HTC DLX (Droid DNA) Butterfly and the UK market.

Look at it! Go on look at it.

The HTC DLX, DNA DROID, BUTTERFLY J, no matter what you call it this phone is sexy. It's already been released in Japan (as the Butterfly J, nice name) and will soon be winging its way across to Verizon in the United States and allegedly named the DNA Droid.

This makes me ask the question, when will it be settling in the UK? This beast of a phone will be pitched up against the mighty Samsung Galaxy Note II as it has a whopping 5 inch touch screen! But wait for it - this packs a massive 440ppi - better than anything in the market at the moment.

Now, I'm in the market for a new phone (iPhone 4 has slowed to a snail's pace) and have thought about the SGN2 and then this baby popped up, so I thought it best to give HTC a call and ask them if I should spend my money with Samsung or wait for the Butterfly to land. They were very polite and paused for a while when I asked the Samsung-loaded question. At that point I knew she smelled something fishy and said that the US phone will work on the UK network.

Tantalisingly close, but as of yet, nish.

ASUS PadFone 2: Behind The Scenes

ASUS' world-renowned 'Design Thinking' philosophy has significantly reduced PadFone 2 Station's thickness and weight. At just 649g, the combined weight of both PadFone 2 and PadFone 2 Station is now lighter than most tablets on the market, and the dock mechanism has been redesigned to require just one swift step to use.

Who will be getting one of these? 

New Google Nexus Phone To Be Made By.....

LG?

HTC?

LG?

Sony?

Sony?

With so many rumours on the net about the next Google Nexus Android Phone I thought I'd gather up a few images circulating around.

For my two-penneths worth I'd take a punt at the LG model. I guess Samsung has got too big for it's boots and wants to go it alone without the Google branding, so Google has plumped for the next biggest Korean phone manufacturer LG.

I'm not so sure they can come up with the goods but I'm not buying a new phone until this phone is released - then I'll make my mind up between this, the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the new Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

PS I have only had Apple phones in the past - I can only see this as exciting.

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Red Bull Space Jump Stats from UK Mobile Human Monitoring Company

UK Mobile Human Monitoring Company, Equivital are the brains that are gathering the stats from the death-defying Red Bull sapce jump by Austrian Felix Baumgartner.

The team were able to measure in real-time Felix's ECG, heart rate, body temperature, and acceleration whilst he travelled at supersonic speeds through the stratosphere.

The information gathered will be used to fuel innovation in future human performance.

Here is a video of the free-fall taken from Felix's POV as he goes into a spin miles above the Earth.

Apple to launch 13-inch retina next week?

Apple may have a second trick up their sleeve next week when they call on us once again to look at their new wares.

Apple should be releasing the new "iPad Mini", the long awaited near 7-inch iPad. But also they may launch a new laptop - the 13-inch retina display MacBook Pro.

If it is launch it will follow in the footsteps of it's larger 15-inch compadre (launched in June) and sport a flash-only storage device further killing off the optical devices in the Mac product range although a stand alone device is still available in the Apple Store if needed.

This small bad-boy will have a Thunderbolt port and run a few screens all at the same time. Could this be the only Mac you need?

Comet and Currys drop price of Google Nexus 7

32gb on the way?

Comet and Currys the UKs two top electronic retail giants have dropped the price of the 16gb Google Nexus 7 tablet. There has been much rumour and speculation on the internet about Google possibly releasing a 32gb version of the popular tablet but keeping the same keen £199 price point.

Comet and Currys have both dropped the tablet down to £189.99 fuelling speculation that they are clearing the back rooms for a new delivery of 32gb versions just in time for the Christmas rush.