Video: Facebook Home's odd new ad makes me not want to install it

So, Facebook launched Facebook Home last week. Their new Android application that lives on user's homescreens and pushes out updates and chatheads making Facebook's messaging and wall features take over user's smartphones. Now there's a new advertisement that's supposed to generate buzz for the new user-centric application but instead gives us the willies. The advertisement points out just how pervasive and interrupting Facebook can be. It also promotes using your smartphone in a plane even after the flight attendant has asked you to put your phone away.

Review: HTC One

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The HTC One is a giant step for HTC in terms of smartphone design and creation. The Taiwanese company has always been focused on devices that are very well designed, intuitive and beautiful. With the HTC One, the company has come a long way and has produced what is arguably one of the most desirable smartphones we've seen this year, but will it have enough mojo to get customers to abandon their current devices.

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Image of Lumia 928 variant due to Verizon leaks

@Evleaks on Twitter, who has been accurate in its previous outings of the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S 4, has posed up a front and back image of what it claims is the Lumia 928, a variant of the flagship Lumia 920 designed to run on that network coming in April.

BlackBerry Q10 Pre-orders begin at TELUS, Future Shop

The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone is expected to launch sometime in April and while various Canadian carriers are expected to carry the QWERTY keyboard-toting BB10 smartphone, TELUS is the only one who has let us know that they're taking preorders. The Q10 will retail for $199 on a 3-year term or $700 outright with a month-to-month plan on TELUS.

The BlackBerry Q10 is the device that many of the RIM faithful are holding out for, it is the evolution of the popular Bold 9000 and 9900 but with a vastly updated BB10 OS and all the modern features befitting a marquee smartphone. I think it is going to be a huge seller for BlackBerry, specially since there's high likelihood of adoption by corporate and government users. Check out our video demo of the Q10 from the BB10 launch. Future Shop has also announced its own pre-order availability starting today.

The Q10 smartphone will be available at Future Shop on the Bell, Rogers, TELUS and Virgin Mobile Canada networks in the coming weeks. Customers can pre-order the new BlackBerry Q10 from any Future Shop store in Canada with a $50 deposit.