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HTC has just announced that they're going to have two new Android-based handsets available, but they're not entirely new. We've seen the white HTC Desire already so that shouldn't be too surprising. The handset that caught me off guard here is the black HTC Legend which looks sexy - especially with the aluminum unibody. Specs stay the exact same as the old ones except both of these models come with Android 2.2 pre-installed along with the Sense UI which is great news if you've held off on buying one.

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Bell has unsurprisingly released the HTC Legend today. This handset is sporting a nice aluminum body along with Android 2.1. It's now available for $79.95 on a 3-year contract and $399.95 contract-free. This handset sports a 3.2-inch AMOLED display with a 320 x 480 resolution, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, a microSD card slot, WiFi / Bluetooth support, a Qualcomm 600MHz CPU, an FM radio with RDS, and the Sense UI. If you're interested then check it out on Bell's site below.

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Virgin Mobile has just become the first carrier in Canada - expectedly - to release the Android-based HTC Legend. They're offering it for $79.99 on a 3-year contract and for $349.99 for 30-days. If you don't like Virgin's rates then you should also keep in mind that Bell will also be launching it. They're scheduled to release it on June 16th. Anyways, check it out on Virgin Mobile here.

Update: Mobile Syrup has just pointed out that Best Buy (here) has actually put up a listing for the Bell HTC Legend a little bit early. Best Buy tells us that the handset will be $79.99 on a 3-year contract and $399.99 contract-free - likely $79.95 and $399.95, respectively, on Bell's own site.

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If you live in Canada, you can keep in mind that you'll soon be able to get the HTC Legend on Virgin Mobile - if you want. This will be hitting the carrier on June 11th. Of course, we already know that Bell will also be launching this handset on June 16th, so maybe you'll want to hop onto that carrier instead. Virgin will have the Legend for $79.99 on a 3-year contract and for $349.99 contract-free - just about the same as Bell's prices.

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Bell has just confirmed that they're going to be launching the HTC Legend on June 16th. This is great news because it's another Android handset that you can choose. This will be Canada's first Android 2.1 phone and it'll be available for $79.95 on a 3-year contract, $249.95 on a 2-year contract, $349.95 on a 1-year contract, and $399.95 contract-free.

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Vodafone and 3 Australia has just announced that they'll both be launching the Android-based HTC Legend.Of course, both carriers will be offering it for free on select contracts and Vodafone will be releasing the handset on June 3rd. 3 Australia will launch it soon after that happens. Vodafone Australia will also offer this handset for A$599 ($499 USD) contract-free if that's your thing.

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We already know that Bell is rumoured to get the HTC Legend but another carrier looks like they're going to launch it in Canada as well, this being Virgin Mobile. Since Bell is owned by Virgin, this makes a bit of sense. The prices are still unknown and so is the release date so we'll just have to wait a bit longer for more information.

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We've heard about the Montreal launch party already and now Mobile Syrup has just mentioned exactly when Bell will be releasing it. One of their tipsters has mentioned that Canada's Bell will be releasing the Android-based HTC Legend on Friday, June 11th. The price wasn't mentioned but it should be around $99.95 on a 3-year contract and $499.95 contract-free.

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If you live in Montreal, Canada you might want to leave your schedule empty for May 27th. Bell will be holding a launch party for the HTC Legend, so it's really on the way. We don't know if this means that Bell will actually launch the handset on this day, but Boy Genius is hearing that Bell will release the handset in the first week of June.

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Mobile Syrup has been hearing a couple of whispers that Canada's Bell will be exclusively launching the HTC Legend. As you already know this will be running Android 2.1 and packs a 3.2-inch multitouch capacitive AMOLED display, a 5MP camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 600MHz Qualcomm CPU, a microSD card slot, the Sense UI, and Bluetooth / WiFi. A lot of people seem to like this phone, but I don't see what the hype is all about. Still, the more Android handsets that hit Canada, the better. This handset is expected to debut in May / June if the rumour is true.

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A couple of new handsets are now available for pre-order on Vodafone UK. Obviously, as you can see from the pictures I'm talking about the HTC Desire and the HTC Legend. They're, of course, both available for free on select contracts (here and here, respectively).

Update: According to Pocket-Lint, the Desire will be available starting on April 8th and if you pre-order one now you'll be getting yours on April 13th.

As a reminder they also have the XPERIA X10 up for pre-orders as well, check that out here.

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Vodafone UK has just announced exactly when they'll be launching the HTC Legend. It'll be available starting on April 2nd and it'll be available for free on a select 2-year and 18-month contracts, of course. If you pre-ordered one, you'll be getting yours on April 6th. Check out what Vodafone UK had to say here.

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Digitimes has just mentioned that Taiwan Mobile is going to be launching the HTC Legend sometime in the future. Unfortunately, they never mentioned a price but the suggested retail price for this phone is NT$16,900 ($530.86 USD). Taiwan Mobile also plans to launch the HTC Tattoo and the HD2.

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We already know that Vodafone is planning to launch the HTC Legend. We're now hearing that they're planning to launch it with the Vodafone 360 services which is pretty cool. The Legend will be the first Android handset to get this service so it's definitely a big deal. Hopefully this means that we'll see it hit more Android phones in the future.

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According to Boy Genius' "close sources" AT&T will be making a big push with Android this year since they seem to have scooped up the launch for the HTC Desire. This handset is basically the Nexus One with the Sense UI and Flash 10.1 support. Apparently, the look of the Desire will be altered slightly, but we don't know much about that right now. This handset is expected to launch in May / June of this year!

Sprint already has the HTC Hero and it looks like they're getting the successor, the HTC Legend, as well. Like the Hero, the Legend will get a different look and let's hope they remove that chin - just like they did with the Hero. We'll have to see what happens, but don't expect the specs of the handset to change. We don't know when this handset will launch yet.

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We've already seen it up on Amazon and it looks like the HTC Legend has just been touched by the FCC. It doesn't reveal much but that doesn't matter since we know absolutely everything about the Android-based handset already. Check out the FCC filing here.

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It looks like the HTC Desire has just been spotted on Amazon Germany for €419 which comes out to around $572 USD. This handset runs Android 2.1 with the Sense UI; the specs are similar to the Nexus One. Of course, that's unlocked and we also don't know when it'll be available. Check it out here.

Update: Well, it looks like Amazon has increased the price of the Desire to €499.97 ($678 USD) and they also have the HTC Legend up as well. the Legend is slightly cheaper at €459 ($623 USD). Check out the Desire here and the Legend here.

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