About this same time one year ago, HTC CEO Peter Chou said that the company would not be producing ‘cheap, cheap phones’ anymore, instead shifting focus to premium handsets in the future. But there seems to have been a change of plans. HTC has launched a new budget Android device – the Desire 200. Specifications:…
The highly anticipated HTC One Mini is finally upon us. The upcoming HTC One Mini a.k.a HTC M4, has been leaked in a clear picture next to its elder brother, the HTC One. Even though the HTC One Mini looks exactly like a smaller HTC One (Duh!) it`s not the only high-end phone it resembles….
Samsung and HTC recently took their fierce competition to Twitter. The bitter word battle on Twitter got much more heated and ridiculous, when HTC accused the Korean Giant of “paying students to write fake reviews for the competition”. The whole mess started after last Thursday night’s Mobile Awards at which the “Hottest phone of 2013”…
After just a single month, AT&T has already started thinking about giving the boot to the HTC First and return any unsold units of the device back to the OEM, due to very poor sales of the phone. According to a recent report via BGR, AT&T will stop selling the HTC First as soon as…
A lot of stuff has been sent into space. There of course have been humans in space. There have even been dogs in space. But what about smartphones? Those too! NASA just launched 3 HTC Nexus One smartphones into space! The three HTC devices were sent to space by NASA as part of a low…
Samsung has found itself involved in legal issues once again. The Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission is probing Samsung over allegations that the tech giant had paid students to promote and publish negative reviews about rival HTC’s devices online. The Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission launched its probe after receiving a number of complaints against Samsung,…
Recently Facebook and HTC finally launched their joint venture with another try at the Facebook Phone, however this time around it’s really a full-fledged Facebook phone than their previous failed attempts. So far, we have seen positive reviews for both the phone and Facebook’s Home launcher.But, we’re still waiting for the official release to see…
Facebook recently announced their latest skin for Android dubbed as Facebook Home, but that wasn’t the only thing announced at the event. The Social network also announced the first phone to ship with Facebook Home is the new HTC First available on AT&T. The HTC First bears a tiny resemblance to the iPhone 4, however…
HTC Deals Coming Soon! The all new flagship phone from HTC, the HTC One, hasn’t even hit the shelves yet but there are numerous deals for the the device in place already. Although, the handset will be on sale in U.S starting at the end of the month. Retailers and Carriers have already started dishing…
Facebook has sent out invites for an event at their headquarters to be held on April 4th. Facebook plans to showcase its ‘new home on Android’ next week at 10:00AM Pacific Standard Time. A Phone ? There have been a lot of rumors flying around for some time now (ever since the Graph Search launch)…
One is a South Korean manufacturer that launched its first Android in 2009. The other is a Taiwanese company, making smartphones right from the start in the last decade. Yet, Samsung today is the world’s biggest Android manufacturer while HTC, despite its head-start in the industry, is not even second, but many levels below in…
Back in the day, Apple was the only company to grab a lot of attention for its events. Well, for the past couple of years, Samsung has been able to generate the same amount of attention for its Galaxy line of devices. Although, this time at the launch of Galaxy S4 in NYC, competitors tried…
Facebook disappointed phone enthusiasts when it launched its Graph Search in January 2013. People had been hoping Facebook might enter the smartphone arena with a Facebook Phone – but instead only got a semantic search tool. Nevertheless, the Facebook Phone rumors are back – and this time with some reliable confirmation too. HTC and Facebook…
If you thought Jellybean 4.1 with Sense 4+ was the last android upgrade your HTC was going to get, there might be good times coming up. HTC has confirmed that the One X, One S, and the Butterfly will be receiving software upgrades in the near future. Official Confirmation Responding to a post from an…
Say no to bloatware Whenever you purchase a new device be it a phone, tablet or a laptop, you’ll notice that it comes preloaded with certain apps that the OEM has incorporated for certain purposes. This pre-installed software is called bloatware, and in most of the cases it is not welcomed by the user. This…