HTC has launched today the new flagship of the company, HTC One, the smartphone formerly known as HTC M7.
The specifications of the smartphone:

• Display: 4.7 ", 1080x1920 pixels, Super LCD 3, Gorilla Glass 2
• OS: Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with Sense 5.0 
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ 8064T
• Processor: 1.7 GHz quad core Krait 300
• GPU: Adreno 320
• RAM: 2 GB
• Internal memory: 32/64 GB
• Camera: 4 MP BSI, F2.0, autofocus, LED
• Shooting: 1080p, 30 fps, HDR, stabilization
• Front camera: 2.1 MP, shooting 1080p
• WiFi: 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
• 3G: HSPA +, LTE
• Bluetooth: 4.0 with A2DP
• Beats audio
• Battery: 2,300 mAh
• Dimensions: 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm
• Weight: 143 g

LG Optimus G Pro is one of the most anticipated premium smartphone, the official specifications of thealong with the launch on the Korean market.

• Display - 5.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, 400 ppi
• Processor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 1.6 GHz quad core Krait 300
• GPU - Adreno 320
• RAM - 2GB RAM
• 32GB storage internal
• MicroSD card slot - Yes
• Main Camera - 13 MP, LED flash
• Front Camera - 2.1 MP
• Dual recording - user can record with both cameras at the same time
• Battery - 3140 mAh with support for wireless charging
• Dimensions - 150.2 x 76.1 x 9.4mm

   Nokia has announced that the owners of Lumia 900, Lumia 800, Lumia 701, Lumia 610 and Lumia 510 terminals can check through the Zune desktop client if the update to Windows Phone 7.8 is available. It has begun to be offered since yesterday evening and the updates will continue over the next three weeks for unlocked mobiles and for those whose operators have approved Nokia's update.
   Windows Phone 7.8, the update which have to slightly soften the disappointed of those who bet on Windows Phone 7 but have found that they couldn't make the leap to WP 8 brings a new Home Screen with resizable Tiles, an  improved Lock Screen, more color themes for the Modern UI interface and more small improvements.
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    The canadian company, BlackBerry, has launched today during an event held in New York the new  Blackberry 10 OS along with two new smartphones: Z10 and Q10.
   BlackBerry Z10 is a smartphone with a 4.2 inch screen and a resolution of  768 x 1280 pixels (~355 ppi pixel density), Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset, 1.5 GHz  dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 225 GPU , 2GB of RAM, 8MP camera, 2MP front camera and a Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery.
   BlackBerry Q10 is a smartphone with full  keyboard, a 3.1 inch screnn with a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels,  (~328 ppi pixel density), TI OMAP 4470 chipset, 1.5 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, PowerVR SGX544 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 8MP camera, 2MP front camera, and a Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery.
   The new BlackBerry 10 OS comes with integrated functions for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Foursquare. BlackBerry World online store contains over 70,000 applications, including Skype, Amazon Kindle, WhatsApp, SAP and Angry Birds.
   BlackBerry Messenger for 10 OS comes with new functions like BBM Screen Share and the ability to directly start a video chat.
  At the event BlackBerry has also announced that  Alicia Keys will be the next Global Creative Director of the company.
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   For several years, the Symbian platform, considered by many surpassed by the time and by the competition from iOS, Android and Windows Phone, has lost significant market share and generated increasingly smaller revenues for Nokia.
   Nokia has said in an official announcement that "The Nokia 808 PureView, a device which showcases our imaging capabilities and which came to market in mid-2012, was the last Symbian device from Nokia".
   One of the main reasons why Nokia decided to drop Symbian is  the very high demand decrease (67%) in one of the most important markets for the company, China, where the consumers have switched to Android and Apple smartphones.

   NEC, a manufacturer that activates on Japanese mobile phone market seems to have found the ideal way to combine the portability of a smartphone with the freedom offered by a large tablet.
   Medias W N05E is a folding phone with two screens, each with a diagonal of 4.3 inches and a 560x960 pixels resolution. Attached to the back of the phone using a hinge mechanism, the second screen can be opened and brought to the same level as the front display.
   This way the Android interface is extended to cover the whole working area and supports touch controls on any of the screens. Of course, black strips which remains between the screens makes impractical the viewing of the photos and videos, but for working with text documents, web pages, files collections or contacts browsing the advantages are obvious.

   Mozilla has presented today the first smartphones powered by Firefox OS, Keon and Peak, the new mobile devices are developed by Telefonica and Geeksphone and are designed for developers who are interested to test and create new apps for the new mobile OS.
   Here are the specifications of the new smartphones:
Keon:

• CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 1Ghz.
• UMTS 2100/1900/900 (3G HSPA). 
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE).
• Screen 3.5" HVGA Multitouch.
• Camera 3 MP.
• 4 GB (ROM) and 512 (RAM).
• MicroSD, Wifi N, Light & Prox. Sensor, G-Sensor, GPS, MicroUSB.
• Battery 1580 mAh.

Peak:

• CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.2Ghz x2.
• UMTS 2100/1900/900 (3G HSPA). 
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE).
• Screen 4.3" qHD IPS Multitouch.
• Camera 8 MP (back) + 2 MP (front).
• 4 GB (ROM) and 512 (RAM).
• MicroSD, Wifi N, Light & Prox. Sensor, G-Sensor, GPS, MicroUSB, Flash (camera).
• Battery 1800 mAh.

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   The Chinese company ZTE has announced its plans to launch smartphones with the operating system from Mozilla, Firefox OS in 2013, in Europe.
   To complete the project, ZTE has partnered with a mobile operator from Europe. Unfortunately, Chinese officials didn't give the name of the operator.
   Lixin Cheng, CEO of ZTE USA said: "We closely monitor the ecosystem and how it evolves", referring to Firefox OS which is still in development.
   Mozilla representatives have confirmed the existence of the collaboration with ZTE and they said that in the future devices manufacturing are involved also companies like Qualcomm and TCL.

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   A year ago, at CES 2012, Razer has introduced a gaming tablet with Windows called Project Fiona. After a year and a series of changes, the tablet from Razer has been presented and will be marketed under the name Edge.
   The Razer Edge tablet runs Windows 8 and is based on an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M dedicated graphics, the display has a diagonal of 10.1 "and a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Because it is a product for gaming, Razer has chosen a faster TN panel, instead of an IPS panel with better performances in terms of quality.
   Edge will be available in two configurations, the basic model will have an Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM and 64 GB SSD internal storage , while the Pro version will raise with a Core i7, 8 GB RAM and 128 or 256 GB SSD storage.
   Unlike the monoblock design used by Project Fiona, Edge is a standalone tablet which will be attached to a separate controller with two analog joysticks, 6 buttons, a D-Pad and Force Feedback. This decision was taken to increase the versatility of the product, the tablet can now support other peripherals such as a keyboard and mouse for RPG gamers, a docking station with HDMI 1.4 video output and an extra battery of 40 Wh.
   The features list also includes a USB 2.0 port, a Bluetooth adapter and a Wi-Fi interface, all housed in a case with a thickness of 20 millimeters and a weight of 900 grams.

   Lenovo has introduced yesterday at CES 2013, the first smartphone that integrates the dual-core Intel Atom chipset for mobile phones.
   Lenovo K900 has a 5.5-inch screen, IPS display with 1080p resolution, 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage space. The smartphone offers a main camera with a Sony Exmor sensor of 13 MP and dual flash and ais accompanied by a 2MP front camera
   Announced two days ago, Atom Z2580 is the first dual-core processor for mobile devices released by Intel, it practically doubles the performance of previous model with a single core, Z2480. The new CPU is built on 32nm architecture, but the company will launch by the end od the year 22nm mobile processors.
   Lenovo k900 will be released in April on the Chinese market, when it will be upgraded to Android 4.2, the company said that it will be available later in other parts of the world.
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   Qualcomm has presented today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the new generation of mobile processors, Snapdragon Snapdragon 800 and 600.
   Snapdragon 800 is based on the quad-core Krait 400, clocked at 2.3GHz and  the Adreno 330 GPU, which is, according to the statements from Qualcomm, 50% faster than Adreno 320.
The power of Snapdragon 800 allows it to run content in Ultra HD resolution (4k - 30 fps).
Overall 800 Snapdragon will offer a 75% higher performance than the S4 Pro generation.
The 800 series will be found not just on top smartphones and tablets, but also on the new generation of Smart TVs and digital multimedia devices, according to official Qualcomm announcement.
   Snapdragon 600 is based on the dual core Krait 300, clocked at 1.9 GHz and the Adreno 320 GPU, and will have a speed comparable to that found on the S4 series. The Snapdragon 600 processors are designed for mid-range smartphone.
The new chipsets from Qualcomm are built on 28nm architecture and will become available to the manufacturers in mid, this year.
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   NVIDIA is one of the producers who didn't wait for the tomorrow official opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013. The most interesting announcement made is the new Tegra 4, which promises a number of major improvements brought to the current generation omnipresent on the Android tablets.
   The rumors about the new chipset have been confirmed.  Tegra 4 has 4+1 Cortex A15 cores, the  auxiliary core has the power consumption and the performance significantly reduced.
Manufactured in a Low Power High-k Metal Gate process on 28-nanometer Tegra 4 will provide cores with frequencies that can go up to 1.9 GHz, the cores are accompanied by a dual channel DDR 3 memory controller. Thanks to these improvements, Tegra 4 will provide 2.6 more raw power than the previous generation.
   The graphics processor GeForce ULP has no less than 72 cores, according to NVIDIA, the new graphics processor offers 6 times more power than that provided by Tegra 3.
   NVIDIA has focused on image processing, with a range of functions grouped under the Computational Photography Architecture  offering better capture speeds or HDR processing with simultaneous capture of two images.
   On the list of facilities offered we have USB 3.0 connectivity, HDMI interface with support for 4K resolution screens, H.264 HP and VP8 video acceleration, up to 1440p resolution.
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   The oldest partner of the Redmond giant, HTC, might launch several tablets with Windows RT in 2013.
   The rumors say that HTC will launch two tablets with Windows RT, the first will have a 7-inch screen and will also act as a phone, and the second is a device with a 12-inch screen .
    For now HTC and Microsoft have abstained from any comment, refusing to confirm or deny the rumors.

   Nokia has made a big step last year and moved from Symbian to Windows Phone. 2013 might bring a new change for the Finnish company, the entering on the tablet PC market with a product that will run Windows RT.
   The Nokia tablet will have a 10-inch display and will run the poor version of the new Windows generation. It will have a Qualcomm S4 processor and the initial production will be limited to 200,000 units.
   The tablet  will most likely be presented at the Mobile World Congress 2013, held in Barcelona between 25 and 28 February.
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   Samsung has unveiled today a new smartphone that looks like Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy Grand is a smartphone with a 5-inch screen, an 1.2 GHz dual core processor and 8 MP camera.
   Even if the screen of Galaxy Grand is bigger than the screen of Galaxy SIII, the new terminal has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.
   You can find the full specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Grand in the picture below.
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   Tegra 4, Nvidia's chipset for the next generation of tablets and smartphones promises significant performance jump from the current Tegra 3, presenting a serious alternative to the solutions offered by Samsung and Qualcomm.
   With the Codename Wayne, Nvidia Tegra 4 keeps the quad-core configuration, changing the old ARM Cortex-A9 cores with the more Cortex-A15 cores.
   The most important upgrade is made ​​on the GPU. Equipped with not less than 72 processing units, the new GPU is 20 times faster than Tegra 2 chipset used 6 times faster than the one included with Tegra 3 chipset. Along with the latest Android games, tablets and phones with Tegra chipset 4 will be able to play 3D movies on a Full HD screen with an 120Hz refresh rate, or can work with screens  with a resolution of  2560 x 1600 pixels for displaying 2D content.

   Sharp Aquos Phone SH930W, the smartphone that offers a fabulous screen with the IGZO technology has been launched in Russia.
   Indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) is a semiconductor composite which allows the replacement of the common used silicon substrate with a material with 40 times more conductivity, resulting a higher pixel density and an improved response times.
   The price of the new terminal screen with a FullHD (1080p) 5 inches is about 540 euros, but it seems reasonable if we consider the other device's hardware features.
   Sharp Aquos  Phone SH930W has a Qualcomm 8260 chipset,  including two Krait cores at 1.5GHz, an Adreno 225 GPU and 2GB RAM. The smartphone offers a 32GB internal storage memory, an 8MP main camera, a 2 MP front camera, a 2100 mAh battery and runs Android 4.1, Jelly Bean.


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   Kingston has launched an Wi-Fi enabled external storage device, Wi-Drive, with a storage space of 128GB.The previous versions had 16, 32 and 64GB capacities.
   The Wi-Drive is a pocket-sized portable storage is designed for tablets and smartphones without a microSD support and has four hours of battery life. The 128GB version is already available on Amazon at a price of $176.
   The Wi-Drive App is available on Google Play, Amazon Appstore and Apple App Store.
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   Facebook app for Android devices has been updated to the 2.0 version, winning a significant performance increase.
   Available from yesterday through Google Play store, the Facebook 2.0 is a major revision to the famous social network dedicated client.
   Largely rewritten using the native code of the Google Android platform, the new Facebook 2.0 starts significantly faster and promises to double the performance in terms of speed, the displaying of the information from the Timeline and the images uploading.
   Among other things, the upgrade allows us to quickly move from one picture to another, without moving the focus off the main feed of informations.
   The Facebook 2.0 application compatible with Android smartphones and tablets, is available for free download on Google Play store.

   With the expansion of the Windows Phone App store, Microsoft has also announced a new feature for Windows Phone 8, which was actually present from the beginning but has not been used so far: the installing of applications from a memory card.
   Unlike Windows Phone 7, which has allowed to the manufacturers to provide terminals with internal storage which can be expanded with a memory card but imposing the encryption and impossibility of direct access or from other terminals, Windows Phone 8 preferred to use a more comfortable  MTP support. This option, probably caused by the disappearance of the Zune sync application, adds now the possibility to download applications and install them manually from the memory card.
   This option affects only the installation mode, without the possibility to use the memory card as a place for storing the data of the installed applications.
   Compared to Android, Microsoft has not made ​​concessions: even if the apps are stored and installed on the memory card , these require the Internet access to be checked and compared with the user's shopping list.
   Applications can be downloaded very easily now, an update of the Web Interface service is offering to the Windows Phone Store the "Download and install manually" button for downloading on a PC and installing them later.

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