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

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Michael Fisher

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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HTC laying One S to rest: no more Android, Sense updates

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

In this industry, it’s an inevitability: sooner or later (and all too often, sooner) a manufacturer throws in the towel for an aging handset, deciding to no longer devote resources towards bringing it updates packed with the newest software. The latest casualty comes from HTC’s 2012 lineup, as the company confirms that the One S will not receive future Android nor Sense updates. This tale got started over on HTC France’s Facebook page, but it’s since been confirmed as the official company line: no more One S updates. Back ...

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HTC One Camera Feature Tour: Everything You Need To Know (Video)

Posted on May 9, 2013 by admin

About this time last year, we shot a video called How To Take Great Photos with the Samsung Galaxy S III. It’s very much an artifact of yesteryear, with a fifty-second intro, hazy interlacing, and one the worst haircuts in my personal history, but people seemed to enjoy it. So much so that when the Galaxy S III’s successor dropped just a few weeks back, we followed up our full ...

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End of the Road in Sight for HTC One X; Last Update Rumored

Posted on April 23, 2013 by admin

HTC’s One X has had a good run. The phone launched at last year’s MWC, and we saw it come to North America right around this time in 2012. Since then, we’ve witnessed the phone make the journey to Jelly Bean, and more recently HTC has been talking about its plans to bring Sense 5.0 – debuting with the HTC One – to the One X in a future update. We recommend taking the time to enjoy that one when it arrives, because if the latest rumor is any ...

Not Your Father’s Gallery: A Guided Tour of Video Highlights & Share on the HTC One (Video)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin

Photos are good. Videos are even better. Zoes are … weird, but also awesome. But without a nice way to present and share it, it’s just a big ugly pile of media, right? That’s HTC’s position, and the company has done something about it with the Sense 5 skin on its new One smartphone. It’s built a custom movie-maker, similar to that found on last year’s One X, but much more powerful. Additionally, rather than just leaving the gallery as-is, or sprinkling some chrome on the stock Android ...

HTC One Pre-Orders On Sprint Now Available, Delivers April 19th

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

Yes, Sprint is the next lucky carrier to get the HTC One on pre-order as of today. If you’re either on Sprint or considering moving towards their unlimited data, there’s actually a deal for new customers that make this proposition a lot more enticing. Existing customers can get the HTC One for the usual $199 plus a two-year contract for the 32GB model, and no, there’s no 64GB model in Sprint sadly. Now, if you’re a new customer, there’s a $100 discount on the HTC One with their new “bring your number” deal. You end-up paying only $99 for the ...

Empty Nest: What I Miss (and Don’t) About the HTC One

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Michael Fisher

I’ve learned that there are two things about being a smartphone-and-tablet reviewer. The first thing: you get to handle awesome gadgetry days or weeks ahead of its official release date, and you’re not just allowed to use the heck out of it; you need to, in order to do your job. That’s the awesome thing. The other, less-awesome thing: you eventually have to give it all back. Empty Nest is a recurring column discussing what I miss -and what I don’t- about the devices I’ve had to return. ___ Normally, I have a ...

UltraPixel vs Megapixel: HTC One & HTC Droid DNA Camera Shoot-Out

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Michael Fisher

The HTC One, as we mentioned in yesterday’s unboxing and hardware tour, is a crucial device for the Taiwanese smartphone maker. The company’s brand has suffered a steady decline since its heyday of the last decade, and HTC is -for the second year in a row- banking on a device titled the “One” to save it from the increasing pressure of the competition. The One of 2013 is similar to last year’s

The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast: HTC One vs Galaxy S IV Special Edition

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Michael Fisher

Sometimes ya ain’t got time for dilly-dallyin’, spit-swappin’, or tall-tale-tellin’. Sometimes even dropping in a few time codes is too much to ask. Because sometimes the meat just needs to get out to the masses. This is one of those special times, and the meat we’re putting on the market is our jawing. Our opinions. Our stories. And the subject this week is the two biggest Android smartphone launches of the year, coming from the two biggest sworn enemies of the entire Android landscape. That’s right: this is the episode where we talk HTC One vs Galaxy S ...

HTC One: Premium Unboxing and Hardware Tour (Video)

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Michael Fisher

Sometimes, the word “unboxing” alone just doesn’t fit. It’s too cursory, too flippant. De-boxing videos used to be a novelty, but now everyone does them for products ranging from dumbphones to screen protectors. And while all unboxings are fun in their own peculiar way, some devices call for more. A high-end smartphone, after all, deserves a high-end unboxing – doesn’t it? Introducing a new kind of package-shedding video: a “premium” unboxing. We weren’t in a rush for this one, as literally thousands of sweaty fingers all over the ...

Pocketnow Live: HTC One First Impressions

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

We knew it was coming sooner or later and with HTC’s New York (and London) event, it is happening today. The Taiwanese phone-maker is one more key player that decided to move away from trade shows making Mobile World Congress just a tiny little bit unexciting and poor. The HTC M7/One has been rumored for quite some time and we’re finally getting an announcement at 10:00 AM EST. The 2013 Android flagship made in Taiwan will be unveiled and we’re giving you our first ...