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HTC One Review [2013]

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

It’s been a tough few years for HTC, unsung victim of the Apple-Samsung smartphone war, and the new HTC One has a lot to do to fix that. The company has seen its place in Android dwindle from trailblazer to also-ran, as Samsung’s cutting-edge hardware and vast marketing budget forced Galaxy to the fore. Solid phones like 2012′s One X and One S failed to relight HTC’s fire, and so it has done the only thing it can: raise its game much, much higher with the HTC One. We’re back to the days of risk-taking hardware decisions and legitimately interesting software, but the big question is whether the One can pull it off. Read on for the full SlashGear review.

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Google I/O 2013 sells out in under an hour

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

This morning (less than an hour ago, in fact) the developer conference known as Google I/O 2013 sold its tickets out in what may be record time. According to last year’s record, the big G sold out all of its tickets – regular and academic – in less than 15 minutes, while the year before that it was, once again, “less than an hour.” This year we’ll have to wait for the official clock from Google to get their view on the situation, but by our watch, the event sold out in 45 minutes.

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Dell XPS 18 hands-on: 18-inch tablet? Portable all-in-one PC? Delusional?

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

You have to give the PC OEMs some credit: they’re really milking the touch potential of Windows 8, and hulking great “home tablets” seem to be the finger-fetish of the moment. Latest to join the trend is Dell with the XPS 18, an 18.4-inch slab of dockable multitouch, with the company would rather you think of as a portable all-in-one PC than as a tablet in the traditional sense. Intended to be toted round the home, rather than outside of it, the XPS 18 packs up to a Core i7 processor and a battery good for a surprising five hours of off-the-AC use. We caught up with Dell for an early play.

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DEFCAD takes aim with open source 3D Printing Search Engine

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

The group known as DEFCAD have, up until today, been known primarily for their supply of downloadable CAD (read: 3D Printing) templates for firearms. This week they’ve announced that they’re going full steam ahead with a DEFCAD search engine for 3D printable models of all kinds – and they need funding. If you’re willing to toss a few bucks their way, they’ll be willing to let you in on the final product once it exists: completely devoid of the censorship they maintain is running rampant.

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Google Glass re-issues Prescription Lenses assurance

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

It’s time again that Google makes their Project Glass initiative clearly stated, complete with a push for not just those who wouldn’t normally wear headgear on the regular, but those of us with prescription lenses as well. You’ll find that Google’s confirmation this time around is not guaranteed for the Explorer Edition of the headgear, but a release “later this year” is in the works. And yes, if you didn’t know already, that means that we WILL be seeing Glass as a consumer product inside 2013!

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AT&T BlackBerry Z10 lands March 22 but is $200 crazy money?

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

AT&T will begin offering preorders of the BlackBerry Z10 from March 12, with the BlackBerry 10 smartphone itself shipping from March 22, though you’ll need to stump up a hefty $199.99 in order to jump on-board. New and existing personal customers will be offered the phone first, with business users and in-store sales waiting until later this month.

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Is this a Samsung Galaxy S4 test mule?

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

All eyes are on Samsung’s Galaxy S4 “Unpacked” event this Thursday to see what the company has for Android addicts, but new leaks in China suggest it’ll be a powerhouse at least. What’s said to be a dual-SIM Galaxy S4 for China Unicom has been spotted at forum 52Samsung, complete with some supposed benchmarking results tipping a quadcore 1.8GHz processor and Full HD display among other things. However, the Note II-alike casing may well be a red herring.

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NVIDIA Project SHIELD unleashes Riptide GP 2 in sweetest demo yet

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

It’s time again for some rip-roaring action with NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD and the sequel to one of the most awesomely entertaining games on the Android gaming platform: Riptide GP 2! This game takes on what the original blasted forth with awesomely futuristic jet-ski racing made excellent by NVIDIA’s team-up with the developers at Vector Unit for Tegra optimization. In this demo you’ll also be seeing the Project SHIELD implementation of NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processing power with visual splendor popping up on a whopping 72 GPU cores.

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Facebook Phone strikes again: HTC Myst leaked

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

It’s about time we had another suggestion for a Facebook phone – it’s been about 2 months since we last spoke about the concept and we’ve only had a couple of years between the first HTC Facebook phone in the ChaCha and now. So what’s this newest concept all about? It’s all about reviving the relative failure that was the HTC Salsa for a whole new generation – but why? Why would HTC and Facebook do such a thing?

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Facebook News Feed Update: it’s all changing – again

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you’ve heard about the Facebook event this week surrounding changes to the social network’s main feed, you’ve likely felt a little tinge of annoyance. It’s not as if we’ve not seen drastic changes to one of the most visited websites in the history of the world before, but as it’s been made clear several times before: people don’t like change in the tools they use every single day. So what can we expect over the next few months now that the Facebook crew is letting loose a brand new collection of features?

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ASUS Transformer AiO is a world’s first: Windows 8/Android hybrid madness

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

At Mobile World Congress last month we had a magical experience with ASUS that noone will ever forget – but one device we saw seems to have been looked over until now: the ASUS Transformer AiO. This device was shown, but not exactly detailed – this week we’re learning why. Apparently this machine – bear with me now – is both a Windows 8 desktop and an Android tablet – both running separate processors.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 screenshots foretell beastly specifications

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the Samsung Galaxy S4 (or Samsung Galaxy S IV, if you prefer) is getting its fair share of pre-release specification leaks, some of them fake, others exceedingly realistic. The one we’re about to have a peek at seems to our haggard, weathered eyeballs to be almost surprisingly legitimate – pixel sizes of their screenshots included. With this leak comes a selection of screenshots that include specifications from the app Quick System Info PRO – a free app that’ll tell you everything you need to know about your device in a jiffy.

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