New York: HTC announces 8X...

HTC has announced the 8X at their event in New York, the Windows Phone 8 running handset features some impressive specs but nothing new.

The phone packs a 4.3-inch SuperLCD2 display with 720p resolution (720x1280), powered by Qualcomm's S4 processor clocked at 1.5GHz with 1GB of RAM which runs Windows Phone 8. Camera's include a 8-megapixel rear-facing camera paired with a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls. Internal storage is at 16GB and can be expanded by MicroSD card (up to 32GB).

Similarly, The device has been said to be available in November but no price has been given, I'd estimate a price of £290-£340.

UPDATE: The price of the handset is £399 from Unlocked Mobiles

HTC plan event for Windows Phone announcement

HTC has sent out invites for a event on September 19th in New York City. As everyone is saying, HTC is highly likely to unveil WP8 handsets following Samsung's announcement of the Activ S phone at IFA in Berlin. If this is a WP8 event, could we finally see the Zenith, Accord and Rio? We'll find out pretty soon.

Samsung announces Galaxy Note 2...

Samsung has finally announced and revealed the Galaxy Note 2, after teasing it in a video. The device features a bigger 5.5-inch display and is 9.4mm thick making it thinner than it's predecessor. Design wise, the handset is based on the design of the Galaxy S3 and does well at making it look good despite the big screen.

Specs wise, we have a 5.5-inch display with 720p resolution (720x1280), powered by a quad-core Exynos processor clocked at 1.6GHz with 2GB of RAM. Camera's include the same 8-megapixel rear-facing and 1.9-megapixel front-facing cameras featured on the S3. Internal memory comes in 16/32/64GB flavours and can be expanded using MicroSD card (up to 32GB), battery capacity is a massive 3,100mAh and the device runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" out of the box. 

Samsung outs teaser for Unpacked event...

Samsung has just released a teaser for their upcoming Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29th. The Korean company is due to showcase a sequel to the Galaxy Note, in this video we hear about the uses Wim Wenders had for the device, we see the S-Pen and some drawing action.

However, there was very little sight of the device itself so, it's back to the leaks or the event itself which is only 9 days away. Until then, watch this video over and over until you get so excited that you run around the room 5 times.

Samsung Galaxy SIII - Preview

Galaxy S3 image courtesy of Telegraph.co.uk.

Samsung have finally unveiled the hugely speculated Galaxy SIII at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 event in London.

The device sports a 4.8-inch Super-AMOLED HD display with a resolution of 720x1280 weighing the phone in at a pixel density of 306PPI. The phone is powered by a 1.4GHz Quad core Exynos processor.

The phone features a 8 megapixel rear facing camera with "burst shoot" capability, this feature is similar to the HTC One which enables you to take multiple photos ans pick the next one, with the rear-facing camera comes a 1.9 mega pixel front-facing camera. Battery capacity is 2100mAh with the optional extra of wireless charging.

New features to the software side include S-Voice which is similar to Siri on the iPhone, S-Beam which can transfer files up 300mbps. Samsung has also partnered up with DropBox enabling owners of this device 50Gbs's of free cloud storage. All in all, this device is definitely not a disappointment.