Telstra launches HTC LTE HD voice capable smartphone

Telstra is bragging it has introduced Australia’s first 4G smartphone.  The HTC Velocity is an LTE smartphone with HD voice support onboard.

The Velocity currently runs Android 2.3, has a 4.5 inch touch screen, and a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor.  It also has an 8 MP camera, and boasts of built-in HD voice support for “crisper, [...]

Telstra adds new HTC, Sony Ericsson mobile HD voice handsets

Telstra has added two new mobile phones, one exclusive (whatever that means these days), to its HD voice lineup – the HTC Sensation and Sony Ericsson Xperia neo.

HTC’s Sensation is an Android phone with a 4.3 inch qHD touchscreen with a resolution of 540×960 pixels, 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 8 MP back-facing camera, Android, [...]

Tweeted in – Samsung to support HD voice on Windows Phone 7; HTC is passing for now

The PR manager at Orange UK says he’s “just heard” the Samsung Omnia 7 will be HD voice enabled on its UK network.

Conor Maples (@conorfromorange) is the official “voice” for UK Orange; other details weren’t available via the twitter feed, but last week Orange lined up solidly behind the Windows Phone 7 announcement. The company is [...]

After MWC: Placing bets on the next mobile HD voice handsets

As France Telecom/Orange announced its plans for covering Europe with mobile HD voice service and AMR-WB, a senior company official said Orange plans to offer 8 mobile HD voice phones in the first half of 2010, with “all” of its handsets supporting HD voice by the end of 2011.   Which vendors are qualified and which should [...]