Cricket Wireless today announced the availability of the ZTE Chorus with Muve Music. The Chorus is based on Android and includes Cricket’s streaming music service. The full retail cost of the Chorus is $199.99, but Cricket is selling it for $49.99 via its web site today. Cricket’s Muve Music voice, text, web, and music plans cost $55 per month and do no require an annual contract. Tweet Vote on HN ...

HTC’s first Beats Audio-enhanced phone lands at Verizon’s doorstep with LTE 4G, a 720p HD screen, and custom headphones to bring a better audio experience. Here’s Phone Scoop’s in-depth report, wherein we put Beats Audio to the ultimate test.HTC rekindles the appealing design of the original Droid Incredible in the Rezound, a new LTE 4G Android smartphone that promises to put the audio beatdown on music lovers. The Rezound is the first HTC handset to offer Beats Audio integration to a U.S. audience. Has HTC’s $300 million investment in Beats Audio led to a ...

From stick-on Swarovski bling to mobile phones shaped like make-up compacts (ick) to laptops with ‘accessorisable covers to match your outfit!’ (seriously?) tech companies have always had a hard time marketing at women without making their product look and feel entirely dumb.The HTC Rhyme may not be explicitly aimed at women (though all the mentions of purses and bags in the blurb might be a giveaway), but there’s something about this tactile handset that’s going to appeal to the ladies out there.The colour, for a start. It’s not pink. Fancy that! Instead, the ...

HTC is reportedly considering creating an ‘internet access device’ using Chrome OS and Android.According to Digitimes’ component maker sources, the company is looking at combining “the advantages” of Chrome OS and Android for some kind of tablet or Chromebook device.It’s not abundantly clear how this dual-OS scenario would work, perhaps by dual-booting the two OSes or in some mash-up between the two.We’re not sure what form the ‘internet access device’ would take either – HTC has more heritage in mobile devices like the smartphone ...

HTC’s first Beats Audio-enhanced phone lands at Verizon’s doorstep with LTE 4G, a 720p HD screen, and custom headphones to bring a better audio experience. Here’s Phone Scoop’s in-depth report, wherein we put Beats Audio to the ultimate test. Tweet Vote on HN ...

MetroPCS today announced the availability of the HTC Wildfire S, MetroPCS’s first Android smartphone from HTC. The Wildfire S costs $179.99 and MetroPCS’s pre-paid plans start at $50 per month. The Wildfire S runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and has Sense 3.0. Tweet Vote on HN ...

We’re please to inform that we just update the HTC Supernew Records Database with 3.000.000 IMEI (Mostly HTC Leo, Surround, HD7, Sensation, Wildfire, Desire, Desire HD, Desire S, HD2, Incredible S). Tweet Vote on HN ...

The Vivid is HTC’s first Long Term Evolution 4G Android smartphone for AT&T. How does this device stack up against other devices on AT&T’s network? Phone Scoop finds out in this full review. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Verizon Wireless has indicated that December 15 will be the next date on which its Long Term Evolution 4G network sees another significant expansion. The first handful of markets named by Verizon to go live on December 15 in Ohio include Youngstown, Warren, Campbell, Struthers, Poland, Boardman, Canfield, Austintown, McDonald, Niles, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Arcadia East, and Carey. In Indiana, White Twp., Homer City, and Blairsville will receive LTE, as well. Tweet Vote on ...

Adult video producer Vivid Entertainment has announced plans to bring a channel to the UK-bound Google TV platform.The porn purveyor is boasting that it’s the first TV-based app that’ll make sexually explicit content available through Google TV, which has struggled to offer in-demand content since its launch.A Vivid spokesman said that all of its top content will be available for the channel (including XXX parodies and educational videos) and the company hopes to expand to more connected TV platforms soon.Vivid co-chairman Steven Hirsch says: “[Google TV] “is a ...