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HTC Mini becomes the HTC Mini+ in UK, available for pre-order Aug 5th 2013, 06:12, by Juan Carlos Torres Early this year we reported on HTC‘s launch of the HTC Mini, a small candy-bar phone whose sole purpose is to connect to the HTC Butterfly, known as the Droid DNA in the US. Since then, there has been little word about it due to it being available only for the Chinese HTC Butterfly model. But it seems that the strange Mini is about to make a reappearance, this time in the UK market. The HTC Mini’s form and function is very simple. It is an NFC-equipped device that resembles an old-style cordless phone. It connects to the Butterfly and acts as an extended phone that can be used for making or receiving calls and text messages. It also allows viewing of phone logs and calendar entries from its monochrome display. It’s built for those occasions that you need to leave your phone in one place and be somewhere else. It can also act as a remote control when the phone is connected to a TV via HDMI. It seems that this quirky little handset will soon be available outside of China as well. UK online retailer Clove announced on its blog the coming availability of the device, now known as the HTC Mini+. It seems to have also gained some new features. HTC Mini+ will also be able to connect to phones through Bluetooth. Additionally, the Mini+ can also be used to control TVs using the Mini+’s infrared and an HTC Media Link HD. There is no information when the device will actually be made available or if there will be a formal launch for it in the UK. In the meantime, Clove is already accepting pre-orders for the price of 54.16 GBP, roughly $83, without taxes or 64.99 GBP, around $100, including VAT. VIA: the::unwired Samsung Galaxy Folder flip phone makes an appearance in leaked images Aug 5th 2013, 05:28, by Juan Carlos Torres It appears that Samsung will really be pushing out a new Android dual-display flip phone sometime this year, with new information being leaked about the rumored Samsung Galaxy Folder smartphone, including photos and a model number. Depending on how things turn out, Samsung might actually be designing two flip phones for two separate markets. Flip phones were all the rage back in some almost forgotten time, a time before touchscreens took over almost all of a smartphone’s surface area. The form factor hasn’t exactly died out, especially in certain areas of the world, and Samsung seems to be quite serious in keeping it alive for a while. In 2011 and 2012, it released the SCH-W999 and SCH-W2013, respectively, for the Chinese market. Both flip phones run Android and have dual displays, so the company is not that new to the combination. The Galaxy Folder, with the model number SHV-E400K/SHV-400S, is of a similar design. It is rumored to be running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1.7 GHz and has 2 GB of RAM, powered by a 1820 mAh battery. It is said to have a 3.5-inch touchscreen with a 800×480 resolution and will be shipping with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. This is not the same flip phone described in another leak last week. The phone, codenamed “Hennessy”, has a model number SCH-W789 and sports lower hardware. Leaked information gives it a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 200 chip, 1 GB of RAM and a 320×480 HVGA display. Judging by the model numbers, the Hennessy might be released only in China. The Galaxy Folder, on the other hand, is rumored to launch in the Korean market. SOURCE: CLIEN.NET VIA: Techkiddy Story Timeline Samsung's dual-screen SCH-W999 bound for China Telecom Samsung launches SCH-W2013 dual-screen flip phone Samsung Galaxy Folder Android flip phone in the works Samsung "Hennessy" Android flip phone details leaked

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