HTC pulled the curtains on the succession of the Titan line of smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012, the new HTC Titan II. This week the company released the Windows Phone-based smartphone. In a nutshell, the phone is a whopper with a larger footprint and a stunning 16-mega pixel camera. Though the Titan II is not the first Windows […]
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At 5.1 inches tall by 2.8 inches wide by 0.39 inch thick, this handset is just as much of a behemoth. Sculpted in the flat, rectangular slab shape that’s become so common in today’s smartphones, the Titan II is the spitting image of many of HTC’s Android handsets. Tipping the scales at a hefty 6 […]
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On back of the phone are the ultrahigh-resolution 16-megapixel camera and dual-LED flash array. A small speaker sits here too, plus understated monotone HTC and Windows Phone logos. A small textured back plate covers the SIM card compartment, but sadly there’s no SD card slot for extra storage, and the battery isn’t removable. The Titan […]
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As with the original Titan, HTC added a few of its own flourishes to the Titan II’s OS. The HTC Hub showcases HTC’s signature clock and weather widget plus featured apps, news, and stock reports, and there are HTC-branded apps like HTC Watch, HTC’s video download and rental service, HTC’s Photo Enhancer, Locations, Notes, and […]
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Integration with popular social media platforms on the Titan II is just as tight as ever. The phone supports Windows Live, Google Mail, Facebook, and Twitter accounts and also aggregates them into one convenient People Hub. Contacts and calendar details are seamlessly carried over from these services. I especially like the way the Pictures function […]
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The handset certainly offers a wealth of features and settings such as smile capture, face detection, manual ISO, burst mode, and panorama, plus a heap of special scene modes. The snapper is quick as well. It takes less than a second to recognize a face and just much time to take back-to-back shots. On the […]
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However, in the daylight the Titan II’s camera packs a powerful punch against all its competitors, be it from Apple or Google. The camera takes detailed pictures in the sunlight without overdoing the brightness. The focus on smaller aspects and far away objects is precise. It takes no time to take them in details. Though […]
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HTC Sets New Standards with One X HTC continues to force phone enthusiasts around the world to drool as they announced the HTC One X recently at the Mobile World Congress 2012. The latest in HTC flagship certainly sets new standards in the mobile phone world, introducing an amazing Super IPS LCD2 capacitive 4.7 inch, […]
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The technology world has been running the hot streak for the last one decade and every day brings us more news on the evolution of personal and mobile computing. However, the evolution in the tech specs of the latter one is quite reciprocal to the former. As laptops, tablets and desktops for that matter are […]
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However, the a person like me, an iPhone size screen is sufficient. 3.7 inches do not hurt me anyway. But the current market has only a few option and most of them have sacrificed specifications. These devices make do with mostly single-core processors and low-resolution cameras. Many other features are also missing in the equation. […]
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These smartphones with smaller screens might be of low specs as compared to gigantic HTC Ones and Samsung Galaxy Notes, these are nothing to sneeze at. In fact, Kevin Packingham, senior vice president of product innovation for Samsung Mobile, told me in an interview that the specifications on these devices are better than the top […]
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HTC came forward with first 2012 premium phone, One X, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona This Monday, 27 February. HTC One X is the first of the company’s line of Android-powered One series. Not only is One X HTC’s first premium phone to show up in the market this year but it is […]
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