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HTC Rhyme

   HTC has announced Today in New York an Android smartphone designed and created for ladies. The phone is a middle range one with unibody stylish and elegant design. The truly new things are the accessories which will be included in the package for USA which are a docking station, a 'sports armband', a Bluetooth headset and a 'Charm cable'. The charm cable has a small cube which will light up for any incoming calls or messages and of course will be noticed by ladies. So this means that men will no longer wait forever for a lady to answer a call :).

   Most important specifications are:

-- DISPLAY: 3.7-inch Super-LCD capacitive touch 480 x 800 pixels screen

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Scorpion 1 GHz processor.

-- GPU:  Adreno 205

-- MEMORY:  768 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  1GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5MP led flash camera, video recording up to 720p.

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, micro-USB, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1600 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 3.5 UI, Adobe Flash 10.2 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, HTC Watch.

   The Rhyme will be available at the end of September in USA and at the beginning of October in Europe and Asia. The new Sense interface offers a new modern menu access design.

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HTC Sensation XE

   HTC has announced this week their first Beats Audio technology smartphone. This is an upgrade made to the Sensation with a faster processor and an improved battery life. Also it will arrive with a Beats headset, their value being somewhere at 100 USD. Most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 4.3-inch Super-LCD capacitive touch QHD 960 x 540 pixels screen

-- CPU:  Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  768 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  1GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8MP dual-led flash camera, video recording up to 1080 (MPEG-4/H.264).

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G WiMax, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, MHL port (micro-USB & HDMI), 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1730 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons, SRS virtual surround sound, Beats Audio.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 3.0 UI, Adobe Flash 10.2 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, HTC Watch.

   The price will rise a little due to the Beats headset but the good news is that Sensation XE will be in stores at the end of this month. I am already thinking in buying it but I will decide after I see the phone in reality.

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