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Samsung’s hitting fast and hard with a gamut of press releases just hours before Mobile World Congress. The latest is the update to their flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, which has been somewhat lazily christened the Galaxy Tab 2, 10.1 inch version. From a hardware perspective it looks like an updated version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, the German variant introduced to curb Apple’s enthusiasm for patent litigation. On the inside, it gets Ice Cream Sandwich with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI skin. Besides a swanky redesign with front-facing speakers (and branding), the Galaxy Tab 2 doesn’t do much to push the envelope as far as specifications go. You still get the same 1280×800 LCD panel, running over a 1Ghz dual-core processor (make indeterminate) with a full gigabyte of RAM. Cameras are 3 megapixels on the rear plus an LED, but just VGA on the front. At the moment Samsung is pushing a connected HSPA+ version, but you can bet WiFi-only and CDMA variants will be made eventually. 16 or 32GB of

It’s been a while since we saw Samsung try the whole projector-phone combination, but now that it’s on top of the smartphone world it looks like they’ve got the resources and guts to try again. Enter the Samsung Galaxy Beam, a new Android smartphone with a Pico projector integrated into the housing. The Beam is getting a special pre-Mobile World Congress unveil, making it the first Samsung device to be officially announced at the event – just over 24 hours before it starts. Details in the official press release paint a picture of a mid-range Android phone with a projector crammed in for good measure. A 1.0Ghz dual-core processor runs Android Gingerbread on a 4.0-inch Super AMOLED screen. The device is surprisingly slim considering the hardware, with a 12.5mm profile. Though the 2000mAh battery is above average for a smartphone, there’s no telling how long it will last while projecting content via the top-mounted lens. And speaking of the projector, it’s not the greatest a 15 lumens, bu

Well well well: this would appear to be some pretty solid evidence that Samsung’s latest stylus kick is getting even more plus-sized come Monday. Swedish blogger Anders Frick spotted a couple of large-scale advertisements in and around the Fira de Barcelona, where the first pre-show events for Mobile World Congress are set to begin in just a few hours. While he was clearly doing a little surreptitious snooping, what he caught with his camera is pretty clearly the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, a full-sized tablet version of the original Galaxy Note. The device itself should get a proper unveiling sometime on Monday. The branding matches the gigantic banners we saw for the Galaxy Note at CES last month, and jives with Samsung’s earlier hints that we’d see more of the S-Pen stylus technology on bigger devices. There isn’t much revealed in the photos themselves, though you can see what appears to be a basic notation app running. Since we haven’t see hide nor hair of Samsung’s TouchWiz running

Of the four major lobbying groups that Facebook has hired to lobby in Washington on its behalf, three have severed their ties with the social networking site. Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock; the Glover Park Group; and TeleMedia Policy Group have all walked away from the money Facebook was throwing their way to give the site a voice in Congress, citing “conflict” concerns, according to a recent Politico report. Facebook, which has one of the strongest and most organized lobbying platform among players in the online social market, now only has one major firm in its back pocket, Elmendorf Ryan. The site spent $1.35 million on lobbying in 2011, compared to just $351,000 in 2010. Much of that went to the organizations that are no longer supporting it. What this means is those lobbying groups most likely received pressure to axe Facebook from content provider clients, who are increasingly on the opposite side of the aisle from companies like Facebook. It would be like a lobbying group that

Bad news, would be archaeologists-slash-aerobics enthusiasts: those of you with Android phones and tablets will be waiting a while longer to play iOS smash hit Temple Run. While previously indicating that the game would be available sometime this month, developer Imangi posted on their Facebook page that they’re still in the final stages of development. The game is in beta at the moment, but it’ll be another week – possibly more – before it hits the Android Market. Bummer. We hope to announce a release date soon, but want to be 100% sure first. We promise that as soon as we know, we’ll post here and give you at least a week’s notice before it comes out. The developers also took the opportunity to warn fans of fake and possibly malicious apps claiming to be Temple Run. Since even basic users can download Android apps outside of the official Market (albeit by disabling a security check) there’s a real danger of downloading malware masquerading as the extremely popular game. According to

We are merely days away from finding out everything HTC has to offer from Mobile World Congress and the leaks are coming in full steam. Thanks to the online retailer FullGSM we now can basically confirm many of the rumors that have previously been heard. Talks of a special dual-shutter camera, confirmation of the quad-core Tegra 3 and more. Read on for the full rundown. The new flagship HTC One X, that has leaked plenty in the past with names such as the Edge or Endeavor has just been leaked with a full out, complete specification sheet. Many remain the same as earlier specs but not all. According to FullGSM the One X will be complete with a 4.7″ 1280 x 720p HD S-LCD2 display, a 1.5 GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage (26GB usable) and a beefy 8 megapixel dual-shutter camera that can take full 8 megapixel shots simultaneously while recording video. Other specs include MHL, NFC capabilities, obviously Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense UI 4.0. But we

If you like the idea of the spectacle of Killzone 3 but can’t justify plopping down $60 for the game, there will soon be a solution for you. A free download will be showing up on the PlayStation Network next week that will allow players to jump into the online multiplayer version of the game. Of course, all the limits that typically come with a free-to-play MMO will be in place. That is, there will be a level cap (specifically, the level of “Sergeant” will be the highest rank possible). However, for a one-time charge of $14.99, players can max out their character with no limit. That’s still a pretty small price to pay considering it opens up access to not only the base game map but all the additional maps that have been released through DLC packs as well. The freemium model has become the de facto way to monetize online games these days. In fact, in the world of apps, the freemium model has exploded among games that are mainly played offline as well. Because of the ubiquitous nature of

Samsung’s much-anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone will pack a whopping 4.8-inch display, according to the latest rumors, along with the unusual choice of ceramic rather than plastic for the back panel. The oversized display hasn’t been detailed by BGR‘s insiders as to technology or resolution, though a Super AMOLED Plus likely offering at least 720p HD is probably on the cards. Meanwhile, Samsung’s publicly-stated intention of not revealing the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress next week is apparently so that it can prepare for a huge, simultaneous multi-location release. In fact, the Korean company is tipped to be hoping to launch the Galaxy S III in more than 50 “markets or cities” at the same time, according to the tipsters. Previous high-profile Galaxy releases have been more staggered – some US carriers are only now getting the year-old Galaxy S II, for instance – but a release of this scale could be a serious feather in Samsung’s cap in its PR campaign against Apple. As for

One of the most widely known but not fully understood processes in the animal kingdom is when fish swim together in a pack, or as it’s more commonly referred to, a “school.” A pair of researchers at New York’s Polytechnic Institute decided that building a robotic fish and manipulating the way it moves would allow them to create controlled experiments to figure out why seeing a school of fish is so common. Previously, the assumptions were what you might expect – by traveling in large numbers, fish can more easily ward off predators and keep one another moving in the right direction. But there are inherent problems as well, including the fact that if you’re part of a large group, it’s harder for each member of the group to get enough food and sustenance. Also, if anyone in the group gets a disease, everyone else is at risk. So what did the engineers discover? They noticed, first off, that the fish actually accepted the robot as one of their own. There were a few exceptions; some fish kep

Lemon is starting to become the new default way for consumers to keep track of their receipts. There are many other apps fighting for your attention when it comes to tracking your finances, but Lemon is unique in its specific focus on allowing users to snap pictures of their physical paper receipts so they have a permanent record of them. If you think this is only a niche market, think again. The app has just reached 1 million users and it’s expanding its functionality. Now that Lemon is definitely not a lemon in the app marketplace, it has decided to add a bunch of features that let users track the categories on which they’re spending the most money. The app already had the ability to extract information like store name and transaction total, but now it will categorize that information and provide a much more detailed list of statistics and analysis. Essentially, it wants to do the same kind of stuff that Mint.com does now. Mint has gained a very strong following by allowing users to

When Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld launched in Japan late last year, you could say it suffered from some pretty major problems. Now that it’s launched in other territories, it seems there’s a mini problem, both figuratively and literally. Apparently there’s an issue with players trying to launch their Playstation mini games that were received through a Playstation Plus subscription. To be clear, this is not an issue with Playstation mini titles not being compatible with the Vita. Gamers who purchased a mini for their PSP should be able to download it to their Vita and play it with no problem. But for some reason, if that mini was received for free through the Playstation Plus program, the game can still be downloaded but if users try to open it, they’re greeted with an error. Playstation minis are small, casual games that first launched back in 2009. They were among the first downloadable games that could be purchased once and then played on either the PS3 or PSP. Now the Vita

Google has closed off its online affiliate program for digital books to the public, saying it just didn’t pan out the way the company expected. The program attracted a lot of users but very few who actually sent through worthwhile sales. The initiative was only launched about eight months ago, in June, and now Google says it will work better if it operates as a private program with select partners. In an official forum post, Google wrote, “Google eBooks is narrowing the scope of the program to a smaller number of partners. While the program will continue privately, Google eBooks will no longer appear in Google Affiliate Network as an available advertiser.” Under the program, anyone who signed up – bloggers, site owners, etc – and led customers to buy a book from Google’s platform would receive a 6% to 10% commission. The search giant has axed the majority of users who signed up for the program. Affiliate marketing has become increasingly difficult to manage due to the way online commer

Sprint had been discussing the possibility of buying out rival low-cost carrier MetroPCS for a whopping $8 billion, but those talks have come to an end and no deal will be made, according to a Business Week report. The deal was shut down not by MetroPCS, but internally by Sprint. The company’s board of directors reportedly rejected it before any serious back-and-forth between the carriers began. Sprint has the ambition and the desire to be at or near the top of the mobile market in the US, but try as it might it just can’t get there. AT&T and Verizon are behemoth competitors, leaving Sprint in a comfortable position but not one of overarching power. The company has reportedly been trying to ink an acquisition deal since last year. MetroPCS has nearly 10 million customers and a lot of mobile spectrum, both of which are very attractive. MetroPCS has increased in popularity, especially among consumers who want a smartphone but don’t have a lot of money or are unable to get a contract

In the next generation of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, you won’t be signing into your Windows Live Mail account or your Windows Live Photo Gallery Account, or your Windows Live Messenger account. You’ll be signing in, simply, to your Microsoft account. The “Live” branding is going away in an attempt to make all of Microsoft’s products and services more tightly integrated. Ironically, that was the goal of the Live moniker in the first place, but it just isn’t working. Windows Live Photo Gallery is just too long of a title. Instead, that service will be called “Photos.” Much simpler. Windows Live Mail will become Mail. Windows Live Messenger will become Messenger. And instead of a “Windows Live” account, it’ll be referred to as a Microsoft Account. Of course, this all only applies to the PC side of things. Microsoft would never dare kill the Xbox Live brand, which is one of the most powerful platforms in the entire company’s repertoire. The problem Microsoft has had is in creat

In an effort to draw attention away from all the digital streaming and distribution news that has been populating the Web lately, kiosk giant Redbox has announced a promotion where customers can get a free one-day video game rental next week. The promotion runs from Sunday to Thursday, and users must book their reservation online in advance. If they return the game by the next day, there will be no charge. Of course, customers still need to secure their rental with a debit or credit card, and each day after the first day will be an additional $2. And we all know that playing a video game is not like watching a DVD or Blu-ray Disc; you don’t just pop it in for a couple hours and then set it aside. Video games are multi-day affairs, so this promotion makes a lot of sense. Of course, it also comes at a time when Netflix has been adding new content partnerships, Blockbuster has scored better than expected results with its streaming initiative, and game streaming company OnLive makes a spla

In case you haven’t heard, Electronic Arts has create a rather unique promotion to generate buzz about its latest title in the Mass Effect franchise. The company has attached weather balloons to a bundle of special editions of the game, and is sending them up into the atmosphere with sophisticated GPS tracking. Gamers are invited to track where they go so they can track them down and grab one of the alluring “Space Edition” copies. The first balloon was sent into the sky from San Francisco, and it wasn’t long before fans saw that it has landed near Santa Cruz, California. Developer Bioware said that 10 ardent Mass Effect fans happened to be in the area to claim their treasure. The only problem is that it was 150 feet off the ground, stuck in a tree. The fans used everything from a baseball attached to a rope, to marbles and slingshots to try to get the games down. EA is moving to other major cities in the US to launch more weather balloons packed with the alluring prize. Other location

A video-sharing app called Viddy, which has been around for some time but has been surging recently and came into the ranks of the top five, has been pulled from the App Store. While the reason behind apps becoming disabled are never publicly announced, it’s being reported that the reason is due to an increase in adult content and a lack of regulation on Viddy’s part. The app’s developer has denied that and said it’s working with Apple to resolve the issue. Viddy has a vested interest in making sure it is released back to the iPhone and iPad platforms. After all, it recently received $6 million in Series A funding from venture capital groups in Qualcomm, Greycroft Ventures, and Battery Ventures. The company also managed to strike major content partnership, including a deal with Disney during the release of the theatrical Muppets movie. In other words, this isn’t a sleazy app that went up overnight. But Apple might have had some questions over the fact that the most recent popular video

After much discussion today on how the Google Chrome web browser’s up and coming “Do Not Track” button would be applied to the browser in future versions, Google has gone ahead and released a preliminary extension to make it so. This extension is one that anyone can click to install on their Google Chrome browser with ease, the functionality of it very likely to simply be baked in to future Google Chrome releases. This extension acts to opt your web browser out of online ad personalization via cookies once and for all – permanently. This extension offers you an one-step persistent opt-out, as they say, of the personalized advertising and data tracking that has landed Google in so much hot water as of late. Google is careful to note that such personalized advertising and the data tracking that’s involved in making it happen is still within the industry privacy standards for online advertising. Google is also careful to note that at no time will this extension ever track or keep any reco

Despite Google’s recent efforts to bulk up on Android Market security with the Bouncer system, a new Android malware has hit the scene and uses Facebook to spread. Google’s Bouncer system is supposed to screen malicious apps from penetrating Android Market, but this new malware circumvents the system by spreading through Facebook’s mobile app. The malicious software disguises itself as an Android app named “any_name.apk” or “allnew.apk” and is sent to Android phones via Facebook’s mobile app. An Android user may receive a Facebook friend request and if the user goes to the requester’s profile to check them out, they could be diverted to another web page instead, where the malicious app will be automatically downloaded. Although Android doesn’t by default allow apps to be automatically downloaded, some users choose to turn off this protection in order to have access to apps distributed outside of the Android Market. Once infected, the malware can send text messages in the background to

HP may have ditched its WebOS platform along with its corresponding hardware in an abrupt and ill-planned maneuver last year that saw its CEO Leo Apotheker ousted and replaced by Meg Whitman, but it’s ready now to give tablets another shot. Although recent rumors suggested that the WebOS HP TouchPad could be revived in 2013, the current focus is on Windows 8. Whitman confirmed during a conference today that HP does indeed plan to release a Windows 8 tablet before the end of this year. Whitman made the announcement today during a Wall Street Journal conference, revealing that the new Windows 8 tablet by HP will be primarily based on Intel technology. The decision to go Intel instead of ARM had to do with the still unconfirmed schedule for the ARM edition of Windows 8. As to how the HP tablet would stack up against competitors such as the iPad, Whitman insisted that she isn’t worried. She doesn’t believe that the two tablets would compete, saying that she uses the iPad for reading books

Jumping off from last year’s great success at Mobile World Congress 2011, Google is once again preparing the “Google Pod” for Android goodness at the 2012 edition of the Barcelona-based show. What we saw last year amazed and dazed the masses, showing Android to be not just a force to be reckoned with in the greater mobile market, but a completely fun and enjoyable brand to engage with on a larger-than-life level as well. This year’s Google Pod will once again be featuring gigantic Android statues, a fully functional elbow slide, and what we’ve yet to confirm is more Android-treat-flavored smoothies, not to mention a full showing of everything Android has to offer to the world of mobile. For those of you running around Mobile World Congress 2011 like chickens with their heads cut off collecting special edition metal Android pins, this year will have a whole new set! Everything from Google+ themed Androids to the cowboy Android made in collaboration with Texas Instruments! The big questi

Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk took to the company’s blog today to respond to rumors being spread that its EV Roadster batteries can get “bricked” as in becoming completely inoperable if owners don’t keep the cars plugged in. Musk calls this an “irrational fear” and that it stems from a complete misunderstanding of Tesla’s battery system. The rumor started with a post on the blog called Understatement by Michael DeGusta, who claimed that a Roadster had to be plugged in all the time to avoid becoming totally discharged, at which point it would become bricked or completely immobile. Thereafter the only solution to the now inoperable electric vehicle would be to plunk down another $40,0000 for a replacement battery. The post claims that up to five Roadsters have been bricked so far, with one incident where Tesla went to the extent of remotely activating a customer’s dying vehicle using GPS to determine its location in order to cover up the issue. It’s not clear whether Tesla had the owner’s

With the final statistic in place, Nokia taking the top spot in the Windows Phone sales market, Nokia and Microsoft now need only to reap what they’ve sewn in the world of brand awareness. The entire globe knows the name Nokia and just about everyone on the planet has had experience with a Windows-based PC. These are two winning brands, and there’s no good reason why they shouldn’t be on the road to a winning position in the smartphone business in a much greater sense in the years ahead. There are several reasons why Nokia isn’t doing as good as it has in the past as far as smartphone sales go worldwide, and several reasons why Windows Phone isn’t doing as hot as it could be right this second. Two of the biggest reasons are right here in front of you, and you more than likely have one or the other (or both!) in your pocket right now: Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android mobile operating system. The most dominating reason why both of these groups have taken off and continue to grow is br

A Google patent filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office has been discovered by PatentlyApple, revealing that the company has invented some new gesture controls for search-related functions on future Android devices. Google extensively explained the concept, which essentially allows users to draw a continuous gesture around some content onscreen to automatically initiate a search for that content in Google. The continuous gesture is a combination of the letter “g” presumably for Google and the letter “o” around whatever graphic or other content that you wish to initiate a search for. The search begins automatically the moment you lift your finger from the display. These so called “Smart Continuous Gestures” for Android do not have to be drawn in any particular order besides being continuous. This means that you could draw a “g” with the “o” surrounding it or side by side. Additionally, the gesture isn’t limited to initiating searches in Google. By drawing a continuous combination

It looks like Target is at it again with a new trade-in promotion that will reportedly launch this Sunday, February 26. The promotion will be especially enticing for those of you wanting to trade up from your iPhone 4 to an iPhone 4S to get in on all that Siri action. The catch of course is that you’ll have to sign up for a new two-year service agreement. With this limited time offer, you can take your iPhone 4 to your nearest Target and get up to $200 in trade-in credit, given that it’s in excellent working condition. This means you could potentially get a new 16GB iPhone 4S for free. You certainly don’t have to get an iPhone 4S either, as the trade-in credit can be applied to any Target purchase. And for those who still have an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G, you haven’t been left out. The old iPhones can still get you up to $150 and $100 in trade-in credit, respectively, depending on their conditions. If you’ve been itching to switch to the iPhone 4S, now may be the time. Just make sure

Manufacturers at Satechi have what the world has wanted for years and never knew it: a 12 Port USB hub, complete with power adapter and 2 control switches: all your smartphones plugged into one single strip. I suppose you’re wondering why you don’t just plug all your devices into the power strip you’ve got sitting here already. I’ll tell you why: that power strip needs to be used for all of your laptops, of course! Here what you’ve got instead is a device which can both power your devices and feed data in and out of your computer – all at the same time! This certainly isn’t the first USB hub to ever be bestowed upon the earth by the manufacturing gods, but it’s definitely the most awesomely large. There’y only one thing better than a four-port USB hub, and that’s a 12-port USB hub. That’s what Satechi has, and Satechi knows it. Turn on one half, turn on the whole thing, or turn the whole thing off – do what you will with more ports than any one human should have ever been granted acces

Pivothead has introduced its first entry into the market of sunglasses with built-in video cameras. Outdoor enthusiasts and thrill seekers get to protect their eyes and record what they see during their adventures. And now with the new Pivothead video glasses, they get to record full HD 1080p video and even take 8-megapixel stills. The Pivothead video glasses feature gyroscopic image stabilization and continuous auto-focus, which kick in when “Active Mode” is selected. Videos can be shot at 30fps in either 720p or 1080p or at 60fps in only 720p and are saved as in H.264/MPEG-4 format. The video glasses also offer “Spectator Mode,” “Social Mode,” and “Black & White Mode.” You can simply wear the glasses as regular sunglasses and then when you need to record something you turn on the camera by tapping a button on the bottom of the left side. Pushing a button on top of that side begins recording in the default mode of 1080p at 30fps. The settings for the glasses can be changed via var

The folks at NVIDIA are coming in hot with not only information about the soon to be released quad-core smartphones on the block, the first on earth of course, but with LTE and their own Icera modems as well! Mobile World Congress 2012 is right around the corner, and NVIDIA is showing off how fabulous their showing is going to be at the world’s largest mobile-based convention of the year – right here with Icera! In their latest update, they’ve detailed not only Voice over LTE with Icera, but LTE gaming as well. Both of these technologies will be given greater detail and live demonstrations without a doubt, but what they are here is basically thus: Voice over LTE, also known as VoLTE, will be demonstrated as seamless handover of voice calls between and LTE network and a circuit-switched WCDMA 3G network and back again. This demonstration will be done using Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) and will have HD quality voice – this is also known as AMR-WB, aka Adaptive Multi-Rate-Wi

There’s an abnormally large amount of attention being payed to so-called privacy here at the start of 2012, andGoogle’s “Do Not Track” button has fired up the stove for further fanning of flames here in late February. There’s a lot of ways to “protect” yourself in the connected, mobile, and communicative world of today, but none is better than this: just keep away from the keyboard. What I’m saying is that should a person want to have total and complete severance from tracking on the web, there’s only one way: stop using it. For everyone else in the world that wants to be realistic, here’s five steps that will lead you to glory. 1. Hit the Preferences The place you’re going to stop websites from attaching to your person first is the preferences pane in any one of the many web browsers you might be using. If you’re using Google’s Chrome, you’ll want to head to your Preferences menu, then to Under the Hood, then to your Privacy options. These options are as simple as flipping on or off a

There’s another brand new teaser video in town this week, coming from ASUS with three colors in mind: Red, White, and Blue, painted right over the tablet landscape. Here’s what we’re figuring, given the information we have so far: this teaser is for the PadFone. Thus far we’ve gotten one teaser called “Divided We Stand” complete with some Russian nesting dolls, then we got a “Twice the Pixels, Twice the Fun” teaser which showed how if you put a bunch of rubber balls in a bin, they look better if there’s more of them, now we get this. This teaser has three colors on a pallet, a painter smooshing one of them and stamping out a masterpiece on canvas. The theme of this particular teaser is “Red, White, and Blue, what can we play?” and simply must mean that whatever model tablet ASUS is revealing at the events will have a collection of different-colored plastic battery covers. Or it could mean that ASUS has some new bit of software that makes it extra intuitive to do artwork on the tablets

This past week we’ve been checking out Sony’s newest and most powerful handheld gaming system in the history of its existence, the PS Vita. This mobile console is also known as the PlayStation Vita and is able to be used as a gaming system in and of itself or in tangent with your PlayStation 3 – today we’re just taking a look at how the system works on its own, connected with the PlayStation Store for digital content, and with cartridge games which you’ll be buying individually and separately. Is this the greatest mobile gaming system in the history of time, or is it the end of a dying genre? Hardware There’s little that a person in my position, being one who reviews buckets of mobile devices such at tablets and smartphones each month along with stereo equipment, mobile apps, and the like, about the hardware here being anything but superior. Superior to the relatively low-quality state of the physical buttons on smartphones, that is. When you handle essentially any modern smartphone wi

The game Alan Wake has just done so spectacularly well in the first 48 hours it’s been out on the digital download zone Steam that it’s recaptured all the money it’s spent on not only development, but marketing for the game as well. This game is currently inside the top 10 games listed on Steam, was number one for a period after launch and, needless to say, its creators at Remedy are ecstatic. Users currently interested in picking up the game have the option of getting the Collector’s Edition DLC Free until the first of March – this including commentary videos, an illustrated PDF book, and a full soundtrack for the game as well. Based in the thriller genre and rated T for Teen, this game has the character Alan Wake waking up in a Nightmare. You’re asked to fight with light, face off against your demons and those surrounding you, and generally be terrified throughout the entirety of this wholly unique environment. Sounds sort of like Silent Hill, doesn’t it? This game isn’t quite so bla

This week we’re more than pumped up to check out HTC’s offering next week at Mobile World Congress 2012, and it appears that the folks at IT Pro Portal have had a stroke of luck seeing the first device in HTC’s lineup for themselves. What you’re looking at appears to be what many are calling the HTC One X, a device which has been tipped to have a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, an 8 megapixel camera on the back, and 4.7-inch super bright display. And by the looks of it, it’s going to be one fantastic looking beast! This device is set to have three Android menu buttons along the bottom, each of them corresponding to one of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich buttons we’ve seen on-screen on the Galaxy Nexus in the past, one for back, one for home, and one to see a list of the apps you’ve currently got running. This device has been said to contain a microSD card slot (more than likely under the battery cover) and a feel not unlike what we’ve held in our hands in the HTC Sensation. This