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It should come as no surprise the Samsung Galaxy IV is coming. The only question was whether or not it would rear its head at the upcoming Mobile World Congress alongside competitors like the HTC one. Apparently not. According to The Verge, sources say it is definitely coming on March 14th at a Samsung event. More »

If your curiosity wasn’t piqued before today for the HTC One event taking place tomorrow, it’s certainly about to be. The folks behind the wheel at the HTCGlobal Twitter account have just tweeted – or Instagramed, rather, a photo of a collection of devices with sheets over them, one of these devices appearing to be rather square in shape – and much larger than a smartphone. Could it be that another HTC Jetstream is on the way?

This big event is almost certainly set to be the home for the many-times-teased HTC One – aka HTC M7 device we’ve been drooling about for the past week or two. After that it’s all up to HTC to surprise the heck out of us from top to bottom. This photo shows what very well may be a timeline of smartphones the HTC crew has released since their inception as well, mind you, with the HTC tablets – large and small – amongst them.

Then again, there are some rather wild rumors that HTC will be releasing a tablet of some kind or another – a brand new one running something other than Android. Though such a rumor would be incredibly hard to substantiate – especially given HTC’s recent talk of creating less expensive Android smartphones as their next strategy, giving no word of tablets – the possibility always lingers. It may be time for HTC to pump up their efforts in the Sense for tablets arena, too!

It could also simply be an accessory – maybe a wireless charging pad? Quite likely is the idea that this unit is something less than central to the HTC strategy – but you never know!

Have a peek at the timeline below to check out all of the most recent HTC One news to see what we’re expecting tomorrow in the AM. Also follow along with HTC to see all the news up close and personal as we see it all in New York City as well as London! You can follow us right here in the main news feed or through our HTC tag portal!

[via HTCGlobal]

HTC One event teases big, flat, square device is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s been a long time coming, but Android 4.1.2 has finally arrived for the phone that began the whole “is it a phone, or is it a tablet?” quandary: the original international Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000. The Jelly Bean update brings a number of improvements to the OG Note, with a brand new Nature UX that brings it a little closer to the Note sequel in terms of look and feel. It’ll also get features like Multi-Window, Page Buddy, Smart Rotation and of course, Google Now. As usual, the update will roll out in phases depending on your country or carrier and is available via Kies or over the air.

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The world is slowly making the switch over to electric power, and while some mass transit systems have been powered by electricity for a while, it’s usually delivered through overhead cables that connect to the buses and trains at all times. However, Korea is moving away from overhead cables in favor of wireless power to its mass transit vehicles.

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have ended up making major strides in powering mass transit systems over wireless protocols. The systems are called On-line Electric Vehicles (OLEV), and are actually already being tested on Korean roads today. If all goes well, they may switch to the new system permanently.

The technology uses inductive charging to wirelessly transmit electricity from the ground to coils underneath the floor of electric vehicles. The ground has embedded power cables that transmit electricity to the pick-up coils. So far during testing, engineers have recorded an 85% transmission efficiency with the cables and coils.

The technology is similar to what Utah State University is currently doing. Back in December, they introduced an inductive charging technology that involved the same wireless method, which would allows city buses to quickly charge up while waiting at a bus stop, an initiative that would cut down the amount of fuel needed drastically.

[via Txchnologist]

Korean mass transit moving towards wireless power is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Sony will be taking complete advantage of its purchase of Gaikai, and it’s cloud gaming services, for its soon-to-be-announced PlayStation 4. According to a recent tip from The Wall Street Journal, and a teaser video just released by Sony, we see that all signs are pointing to the PlayStation 4 being backwards compatible with PlayStation 3 games through a total streaming service with Gaikai.

Previously, it was speculated that PlayStation 3 games would not be backwards compatible with the PlayStation 4 because the PlayStation 4 would be utilizing a new AMD x86 chip. The chip would be incompatible with the architecture in the previous consoles. Gaikai’s cloud-gaming service would be the solution to that. Also, it’s speculated that with the Gaikai cloud-gaming streaming service, PlayStation 3 titles may not just be limited to the PlayStation 4. It could be streamed to the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 itself, and even tablets and smartphones. Of course, it’s up to Sony to utilize it that way.

Gaikai will not be streaming PlayStation 4 titles because the max resolution it can output is 720p. Streaming the games would also require Gaikai servers to be relatively close to Playstation 4 users, and for the users to have a great internet connection. Gaikai only has experience streaming PC games, so even streaming PlayStation 3 will be a new challenge for the company.

The PlayStation 4 is speculated to cost about 40,000 yen, or $400, and it will be announced at Sony’s press conference in just two days. There, we will hear the details of the console and all it’s glory. It was just recently brought to our attention that Gaikai would be attending the conference as well, leading us to believe that the two have a huge, joint announcement for all of us.

PlayStation 4 backwards compatibility to be entirely virtualized is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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