Panasonic Lumix GX1 Micro Four Thirds camera surfaces in leaked photos

Panasonic just launched a whole new series of Micro Four Thirds lenses a couple of months ago, and it looks like it might soon also have a new Micro Four Thirds camera to take advantage of them. That photo you see above recently turned up on the Mobile01 forums with a bundle of others, showing a hereto unannounced Panasonic Lumix GX1 MFT camera, which looks like it could be a true successor to the GF1 (as opposed to the GF2 and GF3 that moved in a less pro-minded direction). Rumored specs remain a bit light, but the camera apparently has a touchscreen display 'round back, which will likely see a fair bit of use unless you opt for an external EVF. It's also suggested that the camera will be launching soon -- on November 8th -- although that's obviously yet to be confirmed.

HTC releases Q3 earnings report: profit up by 68 percent, shipments soar by 93 percent

It's been another stellar quarter for the folks over at HTC. According to the company's Q3 earnings report, released today, net income rose to NT$18.68 billion (about $624.6 million) this quarter -- a 68 percent increase over Q3 2010 and a seven percent bump over last quarter, when HTC reported record profits. Revenue, meanwhile, rose by 79 percent on the year to NT$135.8 billion (around $4.54 billion), which the manufacturer attributed to "strong brand recognition, leading product portfolio and expanded distribution channels." On a regional level, HTC saw the strongest growth in China, where sales increased by a factor of nine over the past year. This undoubtedly helped the company boost handset shipments, which increased by a whopping 93 percent over the year, to 13.2 million units. For more details and crunchy numbers, hit up the source links, below.

Nokia Kinetic Prototype Unveiled

Nokia is a leading player in the manufacture of smartphones as well as mobile phones that comes with superior quality and warranty. Trust is one of the major success factors as far as Nokia products are concerned. Their products are designed in such a way that they are less prone to any sort of internal damages. Nokia has already started preparing for the future generation smartphones and other electronic products. The latest product in their waiting list includes Nokia Kinetic. Nokia has already released a prototype version so as to enhance the users with how the device actually looks like in the Nokia World Show.


Nokia Kinetic Device is expected to make use of such advanced technology that it includes a bundle of carbon nano tubes that is embedded in a flexible elastometer medium. The nano tubes are enhanced by the presence of electrical resistance that takes note of the bending functionality. It is expected that when the user bends the device in a specific way it will result in taking of the photograph. The technology that those amazing feature relies on is image stabilisation advancement technology.

Additional features that Nokia Kinetic Device is expected to come with includes the scrolling of the e-mail while the user walks as well as the ability to operate the device without seeing the device. And another feature that is about to be implemented in this device is operating the device while wearing gloves. As far as the future needs that is going to arise in the future generation users who are looking for increased flexibility is concerned, these kinds of technical advancements as well as user friendly advancements by Nokia are welcome.

Xbox Companion app for WP7 shown off at Nokia World

Even if you're not planning on picking up one of Espoo's latest handsets, Microsoft is also on the scene at Nokia World 2011 giving live demos of the upcoming Xbox Companion remote app for Windows Phone 7. It allows for simple remote control of video playback on one's console, plus content browsing / search with Bing and other metadata display, as seen in two demo videos from the show floor embedded after the break. Also seen in both of the demo videos? An orange tile suspiciously labeled Vudu Movies, despite the lack of any official announcement that the (currently PS3 exclusive) Wal-mart owned service is coming to Xbox Live. A third demo shows off gaming integration with Kinectimals that lets animals jump back and forth from console to phone. Now that the Xbox 360 will integrate search and playback from more video services than ever after the fall update, we'll see if the remote app draws Xbox fans to Microsoft's phone platform.