window for HTC ThunderBolt owners to look forward to. HTC [...]
An update for the HTC ThunderBolt appears to be rolling out right now. Unfortunately, instead of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s a bug fix update that should help to resolve a number of issues that owners of Verizon’s 4G LTE smartphone have been having. HTC ThunderBolt owners have alerted us to the fact that [...]
Verizon is preparing to release an update for the HTC ThunderBolt, however, it’s probably not the update that many ThunderBolt owners have been waiting for. Droid-Life has confirmed that the update, a bug fixer, has been approved by Verizon and that means that it should be rolling out to HTC ThunderBolt owners at some point [...]
In a movie that just might top Google’s re-branding the Android Market as the Google Play Store on the surprise scale, Verizon has released a list of devices that are currently slated to get upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Again, a major carrier based in the United States has released a full list [...]
Earlier this month, I wrote about how HTC ThunderBolt owners deserved some answers in regards to the Android 4.0 update. Sure enough, a few weeks later (I’m not taking credit, mind you), HTC announced that the first 4G LTE device on Verizon would indeed be getting the upgrade to Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich [...]
HTC has apparently heeded our call for answers in regards to the HTC ThunderBolt Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update as the company has put up a new post on its Facebook wall that not only confirms the update will indeed be coming for the company’s first 4G LTE smartphone, but that it will also [...]
Last week, I wrote a post wherein I unleashed my anger about the whole situation surrounding the silence in regards to the HTC ThunderBolt Android 4.0 update. I argued that HTC and Verizon both owe answers to ThunderBolt owners in regards to the update. I don’t care if it’s about the update not ever coming [...]
Earlier today, HTC announced that it would begin rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its devices by the end of March. The first batch of devices that will be getting the Android 4.0 update include the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G, and the HTC Sensation XE. In addition, the company confirmed that a [...]
2011 saw the introduction of widespread 4G LTE and the devices that support the next-generation network that can pull down speeds 10 times faster than those of normal 3G. One of the companies responsible for said devices was HTC which came out with the first widespread 4G LTE smartphone in the HTC ThunderBolt, a phone [...]
For a limited time, Verizon is going to be offering up its original 4G LTE phone, the HTC ThunderBolt, for the low price of free so-as you sign a new two year agreement with the carrier. That’s a bit of a tall offer considering the 4G LTE phones that Verizon is currently offering and the [...]
One of the biggest obstacles that some people face when buying a new smartphone, especially one 4G in nature, is the price. We know it’s hard to comprehend for some of you, but not everyone is willing to throw down hundreds of dollars for a new smartphone. Well, those not looking to break the bank [...]
2011 is nearly over and it has been an extremely exciting year for the mobile industry. We’ve seen Verizon expand its next-generation 4G LTE network at a neck-breaking pace. We’ve seen AT&T sprout up its LTE network. We’ve seen the first LTE smartphones. We’ve seen the first dual-core LTE smartphones. We’ve seen a new iPhone. [...]
It’s hard to believe that the HTC Thunderbolt, a smartphone that’s well under a year old, was the first smartphone to grace Verizon’s 4G LTE network. In the short time of the Thunderbolt’s existence, we’ve seen numerous phones launch and even the first Google Nexus launching on Verizon in the form of the Galaxy Nexus. [...]
One of the hardest parts about reviewing phones is knowing which phones will hold up over time. The HTC ThunderBolt is a prime example, one which, to my dismay, I own. While all phones age, the ThunderBolt has aged worse than Charlie Sheen in the last 9 months. We’ve covered the issues of the HTC ThunderBolt before, [...]
While we’ve been busy telling you about all of the gadgets and gizmos that you should be buying this holiday season, it’s time to switch gears a little bit and tell you about a few things that shouldn’t be on your wish list this 2011 holiday season. We know that there are going to be [...]
Today marks yet another day in the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Release Date circus with November 21st again being thrown around as a possible release date for the Android 4.0-powered device. That date though isn’t just a rumor. No, in fact, it was confirmed by Google who says that the phone will be launching “pretty [...]
Yesterday, we got our first extensive look at the upcoming HTC Rezound aka HTC Vigor, a device that will more than likely be announced by HTC at an event in New York City on November 3rd. Today, another video has surfaced offering up yet another sneak peek at the highly anticipated smartphone. This time though, [...]
For the past 14 days, I have been using an iPhone 4S as my primary phone. Up until October 14th, I was a very happy Android user, one that appreciated the iPhone as a competitor, but didn’t really see myself using an iPhone as my primary device. Update: 6 Months With the iPhone 4S I outlined my major concerns of switching [...]
The HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update appears to have made its triumphant return to the airwaves, something that we expected to happen sometime this week, and it’s now pushing out to ThunderBolt owners. I’ve heard from a few different people around the U.S. who were able to pull the update and I’m now seeing other places [...]
We had heard that the HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update might be making its glorious return at some point in the not-so-distant future and sure enough, it appears that things are in motion as Verizon has updated its support PDF for the update and it now lists the update as 2.11.605.5 which is the same version [...]
A few days ago I wrote about how HTC and Verizon were preparing to bring back the HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update from the dead. And while I knew that the news would please quite a few owners of Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone, I also knew that would open up old wounds. Wounds that will [...]
It has been awhile since we last heard from HTC and Verizon regarding the HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update that was pulled but it looks like we might finally have some good news. According to a tweet from HTC’s main account, both companies anticipate the update to make its grand return soon. How soon? HTC failed [...]
It’s almost certain that Verizon, Google and Samsung will be announcing the Galaxy Nexus in the next few weeks, a device that is in possession of model number SCH-I515. And we’ve also heard that the Nexus will be the replacement for a phone called the Samsung Droid Charge, a device that has model number SCH-I510. [...]
Underwhelmed by yesterday’s iPhone 4S announcement? You’re not alone. Aside from the fact that the world didn’t get the iPhone 5 it was expecting, many of the new features included in the 4S aren’t all that exciting or revolutionary. Sure, they’re new for iPhone users, but the Android fans in the house have been there, [...]
It has only been a couple of days since the long awaited HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update starting rolling out to owners of Verizon’s original 4G LTE flagship but it would appear that within those few days, ThunderBolt owners and Verizon have discovered some horrific bugs within the software that apparently have caused Big Red to [...]
Well folks, the wait is finally over – just like we said it would be – and those of you out there with the HTC ThunderBolt can now go into your Settings and pull the Gingerbread update for download. That’s right. This isn’t an OTA. You can manually pull it this very moment and finally [...]
Yesterday, we learned from an HTC rep that the HTC ThunderBolt’s Gingerbread update was still on track for a release in September and that it would be rolling out to owners very soon. As it turns out, the HTC Twitter account was not full of it as the ThunderBolt’s Gingerbread update changelog has appeared over [...]
The launch of the Motorola Droid Bionic has been out for several weeks. The releases of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Samsung Droid Prime are on the horizon, the latter of which could be a 4G LTE device. We have the HTC Vigor, a 4G LTE itself, in the mix And still, a 4G LTE [...]
To celebrate the arrival of Verizon Wireless smartphones, Radio Shack has announced that it will be taking $100 off a purchase of a Verizon smartphone with the signing of a new two year contract. That $100 is instant, not a mail-in rebate, and it applies to all Verizon smartphones that Radio Shack currently offers, a [...]
HTC has promised HTC ThunderBolt owners on Verizon an upgrade to Gingerbread before the end of September and as it stands, we are getting dangerously close to the end of the month. And that’s what makes this next little tidbit so exciting. The ThunderBolt’s Gingerbread update has leaked out before, but this time, we’re right [...]
I’ve just received a couple of tips from some Verizon 4G LTE owners saying that their devices are currently stuck in 3G after losing 4G LTE service. I thought it might have been an isolated incident but now I’m seeing Droid-Life reporting the issue with tons of comments so I think there might actually be [...]
For users who like to customize their smartphone, Android has offered a big advantage over the iPhone, but recently this advantage has been cut back or removed all together by chipping away at the apps users who are rooted can use. Back in the old days, when Android first began making inroads on multiple carriers one of [...]
Amazon is offering a pretty spectacular deal on new Verizon phones. Right now if you purchase a Verizon device, you get a $50 Amazon.com gift card good for anything the online retailer sells. Some of these deals are so cheap that you’ll actually make $49.99 by purchasing the phone. The best deals here can be found on [...]
With last week’s release of the Motorola Droid Bionic, Verizon Wireless gained a new (and much anticipated) superphone that takes advantage of the carrier’s speedy 4G LTE network. This 4.3-inch, dual-core powerhouse took its sweet time arriving, though many have already deemed it worth the wait. But is the Bionic the ‘droid you’re looking for? [...]
Given that HTC had confirmed that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the HTC Thunderbolt, the first 4G LTE Android smartphone to launch on Verizon Wireless, will be coming in Q3 after having missed its Q2 deadline, it stands to reason that the OTA software update is coming soon. Now, it appears that a Verizon [...]
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