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Telus officially announces the HTC Desire Android smartphone

July 19, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid AMOLED, Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, canada, Desire, Froyo, google, HTC, Sense UI, smartphone, Sony Super LCD, superphone, Telus2 Comments

Though Canada often seems a step or two behind in getting the latest and greatest smart phones, we’ve recently seen what could be called Superphones (you know, large high-res screens and 1GHz + processors) hitting our shores. Rogers is already carrying the X10 Bell has announced the Galaxy S. Beyond Android, the iPhone 4 will clearly be in this category when released in Canada. [ED Note: I’d put the Acer Liquid E in there as well, given its specs]. The latest announcement, from Telus, is that the HTC Desire will…

Mysterious Telus HTC Triumph revealed to be nothing more than a Desire

May 14, 2010May 14, 2010 drsquid 2.1, 2.2, Android, Desire, HSPA, HTC, Sense UI, Telus, Triumph1 Comment

Almost 3 weeks ago, MobileSyrup.com posted a Telus internal inventory screenshot, listing a ‘HTC Triumph White Handset’. A few days later, the MobileNinjas posted that it had a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, and that it ‘resembles the HTC Incredible’. Also, members of the Howard Forums Telus HSPA message board had been speculating for weeks what this mysterious phone could be, and all evidence from Industry Canada Certification reports pointed to the Triumph being nothing more that a variation on the HTC Desire — itself a variation on the Nexus 1 running…