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by Anton D. Nagy | May 9, 2013 5:00 AMRead OnAndroid 4.2.2 With Sense 5.1 Has Leaked, according to reports, for the HTC Butterfly, the international twin of the Verizon HTC Droid DNA. Sense 5 has been included and has debuted with the HTC One, though, on top of Android 4.1.2, but if the report, and the video below, is any indication, an Android 4.2.2 update should land soon (at least for the Butterfly). While you can't really see the Android version in the video below (as the About screen reports a "protected" version) you can definitely see the toggles in the notification shade. The system dump is available on XDA Developers and, ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 23, 2013 12:27 PMRead OnHTC got the 1080p ball rolling with last year's Butterfly, released in the States as the Droid DNA. Since then, we've seen the company refine its full HD treatment with the HTC One, but we learned last month that there was still some life left for the original Butterfly, as HTC revealed plans to give the phone a proper sequel. At the time, it sounded like this new Butterfly could be arriving sooner rather than later, but we lacked a more developed sense of the timeframe. As we look for answers, evidence of this new Butterfly starts to trickle in. Markers in a data file reportedly from an ...
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by Stephen Schenck | March 26, 2013 10:54 AMRead OnIn many ways, we've been looking at the HTC One as the sequel of sorts to the Droid DNA/HTC Butterfly. At least, as HTC's first devices with 1080p displays, the comparison seems appropriate on the surface, but could we be getting ahead of ourselves? After all, between the smaller screen, BoomSound stereo speakers, and unique construction, the One has enough going on in its own right to be considered a fully-formed concept for a smartphone, all on its own. That's sounding more and more like the right way to be looking at things, as HTC has now confirmed plans to bring the Butterfly a proper ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 28, 2013 10:36 AMRead OnEarlier this month we got to see HTC launch its new One flagship, the phone that will usher in Sense 5. It's quite the departure from earlier iterations of Sense, and love it or hate it, existing HTC users have probably been wondering whether or not there were plans to make it available for current devices. HTC recently took to Facebook to address these questions, and let us know a little about how Sense 5 updates will arrive. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of phones that will see Sense 5, but HTC specifically says that the global versions of the One X, One X+, One S, and the ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 30, 2013 7:04 AMRead OnThere's something about the introduction of the HTC Mini that almost screams "failure." Like a lawn sprinkler that only works when it's raining, or a can of bug spray that comes with a fly swatter, a phone that's so uncomfortable to use that it needs to have a separate, tiny companion phone feels like a tacit admission from the manufacturer that its product is broken beyond repair. I'm sure HTC is going to find itself the target of much ridicule over the release of the HTC Mini, and I think that's a shame, because it's a solid idea for a product that maybe just wasn't launched in the most ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 25, 2013 3:52 PMRead OnAs the arrival of 1080p screens pushed smartphones up into the five-inch range, we just assumed that we'd have to adapt to larger handsets or wait for 1080p components to shrink down a little. HTC apparently has a different take on the issue, and has been selling its Butterfly in China with what it's calling the HTC Mini, a phone-like accessory for your smartphone that connects over NFC and Bluetooth. The idea seems to be that if the five-inch Butterfly is just too ungainly to be used as a phone, you keep the Butterfly in your pocket and use the HTC Mini to actually place calls and check ...
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by Michael Fisher | January 23, 2013 1:45 PMRead OnLife frequently defies our expectations. For example, if it's your first full season covering mobile-technology trade shows, sometimes you find your expectations for a nice, quiet lull between CES and MWC completely upset -toppled, really- by reality. For this editor, that reality came fast and fierce, delivering an unbelievable bounty of rumor and speculation at his doorstep on the morning of this week's Pocketnow Weekly podcast. The bright side: you get to hear all the latest news and gossip surrounding Galaxy S IV and Note 8.0 speculation; HTC's Droid DNA upgrade with a very James ...
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by Michael Fisher | January 21, 2013 5:19 PMRead OnIn a mobile world that runs on rumor and speculation, the HTC device codenamed the "M7" is this season's belle of the ball. The smartphone broke cover courtesy of an analyst leak back on December 5th, and it's been generating all manner of excitement ever since. That's not just because the M7 is purported to be an Android flagship device (though that's scintillating enough on its own). The M7 is especially intriguing because its parent company has, for over a year, been trying to claw itself out of a hole it fell into back in 2011. If it were a less remarkable corporation, that wouldn't ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 4, 2013 11:40 AMRead OnIn early December we saw HTC reveal the Butterfly – not the Droid DNA, nor the J Butterfly, but this time the Butterfly X920E. It later came to light that this handset was intended for launch in China, and we eventually saw HTC confirm that the Butterfly wasn't officially set to come to Europe, let alone the US. Of course, a little thing like the manufacturer's intention isn't going to get in the way of dedicated smartphone fans, and if you're still interested in getting your hands on one of these Androids, retailers are ready to hook you up. Negri Electronics has listed the Butterfly ...
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by Jaime Rivera | January 2, 2013 4:47 PMRead OnLet more of the rumors we want to read begin. Just when you were wondering what HTC's strategy for 2013 would be, we got an early glimpse at a more aggressive company during the year, and now some more leaks confirm the rumors. If each of the following lines stands for a specific smartphone or variant, we're looking at a 2013 with as many as 35 devices. Again, we don't expect HTC to launch five different M7 models for example, but they'll definitely launch the M7 in different variants that make it compatible with specific LTE carriers, sine we already know that LTE is still a nightmare. ...
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by Jaime Rivera | December 18, 2012 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we go through our initial coverage of the much-anticipated Samsung ATIV S. Then we go through more Samsung news, only that this time with some unexpected, and not-so-stellar Galaxy Grand announcement. Then we talk about the HTC M7 leaks along with the bad news that the HTC Butterfly won't reach Europe. Google makes the news afterwards as their Play Store fills our Christmas hopes with lots of deals until January 1st 2013. We end today's show talking about Nokia's plans to bring Windows Phone 7.8 to previous Lumia devices, and the news aren't good. All this ...
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by Stephen Schenck | December 17, 2012 10:52 AMRead OnA little over a week ago, we caught wind of the HTC Butterfly, which the manufacturer had quietly added to its website without calling any attention to it. Considering that we only previously knew of plans to release the company's 1080p Android to the US as the Droid DNA and to Japan as the J Butterfly, we wondered if this might be the global version of the phone. Something didn't quite feel right about that, though, as the reported frequency support seemed far more limited than we'd expect from the international version of a phone. We heard rumors that backed-up those suspicions, claiming ...
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by Stephen Schenck | December 14, 2012 3:46 PMRead OnVerizon employees have been lucky enough to get access to some limited editions of the carrier's most popular Androids, and the situation's no different with HTC's latest flagship, the Droid DNA. While the regular DNA isn't afraid to show off a little bold accent work, with its distinctive red stripe border's the handset's edge, Verizon and HTC have really gone all out with the phone's limited edition design, taking that red stripe and pulling it around to cover the phone's entire back. As a result, we end up with something that almost looks like one of the manufacturer's colorful Windows ...
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by Michael Fisher | December 12, 2012 2:53 PMRead OnThe Galaxy S III's barely old enough to warrant an After The Buzz episode, but we're already talking about the Galaxy S IV. In any other venue, that would be a sign of jumping the shark; on the Pocketnow Weekly, it's just business as usual. Tune in for our best speculation on what Samsung might include in its next sensational superphone, from unbreakable screens to bone conduction. Then keep on listening for an extended debate about the merits of Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 versus iOS, drilling down into their UIs and design philosophy. Finally, after some extended talk about how useful ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 9, 2012 1:52 AMRead OnNot long after the Butterfly appeared on HTC's global website -- something that got us thinking that this might be the global variant of the Droid DNA or the J Butterfly -- we started hearing word, first from reports and then from HTC itself, that the phone is destined for China and its availability will be limited to some markets only. E-tailer Expansys has the phone up for pre-order. Whether you access the UK page or another European version (to be more specific, almost any regional website except in America), you will be able to find the HTC Butterfly up for pre-order. Unfortunately, ...
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