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Monday, April 8, 2013
HTC One Review - Business Insider
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The HTC One.
Until now, Android phones haven't been much to look at.?It's a common stereotype that Android devices are only made for those who don't care about design or build-quality, and who only care about getting a phone for as cheap as possible.
The stereotype is only perpetuated by the fact that most Android manufacturers continue to make their stuff out of cheap, ugly plastic.
HTC isn't buying into that trend with its newest flagship smartphone, the HTC One, which is made from all metal and glass with some durable plastic accents. It's bigger and arguably more beautiful than the iPhone 5.?
You'll want one as soon as you see it.
HTC may be losing when it comes to brand recognition ?? all you hear about are Apple and Samsung these days ?? but it continues to make some of the best mobile devices you can buy. It feels like no one cares about poor HTC, but the One perfectly exemplifies why they should.
The HTC One goes on sale April 19. You can buy it on Sprint?or?AT&T starting at $199.99. T-Mobile customers can get it for $99.99 plus regular monthly payments for two years.
Click here for photos and a walkthrough of the HTC One's best features >
Hardware And Design
Let me gush about the design a bit more.?
It's easy enough for Android phones to distinguish themselves from the iPhone with a bunch of software extras and customization options, but this is the first time I've held an Android phone that I thought was just as solid and beautiful as anything Apple makes without being a blatant copy.
The HTC One has a 4.7-inch HD display, meaning you can watch full HD video content. (There are only a handful of devices that can do that, and the iPhone isn't one of them.) The screen's resolution is also incredibly sharp, so text and images look like they're printed on the display. There's no pixelation at all.
But the phone's aluminum body is the best part. The One's frame tapers to about 4 mm at its thinnest edge, and it has a pleasantly-curved back that makes the phone easy to hold. It's also deceptively light (143 grams), yet plenty durable. The phone has some plastic trimming, but it's a durable polycarbonate plastic that looks great and feels right at home enveloped in all that metal.?
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The HTC One's metal body with plastic accents.
The screen is bordered by two stereo speakers that sound incredible; they're louder and clearer than any other phone speakers I've used. (Most phones only have one speaker.) It's especially useful when watching videos or listening to music, although most people will probably end up using headphones for that kind of stuff. Like many HTC phones, the One also has Beats Audio integration, a feature you can turn on in the phone's settings that's supposed to improve audio quality. But all it really does is make the audio louder; it doesn't improve sound quality at all.
The One has a special camera that HTC calls an "Ultrapixel" camera. Unlike most smartphone cameras, the One's Ultrapixel camera creates larger-than-normal pixels when taking an image, theoretically giving you a sharper picture and better low-light performance. It works. The photos I took with the HTC One were much clearer than the ones taken in the same environment with my iPhone 5, especially if there wasn't a lot of lighting.?
Battery life is on par with most smartphones. You'll likely be able to get through a day of normal use. But it does get really hot when playing games or watching videos. You won't roast your hand, but it's definitely noticeable.
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As for the network, I used the Sprint version of the HTC One. Compared to AT&T and Verizon, Sprint has a tiny 4G LTE network, which is the fastest kind of data connection available. But Sprint LTE is completely absent in New York City where I did my testing. Sprint has another type of 4G that's a little slower, but my test unit couldn't connect to that. I spent most of the time stuck on 3G, which was a huge pain. It's also especially embarrassing for a top-tier device like the HTC One. (To be fair, this is Sprint's fault, not HTC's. I've heard the One works fine on T-Mobile and AT&T.)
Software And Other Features
At its core, the HTC One is still a basic Android phone. But like most manufacturers, HTC tweaked the operating system and added its own "skin" called Sense that has a slightly different design, plus other features not found in Google's basic version of Android.
The most apparent change in Sense is what HTC calls Blinkfeed, a new default home screen that pulls in photos and stories from your Facebook and Twitter connections and a variety of news sources like ESPN, AP, Reuters, and Business Insider.?Blinkfeed looks a lot like the popular news app Flipboard, and it shows you separate tiles for each story. It's a nice feature to have built into your phone.
But as cool as Blinkfeed is, I didn't like that HTC makes it your default home screen. Like most people, I use my phone for a lot more than just grazing through content shared on Facebook and Twitter and prefer to jump straight into my favorite apps instead. HTC makes you swipe over to your regular home screen to get all that. (Yes, you can store a few apps in the One's "dock" that will show up even while looking at Blinkfeed, but it's still limiting.)
I have a feeling most people will end up doing what I did and make the regular home screen their default.
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Blinkfeed on the HTC One.
HTC also added some special tricks to the camera software. It has built-in filters sort of like the ones you'll find on Instagram. It also has a new feature called Zoe that takes a short video clip and lets you select one frame to share on Facebook, email, and pretty much any other service. Zoe is like a mix of Twitter's video-sharing app Vine with a little Instagram thrown in.?
The One can also serve as a universal remote for your TV thanks to an infrared blaster at the top of the device. The phone comes with a television app that pulls in data from your cable or satellite provider and lets you know what shows are on. You just have to tap a show and the channel will change. HTC uses a service called Peel to help recommend shows that you may want to watch. The setup only takes a minute and worked well, but I didn't find much practical use for it. I still prefer to use my phone for other stuff like checking Twitter while watching TV.?
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The HTC One's remote control app.
Despite all those extras, the HTC One is still your typical Android phone. It runs a version of Android called Jelly Bean, which gives you access to Google Now, a voice-powered assistant that's better than Siri on the iPhone. Google Now makes a much better search tool than Siri, and it can intelligently remind you of stuff you care about like when to leave the office for your next meeting or when your favorite sports team is playing.
You also get access to the Google Play store where Google sells its digital apps, movies, music, books, and periodicals. Google Play's selection is about as good as the selection in Apple's App Store for iPhones and iPads, but just know developers tend to make the newest apps and big updates for the iPhone first.
Should You Buy It?
If you're ready to buy a new phone soon, you have a tough decision ahead of you. Samsung is about to launch the anticipated Galaxy S4, and a new iPhone is reportedly coming late this summer.
The HTC One is easily the most beautiful Android phone ever created, and has all the other bells and whistles you'll need. You should buy it.
Click here for photos and a walkthrough of the HTC One's best features >
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/htc-one-review-2013-4
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Xi promises peaceful China helping neighbors
BOAO, China (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping pledged on Sunday that change and peaceful development will power his country's economic rise and sustain growth within its borders and beyond.
Stressing that peace was pivotal for the future of the world's second biggest economy, Xi appealed to business and political leaders to use diplomacy and dialogue to resolve disputes and allow wealth to spread and solve problems.
"For Asia, development is still the top question, development is still crucial for solving many problems and conflicts," Xi told a forum in Boao on the southern Chinese island province of Hainan.
"Without peace, there is no need to talk about development," to added, speaking to an audience of executives and foreign leaders including Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Myanmar President Thein Sein and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
Painting a picture of a richer China in 2020, when the government expects average rural and urban incomes will be double 2010 levels, Xi said his country would increasingly export its wealth to its neighbors.
China will import $10 trillion worth of goods a year five years from now, he said, and outbound investment will rise by a big margin. Domestic consumption, particularly retail consumption, will also continue to expand.
China imported $1.8 trillion worth of goods and services last year, up a meager 4.3 percent from a year ago as its economy slumped into its worst downturn in 13 years.
But Xi was upbeat about the future, saying growth would follow when his government changes China's economic structure and financial system. He did not give details.
"China's economy will continue to maintain a healthy growth rate," Xi said. "We will persist with reforms and doggedly pursue the path of changing our economic ways."
In contrast, an ailing global economy faces a difficult recovery fraught with risks, he said.
Xi's message of China's peaceful and inclusive rise was echoed earlier when nearly a dozen senior executives from Chinese state-owned firms met peers from top Australian banks and companies.
Andrew Forrest, an Australian iron ore magnate and founder of Fortescue Metals Group, who chaired the closed-door meeting, told reporters that Chinese state firm executives wanted Australians to know that China was not "expansionist" or "aggressive".
"They do not understand how people could look at China through anything but friendly eyes," Forrest said.
Security concerns in other countries have hampered or overshadowed the overseas expansion of several large Chinese companies, including telecoms equipment firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and state-owned oil company CNOOC Ltd..
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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APNewsBreak: Video shows Miss. police HQ deaths
This 2008 image provided by the Jackson, Miss. Police shows Detective Eric Smith. Authorities say a murder suspect shot Smith inside the Jackson police headquarters and that both the suspect and detective are dead. A Mississippi murder suspect used a Smith's gun to kill the detective and then himself inside police headquarters on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jackson Police)
This 2008 image provided by the Jackson, Miss. Police shows Detective Eric Smith. Authorities say a murder suspect shot Smith inside the Jackson police headquarters and that both the suspect and detective are dead. A Mississippi murder suspect used a Smith's gun to kill the detective and then himself inside police headquarters on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jackson Police)
This undated photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shows Jeremy R. Powell. Authorities have identified Powell, 23, as the suspect who fatally shot Jackson Police Detective Eric Smith before killing himself in an interview room at the Jackson Police headquarters on Thursday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Mississippi Department of Public Safety)
Law enforcement officers wait at the entrance to the Jackson Police Department Thursday, April, 4, 2013, after police say a murder suspect fatally shot detective Eric Smith inside the headquarters. The suspect is also dead. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Greg Jenson)
Jackson, Miss. Assistant Chief Lee Vance, center left, comforts Chief Rebecca Coleman, center right, Thursday, April, 4, 2013, after detective Eric Smith was shot and killed inside the Jackson Police Department. A suspect was also killed. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Greg Jenson)
In this 2008 image provided by the Jackson, Miss. Police, Detective Eric Smith, center, flanked by Chief Rebecca Coleman, left, and Assistant Chief Lee Vance accepts the Certificate of Commendation on behalf of Detective Amos Clinton in Jackson, Miss. Authorities say a murder suspect shot Smith inside the Jackson police headquarters and that both the suspect and detective are dead. (AP Photo/Jackson Police)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ? Authorities have a video from a police interrogation room that shows a murder suspect shooting a detective to death before killing himself with the officer's gun, a person with knowledge of the investigation said Saturday.
The suspect, Jeremy Powell, was not handcuffed during questioning at the Jackson Police Department on Thursday, the person said on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the ongoing investigation.
Powell overpowered Det. Eric Smith and took his gun, shooting the veteran detective four times before shooting himself in the head inside a third-floor room of the department's headquarters, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said. Other officers heard the shots ring out and rushed to the interview room, but both men were dead.
The AP has asked for the video to be released under open records laws, but authorities have not responded to the request.
Powell, 23, was being questioned about the stabbing death of a man whose body was found Monday near a Jackson street.
Ken Winter, executive director of the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police, said it's not unusual for a suspect to be unrestrained during questioning.
"It depends on the demeanor of the individual at the time. I would assume that the detective had no reason to believe this guy was aggressive or he wouldn't have been interviewing him in the first place," said Winter, who spent 36 years in law enforcement as a police chief, a detective and as director of the state crime lab.
Winter also said it's not uncommon for an officer to be armed during an interrogation.
"I don't think this detective was doing anything out of the ordinary. Sometimes you can do everything right and it still turn out bad," Winter said.
Smith, 40, is survived by his wife, Eneke, a sergeant with the Jackson Police Department, and two sons.
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Associated Press writer Jeff Amy contributed to this report.
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
CBS Sports: Griner third woman to win two straight AP Player of the Year awards
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Ramona school district, teachers union expect fact-finding report Monday
School board to set date for release to public
Friday, April 5?A three-member fact-finding panel is expected to submit its findings and recommendations on Monday, April 8, Ramona Unified Superintendent Robert Graeff said today. The report will detail the issues that have thus far hindered a contract settlement between the Ramona Unified School District and Ramona Teachers Association, he said.
The report, submitted to both parties, outlines the panel?s observations and conclusions, drawn from two days of presentations by the district and RTA on Feb. 27-28. While not binding, its recommendations are intended to help move the parties closer to a settlement after 18 months of negotiations and mediation sessions.
District? trustees will have 10 days following the release to make the report?s findings public, said Graeff, noting that the specific date will be announced shortly.
Meanwhile, Graeff said district schools will continue to operate fully under normal conditions.
?We also continue to be hopeful that we can reach a settlement with the union that is both fair to our teachers and financially responsible to the district and our taxpayers,? Graeff said.
For related story, see ?Ramona school district braces for strike,? posted Wednesday, April 3.
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