One of us is in the US while the other is in Australia; both of us have been using the HTC ONE for the last bit. With HTC pushing the phone this weekend through special sales promotions, we thought it would be a good time to share some of our thoughts. Dan: A couple of [...]
HTC First Puts Facebook First with Their Facebook Centric Android Phone
How much do you love Facebook? As we used to say when I was in elementary school, “do you LOVE IT love it? Or do you just love it?” Well, for those of you who LOVE IT love it, HTC has just announced the First, which is ”the first and only smartphone built to feature Facebook Home.” The [...]
HTC One Was the Best Android Handset at MWC
The HTC One was the best Android Handset at Mobile World Congress — according to the GSMA 18th Annual Mobile Awards, anyway! Their judges considered the HTC One to be “the device that holds the most promise for success in the market this year, providing game-changing features, design and functionality”, and they awarded it the “Best [...]
New HTC One Becomes HTC’s Flagship Android Device
This morning, HTC introduced its latest flagship device, the New HTC One. This is not to be confused with the HTC One that was introduced at Mobile World Congress last year, as this is the New New HTC One. All kidding aside, the New HTC One looks to be an impressive bit of kit. It will have a [...]
Verizon Snags the HTC DROID DNA
Just in case you had any illusions that phones weren’t headed solidly into phablet territory, here comes the latest fully loaded 5″ device to challenge your phone-carrying pockets. note the spiffy red racing strip on the DNA’s side Today the DROID DNA by HTC was announced, and it will be available before the end of [...]
PowerSkin® Expands Suite of NFC-Enabled Battery Cases
One of the drags of modern smartphones is the fact that battery technology simply hasn’t kept up with a lot of other tech breakthroughs. Consider memory, for example. Back in the day, a 100 Megabyte hard drive could be a couple inches tall and half a foot long; now you can pack dozen of Gigabytes [...]
Windows Phone 8 Launch Event
I’m at the Windows Phone 8 launch event this morning in San Francisco, waiting in the lobby of the Bill Graham Civic Center with roughly 150 other members of the media. There are probably fewer in attendance than originally intended, due to Hurricane Sandy’s grip on the Eastern states, but the mood here is upbeat [...]
HTC and Motorola Remind Us that EVERY Android Sale is an ‘As Is’ Screw-Over
Apple is far from perfect, but if there is one thing they have demonstrated in the mobile space, it is how to ensure that nearly all users have the latest possible operating system revision as quickly as possible, and to keep updating those systems as long as the hardware is sustainable (obviously this is setting [...]
The Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Review
note that the volume rocker is on the right side You can just make out the front-facing VGA (640×480) camera on the edge of the screen, here. Just beyond it is a subtle red grill over the ear speaker, and the Power/screen-wake button is done in a matching red. Along the top edge, there is also a [...]
A week ago, HTC summoned the press to an event they will be holding in NYC this morning. Will it be the reveal of a new Windows Phone? The Flyer 2? Something completely different? We’ll there be there and we’ll bring it to you live … Right here. If you would like to view this event [...]
OnLive, Moto Mobility and the Harsh Reality of Tech Wars for Real People
Over the weekend we heard about the founder of OnLive basically shuttering the company in order to protect himself and the property by using a California loophole that allowed better creditor repayment than bankruptcy, but for workers … they were totally screwed just as if the company went totally belly-up. But that doesn’t mean all [...]
Seidio Desktop Charging Cradle/Dock for EVO 4G LTE, HTC One S and X Review
If you have a HTC EVO 4G LTE, HTC One S or HTC One X this sync/charge dock and cradle is for you. Seidio’s newest dock, the Desktop Charging Cradle/Dock lets you easily dock your smartphone in landscape and, for example, become a bedside alarm clock. Here’s a quick look and then your chance to [...]
US Cellular HTC Flyer Honeycomb Update – Do It the Same … But Slower!
Just as it seemed we might be seeing some critical mass in the move towards updating Android devices to ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ almost nine months after release, ‘Jelly Bean’ arrived and threw things back into a fragmented turmoil where the overwhelming majority of devices are TWO VERSIONS BEHIND. Oh well, at least we continue to [...]
An iPhone User Tries Windows Phone, and the Adventure Continues
My “great experiment” is now wrapping up its first couple of weeks. I had planned to write this at the end of the first week, but the ride has been a bit more interesting than I expected. More on that shortly. To start, I have been a good boy and left my iPhone alone like [...]
First Impressions from a Long-Time iPhone User Trying a Windows Phone
Yesterday, the HTC Titan that Judie is loaning me for this experiment arrived on my doorstep. I opened the box she had packed it in, saw the AT&T HTC Titan box inside, and I actually stared at it for a few minutes pondering how this process was going to be a lot of fun. But [...]






















