HTC Sensation And Sensation XE To get Android ICS Preview In Europe

We've just received word from HTC that it'll be releasing what it's billing as an "early access preview" of its Android 4.0 upgrades for the Sensation and Sensation XE handsets in Europe. The company says that it hopes users will "play with it and enjoy getting used to the ICS experience with Sense," which implies that there'll be changes to HTC's skin in this build, something we've been expecting for quite some time anyway. You won't just be able to download the build at will. HTC will initially only be offering it to members of its Elevate beta program and T-Mobile subscribers using the Sensation 4G won't be included. That's a shame, but there's a silver lining: the company says that it'll be doing similar previews for other phones in its portfolio in the future. Meanwhile, look for the Sensation and Sensation XE builds to roll out to selected individuals "in the coming days."

HTC's move is likely in response to a groundswell of interest for Android OEMs to be more upfront about their upgrade plans; we've already seen Sony do something similar for several of its models (albeit on a wider scale). Motorola, meanwhile, is being honest about its laggy ICS upgrade schedule but so far, no public previews.

HTC Sensation XE Android smartphone video review:

HTC Sensation 4G Android phone now on sale

The T-Mobile HTC Sensation 4G cell phone is now on sale for $199.99 with $50 mail-in rebate or $549.99 off contract. This is cool. I have a friend who wants to buy it unlocked but the price is too high. Hopefully the unlocked price goes down soon. I’m tempted to go pick this up right now but I’ll wait until July and after that if it’s not out then I’m going for the HTC Evo 3D. Looks like a great smartphone at an outstanding price.

The T-Mobile HTC Sensation 4G cell phone features include 4.3-inch qHD (540×960) 16:9 display, a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, an 8-megapixel camera with auto-focus and 1080p HD video recording, a forward-facing camera for video chats, 768MB of RAM, 1GB of internal storage, and an 8GB microSD card, HDMI connection and Android with HTC Sense.

More information's:
http://htc.t-mobile.com/sensation

HTC Sensation 4G with Code:

The “Mega-Powerful, Multimedia Superphone” Sensation XE

The HTC Sensation XE is an update to the existing HTC Sensation. It's the first smartphone in the world with integrated Beats Audio, which promises to deliver superior sound quality compared to competing smartphones.

HTC Sensation XE runs on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread OS.  The phone is powered by a 1.5GHz dual core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon with 768 MB RAM.

The phone has a 4.3 inch qHD touchscreen (540 x 960 pixel resolution) with 16 M colors. To handle touchscreen eaily, certain features like Proximity Sensor for auto turn off, Multi Touch input method, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto rotate, Gyro Sensor, HTC Sense UI and Touch Sensitive Controls are also added.

The phone captures crystal clear pictures (3264 x 2448 pixels) with the 8 Megapixel autofocus camera and dual LED Flash. The other features include Geo Tagging, Touch Focus, image stabilization, face detection and instant capture.

HTC Sensation XE features a Beat Audio profile with audio manipulation technology. You need to have Beats Headphones to actually feel it and thankfully a pair of earbuds is already included in the box.

HTC Sensation XE comes with loads of features which include Digital Compass, HTML Web Browser, JAVA MIDP emulator, Document Viewer, Digital Compass, Organizer, Push Mail, E Mail etc.

It has got a Li-Ion battery of 1730 MAH. The battery is better than HTC Sensation but the improved processor can eat up a lot of it. The battery offers talk time of 9h 16min (2G)/ 7h 20min(3G) and a standby time of 310h (2G).

Phone is releasing in the month of October 2011, and the actual price will be available after releasing of device.