HTC's next-gen flagship 'HTC One Two' launches in Q1 2014, judge reveals
HTC will release its next-generation flagship smartphone in February or March 2014, as a follow-up to the HTC One, UK patent judge Richard Arnold revealed on Tuesday.
The information surfaced during Nokia's patent trial against HTC. Nokia brought evidence that HTC will launch the "HTC One Two" in the first quarter of 2014. HTC's lawyer didn't dispute Nokia's claim, and it left the judge to conclude Nokia's statement as valid, BBC first reported.
No information in terms of specifications or photos surrounding the "HTC One Two" were revealed during the trial. If speculation and rumours from across the internet are to be believed, the HTC M8 floating around in leaks will be the "HTC One Two" when it hits the market in 2014.
The HTC M8 is said to have a quad-core 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor Andreno 330 graphics, Android 4.4 KitKat pre-installed with Sense 6.0, a 5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) screen, 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera, and 4-megapixel UltraPixel rear-camera. The design doesn't look to vary far from the current HTC One available worldwide.
On Tuesday, Judge Arnold ruled HTC will have to stop selling its HTC One mini smartphone in the UK from 6 December. The company was found to have infringed patents held by Nokia in some of the microchips used inside the phone.
The judge also ruled that technologies inside the HTC One also breach Nokia's patent, but has delayed an injunction on the HTC One to allow the Taiwanese manufacturer time to organise an appeal.
"HTC is pleased by the decision of the High Court of England and Wales to stay an injunction against certain chipsets, including those in our flagship HTC One, pending the outcome of our appeal against the validity and infringement of Nokia's EP 0 998 024 patent," HTC told Pocket-lint in a statement.
"Whilst the Court also granted an injunction that affects other third-party chipsets, we have filed urgent application to appeal. In the meantime, we are working with our chip suppliers to explore alternative solutions."
The company wouldn't confirm the "HTC One Two" plans revealed during the trial.
Nokia Wins Suit to Block HTC One Mini Sales in U.K.
Nokia recently won a lawsuit against HTC in the United Kingdom where it was fighting to block sales of the HTC One Mini. According to Bloomberg, specific chips inside the phone were infringing on patents owned by Nokia. The Finnish phone maker also tried to block sales of the flagship HTC One smartphone, though a judge ruled that such a move would inflict "considerable" damage on HTC sales and delayed an injunction against that model for now. According to Bloomberg, HTC sold 750,000 smartphones inside the U.K. between the months of January and September.
As a result of the ruling, HTC can't import new HTC One Mini phones into the U.K. for sale, likely already a big hit for the smartphone maker that has struggled to compete against Samsung and other big players. Nokia is also seeking financial payment for the infringement. HTC has a chance to appeal, which could help it prevent the impending injunction against the HTC One also.
"HTC is pleased by the decision of the High Court of England and Wales to stay an injunction against certain chipsets, including those in our flagship HTC One, pending the outcome of our appeal against the validity and infringement of Nokia's EP 0 998 024 patent," HTC said in a statement to Technobuffalo. "Whilst the Court also granted an injunction that affects other third party chipsets, we have filed urgent application to appeal. In the meantime, we are working with our chip suppliers to explore alternative solutions. As always, HTC's primary focus is on supporting our customers and ensuring minimal disruption to them and our business. Rest assured that our award winning HTC One handset will be available as usual."
I mean, can the phone audibly speak highlighted passages and words. Like you click on an article or word or something and the phone tells you what's written.
Also, what about Arabic fonts? The last time I read something in Arabic on the Android, it had a sort of cartoonish font which was hard to read. Can you root the phone and install something different? If so, I'd happily make the conversion...
Friend just came back from China and this app saved his life for 2 weeks and he says that communication was pretty good and he couldn't have survived without it!
Yeap, I just figured it out. You have to root the android to install rooted apps like system font changer and stuff. Then you get a variety of fonts to choose from when using your phone.
Seems like there's more stuff you can do with android in terms of customization...
...I'm sure that makes abu mohammed really happy. :-P
Actually, I don't root my phones at all. I only got it done once with my HTC HD2. It was a Windows phone, then android, then Windows again and so on.
Rooting the phone can void warranty!
The Samsung galaxy S4 has custom fonts, this changes the whole system font.
On the HTC One, we can only change font size.
However, there are free apps that can change the way the phones do work or displays itself. For example, there is "Go Launcher, Go keyboard, Go...." All sorts. But quite frankly, I can't stand it.
No need to root the phones in my opinion.
Yes, if you have an older version of Android, then they can be rooted to get the correct Arabic etc. Otherwise, I seriously don't think it's necessary to root the phones, especially if you don't know what your doing.
You can read up more on sites like XDA developers etc.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ROOT THE PHONES!
Customization can still be done through launchers that are free to download from the play store.
If I wanted, I could have my phone working/looking just like an iPhone, but would I? No.
Touch ID on Apple's iPhone 5s is losing accuracy over time for some users
The shine is already wearing off of Apple's new Touch ID technology for some iPhone 5s owners. Apple unveiled its latest flagship iPhone this past September and along with it, a new embedded fingerprint scanner brought about by the company's 2012 acquisition of mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million. Dubbed Touch ID, the new technology places a sapphire glass-covered fingerprint scanner in the home button of Apple's iPhone 5s and allows users to unlock the device or authenticate App Store purchases with just the touch of a finger. The new tech is among a few main selling points for the iPhone 5s, but a new report suggests some users are already having trouble with it after less than three months on the market.
"Dr. Drang," who is described by 5by5 as "a consulting engineer well known amongst nerds on the Internet,"�recently wrote on his blog And now it's all this that he's having some issues with Touch ID on his iPhone.
"I've been using Touch ID since I got an iPhone 5s in mid-October," Drang wrote. "Generally speaking, I like it, and I find it faster than the old swipe-and-passcode method, but I've felt compelled to reteach it my fingerprints twice already. I know this sounds impossible, but its recognition of my prints seems to decay with time."
The good doctor continued, "I rescanned my fingers this weekend, and Touch ID has been amazingly fast and accurate since then. Just as it was when I first got the 5s, and just as it was a few weeks later when I rescanned my fingers for the first time. Just before each rescan, though, I was so frustrated with Touch ID I felt like throwing the phone across the room."
Curious indeed, but one isolated issue doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem. According to John Gruber of Daring Fireball, however, the issue isn't exactly isolated.
"Drang is not alone - I've had a handful of readers ask me about this recently," Gruber noted. "Makes me think there's something to it. Me, personally, though, I haven't noticed any drop-off in accuracy."
Like Gruber, we haven't experienced any issues with the print reader on our devices. We also haven't seen any reports of this issue outside of the ones noted above. The iPhone 5s is still less than three months old, however, so this may be something to watch for as time progresses.
UPDATE: Of note, numerous people have posted responses on Twitter and sent BGR emails indicating that they are experiencing Touch ID accuracy degradation as described in this post.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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