Hasta La Gadget!

Not actual M7 photo, but you get the idea…

HTC did seem as though they are on the mend, as their recent smartphone releases have helped them arrest a downward slide. Well, the latest rumor to surround products from this Taiwan-based firm would be the HTC M7, which has been touted to make its way to the US market sometime in the first quarter of next year. Apparently, the HTC M7 is a high end device which is said to go up head to head against the Samsung Galaxy S4 – yet another unreleased handset as well, which will be the flagship device for Samsung assuming it is released then.

Rumors surrounding the HTC M7 point toward a 5” Full HD display which will be similar in nature to that of the Droid DNA (or J Butterfly), and with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor running underneath the hood, it should not have any troubles making the cut when you throw a whole lot of work at it. The aluminum unibody case will also most probably boast of guaranteed LTE capabilities and a 13-megapixel camera at the back, but do stay tuned for an official word from HTC instead of relying on just rumors.

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In case you weren’t aware of this, current Sony Android smartphones are powered by dual-core chipsets, while their competitors such as HTC and Samsung have introduced quad-core smartphones as early as MWC this year. The good news is that if you are looking forward to a quad-core Sony smartphone, come 2013 your wish may come true. While there are rumors of a certain Sony “Odin” handset with a quad-core chipset along with some pretty impressive hardware, word on the street has it that Sony could also be looking at releasing cheap and affordable smartphones in 2013 that will also be quad-core powered. (more…)

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The relationship between Samsung and Apple can hardly be called good, what with the lawsuits between both companies. However with Samsung manufacturing parts Apple needs for their products, such as their AX chips used in Apple’s iOS products, rumor has it that Apple is looking to reduce reliance on Samsung and if a recent report by RBC Capital analyst Doug Freedman is to be believed, it seems that Apple could be taking their business to Intel, who might be one of the few chip manufacturers in the world who have the resources and ability to manufacture the quantity that Apple demands. (more…)

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With two iterations of the HTC Titan series, we wouldn’t be surprised if a HTC Titan III was in the works and that might have been confirmed by Microsoft. In a recent Xbox Live Rewards survey, it was asked of customers how excited they would be if they were to receive the following smartphones as a gift – the iPhone 5, Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD, Nokia Lumia 920, the Samsung Galaxy S3 or the HTC Titan III. As you can see in the screenshot above, it clearly states the III, not the II. Of course there is the possibility that whoever wrote the survey might have made a typo and added the extra “I”, but rumors awhile back indicated that HTC had a 4.7” WP in the works under the codename “Zenith” which apparently never made it out of the cutting room.

Perhaps HTC went back to the board with the handset, or like we said before, it could be a mere typo, but with CES 2013 in a month’s time and MWC 2013 to follow the month after, we wouldn’t be surprised if HTC had something up their sleeves. However with the release of the HTC Windows Phone 8X which is presumably HTC’s flagship WP8 handset, would the Titan III steal the spotlight away from it? We won’t read too much into this for now, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled nonetheless, so check back with us later for the details!

[Image credit – WPCentral]

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Boy, nearly 24 hours after the dust has settled on Microsoft announcing the pricing details of the Surface Pro (which does not come cheap at all, mind you), and here we are with rumors that Microsoft is already working on a sequel to the Surface, in addition to having plans for a Surface Pro 2 and Surface Book, where all three of those devices are meant to be ready for a 2013 release. Yeah, that’s what I thought too, and needed to hold the rails of my working chair before I collapsed out of sheer shock.

Don’t you think that having a sequel to the mentioned devices is just way too soon? After all, the Microsoft Surface that runs on the Windows RT platform hit the market for only a few weeks until now, and the Surface Pro tablet has yet to be commercially available. One thing that is interesting to take note of, however, would be the Surface Book idea – just what kind of ecosystem will the Surface Book survive in? Only time will tell, and hopefully these rumors can be squashed or confirmed as soon as possible so that folks are better able to make a more informed purchase decision.

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