After coming under fire for putting its customers’ privacy at risk, after it emerged that recent updates issued to its handsets shipped with new logging tools,HTC has confirmedthat it has identified a security issue on some of its Android handsets and has vowed to “quickly release” an over-the-air update to patch the flaw, the company said in a statement. Part of HTC’s new updates revolved around a reference in its Android implementation called “android....

Depending on what you read, tablets running Android versions prior to Honeycomb were illegible to receive an update to the tablet-centric mobile operating due to Google’s terms of service. It seems that rumour can be put to bed after HTC announced it would be providing a Honeycomb upgrade for its Flyer tablet, a device which is due to launch with a heavily customised version of Android 2.4, which we know as Gingerbread....

HTC has said that it is considering purchasing a mobile operating system, noting that the company has discussed doing so internally but will “not do it on impluse”,Taiwan’s Central News Agency reports. Following HP’s announcement that it wouldcease production of webOS devicesand begin seeking licensees for its stricken platform, it was speculated that Android vendors including HTC and Samsung were worried about the future of Android following Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility....

Taiwanese smartphone giant HTC has revealed it is considering changing the bootloader restrictions on its Android handsets after it posted a message to its official Facebook page to notify its customers. HTC’s remarkable u-turn comes after the company came under fire for not allowing Android users to modify the way their devices operated under Google’s open Android mobile operating system. The Facebook messagehas already received over 1,000 likes and nearly 600 comments in just under seven hours:...

I’m admittedly not a huge fan of Android tablets. However, CTIA has held a couple of great pieces that have gotten me really excited for what the next couple of months should hold. I told you yesterday about Samsung’s new 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab. It’s slick, but it’s still just a Galaxy Tab. As of yet, it’s WiFi only, and that’s a tough thing to stomach in such a mobile device. Building upon the success of the Evo 4G, Sprint and HTC are getting ready to introduce a 4G-equipped Evo tablet, called the View....