By now I’m sure you’ve heard that Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for a ridiculous $19 billion, but it wasn’t the only Silicon Valley giant that was willing to stump up silly stacks of cash for the cross-platform messaging service. Sources say Google was also interested, but it only offered $10 billion.
HTC sent out invitations to its Desire 8 unveiling in Beijing earlier this week, but thanks to @Evleaks, we don’t need to wait any longer for its full list of specifications. As expected, the device will a 5.5-inch SuperLCD2 display with a 720p resolution, and it’ll powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor.
The midrange handset will also debut HTC’s new Sense 6 user interface — presumably on top of Android 4.4 KitKat — and it will be available in a whole host of pretty colors.
Sprint has begun rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The 503.6MB release is being distributed over-the-air with build number “N900PVPUCNAB,” and it brings a number of nice TouchWiz improvements.
Earlier today, Acer announced the addition of two new Android-powered mid-range handsets, the Liquid E3 and Liquid Z4, to its rapidly growing lineup of Liquid-branded devices. This announcement comes just days before the Mobile World Congress, which is scheduled to take place in Barcelona, on Monday, February 24, and, as you would expect, both devices will be on display for us to play around with.
As promised by HTC earlier this week, the full RUU for the Android 4.3 update for the Sprint EVO 4G LTE is now available for manual download and installation. Due to space restrictions, the company won’t be able to release the update via OTA so users will have to manually update their handset to the latest version of Jelly Bean.
