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
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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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
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