Live from HTC's 2/19/13 Launch Event in New York

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

New York: HTC's big launch event of 2013 is finally here. Taking place right now at the Cedar Lake theatre in downtown Manhattan, the Taiwanese smartphone maker prepares to launch its newflagship smartphone called the HTC One. There have been a bunch of leaks here and there leading up to this event.

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HTC throws up a teaser countdown for Feb 19th smartphone launch

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

HTC just sent out a link to their coundown page for the February 19th smartphone launch. An animated teaser shows extreme close-ups of what is supposedly detail of the new device or devices that will be unveiled. From what I can make out, I see a lens, some rounded corners or chamfers, the gleaming HTC logo and enough lens flare effects to make JJ Abrams smile. Now, we'll just need to check this page every few hours to see if more details are revealed. I'll be covering the HTC event live on the 19th so stay tuned for my reports right here.

Video: North American BlackBerry launch with Rogers

Here's video from today's BlackBerry 10 North American launch event in downtown Toronto with Thorsten Heins of BlackBerry and Nadir Mohamed from Rogers Communications. The launch took place early morning in downtown Toronto with Heins and Nadir reminiscing about the long and history shared by BlackBerry and Rogers. Heins was asked why the BlackBerry Z10 wasn't rolling out to US carriers simultaneously and he stated that the delay is on the carrier side and that BlackBerry wanted a more comprehensive North American launch.

Video: Demo of the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone

Tucked away in a dark corner at today's BlackBerry 10 launch in Toronto was the other BB10 smartphone, the Q!0. Featuring a new and improved QWERTY keyboard, the Q10 is the evolution of the classic BlackBerry smartphone like the Bold 9900.  The Q10 is coming later this year. Here's a brief walkthrough video.