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HTC CEO expects “difficult” recovery in U.S. market

Tuesday 24 April 2012 @ 2:42 pm
HTC is hoping that the upcoming release of the HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint and the HTC One X for AT&T will help it regain market share in the increasingly competetive U.S. smartphone market.  The Taiwanese company’s profits have bee declining over the past several months and have only recently began to show an improvement. HTC’s CEO [...]



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HTC manager discusses reasons behind handset color choices

Saturday 21 April 2012 @ 8:34 am
In an event in Seattle, WA on Friday, HTC manager of product strategy, Eric Lin, described some of the thought process behind why manufacturers use certain colors for handsets. When asked why most handsets are available today in either black or white, Mr. Lin detailed HTC’s ideas on the topic.  He stated “white really helps [...]



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HTC One X update now available for some users

Wednesday 18 April 2012 @ 4:08 pm
HTC has announced that they are beginning to push out an OTA update for the HTC One X.  This update should resolve some of the issues reported by users such as poor battery life, an issue with the hardware buttons on Ice Cream Sandwich, instability and overheating.  There are also reports that the update resolves some [...]



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Some users reporting purchased apps missing from Google Play.

Friday 30 March 2012 @ 3:39 pm
Have you looked in your Google Play Market and noticed that some apps you have purchased are now missing?  According to this thread on the XDA-Developers forums, there are many users experiencing this issue.  There are also some users they get an error message when they to access an app they have already purchased. Google is [...]



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HTC and Sprint sending invites to join them in New York City on April 4th

Tuesday 20 March 2012 @ 7:09 pm
We just received an invitation from Sprint and HTC to “experience their latest collaboration” at a gathering in New York City on April 4th.  Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and HTC President, Jason Mackenzie will both be in attendance as will HTC Source. What do you think they will announce?  The Sprint version of the HTC [...]



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HTC is top Android manufacturer in J.D. Powers customer satisfaction survey

Tuesday 20 March 2012 @ 9:06 am
J.D. Powers and Associates recently released the first volume of their 2012 biannual smartphone satisfaction survey and HTC is the top Android manufacturer and second overall only behind Apple. To determine how users rank their experience with their smartphones, J.D. Powers polled 7,080 customers and asked them to assess performance, ease of operation, physical design, [...]



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HTC falls short in bid to develop Google co-branded tablet.

Friday 9 March 2012 @ 3:47 pm
Well, it appears HTC fell short in their attempt to partner with Google on their new co-branded tablet.  According to Digitimes, Google has decided to partner with Asustek in developing their 7-inch tablet targeting the Amazon Kindle Fire in the $199-$250 price range. There are a couple of stark reasons why this partnership didn’t come [...]



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HTC Sensation XE to receive ICS early this year

Wednesday 1 February 2012 @ 8:01 am
The future just got a little brighter for Sensation XE owners in the U.K. and Europe waiting for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).  Twitter user @DEANYBOY70, recently received a response from @HTC in reply his tweet asking if ICS will be coming to the XE.  They responded stating that it will be coming early this [...]



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HTC Sense 4.0 previewed with dozens of new features and full DropBox integration

Monday 30 January 2012 @ 8:53 am
HTC seems to be in the the media more lately and I can say that I’m very anxious to hear what they have to say.  The recently announced decision to bring a shift in philosophy for the company in 2012 focusing on quality not quantity is exciting news.  I think that’s a wise move on their [...]



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Verizon readying a maintenance update for the HTC Rezound

Thursday 26 January 2012 @ 9:27 am
Verizon has released a document detailing an upcoming update for the HTC Rezound.  I know this isn’t the Ice Cream Sandwich update we are all waiting for, but hopefully this update will alleviate some stress from those experiencing the issues mentioned. We do not have any details regarding the release of this latest update for [...]



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Sprint Adds EVO 4G and EVO View 4G to ‘End of Life’ list

Tuesday 24 January 2012 @ 10:53 pm
The newly-updated Sprint ‘Expected Upcoming EOL’ list now includes two HTC EVO family devices that will be phased out in the near future.  The EVO 4G and the EVO View 4G have been added to Sprint’s latest list of devices nearing end-of-life.  The EVO 4G is tentatively scheduled to reach this milestone this week with [...]



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HTC Dev unlocks bootloaders for seven more HTC phones

Tuesday 17 January 2012 @ 9:43 am
HTC’s official bootloader unlocking tool has just added support for a few new devices. OK, new may not be the right word since the newest device on the list was announced eleven months ago, but we’re glad to see the HTC Dev team working hard to add support to as many phones as possible. The [...]



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HTC EVO 3D maintenance update rolling out now

Thursday 12 January 2012 @ 8:53 pm
Those of you waiting for HTC to provide an update to fix poor battery life can now get excited.  HTC announced that software version 2.17.651.5 is beginning to roll out to all HTC EVO 3D owners. The update can be retrieved  manually by going to Menu > Settings > System updates > HTC software update > Check [...]



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HTC Radiant to be the world’s first Windows Phone with 4G LTE?

Thursday 29 December 2011 @ 3:03 pm
Today, there are no LTE enabled Windows Phone devices on the market. HTC has always been known for being a leader in the smartphone segment. They created the first smartphone before anyone even know what a smartphone was, they made with first WM5 phone, the first WM6 phone, the world’s first Android handset, the first [...]



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VOIP on Android and IPhone – A User Perspective

Tuesday 20 December 2011 @ 5:32 pm
According to the technology and business experts, the most striking thing about the technology is ‘constant innovation’. Every other day, a new technological solution, creative application and highly valuable process comes into limelight and serves a particular niche. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are of the same nature, as they have also been evolving over [...]



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HTC’s ‘stand out’ Tegra 3 tablet to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February

Monday 14 November 2011 @ 9:54 am
According to the Chinese language Commercial Times newspaper, HTC will be unveiling an NVIDIA powered quad-core tablet alongside the previously rumored HTC Edge at Mobile World Congress in early February. While many automatically assume that HTC’s new Tegra 3 powered tablet will be running on the latest version of Android, we’d like to point out [...]



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HTC introduces 5 new Android devices to the Chinese market

Friday 11 November 2011 @ 12:02 pm
This week, HTC introduced five new phones for the Chinese market, delivering some of the more exciting HTC phones that have been available in the U.S. and Europe since the beginning of the summer.  The five new phones include the HTC Attracted (HTC Rhyme), HTC Dual Engine S, HTC Eye-Catching 3D (HTC EVO 3D), HTC [...]



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Will your HTC phone be updated to Android 4.0? Here’s what we think

Sunday 30 October 2011 @ 3:58 pm
Here at HTC Source we like to write about all the new phones that HTC is working on.  There’s nothing more exciting than hearing about a rumored device for the very first time or watching those first hands-on videos of HTC’s devices right after they are unveiled.  The problem for us and most of our [...]



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HTC reaffirms commitment to bringing Andoid 4.0 to as many phones as possible

Friday 21 October 2011 @ 4:05 pm
HTC wants to make sure that you and everyone else out there knows that they are committed to bringing Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) to as many phones as possible. In another statement to the public, HTC Announced on their Facebook page that they are still assessing their product portfolio to determine the best course [...]



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October 20 For The HTC Vigor!

Saturday 17 September 2011 @ 8:46 am
Another of those fabled devices from HTC that have been tantalising us for a while is the Vigor. Supposed to have a 4.3-inch 720p HD screen (1280×720 resolution) display, 8 megapixel camera, 3 megapixel front-facing camera, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, and a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Previous images [...]



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