Wireless Vulnerability on Some HTC Smartphones; A Fix is in the Works

02/09/2012 By Leave a Comment
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Earlier this month, HTC officially announced that they are aware of a wireless vulnerabiltiy on some HTC handsets running Android. The vulnerability comes with any application that requests access to "ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" and allows others to see the passwords used by the user to connect to wireless access points at home or while on the go. Fortunately, this weakness was discovered by a couple of researchers who then reported the issue to HTC. A detailed report of the exploit including a … [Read more...]

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HTC Bootloaders: Is Your Phone Unlockable?

12/29/2011 By 1 Comment
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While unlocking the bootloader on a smartphone is not for everyone, there is a large community begging device manufacturers to free them of the boundaries from a stock device with locked down features. The bootloader is a set of instructions specifically designed to communicate with the motherboard and other internal hardware pieces of a device at boot up; giving them strict guidelines on how to start and work together. With many new devices released each quarter, manufacturers have a … [Read more...]

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HTC Devices First Up to get a Taste of Ice Cream Sandwich

11/07/2011 By Leave a Comment
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Did you catch the press event when Android's newest version Ice Cream Sandwich was announced a couple of weeks ago? Although the facial recognition unlock feature did not work during the live demo the event was a success none-the-less and full of enhancements to the popular mobile platform. Now that we have all drifted off that cloud of excitement curious customers want to know which devices are going to get an upgrade to the revamped operating system which is fit for both tablets and … [Read more...]

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Verizon Makes the HTC Rezound Official

11/03/2011 By Leave a Comment
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Still trying to pass along the Liveblog info I am reading from the event, but before I can finish Verizon has published and shared their press release on the Rezound. Check it out for yourself. Lots of choices this holiday season! The BeastAudio portion sounds promising, but we shall see. HTC AND VERIZON WIRELESS UNVEIL HTC REZOUND™, FIRST SMARTPHONE IN THE U.S. TO FEATURE BEATS AUDIO™ HTC Rezound breaks new ground with introduction of advanced audio and high-definition visual … [Read more...]

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HTC Continues the Streak in Revenue Growth Sixth Quarter in a Row

10/31/2011 By Leave a Comment
Wildfire

HTC released their third quarter numbers for 2011 and the outcome for the smartphone manufacturer is "Loudly Brilliant" to say the least. HTC is reporting a 93% increase in handset shipments over the last few months compared to last year's quarter which was also an increase from the year before. Here is a quick excerpt from HTC's investor announcement this morning. 3Q Highlights ‧After-tax profit was NT$18.68bn, up 68% year-on-year; EPS was NT$22.07 ‧Total revenues grew for the sixth … [Read more...]

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