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HTC Vive Pre adds mixed reality-like capabilities
A front facing camera and "Chaperone mode" in HTC Vive Pre helps solve the problem of environment awareness, one of the big challenges of VR.  Although this reduces the gap between virtual reality and mixed reality, it still falls short of the Microsoft HoloLens which is a completely self-contained, untethered computer that can integrate virtual objects into your real world using surface reconstruction to understand your physical environment.
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Good News from Apple and HTC
Apple and HTC, it's just been reported tonight, have decided to stop fighting. The two companies, according to Reuters, announced "a global patent settlement and 10-year license agreement that includes current and future patents held by the companies." Ideally, this is just the first step and we'll soon see similar announcements from Apple & Samsung and Apple & Motorola. Apple, as I wrote a few months ago, in a column called "Sue Different," is  almost as good at filing lawsuits as it is at inventing new products.
Right now, one of the biggest drags on technological innovation is the patent system. Companies spend resources suing each other instead of building things; and uncertainty hangs over every invention. Dream up something new, and you still have to worry that you'll be hit by a patent suit. Since patents in technology are so hard to define—even the people who write them sometimes have no idea what they mean—the whole system becomes confused. 
There are lots of players involved in creating this muck, and lots of players who'll need to clean it up. We need to get rid of patent trolls; the US PTO needs some revamping; Congress needs to pass new laws; and the large corporations need to enter into massive cross-licensing agreements. We don't know the details yet, but this deal seems to be a very good first step. Let's hope there's more to come.
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HTC launches Desire 728 Dual SIM in India
The Desire 728 has a 5.5-inch display with 720p resolution. It runs on a MediaTek MT6753 chipset with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage, which can be expanded using microSD. On the back is a 13 megapixel camera, and on the front is a 5 megapixel shooter. The battery is 2800mAh and the phone runs on HTC Sense UI on top of Android 5.1. The Desire 728 also has the company’s BoomSound stereo speakers. True to its name, the phone includes dual SIM support with 4G LTE.
The Desire 728 Dual SIM is priced at INR 17,990 ($269), which is a bit expensive as you can get phones like the OnePlus X and the Lenovo Vibe S1 for the same money, and both are better equipped in comparison
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HTC One A9, One M9

HTC One A9, One M9

As promised before, HTC has finally started seeding the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates respectively to its One A9 (unlocked) and One M9 smartphones.
The announcement comes via HTC’s VP of Product Management Mo Versi, who on Wednesday tweeted, “Happy Holidays! Updates to the Unlocked A9 6.0.1 and Unlocked M9 6.0 will be able to be downloaded within next 24 hours! Enjoy :-).” It is not yet clear as to when HTC plans to bring the update on carrier-based models. However, Versi replied to users stating that the company is already working with Verizon and T-Mobile.
The Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update for the HTC One A9 brings several bug fixes and the latest set of emojis from Unicode 7 and Unicode 8. The previously available emojis have also received visible tweaks in terms. Google Keyboard also gets updated as a part of the new OS version. It also brings with it the December Security Update for Android devices alongside minor tweaks such as adding revamped navigation buttons for tablets. It is worth mentioning that Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow started rolling out to Nexus devices earlier this month.
As for HTC One M9, users on the XDA forum (via GadgetzArena) are reporting that the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update arrives in two parts. While the first update (2.11.617.180) prepares the device to install Android 6.0 Marshmallow weighing 99.47MB, the second one downloads and installs the new OS version weighing in at 1.21GB. The second update also brings the software version to 3.35.617.12.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow (previously just Android M) brings features such as revamped app permissions; Google Now on Tap feature; Android Pay mobile payment system, and new fingerprint APIs for developers among others.
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HTC One A9 Product Ambassador – BlinkFeed, or how I became more of a social media junky.

With the last HTC phone I had (the E8) I didn’t set up BlinkFeed (the vertical scrolling list of updates/headlines from several different sources). It is like an online party with all of your social media sites in the same room. At the time I didn’t see the need for me to have it set up, and I also didn’t think I was too lazybusy to check my sites myself. As it is I only get certain Facebook notifications (events, messages etc) right away. Most of the “likes” and such I only will see if I open up the application. I don’t need to be that connected, right?
I have set up BlinkFeed on the A9, and although it has taken a few tweaks to get used to – it is now the feature I check most often on my phone. It is neat to see what the application thinks I would find interesting – and it shows different things from the news feeds in the actual tools.
BlinkFeed has a real variety or services and app’s that it can provide for your feed: News, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mealtime recommendations, Tumblr and Twitter.







At first I had all of them selected (well I am not on Flickr or Tumblr) – but even all of the rest just seemed way too chaotic for me. I have since simplified and now just have Facebook, LinkedIn and Google +.  I have the Chicago Tribune application for my news (it’s more local). And as for Instagram and FourSquare – I didn’t see the need to have “food envy” all day long.
Do I get all the updates that I need? No. Do I get updates that I would have missed? Yes (and maybe that is because I am checking the BlinkFeed more than I would have checked the individual applications, but who knows).  I am still playing with the different settings (The Tips and Help section in the settings is very helpful) and finding things I wouldn’t even have thought of!








Do you use BlinkFeed? What do you think?

Disclaimer: The Product Ambassadors are Sprint employees from many different parts of the company that love technology. They volunteer to test out all sorts of Sprint devices and offer opinions freely to the Community. Each Product Ambassador shares their own opinions of these devices, therefore the information in this post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sprint. The PA's do not represent the company in an official way, and should not be expected to respond to Community members in an official capacity. #sprintemployee  
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HTC takes inspiration from Apple's '1984' to promote 'be different'.

HTC takes inspiration from Apple's '1984' to promote 'be different'.

Either a very bold move with the aim to garner earned media, or a misguided marketing strategy.
HTC has launched a campaign that seemingly parodies '1984', one of Apple's most iconic TV commercials, to 'be different', by promoting a phone that is regarded by industry experts as very similar to the iphone 6. 
The anti-Apple narrative is pretty obvious in the film; the protagonist is seen smashing a bowl full of pearl-white apples while automats, similar to those in '1984', look astonished. 
If HTC is embracing the irony and poking fun at itself then jolly good show. Let's hope that is the case and that it is a calculated risk too. 
HTC takes inspiration from Apple's '1984' to promote 'be different'.
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Stealing Fingerprints from HTC Phones

Stealing Fingerprints from HTC Phones

Biometrics are generally thought to be very secure, which is why many phones now let you use your fingerprints to authorize things from unlocking phones to making purchases.   Researchers have found, however, that it's pretty easy to get that information from the HTC One Max.

The problem is that the HTC One Max stores fingerprint images as a bitmap: dbgraw.bmp, in a folder with completely open "world readable" permissions.  This means any app or process is able to see the fingerprint file.  One way a hacker could use this is to create a fake lock screen that the user will open using their fingerprint.  Instead of unlocking the phone though, it would really be a way to make them unwittingly authorize a transfer of money.

A thief could also use this vulnerability to hack a phone and upload their fingerprint as the authorized fingerprint, although that's a much less likely scenario, given that they would have to have physical access to the phone, which carries a greater risk than remote hacking.

The best thing to do to avoid this is to make sure you apply updates to your phone as soon as possible, as they will surely want to rectify this security hazard as soon as they can.  You could also switch to a customer operating system like CynaogenMod.
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