Mobile

HTC Titan II In Telstra Catalogue, Hits Early May

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That’s the HTC Titan II standing tall in the new Telstra consumer catalogue — teased as Australia’s first 4G Windows Phone…and arguably the best Win Phone this side of a Nokia; complete with 16-megapixel camera and 4.7-inch (480×800) display.


April 16, 2012
Mobile

HTC One X Vs Sony Xperia S Review Battlemodo

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Two premium Android smartphones eye each other off nervously before entering into the Battlemodo arena. One sells itself on its insanely high resolution screen; the other on its insanely fast camera. Only one of them can be our preferred Android superphone — which one will it be?


April 7, 2012
Mobile

What The Hell Is This Guy Wearing?

Is it a comically-large miner’s lamp? An homage to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? And why is he falling out of a plane? To show you how well this phone’s camera takes pictures, obviously.


April 5, 2012
Mobile

Does HTC’s Face Unlock Patent Mean Android In-Fighting?

HTC has been awarded a patent for a technology that would let you unlock your smartphone or tablet with your face. However, Face Unlock is already a feature on Android that first appeared on Ice Cream Sandwich. Does this mean a war is brewing among the Android crowd?


April 4, 2012
Mobile

HTC One X First Impressions [Video]

HTC held its Australian launch for the HTC One X last night. We went along to check out HTC’s newest superphone, and here are our initial impressions.


March 30, 2012
Mobile

Vodafone Latest To Confirm HTC One X

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Vodafone has now locked in the HTC One X (see our hands on). Pre-orders kick off today for the 4.7-inch, Android 4.0 phone with 1.5GHz and Tegra 3 processor, and it hits stores next Tuesday.


Mobile

How Apple’s Android Bloodlust Kicked Off The Great Patent Wars

The Patent Wars have been going on for so long that you start to forget why we’re here. Who shot first — Apple? Samsung? Greedo? Paul M. Barrett at Businessweek has a great rundown on how we got here, and why everything stems back to Apple’s crusade against Android.


March 28, 2012
Mobile

HTC Is Deleting All Its Users’ Backups

HTC has announced that it is going to shut down its half-arsed backup service, HTCsense.com, to replace it with “new and improved services”. But if you have any data stored there, download it real quick — after April 30, it’ll be deleted for good.


March 20, 2012
Mobile

HTC One X Also Coming To Optus On April 2

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When Virgin Mobile announced it’d be selling the One X, I pretty much picked that it’d also end up at Optus as well. Optus has just confirmed this, as well as announcing its pricing plans.


March 16, 2012
Mobile

HTC One X Is Coming To Virgin Mobile

Gizmodo AU

HTC’s One handsets are lining up to be interesting creatures, but the exact details of which carrier would snag which handset hasn’t been clear. The One X has emerged at an unlikely first port of call; it’ll be a Virgin Mobile handset.