Last we heard, the official Facebook phone was just rumor. It was dismissed by Mark Zuckerberg himself after all. But that doesn’t mean that Facebook won’t license the brand to phone manufacturers. The latest rumors online suggest that they will do just that.

Rumor is that HTC will be unveiling two new Facebook smartphones at Mobile World Congress next month. These phones will feature the social network’s familiar color scheme and branding, with a modified version of Android built around and focusing on Facebook. One of the devices apparently has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but we are short on other details.

Windows Phone 7 and Android have both been ported to the HTC HD2 in the past, but now they are both on the same device. The folks over at xda-developers have figured out a few ways to install both WP7 and Android on the HD2 while using the same SD card.

Thing is, as you might expect, none of the methods are easy, but that just means that if you do this you will be among the select few. If you want to try your hand at it, check it out here.

HTC’s entrance into the tablet market might be the HTC Flyer, which should ship this March in the US with Android 2.3 Gingerbread as the operating system. The HTC Flyer will have its OS updated to Android 3.0 Honeycomb as soon as it becomes available.

It will be sold in the US via an unknown carrier. Probably not AT&T and Verizon since they are preparing to roll out the Motorola Xoom, and T-Mobile has announced the LG G-Slate. Sprint has the WiMax BlackBerry PlayBook. The tablet wars just keep amping up.

You know the drill, a new smartphone gets released and it then suffers an embarrassing teardown to satisfy our curiosity. So now some folks have taken apart the Windows Phone 7-powered HTC Surround, which features a Dolby surround stereo slide-out speaker and a kickstand.

If you are the type that likes the operating room, you can check out all of the details over at iFixit. And it should go without saying, but you should only teardown your device if you really know what you are doing.

Radio Shack has announced that the HTC Evo Shift 4G smartphone is now available for purchase in its stores. The Shift 4G was just unveiled officially at CES last week and the 4G smartphone will also work on the 3G network that Sprint operates.

Some features include a 3.6-inch touchscreen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, and a 5MP camera on the back that can record video in 720p resolution. The smartphone will also function as a 3G or 4G hotspot for up to eight devices.

John Garber, an employee at Club Halo in Atlanta, was shot outside his club, but don’t worry this story has a happy ending. Thanks to a bit of luck and his HTC Incredible, he is alive. The HTC Incredible was in his breast pocket and saved his life.

He will no doubt be an HTC fan for life. Though while his HTC took a bullet for him, some would say that the trade off might be radiation instead, since he had it in his breast pocket, but regardless he is glad he had it there.

It was only a matter of time before someone got their hands on the HTC EVO Shift 4G, and now it has happened. Some lucky guy out there has managed to get the device ahead of the official announcement. It looks like a close relative to the EVO 4G, but with a QWERTY keyboard, lower-resolution 5-megapixel camera and a smaller display.

We don’t see a front-facing camera though, so I guess you can forget video chat. Even so, looks great.

The full specifications have been revealed for the new HTC Thunderbolt 4G LTE, which includes a Qualcomm MSM8960 dual-core processor 1.2 GHz. This should be taken with a grain of salt since the actual processor mentioned still has not been released by Qualcomm, but the specs give you an idea of what to expect with this handset.

A leaked screen shot also shows that the HTC Thunderbolt 4G LTE might not just be restricted to Verizon and in Europe, O2 and Vodafone could be offering it soon as well. Below are the reported specs.

HTC’s HD2 Windows Mobile phone has been a popular device for Android ports and now the Dark Forces Team’s MAGLDR 1.09 might make things easier for Android fans. The program lets Android builds be flashed directly to the NAND ROM, which is where the stock Windows Mobile build normally resides.

Current Android ports require a WinCE-based bootloader to run. MAGLDR should be released to the public in just a few days time and Windows Phone 7 should be able to be ported to the HD2 using this tool as well.

Are you eagerly waiting for the first 4G LTE phone from Verizon? We have some news. Verizon Wireless is set to unveil about a half-dozen 4G LTE smartphones at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show. This may be the first in line. The HTC Thunderbolt resembles the Desire HD, it’s just much more capable.

The device features a kickstand and Google branding. Verizon has refused to comment on the phone so far. It looks ultra sexy though, don’t you think?

HTC had already previously mentioned that the HTC 7 pro was expected to launch in Europe in early 2011. And now the folks over at O2 Germany have put up a page showing the Windows Phone 7 device which features a QWERTY keyboard, announcing that the device is expected to be available next month.

That launch date could change, we guess, but we’re glad that it is almost here. We’re looking forward to seeing this device arrive.

HTC Sense started off as a user interface overlay to make the experience of using a HTC phone more enjoyable, but the company will now expand the service with the recently launched HTCSense.com portal. HTC’s head of user experience, Drew Bamford says that some additional services are on the way.

These services include music and video content services, as well as access to newspapers, magazines and eBooks. HTC is also planning a video chat service, similar to Apple’s FaceTime and some other services related to home entertainment.

The HTC EVO Shift 4G has been pretty elusive, but now it has shown up in some real honest to god photos. The QWERTY slider smartphone from Sprint opens up to reveal a chrome bezel underneath. The tipster who submitted the photo also mentioned the inclusion of an 800MHz processor inside, HTC Sense for an easier user experience and a couple of status LEDs above the keyboard.

As for the rest of the details, we just have to wait for Sprint to reveal them. Since it is going to be one of the high-end models, we can safely expect the HTC EVO Shift 4G to retail for $199.99 with a 2-year contract.

On its Facebook page, HTC has revealed that its entry-level Android-powered Wildfire will get a software update to Android 2.2. Wildfires in Europe will start receiving the update this week, while a global rollout will take place by February. European carrier Vodafone has already confirmed the news.

You might remember that the Wildfire launched in May with Android 2.1 and a 3.2-inch, 320×240 LCD touchscreen. It also sports a five-megapixel camera, a 528Mhz processor and Wi-Fi along with Bluetooth. The update will let users share the handset’s Wi-Fi connection, install apps on the SD card and improve the camera and Bluetooth performance.

Once again HTC is going the extra mile to ensure that the user experience on its mobile phones is everything it should be. The company has now released the first full YouTube client for Windows Phone 7. The most interesting feature is that it supports full HD playback over Wi-Fi.

The program works well and pretty fast and you get the typical features like Most Viewed, Most Discussed, Top Rated, Categories, and History. You can download the app right now from the Zune Marketplace.