Please read this post with a huge pinch of salt. The folks over at Droid-Life have managed to get their hands on what is supposed to be the specs of the upcoming HTC Thunderbolt. It is already known that the Thunderbolt will be the first 4G LTE handset from Verizon and HTC and will be unveiled at the upcoming CES.

The great folks over at XDA have been porting Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the HTC Droid Eris. Nevertheless, XDA member punk.kaos has been leading the charge on porting Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the Eris. The most surprising news is that the Gingerbread ROM for the device is very near to a fully working state.

Flipkart, a popular online retailer is currently taking pre-orders for the HTC Desire Z smartphone. It comes with a price tag of Rs.25,799. This handset will release on 3rd January.

HTC is rolling out a software update for the recently released Desire HD. Sadly; the OTA update is not an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update as many Desire HD owners are hoping for. The OTA software update bumps the Android version on the handset to 2.2.1 and brings with it performance improvements and bug fixes.

HTC and Airtel today unveiled India’s first Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphone – the HTC HD7. It comes with a large 4.3 inch LCD display, 5 megapixel camera, 16 GB internal memory and so on.

The powerful HTC Desire HD is currently up for pre-order at Flipkart for just Rs.27,499. This handset is expected to release at the end of December.

The Droid Incredible is a very popular handset in the U.S and among the modding community. Now, after the Samsung Galaxy S and the original Motorola Droid got its fair share of Android 2.3 Gingerbread love, the Incredible joins the list.

Quite a few months ago, HTC announced that the HTC Desire, Legend and the Wildfire will be getting their share of Froyo love. The company started first rolled out the Froyo update for Desire and recently started rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the Legend in Europe.

The HTC Aria is now receiving the Android 2.2 Froyo update. The update is rolling out in the form of an OTA update to all unlocked phones.

HTC is rolling out a software update for the first ever 4G phone – the HTC Evo 4G. The software update is basically a maintenance update and updates some applications of the phone along with adding some bloatware. The update also includes SWYPE keyboard, Kindle eReader and a demo version of NOVA game from Gameloft.

Quite a few weeks ago, we had reported that HTC will soon be rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the HTC Legend. Surprisingly, the company first rolled out the Android 2.2 update for the Vodafone UK branded Legend handsets. However, starting from today the company has started rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the unlocked Legend handsets in Europe.

Windows Phone 7 powered HTC HD7 is expected to launch in mid-December in India. The popular online retailer, Flipkart is currently taking pre-orders for the HTC HD7 smartphone.

HTC is planning to launch a 3D Android smartphone at MWC 2011.

Buy Droid X for $9.99 only. Buy HTC EVO 4G for $99.99. Get Droid Incredible and BlackBerry Torch 9800 for free. All sales from Dell Mobility require 2 year contracts.

The HTC Evo Shift 4G or the HTC Knight is a 4G QWERTY Slider with Android 2.2 Froyo. It has an 8 MP camera and will come with a dual core processor.