Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat: the HTC One is a damn fine Android phone. It’s the finest I’ve ever used, and I’ve used a fair number of Android phones in this line of work.

Call it the great Android paradox. The whole notion behind Google’s mobile operating system is to give hardware makers software that’s flexible enough to let them build an array of different handsets.

— -- As the T-Mobile Girl in television commercials, actress Carly Foulkes represented the wireless carrier with a wholesome pretty-in-pink persona. In the new "alter ego" T-Mobile ads that ...