Liveblog: HTC to announce One (M8) with Windows Phone 8.1
The event is scheduled to begin at 7 AM Pacific | 8 AM Mountain | 9 AM Central | 10 AM Eastern | 2 PM GMT | 4 PM Central European Time.
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| 09:33 | And don't forget, we will be covering the Sprint event later on today too. Thanks people! |
| 09:32 | And that's a wrap folks. We'll be checking out the new HTC One M8 for Windows, so stay tuned for our coverage. Thanks a lot folks! |
| 09:32 | It's been one heck of a long time since we've seen a high-end Windows Phone from HTC, so we're really curious to see how it performs. |
| 09:31 | You can pick it up at Verizon stores starting tomorrow. |
| 09:31 | The M8 will launch at the promotional price of $99.99 with a 2-year contract with online availability starting today at noon. |
| 09:30 | It operates on its super fast XLTE network. And it's preloaded with the NFL mobile app, just to let you football folks know. |
| 09:29 | Now we're hearing some talk regarding some of Verizon's accolades in the industry, and how they're excited to have this new phone. |
| 09:27 | "What are you wearing Cortana?" "Just something I picked up at engineering." |
| 09:27 | They've added a new accessories API and some custom work with Cortana. |
| 09:26 | Of course, it's exclusive to Verizon - while also compatible to many of the HTC One M8's accessories. Like the HTC Dot View case |
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| 09:24 | Essentially, they took everything about the Android powered HTC One M8, and simply swapped out the software for Windows Phone. |
| 09:23 | And there we are folks, it's the HTC One M8 for Windows. It's official official! |
| 09:23 | A quick video previewing the new phone!! It looks like the HTC One M8, but it's running Windows Phone |
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| 09:21 | Big talk about the popular and success of the HTC One M8. |
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| 09:20 | Alright. We're getting started folks. HTC's Jason Mackenzie is up on stage doing the open remarks. |
| 09:18 | This is looking like an intimate affair here folks. There aren't that many people in attendance, so we expect a quick unveiling. |
| 09:17 | Needless to say, there's an obvious theme going on here. It also helps that the TV monitor is displaying the HTC, Microsoft, &Verizon logos |
| 09:14 | We are seated and waiting for things to begin. So far, we've seen Surface Pros and an XBOX One here.  |
| 09:06 | And we are in folks!  |
| 08:45 | @phonearenalive so far, we're still waiting to get inside, but the festivities should ramp up the closer we get to 10 AM ET. Stay tuned! |
| 08:35 | Good morning everyone! John V here at the HTC event. I'll be your host for this live blog. As you know, we're anticipating a Windows phone. |
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