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HTC Titan gets a bootloader update to fix fatal flaw

May 12, 2012 | By Surur

How did we miss this one? It seems some HTC Titans who shipped with bootloader 2.2.160015.3(134181) have been completely unable to update via the Zune Desktop client, generating Error Code: 80070013 / 8007000F.

Fortunately the news of the flaw comes at the same time as the news of a fix, with HTC releasing a SPL which can be flashed to the device from the desktop and which will then allow normal updates. The update will only overwrite the bootloader and not affect the data on the device.

Our tipster reports after flashing the update he was finally able to install the 8107 update successfully, after months of waiting.

The SLP can be found at HTC here.

Thanks Phil for the tip.

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Great Deal! HTC Titan for only £274.99

May 3, 2012 | By Surur

It may not have a 16 megapixel camera, but the HTC Titan with its 4.7 inch screen and excellent 8 megapixel camera is still a great handset, and is being offered for the very low price of only £274.99 at online UK retailer Play.com.

The handset was selling 6 months ago for £499, making the price great value. I suspect stock will be limited, so if you have always wanted the big screened monster, grab it while you can.

See the deal here.

Thanks Tuan for the tip.

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HTC TiTan on sale for today only for 299 Euro

April 26, 2012 | By Surur

Only for today, and ending at 23:59 CET, iBood.com in the Netherlands is offering the HTC Titan for only 299 Euro.

The flagship device with its 4.7 inch screen is a real steal at this price, having debuted 6 months ago for prices in excess of 600 Euro.

See the deal at iBood.com here.

Via www.wp7.nl

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HTC Titan getting a firmware update. Update: HTC Radar updated too

March 26, 2012 | By Surur

The HTC Titan is in the process of receiving a firmware update. The update brings the bootloader up to 2.5.160015.3(137079), and no other changes is obvious.

The update to the boatloader will mean custom ROMs will be more difficult to load for the interim, but I suspect this is not a major concern for most readers.

Have any of our readers received the notification, and have you noticed any other changes? Let us know below.

Update: Andrew let us know that HTC is also pushing out a firmware update for the HTC Radar also.

Via XDA-Developers, thanks Jose and Andrew for the tip.

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Round 3: HTC Titan II vs the Sony Xperia Ion–Vote for Windows Phone now!

March 21, 2012 | By Surur

Today we have the third round of LaptopMagazine’s March Madness which includes a Windows Phone handset, and the first which has a non-Nokia device.

Today we have the HTC Titan II with its 4,7 inch screen and 1.5 Ghz processor and LTE squaring off against the Sony Xperia Ion.

Show your love for Windows Phone by voting for our favourite OS here.

Thanks Fahd for the tip.

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HTC Titan disappears from UK online stores

March 11, 2012 | By Surur

It seems HTC’s flagship Windows Phone, the HTC Titan, had made a quiet exit from the UK market.

Large online retailers Phones4U and the Carphone Warehouse both no longer show the device when searching for HTC handsets, and searching Vodafone, O2, Orange and T-Mobile’s websites also do not show the device.

The reasons for the disappearance of the handset is not clear – there is no LTE networks in UK, so there is not much point in releasing the HTC Titan II here. It may be that HTC has rationalized their range in UK, and withdrew the handset from the market.

Phones4U Customer service said:

If the handset disappears completely from the European market, it really only leaves us with one choice for a high-end Windows Phone – the Nokia Lumia 900. I guess Nokia at the least would be happy for that, but I lament the Windows Phone market shrinking down to only one OEM, no matter how good the handsets are.

Thanks Sam for the tip.

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Get HTC Titan For 1 Cent On Contract From AT&T

March 7, 2012 | By Pradeep

The 4.7inch beast from HTC marketed as Titan is now available on a great deal from AT&T. HTC Titan is now available from AT&T for 1 cent under 2 year contract. The device has got a rating of 4.9/5 and 97% of the customers would recommend this to others. Its a great deal to take advantage of and pass this message among your friends!

Find the device here at AT&T.

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HTC Triumph coming to China March 14th

March 6, 2012 | By Surur

WPDang reports that the HTC Triump AKA HTC Titan, which went up for pre-order recently, will hit the market as early as next week, on the 14th March 2012.

The handset has been confirmed to be coming with Windows Phone Tango, which replaces services such as Facebook, Twitter and Xbox Live with local equivalents.

Interestingly this suggests the roll-out of Tango is further advanced than we thought, and that there could potentially be quite a significant number of sales into the Chinese market in Q1 2012, which should boost Windows Phone numbers overall for the quarter significantly.

Of course one barrier is the price of the handset – far from being a mass market device such as the Nokia 610, the Triumph will cost a pretty penny at CNY 4,399 (USD 697.5). Hopefully there is enough pent up demand to support this pricing level in the world’s biggest phone market.

Via WPSauce.com

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HTC to beat Nokia, ZTE to the punch by releasing official Chinese-localized Windows Phone first

March 3, 2012 | By Surur

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It seems HTC is getting ready to beat all the other Windows Phone OEMs to the punch and release an official Chinese localized Windows Phone into the market first.

Chinese site WPDang.com reports that HTC flagship store in Beijing’s Solana mall has started taking pre-order for HTC Titan, to be released in China as the Triumph.

The handset is being promoted as the “The first ever Chinese Windows Phone 7.5 device on this planet” and “the authentic Chinese version” and is being sold for CNY 4,999 (USD 793.7). This price is significantly more than the grey market imports, which average CNY 3,600 (USD 571.6), but then those are not “authentic Chinese version” handsets with all the appropriate localizations.

These localizations likely includes those we associate with Tango in China, including replacing the hardwired Facebook and Twitter features with local Chinese equivalents such as Weibo.

Providing for the Chinese market is increasingly important as the market there grows explosively, with China recently becoming the first country with over a billion mobile phone subscribers.

Via WPSauce.com

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Vote for some Windows Phones (Lumia 800/900 and HTC Titan) in 2011 Engadget Awards!

February 9, 2012 | By Liwen Guo

The Nokia Lumia 800 only barely lost against the Galaxy Nexus in round 3 of the Gizmodo Gadget of the Year polls (48% vs 52%), but there’s still Engadget, eh? The three Windows Phones that have made the cut in the smartphone section of the 2011 Engadget Awards – the Lumia 800, Lumia 900 (which was announced in 2012, but hey, let’s not complain), and the HTC Titan – they’re waiting for some votes from you!

Head over to Engadget to cast your vote.

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Second Generation Windows Phones launch in Sudan

February 5, 2012 | By Surur

Click the pictures for bigger versions.

Gizmo, a Sudanese retail chain, have just brought the second generation Windows Phones to the country.

A reasonable portion of the range is represented, including the HTC Titan, HTC Radar and Nokia Lumia 800.

In Sudan handsets are generally purchased unlocked and unsubsidized, and the handsets are pretty pricy, with the HTC Titan hitting 3125 Sudanese pounds (about $1170) while the HTC Radar is around $700 dollars. The Lumia 800 is in between at $890.

While we wish the prices were lower, we are happy more Windows Phone fans in more places can get easy access to the best devices available.

Thanks Hassan for pictures of the launch.

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AT&T claims the HTC Titan runs Android 2.2

February 3, 2012 | By Surur

Talking about advertising fails, on AT&T’s website the much lauded HTC Titan is currently being promoted with a flash animation as running Android 2.2.

The other defining features of the handset is similarly murdered – the 4.7 inch screen is replaced with a 3.8 inch one, and the 8 megapixel camera with a 5 megapixel one.

See the flash animation, hopefully before AT&T yanks it, here.

Thanks Leon for the tip.

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Bounty for HSPL for the HTC Titan reaches nearly $500 so far

January 31, 2012 | By Surur

There is a movement on XDA-Developers at the moment to raise a bounty to motivate a XDA ROM hacker to develop a HSPL or RSPL for the HTC Titan, which should allow custom ROMs and all kind of other hackery, up to and including running other operating systems on the handset.

So far, in little over 2 weeks, the XDA-Dev members have pledged $480, and while this is a lot, it is not enough to buy an unlocked HTC Titan yet, and so far no devs have bitten.

If you want to do a lot more with your HTC Titan, and feel like contributing to the cause, hop on over to the XDA-Developers thread and pledge your contribution here.

Thanks RyoTGZ for the tip.

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