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Alright, we know there’s a big old watermark covering it up, but the HD2’s price when it makes its eagerly awaited US debut on T-Mobile has been identified as being $199 after rebate, presumably as part of a two-year commitment with the carrier. As usual with such screen grabs, we can’t be 100 percent sure, but that number seems to be in the right ballpark, and is joined by a $129 price for Motorola’s Cliq XT and a $69 sticker for Nokia’s Nuron handset. All three are expected to arrive at some point this month, though we urge caution with the HD2 — it’s still only a Windows Mobile 6.5 device, in spite of Microsoft’s equivocations about Windows Phone 7, and should be obtained solely on the basis of what you know. That is to say, you’d better really love HTC’s Sense UI and that 4.3-inch screen, because you’ll be buying into an OS with a very short remaining shelf life, no prospects of future app development, and no guarantees about upgrades.

The Daily Telegraph has detailed that the Nexus One will be coming to Vodafone UK, via Google.com/phone only, and confirms what the company announced before. Actual sources aren’t listed but the news site says that those close to both companies have confirmed a very likely April launch.The Telegraph also claimed that “Tariffs have not been announced, but the Nexus One is likely to be priced very similarly to comparable smartphones such as the iPhone.”More

HTC’s launch today also gives us the HD mini, and, as a result, we’re starting to have a problem sticking with a favorite with each post we put up — really, they’re all that nice. Unfortunately for us we didn’t have an HD2 to throw down and do a real side by side comparison, but just looking at the pic above and comparing it to any other we’ve posted and you’ll see the difference right away. The display is bright and crisp and the OS was responsive enough — and with the device set to ship in April, things are looking pretty positive to meet that date — and while the display doesn’t wow like the HTC HD2, it doesn’t seem too cramped to be usable. We’re digging this mini trend, and hope we catch some more of these at the show. Gallery after the break and a video as soon as we can get one.

Remember that the hand waving thing that has a Nexus One to abandon the way 3G ghost, a little too easily? Well, we do not want to pop the champagne at once, but there is a new non-over-the-air firmware update floating around that also includes a hump radio among its various features, suggesting HTC is not everything agree, however this thing to get a good HSPA without freaking long time. Whatever this update is, she may never see official light of day in its current form – it includes Google Maps 3.4, for one thing, while Google has already gone ahead and raised the stakes to 4.0 support for Buzz – but at least it seems engineers are not trying to make this thing work properly.

This could be the best entry yet in the Nexus Google A series of videos. Doubleheader today is marked by the testing and manufacture of the device, and while all schools of white and assembly lines may be interesting in their own right, nothing we love more than see how Google and HTC stress test of his labor of love. Watch it dropped, banged, bent, bush and exploded – okay, maybe not explode, and we unfortunately do not get to see a crack phone, but it is still good fun. The big game is not over yet, so give yourself a few minutes and press the two short videos after the break.

The verdict on whether or not it will live up to its namesake, but the incredible HTC is now officially in nature and surfing on the frequency of Verizon. Pocketnow managed to get some details with a lot of photos and video leak, so here’s what we said: Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1 with Sense IU, 256 MB RAM, mouse optics and dual LED flash for camera. The screen is about 3.5 or 3.7 inches, WVGA resolution and possibly AMOLED. Traditionally video be fragile after the break.