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HTC Pledges To Pump Up ‘One’ Production While Samsung’s New Flagship Ships Like Crazy
Author: Jon Mitchell
Oh HTC. You’ve produced one of the finest Android smartphones ever (seriously, just look at all these reviews), but you’ve faced more than your share of challenges when it came to actually pumping your top-tier One smartphone. As it happens, that may all soon change.
FocusTaiwan reported earlier today that HTC is preparing to pump out more of its wonderful Ones in short order — Jack Tong, the company’s North Asia president, noted that this month’s production capacity for the flagship device is twice that of April, and that surge will only continue into June.
Sounds pretty yawn-worthy, right? Normally I would spend too much time dwelling on the finer points of production capacity, but here’s a device that was launched to widespread praise by an underdog smartphone company some people have written off, and HTC has basically been getting screwed thanks to part shortages for the One’s Ultrapixel camera and a brief injunction due to the HDR microphone it uses. It’s like a perfect storm of headaches for a company that really, really doesn’t need it — one look at its Q1 financials and it’s clear that HTC needed this launch to go as smoothly as possible. It didn’t.
For what it’s worth, HTC hasn’t disclosed how many Ones it’s shipped since it launched earlier this year. Meanwhile, rival Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has become the Korean electronics giant’s fastest moving smartphone — Samsung shipped 6 million units in just over two weeks, and it hopes to cross the 10 million unit threshold by the end of this month. Oh, and let’s not forget the fact that Google’s Hugo Barra showed off a version of the S4 at the company’s I/O developer conference that runs a version of Android that’s unfettered by the software bloat that many a reviewer took umbrage at. Company representatives were careful not to call it a Nexus — even though it seems to harbor many of the advantages inherent to the Nexus line like a clean Android build and access to frequent software updates.
As I noted towards the end of my HTC One review, the wireless industry isn’t a meritocracy — the well-executed device doesn’t always wind up saving the day. Hopefully now that some of these production woes have been ironed out we’ll see HTC live to fight another day, but that’s still far from a given.
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Motrr Galileo nets $700k in Kickstarter pledges, available to pre-order now for $117
Author: Markus Smith
Perhaps you were discouraged by the uncertainty that comes along with a Kickstarter pledge, or you simply missed your chance to give Motrr’s Galileo an $ 85 kick before the deadline hit. Whatever the reason, you’re still in luck — the iOS-controlled iPhone platform is now available for a proper pre-order, with a 10-percent discount and free shipping in tow. Galileo, which netted a whopping $ 702,427 in Kickstarter funding, could soon be on its way to a nursery or conference room near you, for the slightly increased sum of $ 116.99. That Benjamin and change will buy you one 360-degree rotating platform, complete with a rechargeable battery, USB cable, tripod screw and user manual. There’s no word on when this latest round of pre-orders will be filled, but the company did confirm that it plans to ship the first batch this summer. Full deets (and pre-order option) are at the source link after the break.
Motrr Galileo nets $ 700k in Kickstarter pledges, available to pre-order now for $ 117 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Asus pledges speedy Jelly Bean updates, is “very close to Google”
Author: Ian Simpson
We’ve been hearing for a while that the next version of Android will be called Jelly Bean, in accordance with Google’s alphabetized and dessert-inspired naming scheme for the platform. Short of some none-too-subtle hinting, however, the company seems reticent to address the issue in public. Well, the cat may just have been let out of the bag courtesy of Asus corporate vice president Benson Lin, who had this to say to TechRadar:
“Asus is very close to Google, so once they have Android 5.0 I think there will be a high possibility that we will be the first wave to offer the Jelly Bean update.”
If accurate, the comments would not only confirm the codename but also that the next significant update to Android will indeed be represented by a…
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Volvo set to unveil V60 Plug-in at Geneva, pledges to be slightly less naughty
Author: Tyler Evans
The new V60 is billed by its creators as being a “naughty Volvo,” and while the reviews we’ve read of its sedan counterpart haven’t exactly found it to be particularly uncouth, we’re thinking the upcoming plug-in wagon version should be even more friendly. Volvo has announced it will unveil the PHEV V60 in Geneva in March before releasing it for sale in 2012. When fully charged it will offer 50km (31 miles) on pure electricity — about the same as the Volt — thanks to a 70hp electric motor mounted in the rear and driving the wheels out back courtesy of a 12kWh Li-ion battery pack. Up front, meanwhile, is a 215hp, 2.4 liter, five-cylinder turbodiesel. It remains to be seen whether there is any mechanical link between the disparate power systems or whether they remain alone, working together yet apart, but we should be getting all the details shortly.
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Volvo set to unveil V60 Plug-in at Geneva, pledges to be slightly less naughty originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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White House pledges another $800 million for broadband stimulus
Author: Alexander McQueen
White House pledges another $800 million for broadband stimulus originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Windows Phone 7 In 2010, Ballmer Pledges
Author: Alexander McQueen
Windows Phone 7 In 2010, Ballmer Pledges
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer confirms company’s intention to roll out new mobile OS in time for the holiday season.
