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With the Samsung Galaxy S5 unveiled, all eyes are now on HTC for the announcement of their new flagship. The HTC One successor was leaked earlier by evleaks in several photos including some HTC One M8s branded with AT&T and Verizon logos. A YouTube user named “GadgetReviews” recently posted a 12 minute video in which the HTC One M8 was fully leaked including the specs, design, interface and much of our previously leaked information was confirmed.  The Video has now been taken down but has been reuploaded by several other users.
Here are some photos from the video!

HTC M8 (left) and HTC One (right)


HTC M8's dual cameras alongside dual LED flash
HTC M8's redesigned camera app
Camera modes of the HTC M8
HTC M8 (left) and HTC One (right)

The front of HTC M8
The back of HTC M8
Looks like HTC M8 will be slimmer than the HTC One
New redesigned HTC Blinkfeed
HTC M8's dual cameras alongside dual LED flash
HTC M8 (left) and HTC One (right)
The video confirmed much of the information that was already leaked including the dual cameras and Sense 6.0. Some new features unveiled include the microSD slot with redesigned BlinkFeed.
In the camera interface there is the option of “Dual Capture”. This is enough to hint that the dual cameras at the back have some special functionality. Though many users were hoping for it to actually be a 3D camera, the dual cameras seem to deliver a completely new camera feature that is yet to be fully unveiled. But let’s not get excited! There was a dual capture feature with the Samsung Galaxy S4 which basically captured a picture from both the rear and front cameras at the same time. There are chances HTC included the same feature in the HTC One M8.  There is also a selfie mode which will most likely use the front facing camera for taking self photos.
The Video also shows the One M8 compared to its predecessor. Design changes include a lengthier build along with removal of the two capacitive buttons on the front. The HTC One M8 will accompany on-screen buttons like those on the Nexus 5.
We still don’t have much news regarding the specs of the HTC One M8 but a 2.3 GHz Quad Core Snapdragon 800 chipset with 2 GB RAM and a 2900 mAh battery would be a safe bet. Although, I hope I’m wrong here. The 2 GB RAM looks to be enough but compared to the flagships of today, 3 GB would seem sufficient. The HTC One M8 is expected to go official on March 25. 
What are your thoughts on the new HTC One? Be sure to leave a comment!
When will my Smartphone get the Android KitKat update? This is the question that has been on the lips of millions of users all around the globe. It is because of the fact there is quite less information from the manufacturers or carriers about when exactly they will be rolling out the update. People from all over the world are eagerly waiting for the update to appear on their Smartphone. Although Google claimed that they have optimized Android 4.4 to work with ease on even Smartphones with 512 MB RAM, we haven’t heard any Smartphone getting the KitKat experience with 512 MB RAM. It is because manufacturers are mostly busy updating all of their flagships first, which most manufacturers haven’t done yet.

We have combined the information regarding all the devices that either have some kind of official information or rumor regarding the KitKat OTA update. I hope it will answer your question. Here is the list:
Asus:
Padfone 2, Padfone Infinity, Padfone A80 – confirmed – availability: end of Q2 2014
New Padfone Infinity – confirmed – availability: Q3 2014
HTC:
HTC One, HTC One mini – updated - but still rolling out in some regions
HTC One Google Play Edition – updated
HTC One max – confirmed – availability – unknown
HTC Droid DNA – confirmed – availability: end of Q1 2014
LG:
LG G2 – rolling out now for International version
LG G Flex – availability: rumored
LG Optimus G Pro – availability: rumored
LG Optimus G – availability: rumored
LG G Pro Lite – availability: rumored
LG Optimus L9 II – availability: rumored
LG Optimus Vu II, Vu III – availability: rumored
LG Optimus F7, F6, F3 – availability: rumored
LG G Pad 8.3 – availability: rumored
Motorola:
Moto X – updated
Moto G – updated
DROID Ultra – rolling out now
DROID Maxx – rolling out now
DROID Mini – rolling out now
DROID RAZR M (including Dev Edition) – confirmed – availability: unknown
DROID RAZR HD (including Dev Edition) – confirmed – availability: unknown
DROID RAZR MAXX HD – confirmed – availability: unknown
Atrix HD – confirmed – availability: unknown
Electrify M – confirmed – availability: unknown
Razr i – confirmed – availability: unknown
Nexus Devices:
Nexus 4 – updated
Nexus 7 – updated
Nexus 10 – updated
Samsung:
Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition – updated
Galaxy S4 – rolling out now (AT&T variants only for now)
Galaxy Note 3 – rolling out now
Galaxy S III – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy Note II – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy S4 mini – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy S4 Active – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy S4 Zoom – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy S III – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy S III mini – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy Mega – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy Light – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy Note 8.0 – confirmed – availability: unknown Galaxy Tab 3 (7-inch, 8-inch and 10-inch editions)
Galaxy Note 10.1 – confirmed – availability: unknown
Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) – confirmed – availability: unknown
Sony:
Sony Xperia Z1 / Z Ultra – confirmed – availability: unknown
Sony Xperia Z, ZL, Tablet Z – confirmed – availability: unknown
Sony Xperia SP – confirmed – availability: unknown
Sony Xperia ZR, Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V – rumored
So yesterday at the MWC, we saw lots of devices get revealed. Some were great while some we wished would have been a bit better (yes, I’m talking about the Galaxy S5 which was a huge disappointment for me at least) but nonetheless, we were not left to fret or teased to wait longer for great smartphones, tablets and wearables.
Desire 816


HTC, in my opinion, released the best looking smartphones which will be available across Europe in April/May and will be available at Home Shopping soon after. These devices are the HTC Desire 816 and the Desire 610. The former is more of a phablet with a 5.5 inch 720 x 1280 pixel display running on a 1.6 quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor (Adreno 305 GPU) and 1.5 GB RAM which should be enough to not make the phablet lag while performing operations. Also, something which we see rarely in HTC phones, it will have an SD card slot as well. With a 2600 mAh battery, 13 mega pixel rear camera and a 5 mega pixel front facing camera, video calling will be a delight and pictures taken from the main camera will definitely look great. The phone will also be available in a wide range of colours and although the phone seems to be made of aluminum (I wish!) in the pictures, it is actually glossy plastic, much like the iPhone 5C.
Desire 610


The HTC Desire 610 looks almost exactly like the Desire 816 but with a smaller display. This device has a 4.7 inch qHD display and also runs on the Snapdragon 400 processor (quad core Krait) clocked at 1.2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. With a 2040 mAh battery, an 8 mega pixel rear camera and a 1.3 mega pixel front facing camera, the phone is a pretty good mid range device.
Anyone looking to buy a budget friendly smartphone should look no further because this is one of the best looking smartphones which will be made available at reasonable and affordable prices. Be sure to leave your comments to let us know your thoughts.
HTC China posted new images of the HTC Desire 8 (code named as A5) revealing that it will be announced at February 24th at MWC. This is the day when the Mobile World Congress will start in Barcelona, so the device might make an appearance next week at MWC.

We previously saw the HTC Desire 8 in white color, now HTC has unveiled a dark purple model. It is said that there will be five colors of the phone available later this year, including black, red, yellow, orange and cyan. 

Like the HTC M8 / All New One, which will be announced on March 25, the Desire 8 seems to run Android 4.4 KitKat with Sense 6.0 UI. It is quite a large handset, sporting a 5.5-inch 720p display. Other features reportedly include a 13MP rear camera, 5MP front-facing camera, quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and 8GB of expandable internal storage. 




Another smartphone is also leaked, which is HTC D310w. It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, it has a 4.5' display with 480 x 854 pixels, quad-core 1.3GHz processor (probably made by MediaTek), 512MB of RAM, VGA front-facing camera, and a 5MP camera on the back.




 HTC D310w might launch soon in China and it probably will be included in the desire series.

Source: HTC (Weibo)

HTC is coming up with a phablet the Desire 8 seems to be codenamed as A5. The existence of the Desire 8 was confirmed by HTC China. But it's specifications and pricing hasn't been officially revealed. HTC might release this smartphone or phablet at MWC 2014.

According to @evleaks it will come in black,red,purple,white and yellow. We have also heard that there will also be cyan and orange models too, so that's a total of seven possible colors versions.

@evleaks also revealed some specs of the device like a Quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Processor clocked at 1.6 GHz along side 1.5 GB of Ram. Apart from that the device will feature a 5.5" 720p Super LCD 2 Display. Boomsound speakers, 13MP rear camera and 5MP front facing camera,8GB of internal storage with a micro-sd cart slot. Android 4.4 Kitkat and HTC Sense 6 will be running out of the box.

It is said that the device will launch in Asia, Europe and US. We are looking forward to hear the official words about the device from HTC. Stay tuned to ADB for more news,rumors,how tos etc about Android.
source: @evleaks

 

The date has been set for HTC's next big thing is officially coming on March 25. The press event will be held in London and New York simultaneously. But that doesn't mean that we will not see any leak until that day. This is the first time ever we have seen a high quality image of the HTC M8 which is supposed to be the successor of the HTC One.

The web's most trusted leaker has posted a high quality image of the HTC M8 saying that this will be the official press render, and it actually seems true although it is still unofficial and we are not very surprised to see it because it looks pretty similar to the HTC One. The Dual Camera setup is confirmed on the HTC M8 and so as the Dual LED Flash. The HTC M8 feature on screen button and runs the latest version of HTC Sense probably HTC Sense 6, and the HTC Blinkfeed new aggregator is still included.

The design might looks same as the HTC One, but we can't deny the fact that it looks stunning and we are still impressed with sturdiness and build quality of the HTC One. So how does this looks? could this be your next phone?

source: @evleaks

World's Biggest Event for Gadgets Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014's is about to start  pretty soon in Barcelona. No doubt the Samsung Galaxy S5 will be the main highlight of this year's MWC, but this ain't means that we will not see exciting devices from manufactures like Sony,LG,Huawei are also here and they are expected to hold press events.



Samsung at MWC 2014

‘Unpacked 5’ event starts on February 24th at 11am PST | 2pm EST | 8pm CET Barcelona time

According to the latest reports and rumors Samsung is exptected to launch the Samsung Galaxy S5, which will be at least equipped with a 1080p display and maybe a fingerprint scanner but we are pretty sure there will be no fancy eye scanner on the Samsung Galaxy S5. But whatever is will be considerable upgrade over the current flagship Samsung Galaxy S4.

Speaking about the Samsung's skin which is called "Touchwiz" is expected to have a complete overhaul. Currently the touchwiz running on Samsung Galaxy S4 is a pretty heavy skin running on top of android, we expecting the new Samsung touchwiz will be lighter then ever and it will have some kinda flat looking icons. Just like what HTC did with it's HTC Sense.


Samsung is also expected to announce a new smartwatch with a more good looking and sleeker design, which will probably be called the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2. The Samsung's first smartwatch the Samsung Galaxy Gear was many things but it wasn't affordable and not very pleasurable to use, at least to most of the consumers. What are we expecting about the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2? Samsung actually acknowledge itself that the original Samsung Galaxy Gear has a bulkier design, so we pretty sure that the new one will have a slimmer and lighter design. And the Samsung Galaxy 2 will be priced at $200 or less which make it more appealing.



LG at MWC 2014

Sometimes LG reveals the specifications of it's upcoming devices ahead of their worldwide launches. That's what happened recently with the LG G Pro 2, which is probably an over sized Note 3. Although it is not a surprise that MWC 2014 will be first opportunity to hold the LG G Pro 2 in your hands, so we are expecting a lot of hands-on and comparison videos. We are also excited to see how the Smart Knock unlock feature works on the LG G Pro 2

And we are also looking forward to LG new budget L series III of budget smartphones, which are with good specs, nice design and affordable price. We are hoping for some surprises. But who knows LG might deliver some surprises at MWC 2014.





Sony at MWC 2014

Sony launched it's current flag last year in September at IFA the Sony Xperia Z1. Meanwhile earlier this year Sony has also sold it's computer division to focus more on Tablets and Smartphones, So we think there actually room for a new flagship. According to the rumors it's code name is "Sirius" and it will probably be called the Sony Xperia Z2, and it will feature a 5.2" display with 4K Ultra HD Video recording. The Sony Xperia Z2 will have a slightly redesigned Sony Xperia Z design and a little bit tweaked skin running Android 4.4 Kitkat

There are also rumors going on about a new 10" tablet from Sony the Sony Xperia Tablet Z2. The Ultra Slim Xperia Tablet Z2 will be the refresh of the last year's Sony Xperia Tablet Z. So we are looking forward to see what Sony will unveil at MWC 2014.



Huawei at MWC 2014

The chinese manufacture Huawei is teasing something juciy for MWC. After the last year's Huawei Ascend P6, Huawei will be releasing at least three new gadgets at MWC. Huawei will introduce a smartphone, a tablet and a smartwatch. There are no further details available for Huawei for now. But we all we know for now is that there will not be the successor of Huawei Ascend P6 because Huawei has already planned a separate event for that.



Nokia at MWC - Nokia's first Android

Nokia is exptected to launched the Nokia X or Nokia Normady whatever you wanna call it. It may finally go official at MWC. This will be Nokia's first smartphone powering Android. But it may disappoint because it will not have the top notch hardware because Nokia is planning to make it a affordable phone maybe a replacement for it's Asha feature phones series.



HTC and Motorola at MWC 2014


HTC Doesn't have a big event planned for MWC but the rumors suggest that HTC will introduce the HTC Desire 8 next week at MWC or maybe a simple press release. But we will probably get a chance to see the HTC Desire 8 as soon as next week.




Motorola has already sent invitations for a event which is on Tuesday 25th February. Motorola probably got some new devices in the pipeline but at the moment there are no leaks or rumors available. But we all heard from the C.E.O of Motorola about a $50 very affordable smartphone, we might see that here at MWC 2014.

But it could also be keynote services and future plans instead of an device launch event. Only times will tell.



The owners of HTC One Google Play Edition have started receiving a 300MB Android 4.4 KitKat update via OTA according to some sources. Stock Android has it's own perks. HTC wanted to deliver the update as soon as possible. The update doesn't have Google Experience Launcher so it means there will no separate page for Google Now on the Homescreen.

Google Play Edition Smartphones is a fairly new term which means that some certain smartphones running Stock Android out of the box as the way Google wanted Android running on Android Phones, and they are sold by Google, fully unlocked and contract free.

Source: Android Authority
HTC's Flagship the HTC One is now available in a new Golden color. It is carrat free, which means that it is just gold colored unlike the other gold variant of the HTC One. It is the fifth color of the HTC One, we already have Red,Blue,Black and Silver colors of the HTC One.

We were hearing rumors about such a color since September. Speaking about the hardware, everything same as the orignal HTC One like a Qualcomm 6000 Snapdragon Prossessor with 2GB of Ram and big 4.7" Full HD 1080P Display. Finnish Gigantti has already listed the device for the price of $845 with the shipping date of Decemeber 12th 2013.
HTC America Tweeted on Friday that HTC has sent Android 4.4 KitKat code to Google for the HTC One Google Play Edition. HTC America president Jason Mackenzie said Android 4.4 KitKat would be on the phone in just 15 days. HTC One Google Play Edition receives Android Updates faster than any other HTC One variant. Now it depends on Google how fast Google will release the update. HTC wanted to provide the update within 15 days.

On the last day of October a report said that HTC One Google Play Edition will get Android 4.4 KitKat update in 15 days the same report also stated that HTC One Google Play Edition will get the update in 30 days, and carrier branded HTC One will receive the update in 90 days. We are not sure exactly when the HTC One Developer Edition is gonna get the update because 15 days has been passed still no details on the Android 4.4 KitKat update. HTC doesn't have a good reputation in updating their devices. We should better wait and see what happens next.


source: @HTCUSA 
The current HTC's flagship the HTC One, it had a code HTC M7. Some photos of it's successor the HTC M8's back cover are leaked. This probably could be HTC's 2014 flagship. There is something interesting in the photos, there is a round hole just above the camera lens. We don't what is it, but it could be a fingerprint scanner or something else.

The rumoured specs of the HTC M8 are a 5" to 5.2" Display with 2K resolution, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor and 3GB of Ram would be powering the device along HTC's new skin the HTC Sense 6.

It's expected release date is somewhere around February to June. HTC is expecting it's success just like they had with HTC One, HTC One is selling well. HTC's problem is not with their flagship model but it's with their mid-range devices which just ruined the company. The latest reports about the revenue of HTC shows that company is still bleeding for money. We are very interesting about it's name what HTC will name the probably " HTC One Two" or the " HTC Double One" but it's named is not officially confirmed by HTC.


 Source: UnwiredView
We know that smartphones these days can do many amazing things, one thing that you can't expect from a smartphone is to take a bullet to save your life.That's what happened to a Hess clerk in Winter Garden, Florida.

According to the police the man entered in the Gas Station and asked for assistance than after a few minutes he showed a revolver. And forced two clerks to open the safe.When they both were not able to open the safe.

The Man fired at one of the clerk but somehow his phone (HTC Evo 3D) stopped the bullet and saved the clerk's life. He was very lucky. He didn't even realize he'd been shot




source: WFTV
Recently, HTC America president Jason Mackenzie tweeted a bad news for the owners of the Verizon's HTC One.He said that the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update for the Verizon's HTC One has been delayed for a month. Owners of T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T's HTC One have already received the update.

He also said in the tweet that HTC needs more time to re-test the update. The Verizon's HTC One was expected to get the update by the end of this month. But HTC Delayed the update, While Verizon is the the slowest update provider among the three big carriers. You can see what he tweeted below.



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