HTC TyTN II smartphone

Review Sounds like an ICBM… Don t you just love it when a good product is tweaked ever-so-slightly to make it much better? Not just gadget tick-list bonus points, or fashion-conscious dabbling, but genuine changes that do the business. HTC’s TyTN II, first announced back in August, is evidence that the Taiwanese manufacturer has done just that. Continued

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Review So cutting edge you could shave with it So here it is, the new big boy on the block. Replacing the old K800i/K810i at the top of the Sony Ericsson cameraphone family tree, the K850i shoulders quite a burden of expectation. After all, as far as Sony Ericsson is concerned this is pretty much as good as it gets. Continued