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HTC One X update now available for some users
HTC has announced that they are beginning to push out an OTA update for the HTC One X. This update should resolve some of the issues reported by users such as poor battery life, an issue with the hardware buttons on Ice Cream Sandwich, instability and overheating. There are also reports that the update resolves some…
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HTC ousts CFO hoping to change current financial outlook
HTC appears to be trying to do everything they can to right the ship and return to the double digit growth they had in 2011. The latest news is that HTC has released their CFO Winston Yung, and has hired the former Goldman Sachs Taiwan employee, Chia-Lin Chang, to replace him. This surprising change along with Samsung’s…
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Product executive claims HTC won’t include Beats headphones with future HTC devices.
According to Martin Fichter, product executive at HTC, we will probably not see Beat by Dr Dre headphones included with an HTC phone for quite some time. Since HTC announced its partnership with Beats Audio last summer, HTC has released three phones which were paired with a set of Beats headphones (HTC Sensation XE, Sensation XL and Rezound). While the…
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Rumor: HTC to buy MOG streaming music service
Rumors about HTC toying with the idea of creating its own Spotify competitor have been circulating for some time, but now we are hearing reports that HTC has or will purchase MOG. For those who are not familiar with the service, MOG is a subscription based music service which gives users direct access to over…
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HTC is top Android manufacturer in J.D. Powers customer satisfaction survey
J.D. Powers and Associates recently released the first volume of their 2012 biannual smartphone satisfaction survey and HTC is the top Android manufacturer and second overall only behind Apple. To determine how users rank their experience with their smartphones, J.D. Powers polled 7,080 customers and asked them to assess performance, ease of operation, physical design,…
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HTC falls short in bid to develop Google co-branded tablet.
Well, it appears HTC fell short in their attempt to partner with Google on their new co-branded tablet. According to Digitimes, Google has decided to partner with Asustek in developing their 7-inch tablet targeting the Amazon Kindle Fire in the $199-$250 price range. There are a couple of stark reasons why this partnership didn’t come…
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HTCdev releases new APIs for HTC MediaLink HD, Beats Audio and Lockscreen
HTC has been quite busy this week. After revealing three new HTC One phones at Mobile World Congress, the HTC dev team has just announced a few new development APIs which give application developers access to more features which are built into HTC phones. Full details about the four new APIs have not yet been…