April 19 is the official date at which those interested in the AT&T flavor of the HTC One can get their unit but there were some lucky owners that managed to get the device early. A couple of these One users took it to XDA Developer forums to share their bootloader unlocking method and success. HTC will unlock the bootloader of the AT&T One via its HTCDev website. There are two downsides though: first, upon unlocking, you will lose all your data. Second, after unlocking, some apps (Calculator, Flashlight, Ringtone Trimmer and Sound Recorder) are being wiped, which, by itself, is no ...

Despite of how much we'd like this to become reality we should treat this with a large dose of skepticism right from the start. Now that we've got this out of the way, a recent report, based on "Samsung insider" information, talks about how the South Korean manufacturer is allegedly "worried" about its design and build quality after seeing the success of the HTC One. That same anonymous source claims knowledge of a revamped Galaxy Note III, to be made out of some sort of metal, probably aluminum, while also ditching the S III, Note II, and S 4 design guidelines. The refresh is expected to ...

BlinkFeed is HTC's way of gathering everything that's important to you on a single screen, in a tile-like representation of scrollable topics, which can include your social life as well as news. If you have an HTC One chances are you're already using BlinkFeed and if you're preparing to just now get your unit means that we're there right on time. We're happy to announce that Pocketnow is officially featured on HTC's BlinkFeed. In order to get our latest content, whether it is news, reviews, editorial, or one of our shows, go to BlinkFeed, drag down to access the configuration button, ...

As Mark Zuckerberg introduced Facebook Home, Peter Chou unveiled the HTC First on April 4 and AT&T promised it would be available starting April 12, which is today. The phone packs a dual-core Snapdragon 400 SoC clocked at 1.4GHz, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 2,000mAh battery, five-megapixel main camera, 1.6-megapixel front-facerand a 4.3-inch 720p display. Following the source link below you'll be able to grab your own; it goes for $99.99 with a two-year contract or $449.99 outright. You'll also be able to choose your favorite out of four color options. Source: AT&T

The seven-inch-ish form factor quickly became the standard for tablet portability after seeing the ten-inch slates dominate the market previously. All major players have at least a smaller member of their tablet family and according to The Wall Street Journal Microsoft will have one too. The seven-inch Surface might go into production later this year, together with other Surface slates from the refreshed line-up, according to "sources". Same people "familiar with Microsoft's plans" states that the Redmond-based company didn't have any plans for a seven-inch tablet last year but after ...

Those of you who have either one of the Lumia 920, Lumia 820, or Lumia 620 Windows Phones should be happy to find out that Nokia has prepared a software update, according to a Support forum post. The Lumia 920 and 820 will get version number 1232.5957.1308.00xx which should bring improved automatic display brightness adjustment, fix for intermittent screen blanking during a call, as well as additional performance and stability improvements. The Lumia 620 should be getting version 1030.6407.1308.00xx with improved touch screen functions, including corrections in multi-touch actions, ...

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 can't come soon enough and some markets were promised an availability date starting the second week of April, which just so happens to be this week. After showing off all the sensors included in the phone yesterday, Samsung has published three thirty-second ads for the device, on one of its local (Dutch) YouTube pages. Special features are being showed off, like Sound Shot, Group Play and S Translator, just three out of many present on the device. Whether these are more of a gimmick which you'll probably only use once or twice or they will actually turn out to be ...

According to the latest leaks a certain Nokia Lumia 928 is on its way to Verizon and judging by the leaked renders of the black phone, as well as the follow-up white phone render, it appears to be a Lumia 920 on steroids, while maintaining the general aspect and feature guidelines of the Nokia flagship. Most probably based off of these leaked renders user PhoneDesigner on Facebook has published these renders of the "Lumia 928". The back grill as well as the PureView branding on the camera and the Xenon flash also seems to match the leaked renders, in addition to the speaker below the ...