Today is the day Facebook Home is released for Android devices, and though it may seem possible to download the app for your smartphone or tablet, it won’t necessarily be in full working order this afternoon. Why would that be – you might ask? Because Facebook’s launch of Facebook Home is limited to just five devices – and one of them was just released to the market today.
Last week, Facebook announced Facebook Home -- a new home screen/app launcher of sorts that looks to skin your Android device with the social network's goodness. The phone that's specifically made for the new launcher, the HTC First, is now available on AT&T exclusively for just $99 after signing a new two-year contract.
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After being announced just a couple of weeks ago, the HTC One is seeing its source code being released to the public. However, it seems that only Vodafone UK and Vodafone France versions of the new device are involved. However, that could change in the future. The release of the source code will make it easier for developers to create custom ROMs for the One.
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The HTC First is not the Facebook Phone, but it’s a Facebook Phone, and if you feel like we’ve been here before then you’re not alone. Baking the core essence of Facebook Home – “putting people first” with a content-rich homescreen and tightly integrated messaging – into a dedicated handset, the First is the start of what we’re told will be a series of Home “experience” devices. Problem is, HTC tried putting Facebook front and center once before, with the HTC Salsa and ChaCha, and neither found much favor among the socially-obsessed. Has the $99.99 First got what it takes to be our very best friend? Read on for the full SlashGear review.
Welcome to Monday evening everyone. Kicking the week off is a press invitation from Google and the city of Austin, Texas, suggesting that the Google Fiber rumors are true. In addition, a couple screenshots have surfaced showing what is said to be Google Babel, and the search engine giant is also tipped to nab WhatsApp for $1 billion. Finally, in Google news, the latest Drive update for iPhone users just rolled out.
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After hearing from AT&T about the release date of the HTC One on their network, T-Mobile is also apparently pushing out the word of the release date for the new device, and it's unsurprisingly coming the same day that AT&T's version becomes available. T-Mobile will start selling the HTC One on April 19, according to Best Buy, which has the phone listed at $249.
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Is the HTC One the best Android smartphone around, and has the wait for the AT&T LTE version been worth it? We’ve already spent more than 6,000 words on the HTC One, back in our review of the European version, but this was our chance to put the first US-specific variant to the test. To do that we took it out into the wild to put the key selling points – specifically the UltraPixel camera and the 4G speed – on trial at the New York Auto Show, among other places, as well as to see if the non-removable battery is a deal-breaker in the face of the fast-incoming Samsung Galaxy S 4. Read on to find out how the HTC One fared.
HTC hoped the One would turn its fortunes around in 2013; instead, delays in its launch have left the company posting its weakest quarterly financial result in its history. A net profit of just 85m Taiwanese dollars (US$2.85m) for the three month period at the start of the year was down from the NT$1bn HTC posted in Q4 last year, having only put the One on sale in a fraction of the countries it had expected to.
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If you're thinking about picking up an HTC first device on the 12th of April, you might want to consider turning Facebook Home off. But why would I want to turn off the system that's selling the smartphone, you might ask? Because there's a completely clean Android Jelly Bean under that Facebook Home skin, that's why! It's time to deactivate Facebook Home before you even take the time to use it!
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If you've got a hankering for an HTC One with a smaller display size and a body like the HTC first, but without so much Facebook onboard, you might be in luck! This week the HTC M4 has been tipped, a similar code-name onboard to the HTC One (which was code-named M7) complete with specifications that suggest it's a slightly different delivery of the HTC First without Facebook Home - Sense instead!
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If you didn't know everything there is to know about the HTC One smartphone already, you're certainly about to. HTC is unleashing a presentation series they're calling the HTC One Live Experience tour here in the United States, each stop designed to show off the capabilities of the HTC One smartphone. Each of the following three distinct executions of HTC One skills will be appearing in 11 major markets across the USA: HTC BoomSound Lounge, HTC One Showrooms and HTC One Cinema Experiences.
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Welcome to Thursday evening everyone. Today Facebook unveiled Facebook Home on the HTC first at an event in California. As a result, the social network saw its stocks jump 3-percent. Word was passed down that other devices will support Facebook Home in the future, but will initially be available on the HTC first and a few others on April 12.
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