For several years now, all my devices have been HTC phone, the Touch, Touch Pro, HD, Touch Pro 2, Desire Z but as much as I enjoyed the brand for providing an amazing hardware I also enjoyed it because it was releasing regular updates and the community was very active as it was the only brand to "allow" this level of customization.
After a year and half having the Desire Z, I wanted to update my phone to something more current but HTC did (and still don't) propose any Android slide-out device, so I decided to jump to the competition, not without fear (I had a very bad experience with Motorola... » Read More
One thing I don't like about most reviews on the internet is the fact that they are done without real experience on the device, a few minutes or hours with it and a judgement is done. I understand the concept, giving as quickly as possible an idea and comment on a device even if this idea is wrong. It generate traffic and page views but unfortunately does not really help the person who is going to purchase and use the device.
Once this said, let's talk about the Samsung Captivate Glide and let me tell you, I have been waiting a very long time for a replacement of my HTC Desire Z with a dual... » Read More
HTC did not offer so many tablet during the past year, but I have to tell you straight, this option are funny it may seem to some is a must and let me explain why.
First let put it in the context, I live in a big city and I use my tablet everywhere I go, office, public transportation, home...
The first tablet I owned was the Acer A500, a great tablet, cheap, a lot of custom ROMs out there to make it faster and bloatware free but the main issue was its size!!! Yes 10 inches is great when you are in your sofa browsing the web but now try the same standing in a bus... good luck with that!
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For a while now, I have been looking for a good/cheap way to communicate with my family abroad. I have been trying a lot of software, some free, some very familiar and some not so good...
For this reason I decided to share here my personal experience and opinion on some of the tools available on the market and the functions they give you.
Let me spoil the suspense, NONE is perfect in my opinion but...
Viber: My personal favorite. Easy to use, this software use the cellphone to connect people so no need to create and give an id for your friends to find you, they will as soon as you jo... » Read More
Here is an interesting initiative from the National Security Agency (NSA) and believe me I will not compliment them on a regular base. Still, the Agency decided to take Android and make it even more secure, the project name is SEAndroid and can be accesses here.
The idea behind this project is to enhance the original Android proposed by Google and reinforced its security in order to avoid data loss or intrusions on the device.
Security Enhanced (SE) Android is a project to identify and address critical gaps in the security of Android. Initially, the SE Android project is enabling the use o... » Read More
Everywhere around the Internet, you'll be able to find the best apps ad widgets available for your android devices but honestly I dislike most of them.
Let's be clear, a lot of apps presented are good and can make you life easy and make you device fancy but my objective is not really the same. I want my device to stay as light as possible (cpu, battery life, user experience...) and my privacy to be respected.
On the privacy point, the more you add apps the more you take risks to have some of your information flying onto server you don't and will never have access to.
So now, let's get to it... » Read More
Once again bad news for your privacy! TrevE (once again) is the developer letting us know about the vulnerability, and this one concerns only WiMax devices. Good for most of us but still, let me explain briefly without going into the technical details that you'll be able to find on XDA following the link below.
When you open a WiMax connection using your HTC device, it seems that two ports stay open and any attacker who gains controls can potentially not only access your data but also "manipulate data connectivity and to go even as far as being able to completely reprogram your device’s C... » Read More
As already discussed about the vulnerabity discovered by TrevE and that could potentially be used to collect all kind of
information about you on HTC recent devices. On week later, HTC finally replies, acknowledges the facts and promises a OTA update for all the concerned devices.
We can only enjoy this decision but still I wonder, why did it take so long to answer, why did the developer had to make his discovery public to finally have a reaction. I am happy to see that in this age of technology, one can have the power to make a difference but also scared to see that such an important ... » Read More
Let's start by some explanations:
When HTC decided to release Android devices they also introduced "HTC Sense". In order to make user experience as smooth as possible they started collecting "anonymous" data and start logging your behavior and so far no problem as you could decide to opt-out and turn of the function and HTC did several announcement stating the app was harmless and data collected were only done to improve their products and services.
But, there is a but... According to XDA Developer TrevE is is very easy to develop an application that have only as permission the write to ... » Read More
Like most of you I spend my day with my phone in hand and I come so use it for every little thing. One things I did not like in the past was remembering all the URLs on magazines, websites and all. QR Code was the answer and as you can see even on this site I use them in order to make your (but also my) life easier. I even use them to share my contact details.
No need to type anymore, just scan the code and the phone is "smart" enough to understand what to do with the content of the code! SMART, you said??? Not really!
According to Kaspersky, these code can but used for the worst, rerout... » Read More
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