Launch of Verizon HTC a confirmed for later this summer

Summary: there has been a lot of speculation about a Verizon version of HTC One, and today Verizon confirmed it will and can be branded as an HTC one.

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I have written a number of articles on the fantastic HTC One and it gets better in a week with Google and HTC update. Good news today for the folks at Verizon Verizon Wireless confirmed on Twitter that HTC will be available later this summer. In a good move for HTC, it sounds like it might even start as an HTC one, rather than something like a HTC Droid Incredible a 4 g LTE.

We don't have any more specific info on this model of HTC one comes to Verizon, and whether we will see it in 32 GB and 64 GB variants. Given the late summer release, I hope it launches with 4.2.2 update that includes other tweaks and fixes also.

You will not be able to buy a Verizon HTC one without feeling because the feeling-less versions are only sold on Google play Store as an unlocked GSM model. Like I said before, is the HTC One a better device with sense yet so I do not consider this a problem, and you shouldn't either.

Matthew Miller began using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has written news, reviews and opinion pieces since then.

Moto X confirmed: Made in the USA and coming by October

Summary: Motorola's CEO confirmed the rumors that the Moto X is indeed real and will launch by October. It's being made in a Texas plant previously used by Nokia.

Motorola, now owned by Google, has been rolling out solid Droid RAZR products for Verizon over the last year, but there have been rumors of an "X" phone for several months. As reported by The Verge, Motorola's CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed that the Moto X is indeed a real project and he actually had one in his pocket on the stage at the D11 event in California.

Mr. Woodside didn't reveal any details of the Moto X except to say it will have an OLED display, be made in the USA, and have some advanced intelligence to help you manage your life more efficiently. They are planning to build the Moto X in a large facility in Texas previously used by Nokia to make smarphones. Some components will come from Asian facilities, but the intent is to have a made-in-the-USA phone.

As a veteran of the US Coast Guard, the fact that it is going to be made in the US is important to me and as long as the quality is there, I will seriously consider the Moto X. They are working with multiple carriers so I am sure at least one of the three I have plans with will get the device. I haven't used a Motorola smartphone for a couple of years, primarily because most of them are on Verizon, so I look forward to trying out a new model.

Woodside also mentioned a "handful" of other devices and as an avid MOTOACTV user I sure hope that an updated model of that device is in the lineup.

Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since.