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HTC Hero approved by Global Certification Forum, rocking GSM and HSPA

by Ross Miller, posted Jun 21st 2009 @ 3:28PM

We're unfortunately light on details here, but The Unwired is reporting that HTC's Hero has been approved by the Global Certification Forum, listed here as "HERO100," with support for quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dualband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at 1800/2100 MHz. With the company's touted London event just around the corner -- this Wednesday, to be exact -- we wouldn't be surprised to see the phone and its oft-rumored "Rosie" Android UI take center stage, in possibly two variations. Other than frequency bands and the associative name, the GCF isn't giving us anything else to work with, so for now just sit back and hope this uncertainty is cleared up sooner rather than later.

Mysterious HTC XV6175 slinks towards Verizon Wireless

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 15th 2009 @ 6:27PM

So, what's this we have here? Over at the always-telling Global Certification Forum, we've stumbled upon a new HTC handset that's obviously headed for Verizon Wireless airwaves. The XV6175 namesake gives it away, but the smattering of GSM bands draws us to conclude that we're looking at a CDMA / GSM worldphone. So yeah, if you're one that thrives on speculation, why not take a peek at HTC's rumored 2009 lineup and try to put two and two together? Godspeed.

[Via WMPowerUser]

ASUS preparing Xda Zest for O2

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 25th 2008 @ 4:15AM

What could possibly constitute a "zesty" smartphone? We're not sure, but if O2's latest Xda device intends to live up to its name, we're going to find out. An ASUS-sourced handset bearing the "GM5 / Crystal / Xda Zest" name just garnered approval from the Global Certification Forum, and as we all know, anything starting with "Xda" is pretty much a lock to see duty on O2 as a Windows Mobile smartphone. Nothing is known about the thing at this point beyond what the GCF tells us, which ain't much: triband GSM, 2100MHz WCDMA with video calling, and -- you'll never believe it -- it supports "browsing." Hot dog!

[Via the::unwired]