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HTC M4 rumoured to be coming with Ultra-Pixel Camera
With the launch of the HTC M7, which is now known as the HTC One there has been no official word on the lower end of the market from HTC as yet. Before the launch of the HTC One, there was a rumour of a lower end version of the HTC One, code-named the ‘M4′ [...]
HTC First Official specs
A few days ago we reported the rumored specifications of the upcoming HTC First. The specs are now official, and they’re pretty much as we expected: Qualcomm dual core 1.4Ghz CPU Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 16GB storage 1GB RAM Radio bands: 850/900/1800/1900/2100 MHz 2000mAh battery 5 MP rear-facing, 1.6 MP front-facing camera NFC, Wifi and [...]
Facebook’s new “Home on Android”
Facebook today launched Facebook Home, a replacement launcher and suite of supporting Facebook applications and services that can transform an Android device into the much-rumoured, oft-mentioned, fabled “Facebook Phone”. There’s a huge number of customization options allowing your Facbeook news feed, chat and notifications to come to your home screen. The homescreen & lockscreen launcher [...]
Australian availability details for the HTC One
We’ve written a lot about the HTC One – in the weeks since the phone’s official Australian launch there’s been rumours of overseas launch delays and even frank admissions by HTC staff about their component sourcing issues. Despite the seemingly endless wait, and the looming release of a certain other flagship device, enthusiasm is still [...]
HTC First – a Facebook phone worth looking at
While Facebook’s “new home on Android” will be revealed on April 4 (US time), evleaks has dropped an image purported to be an as-yet-unseen HTC handset, believed to be “the Facebook phone”. Here’s the first look at the device: What was initially codenamed “Myst” has now been outed as the HTC First. We’re likely to [...]
Rumour: HTC One to go on-sale on the 23rd of April on Telstra
We’re still waiting for the official word to come down from HTC on a launch date for the HTC One. But, we’ve just been advised that according to Telstras internal system the HTC One is due to go on-sale in Australia on the 23rd of April. No pricing or plan information has been assigned to [...]
HTC issuing software update to improve One’s camera
HTC are pushing the Ultrapixel camera on their 2013 flagship as the best thing to happen to cameras since the lens, but now that the phone is actually in the hands of the internet, many reviews are pointing out that a lot of the photos the One is producing are kind of blurry when zoomed [...]
HTC retires ‘Quietly Brilliant’ tagline from advertising
Since adopting the slogan “Quietly Brilliant” back in the early days of Android in 2009, HTC has been quietly slogging away at creating some pretty nice hardware – Let’s leave Sense out of this – but that is all about to change with the advertising campaign for the HTC One. Chief Marketing officer for HTC, [...]
Official HTC One accessories now available
If you’ve decided that the latest HTC flagship the HTC One will be your ‘Next’, even though the phone is possibly not due to be released till the end of April, you can now start looking into what accessories you want to buy to go with your next smart phone. The official HTC Accessory store [...]
HTC announces global availability of the HTC One
We’ve heard rumours of delays to the HTC One being delivered, but more concrete information from HTC itself suggests that these delays aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. In fact, we should be seeing availability of the HTC One as early as next week in the UK, Germany and Taiwan. Of course, local dates [...]
HTC CEO Peter Chou to step down if One is unsuccessful
It seems like HTC’s CEO, Peter Chou is a very brave man. Amid reports that the company’s flagship device will be delayed due to HTC having been downgraded from a tier one customer by component suppliers, Chou has apparently told senior executives that he will stand down should the One not be a success. Chou [...]
HTC’s delay in shipping the One due to suppliers downgrading them from a ‘tier one customer’
Last week, we posted that the launch of the HTC One would be delayed due to a component shortage. Business Insider is reporting this morning that an HTC executive has confirmed this in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, saying that suppliers have downgraded them from a tier one customer because of poor sales [...]
HTC on the Samsung Galaxy S 4
Viewers following Samsung’s Unpacked event in New York City this morning were treated to an hourlong theatre-style spectacle complete with setpiece performances, make-believe scenes and even a sprinkle of theatre in-jokes – a presentation style which seemed appropriate given the venue. Reaction on Twitter was predictably varied between entertainment, amusement and embarrassment – a number [...]