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HTC kicked off its $1 billion marketing campaign with the first official ad starring Robert Downey Jr. The clip shows the Hollywood star exploring the many ways we can interpret the abbreviated letters HTC. The commercial builds on the campaign’s slogan “Here’s To Change” and reinforces the HTC name through the 2-minute ad. You can…
There’s a new iOS app for wine lovers like me. Called Drync, it allows users to scan a bottle, learn something about that wine, and instantly order it. Yup, it’s like “Shazam for wine” and I love. I would love it even more once it’s released for Android, and that should happen soon. As you…
Samsung has officially announced an Android-based flip-phone, Samsung Hennessy (W789), in China. The unique device comes with solid specs that include a pair of 3.3-inch HVGA (320×480) touchscreen, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel camera on the back, and a 1,500mAh battery, while Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is running the show. There’s also a dual-SIM support, allowing…
BlackBerry has yet to kill its legacy platform and just before it pulls the trigger, it wants to give it another shot. So the BlackBerry 9720 was born for people living outside of North America. Yup, this means this model won’t be available in BlackBerry’s home turf and the United States. It is rather heading…
Samsung’s mid-range phablet, Galaxy Mega 6.3, is coming to Canada where Rogers and TELUS both announced willingness to offer it to their customers. Rogers turned to Twitter to share the news without revealing too much — all we know is that it’s coming “soon.” As for TELUS, it added Sammy’s device into its “coming soon”…
LG is gearing towards launching the next phone in the Vu series. The upcoming Vu 3 may be unveiled at the upcoming IFA in Berlin, when we’ll also see Samsung’s Galaxy Note III. The new rumor we’ve got suggests that the Vu 3 will keep the series’ 4:3 screen ratio with resolution of 1,280×960 pixels.…
Instagram may be new to the video game, but it does offer a few features that its biggest competitor, Twitter’s Vine, lacks. Last week, and Instagram update brought users the ability to create videos with footage shot from outside of the app. Vine lacks this ability officially, but a new hack detailed by the team…
The new second-generation Nexus 7 recently dropped, touting some major upgrades. Now the first of the official accessories for the new tablet has released on the Google Play store. The new Nexus 7 Sleeve will cost you $29.99 and it fits both the new Nexus 7 tablet, and last year’s model as well. The Nexus…
If you’re watching live TV, a commercial break is a great time to take care of brief tasks. Once the ads starts, you’ve got a couple of minutes to shoot off an email, take out the trash or (let’s be honest here) grab another beer and some chips. But you always run the risk of…
We’re finally making some decent progress. It’s about damn time. After plenty of unwelcome delays, it looks like Verizon is finally preparing to release the HTC One. No, unfortunately pricing, availability, and color options aren’t mentioned quite yet. Instead a signup page went live on Verizon’s website where you can enter your email address to…