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Good evening folks and welcome to another edition of This Week's
Headlines. It's been an interesting week for sure, with new Android
phone rumours, a new iPad and new iOS jailbreak, and the release of
Windows Phone 7.8. There was even the BlackBerry 10 launch party!
Let's get into the headlines!
HTC CEO Peter Chou reveals HTC M7 at party
HTC CEO Peter Chou is pretty excited about his company's upcoming
Android flagship, and to prove the point he showed it off briefly at the
company's year end party. While he didn't do more than produce the
phone and snap a few photos, we can see that earlier leaks look to have
been accurate - the phone looks like a 4.7" smartphone with a beastly 13
megapixel camera. The M7 is expected to be announced for real at MWC.
Intel will reveal dual-core Android phones at MWC
HTC aren't the only ones that'll be showing off something new at
the Mobile World Congress next month. Intel have also announced that
they will be showing their latest x86 smartphones at the Barcelona
event. The new phones will be dual-core models, which could offer
excellent performance compared to even their quad-core ARM brethren.
Samsung Galaxy S IV may launch in April
One company that isn't expected to launch a new flagship phone at
MWC is Samsung. The company's Galaxy S IV is expected to come out in
April this year, according to New Zealand carrier Two Degrees Mobile.
The company released an incentive plan to its employees, with multiple
Samsung Galaxy S4 units as prizes after the contest ends on April 9th.
It's not a full confirmation, but it would agree with existing rumours.
Internal Qualcomm Roadmaps suggest Key Lime Pie in Q2
According to internal documents from chip maker Qualcomm, they are
expecting the next version of Android, Key Lime Pie, to be announced at
Google I/O in May. The documents specify a Spring 2013 'Google Estimated
Release', so they should be fairly accurate. Qualcomm also asked sites
publishing the documents to take them down soon after publication, which
again may be an indication that this is the real deal.
Apple announces 128 GB iPad with Retina display
Apple has announced their most expensive iPad ever - a new model
with 128 GB of internal storage. The iPad will be available for an
eye-watering £639 for the Wi-Fi only model and £739 for the cellular
data model. The extra 64 GB of memory will cost Apple £22, but will be
sold for an extra £80 over the 64 GB model.
First untethered iPhone 5, iOS 6.x jailbreak coming soon
The first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 5 is coming soon. The
jailbreak, which is called evasi0n, will work for all iOS 6 devices
(including iOS 6.1) and is due for release later today. The website
currently lists the jailbreak as being in an advanced testing status,
85% complete.
Judge rules Samsung did not willfully infringe Apple patents
According to Judge Lucy Koh, Samsung did not willfully infringe on
Apple's patents. This ruling will mean that Apple's due payment of
$1.049 billion will stay where it is; otherwise the ruling could have
been multiplied by a factor of three.
Skulls of the Shogun is first Windows 8/ Windows RT / Xbox 360 / Windows Phone cross-platform game
Turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun has been released
this week. The game, developed by 17-BIT, has a rather wide launch given
that's been produced by such a small studio - it's available on Windows
8, Windows RT, Xbox 360 and even Windows Phone. More interestingly,
each of this versions play very similarly and cross-platform play is
supported. The game is loads of fun and I'd definitely recommend
checking it out if you can!
Windows Phone 7.8 updated released for Nokia phones
The long-awaited Windows Phone 7.8 update has finally arrived on
schedule, at least for Nokia handsets. Nokia is instructing that owners
of Nokia phones that want to get the update should connect
their phones to their PCs and launch the Zune desktop software.
BlackBerry 10 launch event
Research in Motion had a crazy BlackBerry 10 launch event. They
kicked off by renaming themselves BlackBerry, they showed off the
BlackBerry 10 OS and also revealed two new phones - the touch-screen
Z10, available now, and the physical-keyboard-equipped Q10, available in
April. For more coverage, check out Kenlo's writeup of the event and its announcements.
So there we have it - all of the major stories of the week. Thanks
for reading and I hope you've had a good weekend! If you've got any
questions or comments, I'd love to read them below. Until next time!
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