Verizon does seem to be doing its bit to bring more Windows Phone 8 goodness to the masses, and it does seem as though the Lumia 822 and HTC 8X with the latter coming in a shade of California Blue is set for a release this coming November 8th from the wireless carrier. Both smartphones can be spotted in the leaked photo above, where they carry Verizon’s logo and name. One has to bear in mind that the Nokia Lumia 822 is definitely a Verizon exclusive, so it is a given.
It does seem to appear that the Nokia Lumia 822 will retail for $99.99 a pop with a 2-year contract, while the HTC 8X will cost $199.99 for a similar contract. There are also whispers of Verizon offering a free and yet unknown Samsung manufactured Windows Phone 8-powered device, but it will not be the Samsung ATIV S. All in all, it takes nothing but a wee bit of patience for November 8th to find out the truth.
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It seems that the international version of the HTC One X will finally be on the receiving end of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. Yes, this is the quad-core processor powered One X that lacks LTE connectivity, and you will have to bear in mind that not all models of this smartphone will receive the update simultaneously, so you will just have to be patient. HTC works this way – they will release their operating system updates by region using the handset’s CID (Customer ID) number. In a nutshell, handsets with a CID of htc_612, which are sold to carriers in Taiwan, ought to have started to receive the update since last Friday.
The Nexus 7 might be suiting up alongside the Amazon Kindle Fire HD in anticipation of the kind of competition that the iPad mini would provide, but you can be sure that this is going to be a tight battle. After all, Android has already secured more than 40% of the world’s tablet market in terms of operating systems. Developer Hexxeh has successfully managed to port Chromium OS over to the Asus-manufactured Nexus 7 tablet. Just in case you were wondering, Chromium OS is the open source version of Chrome OS, which is Google’s operating system that was specially s designed around the Chrome web browser.
While we would all like to have the kind of healing factor that Wolverine possesses, we all know that this is but a pipe dream at the moment. What we can rely on, however, would be advances made in the medical field such as this laser-activated plaster that was specially designed to replace stitches for wounds. The “miracle” patch is known as SurgiLux, where it functions as some sort of biological Band-Aid. Using a material derived from chitin, the very same substance required for crab shells and insect exoskeletons to remain stiff and rigid, SurgiLux’s ultimate aim is to far outperform stitches or sutures for wounds and surgeries, considering how it remains atop the skin instead of threading underneath.
Folks over at the FCC have had the recent pleasure of looking through the Fujitsu Stylistic Q572, making sure that it will meet all kinds of criteria set by the body before being declared as safe, good and ready to hit the US market in due time. Just a refresher, the Fujitsu Stylistic Q572 is a 10” tablet that will target the business and enterprise markets, shipping with the much anticipated Windows 8 operating system, sporting an AMD Z-60 Hondo processor underneath the hood.
Near the end of last week, we talked about how the yet unreleased Nexus 10 from Samsung has 
Hurricane Sandy does look set to be a big one, which is why some companies have taken precautions for tomorrow, including Google, who has canceled their Android event in New York City. Wall Street will continue operating as normal, but we do believe that most investors would prefer to stay on the sidelines. Last Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency because of Hurricane Sandy, and since Google’s Android event had its location at a waterfront pier, it makes perfect sense to cancel it. Google’s statement about Monday’s Android event reads as follows :-