Samsung, LG and Pantech reportedly gearing up to release 1080p Full HD smartphones in 2013

There aren't too many mobile devices out there that can boast a full 1080p HD display, save for the HTC J Butterfly, HTC's take on the phablet. Well unsurprisingly it seems that other manufacturers for Android have plans to catchup and according to MK News, it looks like Samsung, LG and Pantech have plans to launch 1080p smartphones come 2013. According to the report, these high-end smartphones are expected to be introduced before the second half of next year, and if the report is accurate, we guess it wouldn't be completely unreasonable of us to expect that the Samsung Galaxy S4 could sport such a display.

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Huawei offers unrestricted access to software code

Remember how earlier this month, both Huawei and ZTE were warned by the US Congressional Committee that they could not be trusted. Well, it seems that Chinese giant Huawei has taken a proactive step to win back some of the trust and to counter such a warning by offering unrestricted access to its software code, hoping that this move would be able to alleviate the public's fears of the company being a security risk to the country. If we were to put it in layman's terms, this would mean Huawei has lain on its back, allowing all and sundry to rub its belly.

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Robot Hall of Fame inducts Big Dog, PackBot, Nao and WALL-E (video)

It's the sort of ceremony that's so magical it can only occur on even-numbered years. Inventors, educators, entertainers, college students and media folk gathered at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA tonight for the 2012 inductions to the Robot Hall of Fame, a Carnegie Mellon-sponsored event created to celebrate the best of our mechanical betters. This year, the field included four categories, judged by both a jury of 107 writers, designs, entrepreneurs and academics and the public at large, each faction constituting half the voting total.






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LG Optimus G comes with locked bootloader, might not be cause for panic

We're fans of the LG Optimus G, although the custom ROM lovers among us might want to tamp down their expectations after this. We've confirmed comments to Android Central that the late 2012 flagship has a locked bootloader much like the Optimus 4X HD and Optimus Vu that went before it - any serious experimentation with a typical carrier variant could at least require jumping through some hoops, if it's possible at all. It might not matter much for the sort who cares about bootloaders, though.

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Asus VivoTab RT Hands-On! (updating)

Our very own Eliane Fiolet is at the Asus Windows 8 event in New York City–yes, there are two technology events going on today–where Asus has just announced five–count them, five–new lines of Windows 8 PCs. The new lines are the VivoTab, VivoBook, the Transformer Book, the Touch Zenbook, and the Asus All-in-One. Let's take a look at the VivoTab RT, which is a Surface competitor:. The VivoTab RT runs Windows 8 RT (obviously) and it packs a Tegra 3 processor, 32GB of storage, and an adaptor to work with USB devices.

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Mitsubishi denies plans for Toyota/Subaru rival sports coupe

Forgive us for being wistful, but there was a time when Mitsubishi coupes and sports cars were the downright awesome. The 1990s brought us the all-wheel drive, turbocharged Eclipse GSX and the twin-turbocharged 3000GT VR-4 (seen here). The times, they were good. Fast-forward to today, and the Lancer Evolution exists as Mitsubishi's sole, true performance offering. Mitsubishi killed off the Eclipse last year, by which time it had lost much the luster of its predecessors.

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Romibo therapeutic robot, eyes-on (video)

Between old Paro the robo seal and the original iteration of Keepon, we've seen plenty of adorable robots designed for therapeutic purposes. Romibo's creators have no qualms admitting that their own creation is following in those cuddly footsteps, but what sets their furry 'bot apart from much of the competition is a focus on (relative) affordability. For starters, there's the fact that Romibo is being offered up as an open-source project online, letting do-it-yourselfers build their own versions and contribute custom designs.






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