Category: HTC (Android)
Following a patent ruling against HTC in a case bought by Nokia an injunction was placed on the sale of certain HTC handsets in the UK. At the time the judge said “If the licensee has no right to sell in the UK, then a purchaser from the …
What is considered by many to be the finest Android handset yet made, the HTC One, could be replaced as early as February revealed the Judge at the centre of the Nokia vs HTC case is to be believed (and being a member of the UK’s fine judiciary why …
Thinking of buying a loved one an HTC One mini for Christmas? You’d better be quick, because as of 6th December they will be taken off the shelves after HTC lost a patent battle with Nokia today. Without getting too technical, there’s a chip in the HTC One …
It’s got many of the HTC One features, but it’s much cheaper. Currently you can pick one up unlocked for less than £200, so does the HTC Desire 500 perform? Specs Weight – 123g Dimensions – 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9mm Display – 4.3″ WVGA CPU – Quad-core …
Hello you lovely lot. Back in May we mentioned the Chinese version of the HTC One which, unlike the version available everywhere else, has a microSD card slot. HTC stated at the time that there was additional space available in the Chinese version due to the radio bands …
Following on from the recent announcement of the latest incantation of Android, version 4.4 Kitkat, the Google Play Edition of HTC’s flagship handset is receiving it’s OTA update. Multiple sources have said that the update is rolling out now and weighs in at over 300mb so if you …
Remember the £2700 ‘real gold’ HTC One? Well, this one’s more of a cheaper ‘champagne’ version. HTC has announced a new “golden” version of the HTC One to go alongside the silver, black, red and blue versions. In this version the aluminum chassis has been treated with a …
I’m just going to put this one out there, then stand back and slowly slide out of the room. The story behind this one is as follows… This HTC One has been “hacked” via a firmware tweak to “pursuade the phone to emit ultrasound pulses” from the BoomSound …
Introduction I have been a fan of the iPhone ever since the iPhone 3G, but find that after around 12 to 18 months of using a phone I get very bored. The issue with iOS is that it looks and feels the same no matter which device you’re …
Take yourself a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU, 4GB of on-board storage (plus a microSD card slot for more space) and a 4.3″ WVGA screen. Sounds good so far. Add a dash of GPS, a 3.5mm audio port, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, WiFi and the Beats Audio technology. All this stuff, …
I think we’re getting to the point here at Coolsmartphone where nothing really surprises us any more. The HTC One is a beautiful thing and comes with the potent BoomSound tech. You know that, we know that. It gives those tunes a much-needed “whoomph”. So, your slender and …
Bringing the best bits of HTC at an affordable price, it’s the Desire 500 and it’s now available at Carphone Warehouse. They have become the first UK retailer to start this device and you can hook it into all the major mobile networks. If you enjoy HTC BoomSound …
Three have announced that their HTC One handsets will be getting Android 4.3 today, so go check for updates if you’re still waiting. If you have problems, check this Three support page for help and guidance through the update process. It’s also probably best to use WiFi to …
Leaked shots from ePrice.com appear to show the rear cover of the next HTC One… possibly. It looks a lot like the rear cover of the existing handset, but there’s said to be a fingerprint reader too. Inside, rumours state that it’ll have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU, …
The budget baby of HTC’s One range, the One SV is receiving an over the air update to Android 4.2.2 and Sense 5 as we speak. Whilst this is still a good few iterations behind its senior counterparts, the fact that HTC are showing willing to keep supporting its …
It doesn’t seem like long ago since we were all getting excited about the leaks of the HTC One Max, it’s now just about to be available SIM Free. Mobilefun have just got stock today. It is available for the price of £599.99 here. The HTC One Max …
If you’re walking around the US and don’t want to get shot, try sticking your phone in your chest pocket. A member of staff in a petrol station has got his HTC handset to thank for being alive after getting shot in an attempted robbery. A man entered …
Yeah, your gas and electric bill is more than the gross domestic product of St Kitts, but you don’t care. You’re rich. You’ve got money to burn. You want to get yourself a 24 CT Gold HTC One mini. Sure, it’s £1497, but for yourself or as a …
After starting in the Far East and US, European HTC One’s are now starting to get the Android 4.3 OTA update. This update includes an update to Sense, including new Blinkfeed options, the ability to disable Blinkfeed, camera and gallery updates and the ability to save articles to …
We’ve already seen the lovely red HTC One but, from next month, you can get the baby brother in red too. The HTC One mini is exclusively available to Phones 4u in that glamour red colour. The One mini has the same unibody design as the bigger brother …
It seems like an age since HTC ventured into tablet territory, the last effort was the long forgotten HTC Flyer. Sadly it was the company’s one and only tablet, and HTC stated that they would only return if they could develop a tablet that would “shake up the …
Are you a loser? I don’t mean a pasty geek who spends hours obsessing over mobile phones then writing about them on the internet, I mean someone who misplaces their phone. Well, either of the above may be interested in the HTC Fetch. It’s basically a keyfob that …
It saddens me to see HTC struggling to post a profit these days, especially when they bring to the table handsets like the HTC One. It goes to show what a mammoth marketing budget like Apple & Samsung have can do for an organisations fortunes. So, if HTC …
Yesterday we finally saw the official details for the HTC One max. A couple of items have already been pointed out, and the questions we’ve had so far are… – Where’s Beats Audio? Well, simply put. It ain’t there. BoomSound is, so you’re gonna get some rather potent …
Yesterday the HTC One Max was announced, it was another device that had every last feature leaked in the months leading up to yesterday. If you’re eager to buy one the Clove may be able to help as they’re taking pre-orders now. The One Max will be with …
The HTC One Max has been announced today, you may have noticed! In a rather interesting twist it seems that Vodafone have got an exclusive on the upcoming “large oversize phone” from HTC. Vodafone have said the following about pricing etc. The HTC One max is a Vodafone …
Want to see more of the HTC One max? Of course you do. Want to see just computer generated images? No, nobody really wants that do they? Well, now that you’ve got all the details, we’ll give you a large dollop of real, hands-on photos. Want the full …
Well, a little earlier than planned, here’s the all-new HTC One max. It matches a lot of the leaks we’ve seen but now we can go all official with the specs. Put simply, it’s a phablet with a near-6″ screen and powerful quad-core 1.7GHz CPU. There’s a fingerprint …
Independent retailer Carphone Warehouse has today launched the “vivid blue” version of the HTC One in the UK. The Blue HTC One Mini is also up for pre-order. Carphone, which has exclusivity over the blue HTC One in the UK, and prices are set at £489.95 SIM-free, also …
I’ll try not to mention it, but it’s “that” time of year soon. New handsets, like the HTC One Max are right around the corner. We’ve already seen specs but now there’s this, a photo of a screen. It’s taken from the Twitter feed of @stagueve and quotes …
The next version of HTC Sense seems to be leaking out onto the web quite a bit, and yet more screenshots have now made their way onto servers across the planet. The new version contains a lot of features that already in version 5 but are currently disabled. …
Gold seems to be the new “in thing” at the moment. With Apple making a new gold iPhone 5S there could be a mad rush for manufacturers to start making phones in this colour. HTC have stepped forward with a very limited edition gold HTC One. When o …
It really shouldn’t be happening. HTC make great handsets. The HTC One is, quite simply, brilliant. The HTC One mini is great too, but the Samsung steam-roller has blasted the opposition away with sexy phones and an advertising budget that would make a lottery winner feel poor. This …
It is no secret that HTC are struggling, they recently revealed that have made a loss for the first time ever and the leaks and rumours only really point to one device that is rather underwhelming (One Max). So what do they do next? Android just isn’t working …
Well, we kinda knew it was on the cards, now it has indeed happened. HTC has sold the remaining shares in Beats Electronics. Bloomberg reports that the deal is expected to complete in the fourth quarter and will raise $265 million for the rather battered HTC. HTC originally …
The HTC One has now been on the market for nearly seven months and is still HTC’s leading device. July saw the handset receive the 4.2.2 update and now the latest incantation of Google’s Android OS is beginning to roll out bringing the HTC One bang up to …
Supply chain problems may add to HTC’s difficulties this quarter, if a recent report from Reuters is accurate. The news agency reports via “sources familiar with the matter,” that the Taiwanese manufacturer is facing shortages of the HTC One Mini’s aluminum casing due to “design difficulties.” The report …
I can’t believe it’s been nearly half a decade since I got my hands on the the HTC G1, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Today marks the 5th anniversary of Android. The initial release was on September 23rd 2008 and we covered the launch and the new …
A few months ago I had a HTC One for review, ever since it went back my life has been different, I’ve been constantly looking for a new phone to fill the 5″ 1080p Aluminium unibody sized gap in my life. I’ve played about the Galaxy S4 and …
It’s been a number of months since HTC lost several key members from their Seattle operation. We’ve not seen a resignation for some time – not since May when Daniel Lazarides left. Today Darren Krape, Senior Worldwide Community Manager for HTC, is preparing for his new job at …
