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HTC Rhyme
The HTC Rhyme is a multi-touch, slate-format Android 2.3 smartphone designed and produced by HTC. The Rhyme was released in the United States exclusively by Verizon Wireless on September 22, 2011, with releases in Asia and Europe beginning in October 2011. The Rhyme is a mid-range smartphone, distinguished by its use of an updated HTC Sense 3.5 user experience, and a selection of bundled accessories; such as a charging dock, wireless speakers, and an LED "charm" that can be used as a notification light. While it was not explicitly marketed as such by HTC (who referred to it as a "lifestyle" phone), the Rhyme was primarily developed and targeted towards women.
The Rhyme received favorable reviews for its performance, robust physical design, a cleaner user interface in comparison to past HTC phones, along with its accessories. However, the Rhyme's overall specifications were panned by some for being too low-end in comparison to other recently released smartphones, or for being too similar to the HTC Desire S.
==Development and release==
In May 2011, the technology blog This Is My Next learned that HTC was holding focus groups with women in their 20's and 30's regarding a new, female-oriented smartphone codenamed "Bliss", which would be released by Verizon Wireless by the end of the year. Leaked details from the groups indicated that the phone would have a "calming" sea green color scheme with a design resembling a cross between the Desire S and Desire Z, and be pre-loaded with calorie counting and comparison shopping apps. Details also emerged about accessories that would be bundled with the Bliss, such as a speaker designed to be attached to a car's sun visor, a speaker dock for charging, and an LED "charm" attachment that could be used to provide notifications.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2011/05/04/htc-bliss-verizon-android-phone-for-women/ )〕 Photos of the device's hardware and software leaked on a Chinese website in August 2011, revealing a new version of HTC Sense with updated widgets and a streamlined home screen layout.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/25/htc-sense-3-5-beta-screenshots-leak-bring-tears-of-joy-to-weath/ )〕
On September 19, 2011, the final version of the device, now known as the HTC Rhyme, was leaked by a pre-order advertisement from TargetMobile. A Target PR representative stated that the Rhyme would become available in-store on September 29, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.androidcentral.com/target-mobile-aka-radio-shack-plans-verizon-htc-rhyme-presale-sept-21 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/20/htc-rhyme-preorders-said-to-begin-september-22-plum-colored-exc/ )〕 HTC officially unveiled the Rhyme during a press event the following day, and also confirmed that it would be released exclusively by O2 in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/htc-rhyme-unveiled-with-light-emitting-cube-1028105 )〕 Whilst unveiling the phone, HTC did not explicitly target the Rhyme towards women, but instead referred to it as a "lifestyle" device.〔
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