Receive up to $300 towards a new HTC device by trading in an old one

HTC introduced a new incentive to buy one of its new smartphones, up to $300 in "trade up" value for customer's used but functional devices. HTC has a bumpy past in hardware manufacturing. Previously criticized for releasing too many smartphones under confusing product names, the Taiwanese company tried to start anew with its One line. But despite its speedy...

Read More

Passbook is the coolest iOS 6 feature you can’t use

We've have plenty of unpacking to do this week, what with the iPhone 5 and everything new in iOS 6 - including Passbook, the digital wallet with high potential but little payoff... so far. There are a lot of great (and not-so-great) things about iOS 6, and Passbook falls somewhere in between. Apple first introduced us to its digital wallet back at WWDC, a clean,...

Read More

Huawei's first WP8 smartphone to be called W1

Huawei is yet to join the Windows Phone 8 game, after Samsung, Nokia and HTC showcased their WP8 smartphone offerings. According to the latest rumors coming from China Huawei's first WP8 smartphone will be called the W1. Given that the information comes from no other than Richard Yu (Huawei's Chairman of devices), we have every reason to believe that it's accurate. ...

Read More

Windows Phone 8 Rooms feature revealed in SDK

Rooms looks like it'll complement Groups in WP8 Developers have uncovered more evidence of the as-yet-unannounced Rooms tool within the forthcoming Windows Phone 8 OS. Some digging around the newly-available Windows Phone 8 SDK has revealed the new sharing and collaboration feature sitting within the People Hub. Judging from the grabs, obtained using the...

Read More

Links to Apple Maps are redirecting users to Google Maps on the web

Apple Maps haven't taken over yet, seems like it's still sending traffic to Google's system. As if Apple needed any more negative press around its iOS 6 mapping system, TechCrunch has uncovered another oddity in the application. Apparently, rather than diverting attention away from Google Maps as planned, Apple Maps is sending users into Google’s open arms....

Read More

Terms & Conditions: Evernote puts you in charge

Evernote uses its terms of service and privacy policy to put users in charge of their data and information security. Check out the full Terms & Conditions archive. Launched in 2008, Evernote started as a “productivity tool.” But it has since grown into something much more — a virtual extension of your brain. For those of you not yet in the know,...

Read More

HTC Windows Phone 8X photo and video samples surface

The HTC Windows Phone 8X is still hot off the announcement stage and we weren't hoping for camera samples to appear so early. The new smartphone is touted for its 8 megapixel camera with a backside illuminated sensor, wide f/2.0 aperture and 28mm wide viewing angle, so we were quite excited to see some real-life shots. From the looks of it, the HTC Windows Phone 8X...

Read More

Surprise, Surprise! iPhone 5 jailbroken on day one

Jailbreak is not yet available to the public It has apparently taken one crafty hacker just a few hours to penetrate Apple's defences and jailbreak the iPhone 5. Renowned iPhone safe-cracker Grant Paul, who uses the online handle 'chpwn', posted photos of his new smartphone running the unauthorised Cydia store, which plays host to unsanctioned apps. The...

Read More

Google-owned Motorola mocks Apple Maps app in new ad

Apple's misfiring Maps app has overshadowed the iPhone 5 launch Google has used its Motorola smartphone brand to poke fun at the ongoing Apple Maps debacle. A new advertisement for the Motorola Droid Razr M depicts the smartphone next to the iPhone 5. The Android device shows Google Maps while the Apple smartphone features the new Maps app on screen. ...

Read More