HTC U11 Life reportedly also headed for Android One lineup, new render shows ‘normal’ variant

Google's revived Android One family will further expand in the near future with the addition of the HTC U11 Life, rendered today in standard form.

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HTC reportedly pushing ad notifications, and annoying in the process

The launch of the HTC One M9 came with both good and bad news. The shiny new device is obviously good news, but learning of new ways HTC wants to monetize through ads on HTC Sense is the bad news. We thought this would just be a pilot for certain regions, and only on BlinkFeed, but it seems we were wrong.Reddit users have begun complaining that their HTC One M8 or One M9 has begun giving them push notifications of movie advertising. ...

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Nokia N1, Samsung Gear S, Gorilla Glass 4 and more! | Pocketnow Weekly 123

Updated with links to stream and download the high-quality audio version of the podcast, as well as timecodes for all the stories mentioned. We hope you enjoyed – see you next week!Is Nokia’s new tablet just an iPad ripoff – or just what Android needs? Will Gorilla Glass 4 finally stop you from shattering your smartphone? And is the Gear S a good enough smartwatch to make the dumbphone obsolete? These are the pressing questions on the docket this week as the mobile industry prepares to end a wild year on a weird note, and we’re gonna tackle them one by one in the ...

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HTC One Mini Review: the One flagship in a smaller form-factor

HTC and Samsung are directly competing in the high-end/flagship segment with the One and the Galaxy S 4. However, the battle is ongoing in the mid-range sector too, with the HTC One Mini, which we’re currently reviewing, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. As we like to put it, the HTC One Mini is for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini what ...

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From Android skins to Android stock: a sweet & sour experience with the Google-edition HTC One

The skin/no-skin debate is the Coke vs. Pepsi divide of the smartphone space – if the cola war were an 80-20 split in favor of Pepsi, that is. Studies outlining user attitudes toward UI overlays are hard to come by, but there’s no real question about the prevalent feeling in the tech press: when it comes to Android skins, you can smell the disdain a mile away. If you ask me, the almost-automatic hatred of skins is a tired, destructive artifact of a jaded tech media. It’s a holdover from the days when

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