HTC One max: new photos and illustrations stolen fingerprint scanner | New Rumor

" Rain "leak for HTC One max , closer and closer to the official presentation. Past the new alleged list of technical features, additional content related to super smartphone come from HTC. First was issued a new picture "stolen" that would portray the terminal used by a girl on board a means of transport.

Fake or reality? We leave the final word to our readers, after having vision:

More interesting images are then those that illustrate the fingerprint scanner,  which will be positioned, according to the numerous rumor concerning him, in the rear of the shell. The image that arouses most interest is the one that follows, considering that seems to suggest the possibility of activating different functions depending on the finger used:

One could assume, for example, that functions as unlocking the device, authentication (such as password replacement tool insertion) and the launch of applications can be assigned to each finger. Speculation, for the moment, waiting for the curtain to raise permanently on HTC One max. Following further illustrative images that relate to the fingerprint scanner:

The intensification of rumors about HTC One Max is certainly a good thing, considering that is helping to change the focus on HTC products at a particularly difficult for the Taiwanese company. HTC One max is undoubtedly one of the terminals that it takes to give a new boost to sales of HTC in the year. The official launch is expected next week.

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HTC Butterfly S Official time: Snapdragon 600 with 1.9 Ghz, Ultrapixel, Boomsound and battery 3200 mAh

HTC has officially unveiled in Taiwan revised version of HTC Butterfly, a model that has been very successful in the Asian market. HTC has chosen the telecom operator  Chunghwa Telecom  as a partner for the distribution of the device in the market Taiwan and marked the official introduction of the terminal in the day today.

HTC Butterfly S improves from various points of view, the previous model, using the technical solutions introduced with the current top range Android, HTC One. The display remained unchanged compared to HTC Butterfly and has a diagonal 5" with FullHD resolution (a display for another already great), but the main novelties are located inside the body and include:

• Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 to 1.9 GHz (1.7 GHz against HTC One)
• Camera Ultrapixel and dual front speaker Boomsound
• 3200 mAh battery ( 2020 mAh for HTC Butterfly )
• IR Transmitter

The remaining standard equipment includes 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage  with expandable  micro SD slot  and  2.1 megapixel front camera with wide viewing angle.

Featuring quad-band connectivity HSPA / WCDMA , the terminal uses the operating system Android with custom user interface Sense 5.0 . With regard to weight and size, the device calculating 144.5 X 70.5 X 10.6mm

and has a weight of 160g.

HTC Butterfly S will be sold in Taiwan from the month of July at a price equal to $ 22,900 Taiwanese. Also planned distribution to the same period in other nations in the Asia-Pacific, but are not known at the time, details on the further expansion of distribution channels.

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HTC One Google Edition: HTC clarifies some details about the hardware and software features

HTC One Google Edition , officially unveiled in the day today, is different than the version currently on the market due to the absence of software for customizing HTC, including the Sense UI 5.0. The operating system is Android 4.2.2 version in stock for direct updates from Google .

HTC , after the presentation of the device, he answered a series of questions about the features supported by the version of Google Edition. More in detail, from its clarifying intervention revealed the following points:

• The UI of the camera will be the stock Android system
• The smartphone will give up features
• The shots will be comparable to those of the models with Sense as regards the quality
• The IR transmitter will be disabled, given that it is a terminal with Android version in stock
• The terminal will benefit from Beats Audio hardware (read amplified double bass), but there will be an indicator of how Beats Audio software activation
• The configuration of the soft touch keys will be the same as the original HTC One. The HTC logo turned into a third capacitive key will not fit in the standard
• A clarification appreciated, though predictable, since it is a terminal that uses Android without any kind of customization made by the manufacturer. 

Obviously, it is not unlikely that the community of independent developers will be able to integrate the software features of HTC One with Sense 5.0, which, for the moment, HTC One Google Edition will have to give.

HTC One Google Silver Edition is official! $ 599 from June 26

The rumors of the past few days have found officially confirmed. HTC One version of Google Edition is reality and to proclaim is thesame Hugo Barra Team Google , followed by the Official blog of HTC . The information refer to a device SIM-unlocked and unlockable bootloader , support LTE (T-Mobile and AT & T) and functionality with Beats Audio. The expected date for the marketing is that of the next June 26 at a price of $ 599 .

The terminal will be initially available in the States and will support GSM networks. Confirmed the version of Android 4.2.2  preinstalled with software upgrades provided by Google . The sale will be through Google Play. The term "initially" bodes well for a future expansion of distribution channels. The basic technical characteristics remain the same model currently on the market. The Google Edition of HTC One, of course, give up the custom UI HTC Sense.

It is, in any case, of a device very important not only in itself, but also for the prestige acquired by HTC holding head to Samsung , also engaged in the production of SGS4 in version "Pure Google", both for the community independent developers who will know how to properly exploit the resources used by the software version of Android with HTC One Stock and updates managed by Google.

With the arrival of Google Edition version, variants of HTC One climb a total of three, that traditional, version, and finally the new Google Developer Edition (or Nexus power, if you like better):

Facebook has shown its own smartphone and shell Facebook Home for Android

Facebook introduced its own smartphone, adapted to work with the world's largest social network, as well as shell Facebook Home, designed for devices running Android. We are talking about turning "Google Phone" in the social phone, which focuses on people with whom the user communicates. This was told by the head of Facebook at the official presentation on Thursday. Zuckerberg smartphone called HTC First. Argued that no other mobile device will not be able to offer as much easy access to social networking as a novelty.

In July last year, the first reports that Facebook, along with the HTC is developing its own phone, as well as the operating system for smart phones. However, the submitted gadget runs on Android and customized for social networks with a special membrane Facebook Nome. It replaces the home screen of the phone and provides access to the functions of communication through a social network, including a chat with the ability to make calls to friends in the social network.

As told Zuckerberg, Facebook Home is integrated into the Android system level. For example, notification of the incoming message appears on top of the current application. Together with it's picture shows the sender. The user can reply to the message, or ignore it. This function is called Chat Heads.

Home Facebook Home screen is called Cover Feed - instead of the standard widgets specific to Android, it displays the news feed and photos from Facebook. Thus, taking the smart phone in hand, the first thing a user sees the latest news from their friends. Representatives of the company explained that reading all the updates on the home screen - it's much more convenient than constantly access the application to view them.

Working with Facebook Home built entirely on the basis of gestures. For example, to "like" you like the photos in the stream Cover Feed, the user only has to click on it twice, and to remove unnecessary message - hold your finger to the side, brushing it.

HTC First - the first smartphone to hit the market with pre-coated Facebook Home. The model will be available in four colors - black, white, blue and red. Buy the device in the U.S. will be on April 12 at a price of $99 with reference to the cellular operator.

Facebook Home can be installed not only on smartphones HTC, but also on Android-devices from other manufacturers. The shell will be available free of charge from April 12 in the online store Google Play. The company promises to add new features to the app each month, and by the end of the year to release a version for tablets.

HTC changing the strategy for Apple and Samsung

HTC several times recently postponed the release of its flagship smartphone One, but in the future, the company will try to better calculate the market needs and plan manufacturing processes. In an interview with reporters, said the representative of the HTC Benjamin Ho. For the Taiwanese vendor Ho marketer is the third in the last two years.

At the request of HTC, in the near future the company intends to radically change the marketing strategy and abandon the well-known slogan «Quietly Brilliant». The company will act aggressively against competitors in the mobile market.

At a meeting with journalists Ho also showed commercials smartphone HTC One, who will have to appear on TV soon. He confirmed that the top model output delay caused by a deficiency camera modules. In addition, introduced two new devices - Desire P and Desire Q.

The first device was a 4.3-inch display, a 2-core processor, 8-megapixel camera and a slot microSD. The declared cost of the gadget is $ 360. Desire Q model is equipped with a 4-inch screen, its price is at $ 230.

Analysts say that all the messages that were sent by HTC in the last few months, largely focused on investors and consumers who are pretty disappointed in the company. Ho said that HTC already increased advertising budget in two and a half times, and traditional marketing costs - twice in comparison with the figures of 2012.

HTC One allows you to transfer photos, contacts and SMS from the backup iPhone

The new smartphone HTC One , is to become a point of the whole line to restart the One, is able to import user data from the phone iPhone backup iTunes.

 

The Taiwanese company has made great efforts to coerce the owners of "apple" of devices to move your unit. Not only that looks like a mobile gadget flagship Apple, so also you can transfer information directly from backup iPhone. HTC is working on improving the desktop client Sync Manager, which already supports downloading music from iTunes, ready to give the ability to import backups straight to HTC One.

In other words, it will be possible to retrieve photos, videos, calendar events, text messages and other data from the stored in a media player iTunes iPhone backup so that all the accumulation of the "apple" phone easily migrated to the One. Of course, still have to find Android-iOS-analogues favorite applications.

In this case, HTC has done much to differentiate themselves from the "google-phone" other companies. A number of interesting introductions occurred on the part of software: proprietary shell Sense 5 onto the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, news aggregator BlinkFeed, features, services, chamber Zoe.

HTC One, announced last week, has a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels (468ppi), protected by glass Gorilla Glass2. In the all-metal aluminum body enclosed 4-core processor with a frequency of 1.7GHz, the machine also has 2GB of RAM. Your phone provides a 32GB drive, support for LTE and NFC. Built-in battery has a capability of 2300mAh.