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Windows Phone 8X by HTC Easily Scratches the Screen (Image) Updated !

November 14, 2012 By 21 Comments
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Did you just get a brand new Windows Phone 8X by HTC?  Do you already scratches on the screen? Well we have !! I guess the Gorilla Glass 2 is not really that scratch resistant. However the Corning Gorilla Glass on the Nokia Lumia 920 is not showing anything like we see on the Windows Phone 8X by HTC. It is very hard to notice, but the scratches are there! I haven't seen this in a while on especially on any of my devices with the Gorilla Glass technology, but this is really noticeable.  It … [Read more...]

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Update : Windows Phone 8X 8GB and 16GB with AT&T in the store on November 9th as well

November 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
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In a press release earlier today from AT&T about the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 availability it was also noted that the Windows Phone 8X by HTC will be available in the stores before the Thanksgiving holidays. The Windows Phone 8X by HTC will be available in the standard size but will have a special AT&T model. Update after the break Update: instead of just before Thanksgiving the HTC 8X will be available on November 9th as well just like the Nokia Lumia 920 Before Thanksgiving, … [Read more...]

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New HTC Signature Windows Phone branded as Windows Phone by HTC

September 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Yesterday HTC announced together with Microsoft their new HTC Signature Windows Phone devices. Part of the announcement was that Microsoft and HTC have a special relationship and made this even more evident. The new HTC 8X and HTC 8S are actually not named the way most of us are referring to these devices. The tighter relationship  between HTC and Microsft allowes HTC to call their devices as HTC Signature Windows Phone units. This created yesterday some negative feedback by Nokia who is … [Read more...]

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HTC 8X and HTC 8S Windows Phone First Hands On Impressions

September 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Yesterday I had the pleasure to attend the press conference of  HTC launching their new Windows Phone devices the HTC 8X and the HTC 8S in New York City. Let me tell you that it was definitely worth my time and I have to give HTC credit  that they have stepped up their game with these great new Windows Phone devices. With two similar HTC events going on in New York City and London will already tell you that HTC is giving these new Windows Phone Signature device a high priority. Both Peter … [Read more...]

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HTC Joining Nokia and Samsung this Month in the Launch of New Windows Phone 8 devices

September 4, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Tomorrow will be Nokia's day in New York City where it will launch their rumored Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 devices. Samsung announced the Ativ S last week during the IFA.  Next week  Apple will make their announcement of new devices, but HTC will sandwich this date with an Windows Phone 8 announcement on the 19th of September in New York City. We will be there tomorrow and on the 19th and let you know the details of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 operating system. This month … [Read more...]

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Hands on Video with the HTC Vivid 4G LTE from AT&T

November 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The HTC Vivid 4G LTE phone is the latest LTE phone that launched this week on the AT&T network together with the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. When you hold the HTC Vivid in your hand the first impression will be...wow this is a nice heavy and solid unit. But if you ever had the light weighted Samsung Galaxy S or S II series as your device you might think a little differently. The HTC Vivid is a very powerful device and some great specifications. The Dual Core processor gives you a … [Read more...]

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Microsoft and Windows Phone Event this Monday in NYC (Secret)

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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You might have been reading that this coming Sunday the new Windows Phones namely The Samsung Focus S, Samsung Flash and the HTC Titan will be available in the AT&T stores. But the day, which is this Monday November 7, 2011, Microsoft has a whole day planned in NYC to give Windows Phone a giant push. Besides an evening party hosted by Microsoft, there will be a Secret reveal at Herald square at Noon in which they bring Windows Phone to life in a big way. I have so my idea about this, what … [Read more...]

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New Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on AT&T from Samsung and HTC

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Mango update for all existing Windows Phones is getting closer. I can't wait to update my Samsung Focus to the official Mango update. But now Samsung also announced that they will be launching two new Windows Phone with AT&T. These two new phones are: Samsung Focus S The Samsung Focus™ S builds on the success of the award-winning and highest-selling Windows Phone in the U.S., the Samsung Focus™. Featuring: a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display 1.4GHz … [Read more...]

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Steve Ballmer Promises over 500 New Windows Phone Features in Mango Tomorrow, Live Feed info.

May 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As invites went around a couple of weeks ago for a special Windows Phone Event in NY City it becomes more clear that the specifics of the Mango update, possible named Windows Phone 7.5, will be revealed tomorrow.  Steve Ballmer mentioned over 500 new features for the Windows Phone operating system in this update. As we reported earlier together with our sister site WP7.nl the Mango update will bring an extensive added experience and functionality in the Bing client on the devices. However … [Read more...]

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Connect to hidden WiFi networks on Windows Phone 7 with HTC

April 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Until now it was not possible to connect to hidden networks on your Windows Phone 7, leaving a lot of disappointed users with no other choice to connect other than visible networks. The reasons to make a network hidden are obvious. What can't be seen isn't there. Although a lot of laptop or tablet users can connect to hidden networks without any problems, Windows Phone 7 users can't even see those networks. Now HTC has developed a small app to let your HTC Windows Phone 7 connect to those hidden … [Read more...]

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