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HTC One M8 Sense 7, Android 5.1 update to begin as early as August
HTC has already confirmed that the HTC One M8 will be updated to HTC Sense 7, but a Tweet from HTC UK how gives us an idea of when that update will be delivered. HTC UK will begin updating the HTC One M8 to Android 5.1 with HTC Sense 7 this August. While the update…
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HTC’s year-over-year profits put 2014 to shame
This morning, HTC released final number for the first quarter of the year. Revenue for the quarter hit NT$41.5 billion ($1.36 billion USD) while net profits after tax came in at NT$0.36 billion ($11 million USD). While the numbers are lower than what HTC managed to pull in during the last quarter of 2014, the…
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HTC planning India-specific smartphone launch in Q3
Following the unveiling of the Xiaomi Mi4i for India, HTC has revealed that the company is working on an India-specific smartphone as well. The name, specs and design details of the phone were not shared, but Chia-Lin Chang, HTC’s CFO and president of global sales stated that the phone will carry a price tag ranging from INR 15,000…
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Android game review: Star Wars Commander
As a Star Wars fan I have always sought out games and apps that would feed my imagination on the events that occur in a Galaxy Far Away… Star Wars Commander (SWC) does an awesome job of immersing us into the fantasy of Star Wars. Superficially, it is a typical game of building your base,…
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HTC and Valve will send out the HTC Vive to developers for free over the summer
As promised, HTC and Valve are gearing up to get the HTC Vive into the hands of developers. Valve has annoucned that it is now talking applications for developers who plan on creating content for the HTC Vive. Since there will be no cost to developers, we’re sure there will be fearce competition from the developers…
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Lost phone? Track it down with a Google search
Tracking down a misplaced phone just got a whole lot easier. Google has just unveiled a new “find my phone” feature which has been enabled with the latest update to the Google app on your phone. All you need to do is go to google.com, type in “find my phone” and you’ll be greeted by…
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HTC One M9+ and One E9+ announced for India
Following the unveiling of the HTC One M9+ and HTC One E9+ in China, the company has decided to take its new MediaTek-powered smartphones to India as well. The HTC One M9+ features the same overall design of the HTC One M9 with the addition of a multi-directional fingerprint scanner below the display and a 20 megapixel DuoCamera…