Courtesy of the folks over at xda-developers, those sporting a variant of the HTC Touch who have a penchant for flashing ROMs can now try out HTC’s new geo-tagging Footprints feature. A new Beta ROM from NFSFAN includes a version of Manila2D with Footprints and is available for Alltel, Bell Mobility, Sprint and Verizon Wireless Touch handsets. If you don’t have a Touch and want to try out HTC Footprints, herg62123 et al has released a new version of the standalone Manila2D – a sweet Iolite v...

Announced back in December, the O2 XDA Guide finally got up close personal in photographs. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional handset will replace Germany’s current O2 XDA Orbit 2. Based upon the HTC Iolite, the XDA Guide has the following features:528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU256 MB RAM/512 MB ROM2.8″ QVGA touchscreen3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera microSD expansionQuadband GSM/GPRS/EDGEDualband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPABluetooth 2.0+EDRWiFi b/gaGPSThe XDA Guide will run the plain Jane TouchFLO 2D instea...

Anxiously awaiting the hot new handsets from HTC? The wait might not be over but the mystery of what handsets HTC has in store for us in 2009 has certainly been solved – compliments of Arlen at PPC Geeks, the entire 2009 lineup for HTC has been leaked. The new HTC handsets include the Touch HD Pro which will make its appearance on Verizon and Sprint, the HTC Iolite and Iolite II, HTC’s Android offering, the HTC hero, the Tungsten for T-Mobile and the HTC Jasper for Sprint. AT&T will apparently...

We’re not sure which is worse – the infamous blurry-cam leak or the tiny-pic leak. Neither affords much in the way of a satisfying visual aid but hey, something is better than nothing. This time around, HTC’s upcoming “Iolite” is getting the tiny-pic treatment courtesy of Expansys UK and though no release date or pricing info are listed, the mobile retailer is already making the handset available for pre-order. Judging by the specs listed on the product page, the Iolite is yet an...