After Animal Crossing, Pokemon is Key for Nintendo

A lot is riding on Pikachu’s little yellow shoulders.

A man sits by a huge poster of Pokemon characters in Tokyo, in this July file photo.

 

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With a growing number of consumers playing videogames on smartphones and tablet computers, Nintendo7974.TO -6.08%’s biggest weapon in enticing gamers to buy its hardware is to create appealing games that can’t be played anywhere else.

Sequels of proven hit franchises like “Animal Crossing” are central to that strategy.  Perhaps no franchise is as important to the success of its portable game systems as the “Pokemon,” or Pocket Monsters, series, a long-running favorite among young children who collect and train cute-looking monsters for head-to-head battle.

It’s been a staple Nintendo game since the first Pokemon debuted in 1996. It’s evolved into a massive entertainment powerhouse featuring trading cards, comic books and a wide range of merchandise. The face of that franchise is none other than Pikachu, a short, chubby pocket monster whose occasional discharges of electricity belie his cute demeanor.

Nintendo is counting on Pokemon to work its magic again, driving customers to its portable game machines. The company is planning to release “Pokemon X” and “Pokemon Y” worldwide as a pair of games on Oct. 12.

In a sign of how much is riding on Pokemon, Nintendo is introducing a discounted handheld game machine on the same day as the game’s launch. The new device will be called 2DS, a cousin of the existing 3DS device. It plays the same games as the 3DS but it is missing the feature to display 3-D images. Nintendo said it will start selling the 2DS in North America and Europe on Oct.12 for $130 – nearly 25% cheaper than the 3DS. 

Historically, demand for Nintendo’s portable game machines starts to take off once the Pokemon games hit the market. With the Nintendo DS, sales started to spike after the company released “Pokemon Diamond Version” and “Pokemon Pearl Version.” Another positive factor in the DS’s sales improvement was the introduction of a slimmer, lighter DS.

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl sold about 18 million units for the DS, making it the fifth most popular game for the platform. Two other Pokemon titles are also in the top 10 of best-selling DS games.

Can Pikachu work his magic again?

In Japan, There Are Fake Noses for You To Pick

Remember, you can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's nose. So pick this phoney nose!1P

From the folks at Bandai, here's a line of synthetic rubber noses called "Hojirerun desu" (ほじれるんです), which means they are "pickable."P

These are capsule toys and starting next month, they'll be sold in small capsule toy vending machines for 200 yen ($2). Note that capsule toys can often get rather unusual and silly. This product was also designed by the folks who did the cool Mugen series of edamame and bubble wrap toys. Like those products, the pickable noses are all in good fun and not entirely serious. P

According to GetNews, the rubber noses come in four different shapes: Nose (regular), Wild Nose, Beauty Nose, and Idol Nose. There are also clear versions of the noses, so you can observe your nose picking. There's one "rare secret" nose, which looks to have snot coming out of it. P

For when you are on the go and want to pick someone else's nose. P

Ram your finger all way in, and the nose with make a suction sound when you pull it out. Just like a real nose, right? P

http://kotaku.com/in-japan-there-are-fake-noses-for-you-to-pick-1226156241

iPhone 5S : les Champenois menacent Apple s’il utilise l’appellation « Champagne »

Parfois, les rumeurs lancées sur les futurs appareils d’Apple peuvent avoir des conséquences réelles. Après un buzz sur le lancement d’un iPhone doré, certains internautes ont décidé de dire « champagne » au lieu de gold ou doré. Jamais Apple n’a confirmé une appellation ou une autre. Elle n’a même jamais confirmé l’arrivée de ce modèle.

Pour ne pas être mis sur le fait accompli, le CIVC (Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) a décidé de prendre les devants. Charles Goemaere, le responsable juridique de ce groupement, a d’ores et déjà fait connaître à Apple vive opposition a cette option.Dans le journal L’Union, il fait part de ses craintes « Contrairement à Bordeaux qui est devenue une couleur générique, Champagne ne constitue pas une couleur harmonisée. […] On ne peut donc pas considérer qu’il existe une couleur champagne. Une entreprise qui voudrait utiliser le nom de Champagne le ferait ainsi, non pas pour informer ses clients d’une couleur, mais pour s’attirer tout ce qui tourne autour de l’univers bénéfique du Champagne. »Face à cet avertissement, Apple a répondu, contrairement à son habitude de ne jamais commenter les rumeurs. L’entreprise aurait ainsi indiqué au CICV que cette appellation champagne « n’était pas une information, mais une rumeur. » Une première ! Conscient des risques juridiques s’il passe outre, l’iPhone Champagne risque de ne jamais exister, si Apple avait eu l’intention d’utiliser ce terme.Et pour bien faire comprendre à Cupertino les risques qu’elle prendrait en passant outre, Charles Goemaere rappelle que « dans la quasi-totalité des cas nous obtenons gain de cause. »Et pour être efficace, le CICV utilise, une méthode qu’Apple connaît voit : la communauté.« Pour pouvoir être informés des abus nous avons quelques outils classiques comme la surveillance des marques, noms de domaine, alerte internet, prévient le responsable juridique. Nous avons aussi un réseau informel fait de bureaux à l’étranger, de champenois, consommateurs, qui au gré de leurs pérégrinations nous signalent une utilisation du mot Champagne qui les choque. »Lors du lancement d’iOS6, Apple a été confronté à une affaire similaire qui l’a opposé aux chemins de fers suisses. Le design de l’horloge d’iOS 6 s’était grandement inspiré de celui d’Hans Hilfiker, qui a créé ce modèle en 1944 pour les Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF). L’affaire n’est pas passée en justice, mais aurait été réglée à l’amiable contre un chèque de 17 millions d’euros.Source : L'Union.Apple répond : "c'est une rumeur."

Un responsable d'Android quitte Google pour le constructeur chinois Xiaomi

L'équipe dédiée au système pour smartphones et tablettes Android chez Googleperd une de ses têtes. Hugo Barra, vice-président en charge d'Android, a annoncé jeudi 29 août son départ du groupe dans quelques semaines, pour rejoindre le constructeur chinois de smartphones Xiaomi, et soutenir son expansion internationale.

"Dans quelques semaines, je rejoindrai l'équipe de Xiaomi pour les aider à étendre leur portfolio et leur business dans le monde, en tant que vice-président de Xiaomi Global", explique Hugo Barra dans un message sur Google+, dans lequel il félicite l'équipe Android pour son travail. "[Hugo] nous manquera à Google, mais nous sommes ravis qu'il reste sur Android", a répondu le responsable d'Android et Chrome, Sundar Pichai, sur le réseau social du groupe.

Avec Sandar Pichai, le responsable du design Matias Duarte ou l'ancien responsable Andy Rubin, Hugo Barra est une des figures publiques de l'univers Android chez Google, notamment chargé des présentations des nouveautés du système, des applications du groupe et des appareils. Il avait dernièrement présenté la dernière version de la tablette Nexus 7 (sortie mercredi en France) et la clé TV Chromecast. Malgré des rumeurs liant son départ à une mésaventure amoureuse au sein de Google, la décision aurait été prise bien avant, rapporte le site AllThingsD du Wall Street Journal.

POSITIONNEMENT HAUT DE GAMME ET FORTE CROISSANCE

Chez Xiaomi, le responsable de Google sera chargé des affaires à l'international et des partenariats. Actuellement, Xiaomi vit principalement du marché chinois, malgré deux incursions en avril à Hongkong et Taïwan. Comme ses compatriotes Huawei et ZTE, l'entreprise compte ainsi sur l'international pour soutenir son développement. Lors de sa dernière levée de fonds, la valeur de l'entreprise a été évaluée à 10 milliards de dollars (7,5 milliards d'euros). Il est estimé qu'elle passe à 30 milliards de dollars (22,6 milliards d'euros) d'ici à 2015.

La société, fondée en 2010, a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 2,15 milliards de dollars sur le premier semestre 2013, contre 2,07 milliards pour l'ensemble de l'année 2012. Sur les six premiers mois de l'année, l'entreprise a vendu 7 millions de terminaux, avec un objectif de 15 millions de ventes pour la fin 2013. L'entreprise, au positionnement haut de gamme, fournit des terminaux au prix divisé par deux ou trois face à ses compétiteurs mondiaux, comme Apple ou Samsung. Son dernier modèle haut de gamme, le Mi 2S, aurait été le smartphone le plus populaire du pays sur le premier semestre, devant le Samsung Galaxy S4. Selon Analysys International, cité par TechCrunch, Xiaomi aurait détenu 2,5 % du marché des smartphones au second trimestre 2013, contre 18,6 % pourSamsung et 4,6 % pour Apple.

"Xiaomi ressemble un peu à Apple, mais est vraiment proche d'Amazon, avec quelques éléments de Google", expliquait son fondateur, Lei Jung à Reuters, à la mi-août. L'entreprise vend ainsi ses appareils à bas coût dans le but de réaliser des profits dans la vente de contenus – comme Amazon avec sa gamme de liseuses et de tablettes Kindle ou Google avec sa gamme de smartphones et tablettes Nexus, censés diffuser son magasin Google Play.

UN SYSTÈME SE VOULANT PROCHE D'IOS

La société est notamment connue pour ses opérations commerciales, vendant ses terminaux par lots limités. En avril 2012, son premier modèle haut de gamme, le Mi One (M1), s'était écoulé à 150 000 exemplaires en 13 minutes, au prix de 1 999 yuan (247 euros). Six mois plus tard, en octobre, le second modèle (M2) s'était vendu à 50 000 exemplaires en moins de trois minutes, selon l'entreprise, au prix de 2 299 yuan (284 euros). L'entreprise s'était associée en décembre à l'équivalent chinois de Twitter, Sina Weibo, pour vendre un autre lot de son second modèle haut de gamme : 50 000 exemplaires sont partis en un peu plus de cinq minutes.

L'attrait des smartphones de l'entreprise ne vient pas que du matériel, mais des modifications apportées au système Android de Google. Le groupe américain fournit librement son système et permet de le modifier en profondeur, notamment pour modifier son ergonomie. Xiaomi est ainsi à l'origine de MIUI, une version d'Android à l'interface retravaillée, rapprochée en de nombreux points de celle du système iOS d'Apple, qui équipe l'iPhone. Au fil des versions, elle a tout de même affirmé sa propre inspiration. Cette version alternative, qui équipe ses smartphones, est également distribuée gratuitement, créant une renommée pour la jeune entreprise dans la communauté des aficionados et bidouilleurs d'Android.

Les efforts de Xiaomi ne sont pas uniques. Si l'entreprise a choisi très tôt son positionnement – un matériel haut de gamme vendu en marque propre avec une version modifiée d'Android –, celui-ci est depuis au centre du développement international du premier équipementier télécom chinois, Huawei, qui opère une montée en gamme sur ses smartphones. Délaissant peu à peu la vente en marque blanche pour opérateur, le groupe développe depuis 2011 sa propre surcouche à Android, Emotion UI, inspirée de la surcouche Nature UX de Samsung.

source:http://www.lemonde.fr

Pressy adds a physical, programable button to Android phones

     

Android phones nowadays are largely devoid of physical buttons — save for the typical duo of volume and power keys. But Pressy, a Kickstarter project that promises to bring a programmable physical button to nearly any Android device, is challenging the idea that consumers are happy doing everything on a touchscreen. With 45 days left to go, Pressy's creators, Nimrod Back and Boaz Mendel, have raised more than $92,000. Pressy surpassed its stated $40,000 goal in less than 24 hours. To put it simply, Pressy is taking off.

The idea behind the project is a simple one: use a standard 1/8-inch headphone jack (but without the headphones) to create a diminutive but easy to find button. When installed, Pressy can perform a number of straightforward operations such as launching a phone's camera app, starting a voice recording, opening up settings, activating the flashlight, or any other number of other options. Each action is assigned to the button in an a Pressy app. According to Back and Mendel's Kickstarter page, Pressy can even be set to perform multiple functions by defining what happens with single or double short or long clicks — basically, the inputs are morse code.

The way Pressy works is by running on Android as a background service. The duo says that their app monitors the headset jack, but only really does anything when Pressy is clicked, which should prevent the button from draining battery life. The Pressy app, and therefore the actual hardware, works on any device running Android 2.3 or newer. And once the app is set up, Boaz and Mendel say users will even be able to use the mic button on a set of headphones to perform the same actions the Pressy button would.

BRINGING BACK BUTTONS

Since Pressy isn't yet a real consumer product — the pair says it'll take about four months before the buttons are shipping to donors — we can't say how well the device will work in the real world, especially on the many, many different Android phones out there. But, if you want to give Pressy a shot, the asking price isn't much. For a $17 pledge, donors will get the button and the app. Or if you're feeling really spendy, $45 can buy a gold-coated Pressy button with a matching key chain holder.

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Huawei claims to be developing 5G networks, expects to launch them in 2020

Huawei‘s rotating CEO and deputy chairman Ken Hu has made a guest contribution over at Forbesdiscussing 5G networks, stating that the company has been working on developing them for the past several years. If all goes as Huawei expects, the company plans to launch said networks commercially in 2020, stating that it would be able to offer speeds up to 100 times faster than 4G.

Such is certainly an ambitious claim and goal, and said the CEO, it would depend on airwaves being released for such use. Among its efforts, Huawei reportedly has “hundreds” of engineers working on this task as part of its research and development, something the company’s CEO says is “crucially important” for the modern world.

He goes on to speak at length about the world of modern mobile devices and touches on the subject of wearable technology, expanding that into a discussion about real-time data collecting, the use of technologies to help remove human barriers, and some of the challenges and potentials all of this presents to various businesses.

Says Hu, “We need to think about today through the lens of tomorrow where the internet is a fundamental, ubiquitous infrastructure like electricity or roads.” He doesn’t touch on the subject of 5G networks any further than that, however, and doesn’t provide any specific details on the company’s progress and what has been achieved thus far.

Back in May of this year, Samsung reported that it had been testing 5G wireless service in-house, and that the network is hundreds of times faster than presently available 4G networks. The Korean company had likewise stated that it is looking into commercializing the technology by 2020, and it Huawei’s claims pan out, it would seem it has company.

SOURCE: Forbes

Consumers are ready for a complete mobile health solution

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From wearable fitness-trackers to sleep-monitoring applications, mobile is the place to go for those looking to improve their health and well-being.

But the persistent lack of interoperability among today’s leading and emerging mobile health technologies has resulted in widespread frustration.

With simplicity at the core of the mobile revolution, it’s easy to understand why so many mobile device owners are irked by solutions that don’t share data to provide a complete 24/7 mobile health platform. People want these products to be capable of monitoring conditions, finding problems, recommending actions, and solving problems from sunrise to sunset.

If you think that sounds far-fetched, consider this: all of the resources consumers need to enjoy such an all-inclusive mHealth (mobile health) program already exist. But their respective makers haven’t yet played nicely together. And with these apps and devices operating independently of one another, fitness-minded consumers have struggled to piecemeal their mobile health solutions into a technological tapestry that makes sense.

So far, the result has been a hot mess of disjointed mobile products that, when viewed and cross-referenced autonomously, prompt more questions than answers for those these innovations were created to benefit in the first place.

According to the latest projections from ABI Research, the total market for wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare will grow to 170 million units by 2017. When you consider the explosive growth enjoyed by companies already entrenched in this emerging market, it isn’t difficult to imagine how such lofty projections will be reached, or even exceeded.

Just last month, Fitbit, a startup celebrated for its assortment of digital fitness trackers and health devices, closed a $43 million funding round, pushing its valuation beyond the $300 million mark.

Similarly, the popularity of Jawbone Up — a wristband that tracks your movement and sleep — has helped Jawbone raise more than $200 million in venture funding from such heavyweight backers as Vinod Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and Deutsche Telekom.

The unprecedented rate of growth has been no less staggering among today’s foremost mobile health applications.

Since launching only two months ago, Sleep Genius has earned a reputation for being the most scientifically advanced neuroscience-based mobile sleep program in the world. With 50,000 downloads in the past week alone and a consistent barrage of rave reviews, consumers are clearly getting serious about their sleep and counting on mHealth’s greatest resources to affect positive change.

But despite the standalone supremacy of these and other market-leading products, the scarcity of comprehensive solutions is a glaring void in modern mHealth.

“Most fitness and health apps only record a single type of data,” recently observed tech journalist Nick Summers of TheNextWeb. “I use a dozen or so different services to track my exercise regime, diet and sleep pattern as a result.”

As Summers explains, the issue at hand is that all of these remarkable and effective mobile solutions “live in their own little bubble.” Consequently, their true potential to help the mobile masses to the full extent possible remains restricted.

While it’s unrealistic to expect any single company – particularly a startup – to create a lone program that does it all, it is exponentially more feasible for the visionaries behind today’s most innovative mHealth solutions to integrate their resources and bring to market a total solution that benefits everyone.

Nike+ Running, for example, can map your runs and track your progress. But if you have a bad run, can it tell you why? If, perhaps, it was integrated with apps that detail your recent dietary habits and sleep patterns, insightful analysis and recommendations would be possible.

If you’re among the estimated 70 million Americans that the CDC classifies as sleep deprived, wouldn’t you benefit from more than just an app that monitors how much or how little you’re sleeping? What if Sleep Genius was a part of this mobile equation? An effective solution would be able to tell you if your athletic performance, weight, blood pressure, and other health factors are being negatively affected by sleep deprivation.

“What I want is recommendations,” Summers bemoans. “Actions that I can take, based on the information that I’ve already logged, to improve my wellbeing. The end-goal is this.”

Fortunately for the millions of consumers that share his frustration, the aforementioned end-goal is now in sight. The required solutions are in place and improving all the time. The next step toward integration simply needs to be taken.

Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/mobile-health-apps/#fcCZY7sLWwcMwTjR.99 

IFA 2013 preview - Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear, Xperia Z1, lens cameras and more!

Our complete guide to what’s coming out of Berlin next week

After a relatively low-key CES and Mobile World Congressearlier this year, it’s time for IFA — or Internationale Funkausstellung, to give it its full name — the annual consumer electronics show held in Berlin at the end of the summer. And this year’s IFA looks to be the the busiest yet for major Android announcements and product unveilings. The show proper begins Friday, Sept. 6, but the big press conferences start from Wednesday, Sept. 4.

IFA has traditionally been a major event for Samsung, and of course the Korean company is sure to have its share of big announcements this year, too. But we’re also expecting phones, tablets, cameras and more from other manufacturers like Sony and LG.

Naturally, we’ll be live from Germany next week to bring you full coverage of IFA 2013. Check past the break to learn about all the awesome Android stuff we’re expecting to see.

Samsung​ — Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear and possible tablets

Samsung’s got its second “Unpacked” event of 2013 on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 4. Once again it’s being held at the Tempodrom in central Berlin — that’s the thing in the photo above that looks like a glowing, upturned umbrella. We’ll be liveblogging the whole shebang, and Samsung will also have a live video stream; the action kicks off at 7pm Berlin time (1pm EDT).

Of course we’ll see the Galaxy Note 3 — a device that’s been partially leaked in recent weeks. We more-or-less know that it’ll pack high-end smartphone internals — supposedly a Snapdragon 800 for the LTE variant, and the new Exynos 5 Octa in non-LTE markets — along with oodles of RAM and a camera that’ll probably be an upgrade on that of the Galaxy S4. (Specifically, 13 megapixels with OIS is rumored.)

We also know the front of it will probably look like a Samsung phone — no surprises there — though if the reported 5.68-inch screen size is accurate, it’ll mean that the Note 3 will fit in roughly the same footprint as the Note 2, only with narrower bezels. As usual with the Galaxy Note range, however, the most interesting part of the Note 3 will be what you can actually do with all this hardware. Surely there’ll be a host of new software features, and that’s what we’re expecting Samsung to spend much of Wednesday’s presentation talking about.

This year there’s also a lot of hype surrounding Samsung’s entry into the smartwatch arena, with a device known as the Galaxy Gear. The name, and the fact that it’s a watch, has been all but confirmed at this point, and in a recent interview a Samsung exec also quashed rumors that it’ll use the company’s flexible AMOLED technology. So we’re probably getting a wearable device that actually looks like a watch, as opposed to the kinds of magical space-age bangles we’ve seen in concept drawings.

The use of the Galaxy brand suggests the device will run Android, and it’s going to be really interesting to see how Samsung has adapted Jelly Bean to run on such a low-power device. At the same time, Samsung’s Android lineup is all about delivering the maximum number of cool, eye-catching features, and so we’re sure to see some unique possibilities when the Gear is paired with a GS4 or Note 3.

Finally, we’re long overdue a decent high-end Android tablet from Samsung. We’ve heard rumors and more rumors — and we certainly hope it’ll be time for the Galaxy Note 12.2 — or whatever flavor of Galaxy Tab is next, to make an appearance at IFA. Samsung can make awesome-looking tablet displays, as evidenced by the Nexus 10 and newer devices like the Ativ Q. Next week we’ll be crossing our fingers for some Android tablets that aren’t as forgettable and overpriced as the current Galaxy Tab 3 range.

Sony — Xperia Z1, Z1 'mini' and crazy lens cameras

Another longstanding big player at IFA, Sony also has its big press conference on Sept. 4 — at 4pm CET (10am EDT), just hours ahead of Samsung. On the smartphone side, we’re going to see the Xperia Z1 — the smartphone formerly known as “Honami” — and thanks to a steady stream of leaked information and photos, we already know an awful lot about Sony’s late 2013 flagship.

According to these leaks, it’ll pack a Snapdragon 800 CPU and a 20-megapixel camera with Sony G Lens, and it’ll look a lot like the Xperia Z, only with taller bezels. It also appears that Sony’s reworked its “skeleton frame” design, as it did between the Xperia Z and Z Ultra. The Z1’s trim seems to have a more metallic finish, compared to the Z’s soft-touch, which should help it to be less of a lint magnet than its predecessor.

It’ll also be interesting to see whether the Z1 sports a “Triluminos” display like the larger Xperia Z Ultra; during our brief time with the Ultra back in June we were impressed with the clarity this delivered compared to earlier (and admittedly lackluster) Sony phone displays.

There are also rumors of a smaller version of the Z1 (a “Z1 mini,” perhaps) going by the codename “Itsuki.” This device has only emerged in shaky photos and rumors in the past week or so. But if, as is being reported, the “Itsuki” can deliver a Snapdragon 800 CPU alongside a 4.3-inch, 720p screen, it could instantly conquer the small-form-factor Android phone space. (That’s assuming the manufacturer can successfully charm international carriers.)

Finally, onto Sony’s “lens cameras” — a class of product that sounded too crazy to be real when we first reported it weeks ago. Yet subsequent leaks have essentially confirmed that Sony is working on a compact “camera within a lens” that straps to the back of your smartphone, turning it into an oversized viewfinder. There are reportedly two models coming, an entry-level unit with point-and-shoot optics and 10X optical zoom, and a higher-end one based on the Sony RX100 Mk. II compact camera. The idea is to provide high-end imaging as a smartphone accessory, in response to devices like the Nokia Lumia 1020 and Galaxy S4 Zoom.

The “lens cameras” are rumored to work with both Android and iOS, which if true could shake up mobile imaging in a big way — assuming the price is right.

LG — More G2, the G Pad 8.3 and maybe something with a 1440p screen​

as already announced its 2013 flagship phone, the G2, and a U.S. release  is expected by the middle of next month. vedio here So at IFA we’re expecting the Korean manufacturer to focus on the unannounced tablet that it sorta-announced a few days ago. The LG G Pad 8.3 will show us LG’s vision what a small-form-factor tablet should be in 2013, and if the one press render leak we’ve seen is accurate, there’ll be a lot of crossover with the G2 in terms of hardware design. It’ll also be interesting to see what LG can offer on the software side to compete with the new Nexus 7, which will be reaching even more markets over the next month.

Finally, we’re interested to see what LG’s going to do with that 5.5-inch, 1440p smartphone display it’s cooking up. The obvious choice would be another Optimus G Pro — perhaps a G2 Pro or G Pro 2. The G Pro isn’t old by any means, but LG has cycled through product quickly in the past, and a new oversized phone with such an eye-popping display could present it with a way to leapfrog local rival Samsung.

Others

But it isn’t just about the big press conferences. We’ll be hitting the show floor to bring you devices from the smaller manufacturers, and there’s always some interesting stuff to be found at the European carrier booths. At the same time, IFA is about more than phones and tablets, so we might even see Android embedded in new classes of device. (We’ve already had an Android-powered oven. How about an Android refrigerator or dishwasher?)

There’re also going to be new phones and tablets from Archos on the way. And on the HTC side, there've been rumors in recent weeks surrounding the blue HTC One, the HTC One "Max" and the Mini+, the miniature “phone for your phone.”

So stick around for a busy, busy week of new Android devices. And hit the comments to let us know which you’re looking forward to the most!

source:http://www.androidcentral.com