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Watch this week's Windows Phone view as we wrap-up all this week's Good and Bad inside the world of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. In today?s show we begin by covering all the recent rumors that mix both Nokia and Microsoft together. Nokia?s World event is just around the corner, so we should expect some great devices rocking Windows Phone to be released soon. We later cover all the rumored devices we should be seeing soon, which include probable information on the LG Fantasy. We talk about Acer?s recent Windows Phone offering, the Acer Allegro and also the good news that AT&T customers using an HD7S can already download their Mango update. We go through Brandon?s recent review of the HTC Titan, and end the good section by covering Microsoft?s recent attempt to improve the camera performance on your Windows Phone.

In the bad section we talk about our recent disappointment in seeing that only some smartphone manufacturers are willing to provide Internet Sharing capabilities to their Windows Phones. We expected Microsoft to do a good job in not allowing fragmentation in their platform, but it seems that the problems begin.

All this and more after the break.

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HTC Titan Software Review (Video)

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After taking a closer look at the hardware of the mighty HTC Titan, we spend some time, in this video, covering the software of the device. It's the fastest device, in terms of CPU speed, currently on the market, if you want a Windows Phone 7 device. Sitting on top of the latest Mango build of WP7, the Titan is indeed snappy, especially when browsing the web. Windows Phone 7 is normally speedy, so adding another 500MHz worth of processing power enhances daily use in certain areas (like gaming, web, and video), but doesn't make for a dramatic improvement when compared to any other Windows Phone 7 device.
As with other HTC Windows Phone devices, there aren't many HTC-specific enhancements, due to the restrictions of the Windows Phone 7 operating system. You'll find the HTC Hub, plus a few other HTC apps like Watch, Notes, Locations, Photo Enhancer, and so on, many of which are available through a special section of the Marketplace.

Coming up soon we'll have our full review of the HTC Titan!

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HTC Titan Orders Ready To Start Shipping?

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Has HTC managed to intrigue you with the extra-large screen and Windows Phone 7.5 Mango of its upcoming Titan smartphone? If you've been eagerly awaiting the handset's arrival, the opportunity to snag one may have just presented itself, with third-party retail sales of the Titan apparently starting, and the phone all ready to ship out to customers.

Electronics retailer MyTrendyPhone is currently listing the HTC Titan as "in stock ? ready to ship". The last information we heard about the phone's European launch had it arriving October 4. We were expecting that the Titan would fetch a princely sum of about $850, and that's quite within reach of what we're looking at here, with MyTrendyPhone selling the Titan for just under the equivalent of $870.

Before you go grabbing your credit card, don't forget that the Titan's radio is set up for operation on the 850/900/2100 MHz bands for Europe and Asia; North American customers would be better-off waiting for the phone to be released with a proper, native radio. For that, though, you'll just have to be patient for now. In the meantime, check out some video clips of the Titan in action.

Source: MyTrendyPhone
Via: WPCentral

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AT&T Mango Line-Up: HTC Titan, Samsung Focus S, Focus Flash

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Windows Phone Mango is coming really soon (this week according to some rumors) and AT&T is here to back that up as the carrier just announced its fall Windows Phone 7 Mango line-up.

Continuing to be the "premier" Windows Phone carrier, AT&T will bring on the newly announced HTC Titan. The phone features a massive 4.7-inch screen, a speedy 1.5 GHz processor and an eight-megapixel camera with dual LED flash that will allegedly take great low-light pictures, aside from the front-facer for video chat.

The Samsung Focus is getting a refresh as the Focus S and AT&T will also carry it. The device packs a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display like the one on the Galaxy S II, 1.4GHz processor, radio capable of 4G speeds, a front facing 1.3-megapixel and a rear facing 8-megapixel camera. It will have a very thin form factor, measuring only 8.55 millimeters.

Last but not least there's the Focus Flash, a more budget-oriented device with a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED screen that will reduce its dimensions. Inside it features a 1.4 GHz processor and a five-megapixel camera in addition to the front-facer.

All of the above phones will be available from AT&T this fall, the period in which the Mango update will be delivered to already existing devices: HTC HD7S, HTC Surround, LG Quantum, and Samsung Focus.

Source: AT&T

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HTC Titan Video Showcase

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The HTC Radar is the lower-end of the two Windows Phones the Taiwanese manufacturer announced on September 1. The Titan, with its large 4.7-inch screen couldn't go without a video showcase from HTC showing off all the great features of the phone and the operating system powering it.

Aside from our brief hands-on, the videos below will give you a more detailed take on how the Titan looks, feels and operates. It features a large 4.7-inch WVGA screen, 1.5 GHz single-core processor, 512 MB RAM, 16GB of ROM, 8 megapixel camera with F2.2 lens, dual LED flash, and BSI sensor, 1.3 megapixel front camera and all the usual suspects you'd expect from a Windows Phone Mango. Check the videos below:

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Product Pages Up For HTC Radar And Titan, Prices Revealed

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Following-up on today's reveal of the HTC Radar and HTC Titan, the company has flipped the switch on its webpages for the pair, giving us a complete look at their specs as well revealing their off-contract prices.

The numbers here confirm what we heard second-hand through those able to attend the London event, like the Radar's disappointing 1GHz processor. It also won't get either a gyroscope or digital compass, sensors both included with the Titan. It's not all sun and roses for the Titan, though, since its large 4.7-inch display will have the very same 800 x 480 resolution as the Radar's 3.8-inch screen; that means a pixel density of about 200 PPI for the Titan and 245 for the Radar.

Both phones will have quad-band GSM, but while the Titan will do HSPA on 850/900/2100 MHz bands, the Radar is limited to just 900/2100 MHz. We can also see a mention of the internet sharing we heard about HTC confirming earlier.

So what are these babies going to run you? The Titan will set you back about $850, and the Radar about $570.

Source: HTC Titan, Radar
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More on HTC Titan and Radar: Dock, Video Chat, WiFi Sharing, More

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The new HTC Titan and Radar are causing quite the stir among Windows Phone 7 fans: they're the first devices to usher in the era of Windows Phone Mango. Not only that, but they also bring forth front-facing cameras, brawny hardware (especially in the case of the Titan with its 1.5GHz CPU and massive 4.7" display), and svelte designs.

A lot of smaller details about these two devices are surfacing. Here's a round-up of what we're learning:

1. Internet sharing

At the last minute, Microsoft was able to add internet sharing to Mango so that you can use your phone as a WiFi hotspot. This feature will be made available to HTC's two new Windows Phones, but it will not be a feature made available for older HTC hardware like the HD7 and Surround. Given that WiFi sharing is a software feature, and not hardware, we're likely to see the development community come up with a way to get legacy hardware up to speed with this feature.

2. Dock accessory

The Titan and Radar will have an optional dock accessory for use when charging your phone while at work or home. When you insert the device into a cradle, you'll see a special dock application that will display the time, weather, provide multimedia controls, and over shortcuts to certain programs.

3. New slogan for Windows Phone

Are you ready for an ambush of marketing for the second generation of Windows Phone 7? As as a preview, they'll have a new tagline: Put People First. Take a look at the above walkthrough video which makes mention of this new slogan.

4. Attentive phone settings, video chat

As with HTC Android phones, the new HTC Windows Phones have courtesy features, that will, for example, silence your phone if you turn it on its face while it's ringing, or ring louder when it's in your bag. This is done through a new screen in Settings.

Regarding video chat, there's a third-party service out there called Tango, which offers cross-platform video chat, even in Windows Phone 7. Within the next few days, we're likely to hear from Microsoft on a native video chat solution for Windows Phone, likely to be powered by Skype.

Sources: Pocket-Lint, WMPU 1, 2, 3

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HTC Debuts Radar and Titan Windows Phone Mango Handsets

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Londoners have been invited to an HTC event that's currently underway, where the company promised to show them "what's next". A rumor said that this shindig would be a platform for the company to highlight some of its new Windows Phone handsets, rather than anything Android. Sure enough, Mango is the word, and so far HTC has debuted the Radar and Titan Windows Phone smartphones.

We had heard that the Radar (pictured above) might just be the HTC Omega that's been in our sights for a while now, and sure enough, it is. The less-powerful of the two models, the Radar was expected to feature a 1.4 or 1.5GHz processor, but it seems that HTC will be sticking with a 1GHz chip. With a 3.8-inch screen, 512MB of RAM and 8GB storage, it's positively Trophy-esque. It differs mainly in its camera setup, including an f/2.2 lens for low-light-level performance, and the front-facing camera we had heard about earlier.

The Titan (below), on the other hand, could be a Windows Phone powerhouse. This is what we knew as the Eternity, with a giant 4.7-inch screen. Here, the rumored specs check out better, with a 1.5GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, and 16GB storage. The Titan's a hair under a centimeter thick, so it manages to stay thin despite the large display. It will have the same low-light performance as the Radar, but with an eight-megapixel sensor versus the Radar's five. Both model will, of course, arrive running Mango. Price and availability have yet to be revealed.

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