Lollipop is coming to HTC’s Google Play Edition handsets. Photo: HTC

HTC hopes to begin its Android 5.0 Lollipop rollout for Google Play Edition handsets this Friday, November 21. Both the One M7 and the One M8 will be blessed by the new software on the same day if everything goes to plan, according to HTC Vice President of Product Management, Mo Versi.

Google Play Edition Ones will get Lollipop next week. Photo: Google

If you have a Google Play Edition HTC One, you could next in line to get an Android 5.0 Lollipop update. HTC’s Vice President of Product Management has confirmed that the Taiwanese company is planning to roll out Google’s latest Android update for these handsets as early as next week.

HTC will build more tablets. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

HTC may have taken a break from building tablets, but it’s back in the game with the new Nexus 9 and it has more up its sleeve for 2015. The Taiwanese company’s North Asia President has promised we’ll see new slates next year, and all of them will be “high-end and mid-tier.”

KitKat isn’t quite the biggest, but it’s getting there. Photo: Google

Android 4.4 KitKat might be old news now that Lollipop has made its consumer debut with the Nexus 9, but it’s still new software for a massive number of Android users. More than a year since the first KitKat release was delivered by Google, the platform continues to grow, now powering more than 30% of Android-powered devices.

The Fire Phone was initially priced at $199 on contract. Image: Amazon

There are a number of reasons why the Fire Phone was destined to be a flop, but perhaps the biggest was its price tag. At $199 on a two-year contract when it first made its debut, the device was as expensive as the Galaxy S5, even though its specifications weren’t as good.

Now Amazon’s senior vice president of devices has conceded that the retail giant made a mistake with Fire Phone pricing.