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Woman falls in love with HTC One in bizarre new Bachelorette parody ad

Well, um… I guess… Okay, I’m not really entirely sure how to critique HTC’s new ad for the HTC One. It aims to be 3 minutes and 48 seconds of the show Bachelorette but instead of choosing a man, the woman is trying to choose a phone. In the end, that phone is obviously the One. Ha — I guess you could say it’s the One for her. Puns are always a great addition to any news article. Anyway, all the other phones are humans dressed up in crappy costumes. She Read more

Otterbox Releases Defender and Commuter Series Cases For HTC One

OtterBox, the maker of some of the toughest smartphone cases around is releasing a few new cases for the HTC One. OtterBox is rolling out two different types of cases, the Defender Series and the Commuter Series that will keep your awesome new HTC One safe from scratches, dents and the elements. The new cases have three layers of defense, with a screen protector built into the hefty poly-carbonate shell, with a silicone layer covering the outside of the case. The Defender series includes a holster style belt clip if Read more

Ian Kersey

Rumor: Sprint Expanding LTE Coverage to 21 Cities on April 12th?

Tomorrow is a big day for the HTC First Facebook phone, and it is now looking like an amazing day for Sprint customers as well. Thanks to an insider who spoke to PhoneArena, we now have word that Sprint will be expanding its LTE service to 21 cities tomorrow, including: California: Los Angeles, Contra Costa County Florida: Palm Bay, Port St. Lucie, West Palm Beach Indiana: Bloomington and Lafayette Illinois: Rochelle Minnesota: Mankato-North Mankato Missouri: Joplin North Carolina: Charlotte, Shelby, Albemarle, Sailsbury, Lincolnton Tennessee: Memphis, Greenville, Tullahoma Texas: Denison, Kerrville Read more

Ian Kersey

HTC kicks off big HTC One Experience tour in the US

HTC is taking the US by storm this spring with its HTC One handset. To promote the device before launch, HTC is kicking off an experience tour that’ll showcase the device in 11 major US markets. The tour will kick off today in  Columbus Circle in New York, Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco, Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles, Wrigleyville in Chicago, Franklin Square in Philadelphia, and Perimeter Mall in Atlanta. HTC will be setting up BoomSound lounges that’ll show off the speakers on the One handset. Then starting on Read more

Kelly Hodgkins

HTC M4 to be a ‘Home-less’ HTC First with Ultrapixel camera

It looks like HTC is set to bring a variant of the recently announced First to the world. The device itself will not have Facebook Home pre-installed, but Sense 5.0, and will offer up the Ultrapixel camera. This wouldn’t be the first time that we’ve come across the HTC M4 before, as the codename for the device popped up in February. Most of the specifications still fall in line with what we saw before, with the exception of the cameras (13MP vs Ultrapixel). That said, when we first caught a Read more

HTC First coming Europe through Orange and EE

We know that AT&T will sell the HTC First in the U.S. and in Europe, Orange and EE will get that benefit. We’re not sure whether Orange will bring the Facebook phone to all of its markets across the continent, but we do know bits of EE’s plans for the UK. Unfortunately those “bits” don’t include the release date and price, but it’s fair to guess the phone will be offered for free to anyone willing to put his/her signature on a two-year contract. In addition, HTC First customers with Read more

HTC One Pre-Orders Begin Today On AT&T, Sprint Pre-Orders Begin Tomorrow

The HTC One is available for pre-order today from AT&T, with pre-orders for the device on Sprint’s network starting tomorrow. AT&T is offering the 32GB version for $199, and the 64GB version for $299. The HTC One can also be pre-ordered off contact through AT&T, although pricing details are still sketchy. The pre-ordered AT&T devices will be shipped on April 16th, and will be making their way into retail stores on April 19th. Sprint will be offering the HTC One 32GB version on contract for $199.00, and the 64GB version Read more

Ian Kersey

Facebook Home Only Available on Higher End Android Handsets..But Why?

If you’re excited about trying out Facebook’s new Home app suite on your Android phone, you may be out of luck unless you possess one a handset running Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean. In a Q&A session after Zuckerburg’s announcement, Facebook Home compatible devices were revealed and include the HTC First, HTC One, HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II. It is still unclear if Facebook will be developing a version of Facebook Home for Gingerbread devices. So, why is Facebook Home only available on powerful devices when the HTC Read more

Ian Kersey

HTC announces the HTC First with Facebook Home and 4G LTE

HTC and AT&T jointly announced the HTC First. The First is the first handset to launch with Facebook Home installed on the device when it ships. It’ll be available in a variety of colors and will launch on AT&T as an exclusive. THe First will rock a 4.3-inch display, dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, and support for AT&T’s flavor of  4G LTE. It’ll run runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with the new Facebook Home experience pre-installed on the device. You can pre-order the HTC First today and it will go on sale starting Read more

Kelly Hodgkins

Canada: TELUS and Rogers releasing the HTC One on April 19th

Soon after the US launch, HTC will start selling its how-new HTC One in Canada, with TELUS and Rogers committing to offer what many consider the most desirable smartphone ever made. Both carriers will launch the One on April 19th and I guess pre-orders will start any day now. Rogers Wireless said it will offer HTC’s baby with 32GB of built-in storage for $149.99 on a way-too-long three-year contract and we assume TELUS’ price will be the same. Again, the HTC One packs a 4.7-inch full HD screen, super-fancy camera Read more

HTC First Software Screens Leak

By now, you probably already know that Facebook will be announcing a brand new, HTC-Made phone tomorrow. You probably also know that the handset’s defining feature is within the software and Facebook has given Android a face lift. Well, a few shots of the new UI have leaked out, and it’s not much to write home about. Or “like.” The screens we see of the new UI aren’t a terribly dramatic departure from the Android we know today. There’s a minimalism to the screens we see above, which is easy Read more