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What does a “+” get you? If it’s the HTC One X+, freshly leaked once more today, then it doesn’t seem like a huge amount; new photos show minor aesthetic changes – when you’re most excited about a new Beats Audio logo, you know it’s time for the weekend – with Pocket-lint‘s sneaky pre-announcement images otherwise confirming only that the One X+ will look much like its One X predecessor.

That means the same 4.7-inch display, apparently, and the same neatly tailored polycarbonate plastic chassis. Inside, according to leaks earlier in the month, will be a slightly faster processor than before: a Tegra 3+ AP36 with a 1.6GHz clock speed (or, in single-core mode, up to 1.7GHz). That will be paired with 1GB of RAM and 32GB of ROM.

OS is tipped to be Android 4.1 Jelly Bean – about time, given Google’s latest OS has been on the scene for some months now – with HTC’s Sense 4.5 interface strapped on top. A 1,800 mAh battery, just as in the original One X, is expected to be doing power duty, and the pogopins on the back for charging cradles are clear to see.

In short, the One X+ is shaping up to be a minor tweak rather than an all-out refresh, likely running a little faster than the One X but otherwise offering much the same user-experience. If HTC is sensible, it will have spent its time tweaking power management, as rival devices – such as the Galaxy S III, with a 2,100 mAh pack – offer considerably larger batteries.

Update: GSM Arena spotted an early listing of the One X+ in a printed O2 catalog, which suggests the new HTC will have 64GB of internal storage and indeed run Jelly Bean on a 1.7GHz processor. MoDaCo claims the 64GB will be partitioned as a single, huge chunk, too, unlike the split arrangement of the One X. O2 lists the One X+ at £479.99 on pre-pay, with contract deals also expected.

HTC One X+ leaks with blink-and-you-miss-it changes [Update: Single 64GB partition] is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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First they invaded our factories, and now it’s our hotel rooms. Is nowhere safe from the robots? In truth, Ibis’ upcoming Sleep Art project is very slick, even if it smacks of robot voyeurism. Ibis hotels in Berlin, London and Paris will let 40 successful applicants sleep on beds that each have 80 sensors translating movements, sound and temperature into truly unique acrylic paintings by robotic arms connected through WiFi. You don’t have to worry that the machines are literally watching you sleep — there’s no cameras or other visual records of the night’s tossing and turning, apart from the abstract lines on the canvas. All the same, if you succeed in landing a stay in one of the Sleep Art hotel rooms between October 13th and November 23rd, you’re a brave person. We all know how this ends.

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Why get a Smart TV when you can enhance your existing HDTV with a dongle? That’s the precise inquiry FAVI is aiming to answer with its SmartStick, a device that lets you access streaming movies, music, apps, and games just by plugging it into your television’s HDMI port. It runs Jelly Bean, the latest Android OS, and supports services like Netflix, Hulu, Epix, YouTube, and Pandora. Other features include a full internet browser, 4GB of memory, and the ability to wirelessly stream media from your computer via its MediaSHARE app. Since it runs Android, you can download apps from the Google Play store as well. While we’re still fans of the Roku Streaming Stick, the SmartStick’s $50 price tag is hard to beat. You can also get a mini wireless keyboard and touchpad mouse for $39.99 for easier navigation. The FAVI Streaming Stick will be available this November, though you can pre-order it now for an October 30th ship date. Check after the break for the SmartStick promo video and the press release.

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When I read about the dissolvable electronic medical implants created by Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto of Tufts University and John A. Rogers at the University of Illinois, my first thought was what about dissolving all my old cell phones packed up in my garage?  And, sure enough…

Breaking up with a web-based ecosystem is hard to do, especially when you have several gigabytes of data invested in a specific platform. However, things just got a whole lot easier for disgruntled vloggers. Google recently added YouTube to its Takeout data migration service, which now gives users the ability to pull all of their uploaded videos from the company’s servers in a single stroke. This groovy tool should definitely come in handy when you’re busy shopping around your latest foreign film to different movie studios. In addition to being extremely easy to use, the service will also send an email letting you know that your download has finished. Simply set it and forget it!

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