Monday, January 31, 2011

HTC Thunderbolt rumored to be hitting Best Buy February 14th, sans mobile hotspot or Skype video?

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The HTC Thunderbolt may have been officially announced way back at
CES, but there's still quite a bit we don't know about the phone --
namely, a price or a release date. We now at least have what looks to
be a fairly solid hint of the latter, however, courtesy of the above
shot of a Best Buy inventory screen that lists an in stock date of
February 14th. You'll note that the screen doesn't actually mention
the HTC Thunderbolt anywhere, but some sleuthing by the folks at
Android Central reveals that the product code matches one found on a
Thunderbolt box that turned up in a recent hands-on video. Joining
that rumor is a separate one from Droid Life, which has obtained some
supposedly authentic Verizon materials that suggest the Thunderbolt
won't be shipping with mobile hotspot functionality enabled at launch,
and that Skype video chat won't be enabled initially either. No word
on a reason for the delay (if there actually is one), but both
features will seemingly be enabled at some point, and there will
apparently be a placeholder icon in the case of Skype that will
display a "coming soon" message if it's launched.

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