HTC One 64GB developer edition priced at $649, ships April 19

Last month HTC announced the developer edition of the HTC One, which was priced at $649. Unlike the standard HTC One sold in the US, the developer edition would come only in 64GB capacity, will be carrier unlocked and will have an unlocked bootloader, a must of you plan on installing custom ROMs. Now, HTC has confirmed that the developer edition of...

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Samsung releases Q1 financial estimates, has a record in sight

Samsung released its Q1 financial guidance. In the eve of the Samsung Galaxy S4 retail launch, the Korean manufacturer is on path of achieving fifth record-setting financial quarter in a row. Currently valued at $220 billion, Samsung estimates total sales for the quarter in the range of 51 and 53 trillion won ($45.39 - $47.17 billion). Profits are projected to be...

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Why Facebook snubbed Apple, iPhone with Facebook Home

Facebook Home isn't heading to iOS for now Facebook brought a recently rumored Android overlay to life today, Facebook Home, along with the first handset to carry it, the appropriately named HTC First. Rather than making its own handset, or forking Android to create the Facebook operating system outright, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that as a Google Play download,...

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Most time on smartphones spent playing games

Why work when you have these crazy cats to hang out with? If you're in the office now, look around you. The people you see looking at their smartphones are probably playing Temple Run. This according to apps analytics firm Flurry which has posted some revealing stats breaking down how we use our phones. Looking at only US data, Flurry sees smartphones users...

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Hands on: HTC First review

Hands on: HTC First review Say hello to the HTC First, the first phone to highlight Facebook Home, an Android overlay newly introduced by the social network. This is not a Facebook phone, nor is it not a Facebook phone. Confusing? Yes, but what we mean is that this is a phone built by HTC with Facebook DNA. You can turn Home off, but that sort of defeats the First's...

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HTC First release date, price, specs and features

The HTC First is available in several fetching colours The HTC First the closest thing we'll be getting to a Facebook Phone, as it has Facebook Home preloaded. Facebook Home is the eponymous social network's new deeply-integrated Android overlay which brings all manner of Facebook shenanigans to your phone's homescreen and notifications bar. "It's a great...

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HTC First gets unveiled for AT&T in the United States

After making a couple of appearances prior to its announcement, the Facebook-centered HTC First got officially unveiled. The Android smartphone will be available exclusively on AT&T in the United States from next Friday, April 12 for $99.99 with a two-year contract. Pre-orders for the handset kick-off today. Naturally, the most important feature of the HTC First...

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Facebook Home for Android is official, coming April 12

Facebook went live with its Home for Android. It's a launcher which replaces your normal homescreen with "Cover Feed" - a tool which gives you a gesture-operated aggregation of your friends' posts, pictures, statuses, etc. Facebook Home will launch on Google Play on April 12 for a select number of smartphones, initially - the Samsung Galaxy S4, S III and Note...

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Apple's curved iPhone patent comes to life in photos, but is it real?

Could the next iPhone look like this? If history repeats itself, this year Apple will probably release something along the lines of an iPhone 5S - but it's unlikely to resemble the prototype of a curved handset making the rounds online. GSM Arena reported Thursday that a pair of convincing-looking photos (shown here and here) for a potential new iPhone have...

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HTC First coming to the UK with EE, Orange

HTC First - Facebook-tastic in four alluring colours The first phone to come with Facebook Home built in is coming to the UK, with EE set to range the HTC First in the UK. That's all we really know for now, with the handset hitting the US on April 12 but no release date announced for the rest of the world. Over in America, the handset will sell for $99,...

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Alleged iPhone 5S prototype pictured, is it the real deal?

We received some interesting pictures of what is allegedly a prototype of the next Apple iPhone (5S, perhaps). While the pictures aren't of the best quality or taken in studio conditions they do reveal a lot about the pictured smartphone. For one it sheds off the iconic home button and replaces it with a real edge-to-edge display (although we can't see the actual screen...

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Sony Xperia SP will be available on O2 and Three UK

The latest mid-range addition to the Xperia line-up has been officially confirmed to hit O2 and Three networks in UK. Sony Xperia SP will be up for grabs from O2 by the end of this month, but there is no word on the availability of the smartphone from Three. Sony Xperia SP sports a 4.6" TFT display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The latest Xperia smartphone...

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Nokia Catwalk to strut its stuff on May 15?

Like this but EVEN NICER? Is that even possible? An anonymous tipster who goes by the sobriquet South has revealed that Nokia is set to reveal the Nokia Catwalk on May 15. South, who could have chosen a cooler moniker, let's face it, didn't have much more to say from him/herself beyond that, other than that the launch will take place in London, UK. The...

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HTC One package on O2 comes without a charger

O2, the popular UK service provider, recently launched its "Charger out of the box" initiative in collaboration with HTC. As a part of the initiative, the latest flagship device from the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer will ship without a charger. According to an estimate from O2, there are more than 100 million unused chargers in the UK homes and offices....

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Apple lifts 10-month block from Microsoft SkyDrive app updates

Welcome to 2013, Apple fans (credit: Microsoft) For the first time since last June, updates for Microsoft's cloud storage app SkyDrive are no longer blocked for iOS users. The battle over Microsoft's app has seen Apple stopping updates on the App Store since June 2012 but a truce has now been declared, with the service being brought up to the current...

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Samsung Galaxy Star and Galaxy Pocket Neo are down with the kids

More budget blowers about to hit the market The Samsung handset parade continues as the Korean firm launches another two phones, apparently targeted at a younger audience. There's not a lot to choose between the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo and Galaxy Star, with both handsets sporting 3-inch QVGA displays, 2MP rear cameras, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage,...

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BlackBerry pulls the plug on BBM Music

Fin (credit: BlackBerry) Though it feels like the service has barely had time to breathe, Blackberry has announced that it's calling it a day on its monthly music subscription app. Anyone currently subscribed to BBM Music will be billed for April and then it all starts to come crumbling down. After that, you can tearfully delete the redundant app from...

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Samsung announces Galaxy Win and Trend II droids for China

China woke up to two new Android phones from Samsung. One is the Galaxy Win that leaked yesterday – a quad-core droid with a 4.7” WVGA screen. It’s a single-SIM phone, unlike the one that leaked. The Samsung Galaxy Trend II, the second new device, does have a dual-SIM version, though. Samsung Galaxy Win The Samsung Galaxy Win runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on a 1.2GHz...

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LG Optimus G Pro hits Japan stores with a 5" FullHD display

The LG Optimus G Pro is now on sale in Japan through NTT DoCoMo. As you know, instead of the 5.5" FullHD display seen on teh international version, the Japanese one features 5" IPS LCD of the same resolution. On the inside, the NTT DoCoMo-bound Optimus G Pro packs 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. At the back, the...

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