HTC Raider 4G LTE Gets Canadian Carrier, Pricing Info

HTC announced its Raider 4G last month, the phone we'd been following for some time as the HTC Holiday. We knew it would be coming to South Korea first, with a global distribution in the works. Back then it looked very likely that in Canada the phone would be finding a home with Bell, which has now been confirmed in advertisements. Today, plans for its debut on Rogers' LTE network have also been tipped-off. 

On Bell, you'll be able to pick up the Raider 4G for about $170 on one of Canada's typical three-year contracts. If you'd just prefer the phone free-and-clear, you'll pay nearly $500. The same off-contract pricing hasn't been revealed for Rogers, but its three-year contract price will supposedly be a little cheaper at $150; sales may be starting as soon as November 1. 

The Raider 4G runs a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, much like other "superphones" that are just now arriving. It has a 4.5-inch qHD display, gigabyte of RAM, and eight-megapixel main camera with 1.3-megapixel front-facer. There's been no official announcement, but it looks likely that the phone will be among the first LTE models to be available on AT&T. 

iOS App Picks 26 Oct 2011

In this episode of the iOS App Picks we demonstrate five applications in 30 seconds each. These apps will keep you entertained, allow you to save your receipts easily, and find things to do in your area. To download these apps directly to youriPhone, just click on the title of the application and the iTunes software will automatically launch to the app in the App Store. If you have the free Google Search app installed on your iPhone just snap a picture of the QR-Code using Google Goggles or any other QR-Code scanner that will launch the App Store on your iPhone. 



Pandora – A free application 



With Pandora internet radio you will be able to stream music to your iOS device over a cellular or Wi-Fi data connection. Just choose what kind of music you like by searching for searching for an artist, genera, or composer and Pandora will find stations based upon your results. With the paid service you can skip through more songs and avoid listening to commercials and seeing advertisements. 



Gogobot – A free application 



Gogobot is a great app for anyone that enjoys finding new and interesting attractions in their area. Just select from one of the categories of things to do, restaurants, or hotels and Gogobot will do the rest. Get a map of the location and call them. One neat feature is the ability to take postcards and save them to your Gogobot account. 



Lemon – A free application 



Don’t worry about throwing away that important receipt again. With Lemon you will be able to save your receipts directly to your Lemon account for future reference. This app will automatically render most receipts into a text format to help search for an item quickly. Just snap a picture of the receipt and Lemon will do the rest. 



Family Feud & Friends – A free application 



One of the longest running game shows in history is now available on your iOS device, with a little twist. Family Feud & Friends is a great app that will challenge your skills at answering survey questions while playing against random opponents and friends. Earn coins every day to continue playing and purchase more coins in the event that you use up all of your coins. 



Wikipedia – A free application 



The official Wikipedia app for iOS is a great app that has virtually an endless amount of articles pertaining to anything. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia to the world and has many different languages to choose from. Search for practically anything, if it isn’t on there, you can always add it for others later. 

Tango Bringing Windows Phone Video Chat In Early November

 

With front-facing cameras on Windows Phone hardware now a reality, it's just a matter of time until WP7 gets itself some video-chat software. While Skype should be on the way (eventually), it's looking like the first solution to arrive on the platform will be Tango's offering, which Microsoft showed-off last month; the company has revealed that its app is scheduled for a November 7 release.

Tango recently discussed its plans for the software launch with Forbes. Following its November 7 general availability, we'll start to see Tango arrive pre-installed on some future WP7 handsets, though specific manufacturing partners weren't named. 

The app is supposed to take advantage of standardized Windows Phone hardware by offering hardware-accelerated video, hopefully leading to a consistently smooth frame rate. Tango says that it worked directly with Microsoft on designing the app's user interface, trying to make it seem as naturally part of the operating system as possible. 

Further down the road, Tango plans to release a paid version of its software, though it didn't specify just what extra features such an app would include.

How would you change Apple's OS X 10.7 (Lion)?

Apple's most highly sophisticated OS yet? Cupertino would have you think so, but as with any major update, there have been plenty of quirks to work through in the months following the introduction ofLion. For those of you who've made the 0.2 leap from 10.6.8 (or from further back, actually), we're interested in learning how your overall experience has been. A good move? Still regretting it? What apps have broken on you? Has your workflow changed at all? Do you prefer "natural" scrolling? How would you tweak Lion if given the chance? What apps would you overhaul? What factory settings would you alter? Carefully considered thoughts are welcome in comments below.

Another alleged HTC Vigor leak: HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core, Beats Audio (update: more pics)

We know the high-end HTC Vigor exists, but we're still in the dark about its precise specs -- not least because a previous 'leak' turned out to be double Dutch. Now an Italian dude by the name of Fabio Mele reckons he's gotten hold of Verizon's ROM for the Vigor and extracted a ton of information, including tutorial videos (which yielded the render above) and key hardware credentials. And they're somecredentials: a 4.3-inch screen with 720 lines of LG-rivalling HD craziness, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM and an 8MP rear camera. The reported ROM also contains HTC's much-hyped Beats Audio software, which we've experimented with on the Un-American Sensation XE. We're taking all this with a pinch of salt if you don't mind, Signor Mele, but we want to believe you, we really do.

[Thanks, Giuseppe]

Update: That elusive Vigor tutorial vid has popped up online and shows the handset from all angles, including what lies beneath its battery cover (hint: it's a SIM slot for what we presume to be LTE access). Check it out after the break.

Update 2: And now some real photos of the Vigor have shown up online, too. Check out a couple after the break, and get the full spread over at Android Central.