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We reported earlier this month that the HTC One VX handset was scheduled for release on November 16. That day came and went, however, with the One VX nowhere in sight and no word on when it would be available. That’s all changed, however, with an AT&T spokesperson confirming that the handset is set to arrive on December 7.

The HTC One VX is a mid-range smartphone running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The display is a cool 4.5-inch qHD panel with Gorilla Glass and 540 x 960 resolution. Inside you’ll find a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. Graphics are Adreno 305, and there’s 8GB of internal storage plus an microSD expansion slot.

The camera is decent, with a 5-megapixel rear that can record video in up to 1080p. There’s an LED flash and autofocus, and it supports geo tagging, HDR, and simultaneous photo/video recording, among other things. There’s also a secondary camera on the front of the smartphone for video chatting; it has a VGA resolution.

Consumers will be able to grab the HTC One VX from AT&T for $49.99 with a two-year contract. The handset supports 4G LTE, and features HTC’s Sense interface. The combination of decent features, low price, and mid-range hardware make this a good choice for someone who wants a nice smartphone without shelling out too much cash.

[via Engadget]

HTC One VX slated for AT&T in December is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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In many ways, VeriSign has been one of the internet’s true arbiters. It’s ICANN’s official registry operator for .com domains, which lets it determine how (and how much) we pay to get a particularly coveted address. As we’re learning, the US Department of Commerce is only comfortable with that state of affairs to a certain point. It just approved a deal renewal that will let VeriSign watch over .com between December 1st this year and November 30th, 2018, but it’s requiring that the company drop a previous right to hike registration prices as many as four times, at up to 7 percent, over the length of the term. The current $7.85 price will last unless VeriSign either faces exceptional circumstances or can prove that the market is healthy enough to lift the ceiling. We’re sure the business isn’t happy when the DOC move dictates how much money it can make, but compulsive domain hunters will enjoy the extra dollars in their pockets.

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The HTC Windows Phone 8S was announced as a lower-end alternative to its bigger brother, the flagship Windows Phone 8X, but the company has remained relatively quiet about it since. While we’re still awaiting official details on pricing and availability across the globe, HTC has filled us in on one crucial nugget of information: it won’t be coming to the United States. While we’ve been suspicious that this might be the case, we had been holding out hope that it might have at least some amount of reach in the US market. Essentially, HTC is focusing all of its stateside efforts on the 8X, its signature device. With that said, we’ll still likely see the 8S show up as an unlocked and unsubsidized smartphone on various etailers, so Windows Phone enthusiasts with a penchant for bright colors will want to keep their eyes peeled. Now that we know more about the markets that won’t be graced by the presence of the 8S, all we need now is a confirmation on when we can expect it elsewhere. Stay tuned past the break for HTC’s official statement.

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We’ve been wondering how much the first full month of iPhone 5 sales would skew US market share in October. The answer is… not much, if you ask ComScore. Android kept growing to 53.6 percent of American smartphones on the back of the Droid RAZR M, Galaxy Note II and other devices, but the iPhone’s market share just managed to remain steady at the same 34.3 percent as in September. Apple could mostly be glad that it wasn’t in the position of its older rivals: the BlackBerry dipped below 8 percent share, while the wait for a Windows Phone 8 turnaround may have triggered a sharp drop in Microsoft’s stake to 3.2 percent.

There was a symbolic (if anticipated) changing of the guard for the wider American market, however. After months of closing in, Apple just barely edged out LG to become the second-largest cellphone maker of any kind on the US stage at 17.8 percent. A familiar scenario elsewhere kept Samsung once again on top at 26.3 percent, while Motorola and HTC remained on a downward slide. We’ll be keeping a close eye on how the November results alter the status quo — between Windows Phone, LG’s Optimus G and a cavalcade of multi-device launches, there’s been potential for more than one tidal shift in the mobile world in the past few weeks.

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Nativity scenes could use some spicing up. I’m sick and tired of seeing sheep and donkeys and the three wise men. We need to make nativities more geeky. And this is a great way to start. By introducing the Fourth Doctor into the scene. Maybe he can offer baby Jesus a Jelly Baby.

Although, I personally think the Doctor should be Matt Smith. And forget Joseph and Mary too. If you use Matt Smith, you have to use Amy and Rory, with a Weeping Angel behind them, while they all look over a baby River song. But that’s just me. I’m more geeky than religious, though.

Maybe the three wise men can be Cybermen in robes. Hmmm. I might just have to make one of these for myself.

[via Neatorama]