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Features

• HTC One: First impressions

  Our first impressions of the HTC One, including what impressed us and what did not.

• Preview: HTC One

  HTC has just unveiled its latest Android smartphone, the One.

• Motorola RAZR M unboxing and first look

  We unbox and take a first look at the Motorola RAZR M.

• Review: Samsung Galaxy S III 4G

  The Samsung Galaxy S III 4G offers fast data speeds but battery life is poor.

• Android vs. iOS vs. Windows Phone

  The past year has been a remarkable one for smartphones, with the meteoric rise of Google's Android OS, the restart of Microsoft's mobile strategy with its much-ballyhooed release of Windows Phone 7 and the continuing success of Apple's iPhone, buoyed by its new availability to Verizon subscribers. Never has there been so much choice in the smartphone market. As a result, hype and overstatement have been the order of the day.

• Why there's no stopping the Android train

  It's a rare week indeed that doesn't see the emergence of some fresh news of Android's ascendance, but lately the evidence has been coming particularly fast and furious, suggesting that there really is no stopping the mobile platform--at least not anytime soon.