Android By Sal Cangeloso Mar. 30, 2014 11:14 am
HTC Dot View case (active)
This week HTC unveiled one of the most highly awaited smartphones of 2014, the One M8. The One is a flagship Android phone that has a active following among serious Android fans, and its current iteration is our first glimpse into what a superphone looks like in 2014. It comes out weeks ahead of the Galaxy S5 and some months ahead of the iPhone and whatever other top phones this year might bring which puts it at a unique position that come with some major advantages and disadvantages.
We spent a lot of time with the HTC One M8 this week and shot a fair bit of video. We’ve rounded up the best of that video in this post so you can get to know the HTC One M8 and then, if you already have one, get a hold of some of the cooler features. We’ll update this post with new hands-on coverage, how-tos, and tests as we use the phone more.
[h=3]HTC One M8 hardware walkthrough[/h]This is just a quick look at the One’s hardware. It covers that hairline aluminum shell, the 5MP front-facing camera, the tiny remnants of plastic on the exterior, and then all the wonderful innards, right down to the Snapdragon 801 processor. Notice the silky smoothness of that display in action.
[h=3]Dot View case deep dive[/h]If rare that you’ll encounter a case that makes a smartphone cooler. The Dot View case does exactly that. It’s your call if it’s worth $50, but this is a very cool, very functional case for the M8.
[h=3]How to use Motion Launch[/h]Getting to know the HTC One M8′s super slick, surprisingly useful Motion Launch gesture system.
[h=3]How to use Blinkfeed[/h]The M8 has HTC’ Sixth Sense, which means a redesigned version of Blinkfeed. It’s quite nice and it’s got some powerful reading features, all of which this video will explain.
[h=3]How to change the One’s theme color[/h]This might be obvious to some people, but I didn’t think it was intuitive so I recorded this. While using Blinkfeed I found the the white-on-green text to be less than ideal so wanted to change it. This is not done through the specific app, it’s a system-level setting. Once you know how to do it the process is obvious, but it wasn’t from the get-go.
[h=3]HTC Mini+ with the One M8[/h]The HTC Mini+ is a is a $100 Bluetooth accessory for the One M8 that acts as a controller and as a phone. Yes, it’s a tiny phone for your smartphone. Sounds ridiculous? It could actually be really useful if you are the type of person that uses your phone to connect to your TV or stereo, you might get a lot of use out of a device like this.
[h=3]Slow Motion Mode video[/h]Capture all sorts of crazy office antics with the HTC One M8′s built-in slow motion video mode. It’s hidden in the menus, but it’s really cool once you find it.
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This week HTC unveiled one of the most highly awaited smartphones of 2014, the One M8. The One is a flagship Android phone that has a active following among serious Android fans, and its current iteration is our first glimpse into what a superphone looks like in 2014. It comes out weeks ahead of the Galaxy S5 and some months ahead of the iPhone and whatever other top phones this year might bring which puts it at a unique position that come with some major advantages and disadvantages.
We spent a lot of time with the HTC One M8 this week and shot a fair bit of video. We’ve rounded up the best of that video in this post so you can get to know the HTC One M8 and then, if you already have one, get a hold of some of the cooler features. We’ll update this post with new hands-on coverage, how-tos, and tests as we use the phone more.
[h=3]HTC One M8 hardware walkthrough[/h]This is just a quick look at the One’s hardware. It covers that hairline aluminum shell, the 5MP front-facing camera, the tiny remnants of plastic on the exterior, and then all the wonderful innards, right down to the Snapdragon 801 processor. Notice the silky smoothness of that display in action.
[h=3]Dot View case deep dive[/h]If rare that you’ll encounter a case that makes a smartphone cooler. The Dot View case does exactly that. It’s your call if it’s worth $50, but this is a very cool, very functional case for the M8.
[h=3]How to use Motion Launch[/h]Getting to know the HTC One M8′s super slick, surprisingly useful Motion Launch gesture system.
[h=3]How to use Blinkfeed[/h]The M8 has HTC’ Sixth Sense, which means a redesigned version of Blinkfeed. It’s quite nice and it’s got some powerful reading features, all of which this video will explain.
[h=3]How to change the One’s theme color[/h]This might be obvious to some people, but I didn’t think it was intuitive so I recorded this. While using Blinkfeed I found the the white-on-green text to be less than ideal so wanted to change it. This is not done through the specific app, it’s a system-level setting. Once you know how to do it the process is obvious, but it wasn’t from the get-go.
[h=3]HTC Mini+ with the One M8[/h]The HTC Mini+ is a is a $100 Bluetooth accessory for the One M8 that acts as a controller and as a phone. Yes, it’s a tiny phone for your smartphone. Sounds ridiculous? It could actually be really useful if you are the type of person that uses your phone to connect to your TV or stereo, you might get a lot of use out of a device like this.
[h=3]Slow Motion Mode video[/h]Capture all sorts of crazy office antics with the HTC One M8′s built-in slow motion video mode. It’s hidden in the menus, but it’s really cool once you find it.
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