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Peter Chou shows confidence in HTC; expects 15% market share
The last couple of years have been pretty hard on HTC. After reporting growth for nearly two straight years, Q1 2013 was the worst the company has ever had, managing to net only US$2.8...
HTC <3 Robert Downey Jr?
According to Bloomberg, Robert Downey Jr - star of Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes - is said to have accepted a two-year marketing deal with HTC, said to be worth a cool $12 million...
Ausdroid Podcast 73 – June 18, 2013
This is the 73st episode of the Ausdroid podcast. After taking a week off, this week we spent a while looking at the new products that have been announced (or in some cases, rumoured)...
Leaked photos show that HTC Butterfly S does not look like HTC One
Whereas the HTC One Mini is basically identical to the HTC One, if these leaked photos are to believed, the Butterfly S looks much more like its predecessor, the Butterfly. The Butterfly S has...
HTC One receives S-OFF thanks to Revolutionary
What you can see in the image above is an HTC One with an unlocked bootloader and S-OFF. How do you know we've achieved this? The CID also says Ausdroid. Look carefully. It's there.
Why...
Ausdroid Podcast 72 – June 4, 2013
This is the 72rd episode of the Ausdroid podcast. This week, we spent a while discussing the surprising amount of news from HTC, looked at some new LG announcements and looked at Asus and...
HTC to release two handsets – the One Mini and the Butterfly S –...
We've been hearing a lot about two rumoured HTC handsets - a lower-specced version of HTC's One (previously known as the M4) for those who find the 4.7-inch One too large, and a larger...
Samsung Galaxy S 4, HTC One, Sony Xperia Z — Wrap
One of the great things about running a tech website like Ausdroid is that the team and I get to play with some cool gear. Where this benefits you, the reader, is that you...
HTC set to release a 7″ tablet in September
Remember the HTC Flyer? No, you're not alone. It was the first venture into the 7" tablet market that HTC made in May 2011. Probably too soon to market with a 7"...
HTC One: Update to Android 4.2.2 mere days away
This morning, we wake to exciting rumours circulating in the HTC One space. A couple of weeks ago we heard that the Android 4.2.2 update for the HTC One was 'two to three weeks...
HTC One Special Edition lacking special features. Will it be too vanilla?
Since the announcement of the HTC One with Nexus User Experience on HTC's blog this morning, Android lovers worldwide have been falling over themselves to get more information on which special HTC features this "Special Edition" model...
EVLeaks teases the HTC T6 ‘Phablet’ – Launching with Key Lime Pie?
The rumour of a HTC built Phablet to take on the Galaxy Note has been beginning to take traction recently with a device named the T6 supposedly being worked on by the Taiwanese manufacturer....
List of HTC Devices to get Android 4.3 surfaces – before it’s even announced
Without even being announced by Google officially a list has appeared of HTC devices that will or won't be getting Android 4.3 and a possible timeline as well. The updates don't appear to be...
HTC announces ‘HTC One with Nexus User Experience’, US only for $599
After being somewhat challenged by Samsung and Android fans worldwide, HTC caved to the pressure and finally announced a version of the HTC One running stock Android 4.2.2 -- more up-to-date than their Sense...
Ausdroid Podcast 71 – May 28, 2013
This is the 71th episode of the Ausdroid podcast. We spent a while discussing the weeks news from HTC, Samsung and LG before discussing Jason's time spent with Google Glass, Daniel's Ouya and Amazon's...