HTC Introduces HTC Fetch App For Use With It’s Fetch Key Chain Phone Tracker

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We’ve all been there. That moment where you unfortunately left the house, work, or where ever else but forgot to grab your phone before you rushed out the door. It can be all too easy to forget important things like your keys, your wallet, and your phone, but your phone is as equally important as the other two. For most of us, it’s our lifeline. Our connection to the world. It has all our notes, all our contacts, our messages, pictures, music, games, apps, and just about everything else we might need while away from home and on the go. The good thing is that there are tools to help you remember before you leave, so you’re never stuck without the important data that you need or want. HTC is one such manufacturer that provides one of these tools called the Fetch, which is basically a little Bluetooth connectable device that will alert you if you move too far away from your phone. But what if you forget the Fetch you ask? Well the Fetch attaches to your keychain, so you should be OK and it should function as it’s intended as long as you remember your keys. Past that, we can’t help you.

You would think that such a device from a manufacturer would only work with smartphones that they produce, and that might have been the case with the Fetch prior to today. However, HTC has launched a Fetch app in the Play Store that is live and available for download as of now, and it works with HTC devices as well as a decent amount of smartphones that are from other OEMs. The one caveat is that your device has to support Bluetooth 4.0 for this setup to work. If you fit into that bill you can download the app and buy yourself a Fetch key chain device for about $30 from HTC themselves, or you can pick it from Amazon for as low as $25.70. That’s the lowest we’ve seen anyway. If you seem to have a habit of forgetting your phone when you leave, we’d definitely recommend giving this device and app a look and suggest you consider picking one up. Speaking from experience in forgetting their device at home, having a device remind you when you’re about to leave without it is a definite must have, especially if you’re planning on picking up a new HTC One M8. You wouldn’t want to forget that now would you?

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Google Play Edition of HTC One (2013) Price Gets Slashed $100, Price is Now $499

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Now that the All New HTC One has been announced, we’ll start seeing price drops for the original 2013 HTC One. It appears as though this price drop also extends to the Google Play Edition of the device, as well. Now that Google Play has updated their devices page on the Play Store, we’re seeing a $100 price drop for the original HTC One (2013).

Originally, the HTC One (2013) was $599, however, with the release of the All New HTC One, it has dropped to $499. Good guy Google is also offering free ground shipping, as well. The device is available now and it leaves the warehouse within 1-2 business days. If you were looking for an excuse to pick up the original HTC One, now would be your chance. This device is carrier unlocked and it offers a slew of useful features. You get HTC’s BoomSound, the UltraPixel camera that’s good for capturing excellent photos in low light environments, and the aluminum build. Another awesome thing about this device is that you don’t have to worry about a carrier skin, since the Google Play Edition is bathed in stock Android. So if you don’t like Sense, then have no fear, you don’t have to deal with it on this version.

The HTC One (2013) is a great phone, and the hardware features make it even better. You will miss out on some of the software features with this device because it’s a Google Play Edition, but you’re still getting good hardware for a pretty decent price. Internally, you’re getting a Snapdragon 600 processor, 32 GB of internal storage and 2 GB of RAM. You also get a 4.7-inch screen, a 2.1-megapixel front facing camera and that UltraPixel rear facing camera that we discussed before.

If the HTC One (2013) Google Play Edition is not for you, Google has also listed the All New HTC One (or the HTC One M8) on the Play Store as “coming soon”, so you’ll have to wait a bit to get your hands on that. Are you going to be grabbing the Google Play Edition of the HTC One (2013) at this new price, or are you waiting on the new HTC One (M8)?

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HTC’s Dot View Cases Will Cost You $50 Through Their Online Store

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Do you already have your trigger finger ready for some fast clicking in wait to purchase the all new HTC One M8? You won’t have to wait too much longer now. If you’ve already decided on the model, color, and carrier combinations you want to go with for the new device, there’s only one thing left for you to decide on and that’s whether or not you want yourself a new Dot View case to go along with that brand new phone. We agree that the phone looks much better without any sort of cases or extras, but it’s still always good to be prepared and keep a device protected from time to time.

So with that said, the Dot View cases are already up on HTC’s online store, and you can gawk at all the different colors that are available(there are 5 total: Baton Rouge, Imperial Blue, Orange Popsicle, Warm Black, and simply… Atlantis) but you still can’t purchase the cases, and we’d wager it’s because the phone itself isn’t purchasable yet, at least at the time of writing this. Once the case does go up for sale and if you’re willing to buy, you’ll be able to pick one up for $49.99 and have it shipped out. For those that haven’t seen the Dot View cases yet, they are HTC’s answer to the similar type of cases that Samsung offers for the Galaxy S4 and Note 3, which are the S-View flip covers. The idea is basically the same. The case is there to give you some protection while giving you the ability to see little bits of information with a quick glance at the face of the cover without having to flip it open.

The case does this by shining light through the little tiny holes on the front face of the flip cover, which has been described many times over to look like those old light bright toys we had as kids. While the HTC online store will have these available for sale, they likely won’t be the only ones as most other retail outlets where this phone will be sold will probably have them readily available as well. That is just a guess of course. Now, let’s go back to the name for the color of the green case. Atlantis. Best and most epic name for a color ever?

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Verizon Rolls Out Buy One, Get One Free Deal on HTC One M8

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It isn’t much of a secret that HTC has been trying to find a way to return to its former glory days. Once on top of the mobile world, HTC has since lost a lot of market share to the likes of Samsung and Apple, and it’s certainly looking to regain some ground in 2014. One way to do that is to offer the new HTC One M8 at a fairly low $199 price tag. Another way would be to double up on the offer, and that’s precisely what HTC and Verizon are doing.

Verizon has already gotten the ball moving, announcing earlier today that customers who buy an HTC One M8 will get another one free. Normally we don’t see deals like that on freshly announced smartphones, so this promotion could end up being a big hit for both Verizon and HTC. Of course, both phones require the standard two year contract, so while you’ll be getting two phones for the price of one, you’ll still be stuck with paying off two contracts for the next two years.

Still, if that doesn’t bother you and you’ve got someone in your life who could benefit from a free HTC One M8, then it may not be a bad idea to take advantage of this deal. Verizon has an in-store exclusivity deal for the HTC One M8 that lasts until April 9, and says this promotion will only last for a limited time. Though we don’t get a solid end date for the promotion, it seems reasonable to assume that it’ll be over by the time Verizon’s exclusivity deal comes to an end. That’s just a guess, keep in mind, but we can’t imagine Verizon would be too crazy about the idea of offering a BOGO promotion on the new HTC One M8 indefinitely.

The HTC One M8 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.3GHz. That CPU is working in tandem with 2GB of RAM, with either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage at your disposal. The phone will be running Android Kit Kat wrapped in HTC’s Sense 6.0 UI, with a 2,600mAh battery running the show. Screen size has taken a jump up to a whole five inches, though resolution remains the same at 1080p (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Well have more on the HTC One M8 throughout the day, so keep it tuned here to Android Headlines for more.

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HTC One M8 Google Play Edition Listing now on Google Play – Still Can’t Buy It

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Earlier today when HTC announced the new HTC One M8 they also announced the developer and Google Play Editions would be available today. Well we know that the Google Play Edition is going to cost $699, but now the listing is up on the Google Play Store – however it’s still not available for purchase just yet. The Google Play Edition is exactly the same as the Sense version, except it’s running stock Android – will also get updates faster than the Sense version of the HTC One M8. It’s also contract free and unlocked. So you’re looking at basically a Nexus-like phone from HTC. Which is what a lot of us have been waiting for, for quite a while. You will still have Boomsound, the dual-cameras and all those goodies as well. However the camera will probably still be worse than the Sense version because the stock Android camera just plain sucks. Which is evident with the Nexus devices and anytime you put a stock Android ROM on another Android smartphone.

The Google Play Store link should be going live later today. And you’ll be able to through $700 at Google for the HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. It’s a great phone, but I’m not sure I’d want to pay $700 for this device, at least not right away. With that said, the HTC One Google Play Edition – last year’s version – has gotten a $100 discount and is on sale for $499. If anyone is interested in last year’s model.

Per usual, this Google Play Edition is only available in the US and will only work on AT&T and T-Mobile as well as their prepaid and MVNO carriers like Straight Talk. So if you’re outside the US, you’re out of luck, unfortunately.

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HTC Bashing Samsung During their Event – What Else is New?

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It seems like with all the events that we watch here at Android Headlines – since it is our job – we’ve been seeing more and more OEMs taking stabs at Samsung. But is that really all that surprising? Samsung is basically the Apple of Android OEMs. They have the largest market share, and a bigger marketing budget than most OEMs make in profit. HTC took a few stabs at Samsung during their event today when HTC America’s president Jason Mackenzie was on stage. He basically said that their company doesn’t produce cheap plastic phones with dimples and “software gimmicks”. Well one could argue that some of the features in Sense 5 and 6 are software gimmicks as well, but that’s beside the point right now.

HTC drew comparisons between themselves and Samsung a lot, in saying that they don’t have a huge marketing budget and won’t be spending as much as Samsung does on marketing the new HTC One M8. HTC instead will be emphasizing the build quality of the HTC One M8, and the camera. It’ll be interesting to see how HTC does with their marketing this year. They already have one ad out for the HTC One M8, but obviously it’s going to take more than that. We might see HTC bashing Samsung in their ads, which is basically what Samsung did to Apple a couple years ago (in 2011) and that’s what really started gaining them market share and in turn gaining Android market share.

I think some Samsung bashing commercials could be funny. After all I did think the “Samsunged” ads from Samsung were pretty funny. Even the latest one aimed at the iPad Air which came out a few weeks ago, showcasing the new Galaxy TabPRO 10.1. What does everyone think about HTC bashing Samsung at their event and possibly in their commercials? Let us know in the comments below.

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Gary Oldman Stars In The First Commercial For The New HTC One M8

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The HTC live event stream and announcement events have been over for a little while, and some of the buzz over the device is starting to die down, but what everyone has undoubtedly noticed about HTC and their new device this year is that they have yet to do much advertising. Perhaps most of that is due to the device being announced only a short time ago, but nevertheless the wait is over. The first commercial for HTC’s new flagship 2014 smartphone is here. Last year was Robert Downey Jr., this year they’ve enlisted Gary Oldman and his slick british accent to take over the airwaves and really sell the blah blah out of this new device.

Seriously, that’s the gist of the new commercial. A lot of Blah blah blah, and really that’s about it. The idea here is that we can talk about he all new HTC One all we want. We can mention all the improvements over the old One, we can talk about the new duo camera, the sleeker more comfortable design in the hand, and the brighter, more vibrant screen with explosive color, but Gary Oldman wants you to know that all those things we have to say about the device is just a bunch of blah blah blah. Basically, It doesn’t matter what we say about the phone, because the new HTC One M8 is a phone for people who form their own opinions. This is quite a bit of a different approach to what HTC did last year, but we rather like what they’ve decided to do and hopefully it makes more of an impact. We have to agree that advertising all those awesome intense features is just more hype. You can listen to us talk about the cool new features all day, but ultimately it comes down to your decision, your choice.

This is the message that HTC and Gary Oldman are trying to convey. You’ll see plenty about the new devices getting launched here in the next couple months, and you will most certainly see more from Samsung about the best new device this year,(hint, they will tell you it’s the Galaxy S5)but in the end it comes down to what you like. Take some advice from Gary Oldman and go ahead and ask the internet. All you really have to do is simply look at the facts. Glaze over the specs, the new features, and design of the new device, and decide for yourself. Will this be the new phone for you? HTC is hoping so, but they’re not going to shove features down your throat to convince you. Listen to Commissioner Gordon, form your own opinion.

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