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A set of photos has appeared depicting a miniature version of the hero device created by HTC to lead their smart device family through 2013. This device has been code-named HTC One Mini until the company makes it official, here appearing in black where previous rumors and information leaks had only shown the machine in its original silver metal iteration. This device will likely be unveiled by HTC by the end of this summer.

What you’re seeing here is a palm-sized HTC device made to be the smaller version of the HTC One. This version has been suggested – multiple times, from several sources – to be carrying a 4.2-inch 720p display, that bringing its sharpness up to 342 PPI – well under the original’s industry-leading 468 PPI.

The HTC One Mini has also been suggested to work with a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor along with 2GB of RAM, the processor not quite ringing up to the Snapdragon 600′s quad-core power, but staying ahead of last year’s Snapdragon S4 model present in several HTC One models (HTC One S, HTC One X USA-edition).

This device will likely bring the same HTC BoomSound front-facing speaker set and UltraPixel camera technology as the original, and will be delivered with Android 4.2.2 or higher with the newest version of HTC’s own user interface Sense.

UPDATE: It would appear that the images shared of this machine posted to the original source, SmartNews, have now been taken down at the request of local PR. This source also mentioned – before it’s takedown – that the device would be delivered by the end of the third quarter of this year.

HTC One Mini leaked in black, aimed at Q3 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s once again time to get heavy into the world of conjecture for the Samsung Galaxy Note series, this time for the third iteration of the handheld machine that started the series in the first place. What we’re seeing this week is a heavy-handed drop of a release date – September 4th – as well as a rolling-up of specification rumors from the past several weeks. This device may well be the largest (non-tablet) Note in the family yet, and it’ll likely appear right before IFA 2013.

While sources speaking with China Mobile News have suggested the accelerated production on the Samsung Galaxy Note III, a person “close to the matter” speaking with Android Geeks has pinpointed the event in question to September 4th. As in past years the machine has been dropped inside the Berlin-based technology convention IFA, this push for a pre-event reveal would follow instead the Samsung-only event trend of devices like the Samsung Galaxy S 4.

This release will likely be paired with a larger display than in the past, reaching up towards 6-inches instead of the measely 5.5-inch panel working with the Galaxy Note II. While the current-gen machine has an HD Super AMOLED display at 1280 x 720, it’s been suggested that the Galaxy Note III might work with IPS LCD instead, and the size 5.9-inches has popped up more than once.

Inside we’ll likely see specifications rather similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy S 4, as in past iterations. Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean will almost certainly be onboard with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI over the top, complete with a set of hover-friendly abilities like the Galaxy Note 8.0.

The big difference between the Galaxy S 4 and the Galaxy Note III (besides its size and addition of S Pen technology) may be the processor inside. As the Samsung Galaxy S III worked with a Qualcomm processor inside the USA and an Exynos processor abroad, so too has this situation arisen for the Galaxy S 4. It’s been suggested that, as with the Galaxy Note II, the Exynos processor included in the international edition of the Galaxy S device from this generation will be appearing in the USA release of the newest Note.

It all depends on how willing Samsung is to work with Qualcomm radios inside paired with their own “Octa” processor. We shall see!

Samsung Galaxy Note III release details stack up is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Google began sending out invitations for its #ifihadglass round of the Google Glass Explorer program, and though it has been a few weeks, some participants are still awaiting their invitations. Google posted a small update on its Google+ page today, saying that the program is coming to a close as the company begins looking at other ways to expand it. In light of some of the questions that have been raised as a result, Google has published some rather extensive Glass FAQ.

The FAQ illuminate on a handful of categories of questions that have been raised over Glass, including general inquiries, specifications, software, and security/privacy. The general questions address what we already know about the device: what it does, whether it covers the eye, and what the Glass explorer edition is. Beyond this, however, is a look at our technology culture and how Glass fits in it.

In particular, Google says that Glass will not make people more dependent on technology as some say, with the company pointing out that device is not augmented reality and that the screen is, by default, inactive. According to the company, feedback from users who have been wearing Glass find that “after several weeks” their overall technology use decreases due to the reported efficiency of how the device provides access to information.

Beyond that is an addressing of privacy and security concerns, with Google stating that it has been “thinking very carefully” about both areas throughout the device’s creation. Information, says the company, is kept safe and secure, and that worries over whether Glass is constantly taking images or recording videos is unfounded, pointing out that the battery life only facilitates 45 minutes of recording.

The FAQ go on to address the privacy concerns of non-users, face recognition, third-party data sharing, and the instances in which it has been banned by some locations. You can read the entire write up for yourself, but the gist of it is that users should not fear the new technology. This comes shortly after Google failed to reassure a Congressional committee that raised concerns on these topics.

SOURCE: Google+

Google publishes Glass FAQ as latest round of invites wrap up is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Google it. Everyone who has ever connected to the Internet knows what that means. But should it really mean use Google to search for/find something on the Internet? Or should it be a term for being bombarded with ads and white space when you’re looking for something. Google.com’s search results have all just become links to Google’s own services.

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Now that a leaked build of Android 4.3 is in the wild, curious users have been poring over the code to see exactly what’s new. Kevin from TeslaCoil Software may have found one of the first real gems: there’s now a notification listening service under the hood. The feature would let third-party apps read notifications and perform common notification-level tasks. While we don’t have new software to show exactly how the service will work, it’s possible that future apps will have limited control over each other without relying on the hacks that we see today. We’ll know the full story when Google makes Android 4.3 official — whenever that is.

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