The iPhone 4S looks a lot like the iPhone 4 in your pocket, but looks can be deceiving. Many iPhone 4 users will benefit by making the move to an iPhone 4S, but there’s a lot to consider before you wait in line or pre-order an iPhone 4S.

iPhone 4S — Should I Upgrade?

The short answer is yes if you have the budget for a new phone, prefer the iPhone platform over Android and you don’t mind signing a two-year agreement.  The iPhone 4S has some notable improvements over the iPhone 4, especially in the speed, photo and video departments. There are also parts of iOS 5, Apple’s new mobile operating system, that will only run on the iPhone 4S.

If you’re looking for the latest and greatest wireless innovations and aren’t 100% loyal to the iPhone platform you might want to consider an Android phone with 4G LTE technology. Those looking for a fast and reliable mobile Internet connection may be better served with a device like the Droid Bionic.

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Here’s a really informative infographic on the usage of Android. A few key points here are:

- Android users 10% more likely to be male
- Android users are 35% more likely to have just one email address compared     to other OS users
- Smartphone operating system market share – Android 39% — iPhone 28%
- A list of the top ten paid apps and free top ten apps

What we are now hearing is this device will be a nice blend between the HTC Sensation 4G and the myTouch 4G, yet faster then both. It wont be branded as a myTouch device but has a similarly designed speaker grill on the front. Details are sighting this device to be packing a upgraded 1.5 Ghz Snapdragon processor. The Sensation is only 1.2 Ghz so either this is the next version or a boosted up model to compete with other manufacturers future releases.

The above photo is the latest leaked shot and clearly we can see the bottom looks similar to the Sensation 4G while the top looks like a myTouch device, a nice blend if you ask me. We mentioned this when that photo leaked but the new details confirm it. It will be sporting a dual core 1.5 Ghz CPU, 4.3″ high-res qHD display, 1GB RAM, a rear facing 8 MP camera and 2 MP shooter on the front for video chat. It should also be powered with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the new Sense UI 3.5 but we are still awaiting more details on the latter.

[via TmoNews]

Compare Apple’s iPhone to Android devices in this graphic.

Best HTC EVO Apps. The hottest and most anticipated Android smartphone of 2010, HTC Evo 4G for Sprint, has finally launched for mass consumer purchase! That said, we’d like to recommend more than 30 of the best Android apps and games for your Evo. Each link has a full Android app review with screenshots, some videos and links to download the apps and games. Let’s get started:

Android Apps Just for Evo:

We know you’ll love the Qik HD and YouTube HD built-in apps, but fring caters to the HTC Evo in a special way as it is the world’s first Android app to offer free video calling via Skype using the front facing camera.

Classic Hot Android Apps:

Here’s some oldie but goodie Android Apps that have been around for quite some time because they’re quite frankly good apps!

Besides hanging out on AndroidTapp.com try AppBrain Market Sync which lets you find Android Apps from their website and sync downloads to the phone plus apps recommendations , manage and search files on your SD Card with Astro File Manager, Twidroid was one of the first and still reigning Twitter clients for Android, ShopSavvy lets you scan all kinds of barcodes to get better pricing on products you may be overspending on, and Exchange by Touchdown still holds the benchmark for Microsoft Exchange email on Android.

High-End Android Games:

There are plenty of fun and addictive games, however we’re sticking to the high-end 3D games you should buy for your high-end Evo!

Many titles from Gameloft are good provided you get the ones from the Android Market as going through their website still is a nightmare; which is the reason why we’re only recommending one thus far, the fast paced 3D racer Asphalt 5. Another awesome 3D racer is Raging Thunder 2, high octane 3D accelerometer game Speedx 3D, dogfight aircraft battles with Armageddon Squadron, slug out online homerun derby with Homerun Battle 3D, shoot it out with Hockey Nations 2010 and throw in some brain twisting horror suspense with Mystique. Chapter 3: Obitus.

Drop Your Jaw WOW Factor Android Apps:

These apps top almost everyone’s list even Verizon’s DROID App Showcase because they show sheer innovation in bending possibilities with mobile applications:

Shazam listens to and tells you the song playing, Google Goggles sees your search and tells you what it is, Google Sky Map lets you see the stars from anywhere anytime… literally, and Layar Reality Browser uses augmented reality to convey a host of information, facts and even social on camera.

Music Apps:

There are a ton of cool music and multimedia apps but we’ll only list a few of the coolest:

The HTC music player pwns Android’s default music player but doubleTwist Player and ³ (aka Cubed) Music Player pwns them. Here are some awesome streaming music players that you don’t need to sync any MP3 tracks; Pandora Radio, Slacker Radio, Rhapsody Music or Last.fm Personal Radio.

Trick Out That Evo Apps:

The HTC Sense user interface with huge digital clock, Contacts, Twitter, and Facebooks widgets are extremely cool on the Evo, but if you want to trick out your phone’s home screen… try a few of these home screen replacement apps:

aHome and Open Home have hundreds of themes and icons packs in the Market, SlideScreen takes the most unique approach of streaming email, calendar, text messages and more to your home screen… no need to open several apps when it’s all in one place. GDE Home puts a different interactive twist on the home screen, and ADW.Launcher gives granular controls over your home screen and app launcher features.

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard the term smart phone quite a bit recently. Smart phones have been around for years and with the introduction of Apple’s iPhone they were catapulted into an every day item. The definition of a smart phone is- “Electronic handheld device that integrates the functionality of a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA) or other information appliance”. In other words, a smart phone is a hand held computer. A smartphone runs a complete mobile operating system. Most popular examples are Apple iOS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Phone 7, Nokia Symbian and BlackBerry OS. Such systems can be installed on many

Smart phone market share

different phone models from different manufactures. Smart phones also have the ability to download 3rd party applications, such as, games, productivity tools, books, media & videos, shopping, social and many many more.

According to an early 2010 study by ComScore, over 45.5 million people in the United States owned smart phones out of 234 million total cell phone users. Despite the large increase in smartphone sales in the last few years, smartphone shipments only make up 20% of total handset shipments, as of the first half of 2010. In March 2011 Berg Insight reported data that showed global smartphone shipments increased 74% from 2009 to 2010.

Among the features stated above, smart phones can also be used for navigation, as almost all smart phones have a GPS built in. Another popular feature is the camera, many smart phones have as high or higher megapixel cameras as most stand alone cameras. Currently 3D phones are in development as well as a mobile payment system to eliminate the need for credit cards, this technology is already widely used in Japan today.

We have compiled some great resources to find HTC smartphone support, these should be a great help to anyone having issues with their HTC device:

HTC’s online support center

HTC’s phone and email support

HTC Forums

It is also a good idea to search on Youtube for instructional videos if you are having trouble finding our setting up a certain function on your phone.

Here you can freely download Themes for Windows Mobile devices. You have plenty of great themes in numerous categories to choose from and for many of the current Windows Mobile devices.
To download themes just click the banner below and follow the instructions.

Demo Video Showing How to Unlock the HTC Desire using the Rebel Simcard II v1.1 Firmware

See for yourself How Easy the Rebel Simcard II is to use in the Full range of HTC phone models worldwide.

Video Demo showing how to use your Favourite network simcard in a locked HTC Phone without the use of cables of software and best of all without loss of warranty for your Smartphone.

Simply cut the Network Sim and Enter under your network sim and you are Ready