Tuesday
Aug192014

HTC One M8 for Windows Phone released in the U.S. exclusive to Verizon

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

HTC has just released an HTC One M8 that runs Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1 operating system instead of Android’s current KitKat OS. While available only in the U.S. and only on Verizon, this strategy of offering identical hardware and functionality with a different OS seems brilliant. So why aren't other manufacturers doing it?

After all, most Windows Phones and Android devices are all but identical under the hood and run on similar ARM processors and chips. HTC”s move to replicate the HTC One’s outstanding build and feature set in the Windows Phone world, suddenly makes a lot of sense.

The HTC One M8 remains one of the most impressive Android flagship devices in the market right now. Even if it launched earlier than the Samsung, Sony and LG competitors, it still bests most of these devices in a number of areas. It is a great Android phone, now that Windows Phone variant has been released, it will be very interesting to see how other phone makers will respond (is creating a Windows Phone variant of an LG G3 or Galaxy S5 going to be a thing?) and more importantly we should see how customers react to suddenly having some premium handsets on Windows Phone that aren’t made by Nokia.

Source: HTC

Tuesday
Aug192014

New and improved Wrap Camera HD for iOS adds features and functionality

Power APP AG today releases Wrap Camera HD 3.6.0, a major update to their picture editing app for iOS. Wrap Camera HD is the ultimate photo and image editing tool to create stunning pictures and awesome artwork. Starting with version 3.5 the existing code was ditched with the whole app rebuilt from scratch. Version 3.6 has additional built-in features, offering better performance, major speed increase and a more intuitive user interface while increasing the total number of filters and effects.

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Tuesday
Aug192014

Celebrate World Photo Day with smartphone shooting tips and apps

Today is World Photo Day and considering that we're celebrating 175 years since the first permanent photographic process was patented and released to the world, we now take more photos than ever before. To be more precise, the number of photos taken by 2014 will be around one trillon, that's a lot of pictures. Hit jump for tips to improve shooting on your iPhone as well as some notable apps, and photographers worth following.

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Monday
Aug182014

Buy games remotely for your Xbox One with SmartGlass Android update

Microsoft just updated the non-beta version of its Xbox One SmartGlass Android application to let you easily buy games while on-the-go. The new version of the app also lets you rate your favorite clips and activity feed entries; look through new and popular games, bundles, and add-ons; and receive and view shared activity feed entries and game clips.

Source: Android Central