Blackberry, Htc, Samsung & Apple:It's Monday?

So quick recap for the weekend. Ravens win Super Bowl, Htc is said to use an ultra pixel sensor on their latest Flagship phone the M7, Samsung might be having a flexible display on one of their new devices, Nokia might possibly be in the race for a Windows tablet, Blackberry had a few commercials out for Super Bowl which had nothing to do with the phones actual capabilities(go figure), Apples iPhone 5 jailbreak was announced for 6.1, and that's about it thus far. Overall a mild weekend other than the Super Bowl. Hope everyone enjoyed theirs.

Flagships for 2013!

With all the hype around the RIM Blackberry have been other Manufacturers that have been brewing up some stellar hardware for release within the next few months. HTC for one has announced, unofficially, the M7 which is supposed to have some pretty amazing specs of its own, including a 13mp rear facing camera and then their is the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy SIV. The SGSIV is rumored to be carrying the new exynos octagon processor in it as well as support a full 1080p high definition screen. Is anyone due for an upgrade this year who likes their Android phones? Well it seems that this is going to be a good year for Android lovers. Also in talks with Verizon and Windows Phone there is supposedly a new Nokia Windows Phone that will be released in the next few months as well. I am an avid fan of the Windows Phone OS and have yet to find any major reason to not like it, minus the small selection of apps of course. As far as for Apple I hope that if they do release an Iphone 5s then at least it has a new form factor or something different for God's sake. That's all I have for today. Enjoy the read and if you are interested in checking out the rumored specs on the devices I mentioned click the links below for my friends at BGR.
HTC M7
Galaxy S IV
Iphone 5S

BlackBerry 10 Poll. To leave or not to leave, that is the question of the day.

Ok, I had to do it but let me know what your thoughts are with this poll. BlackBerry 10 Poll

Rehash on Rim/Blackberry and Some Other Daily News

Phonearena.com posted an article of an interview with an executive from Blackberry and it's pretty evident Blackberry is not ready in any way shape or form to compete with Ios or Android. Hate to say it but this was predicted. Heres the link below.
Blackberry Interview Gone Wrong

The unfortunate thing for Rim/Blackberry is that it's playing a game of too little too late in the minds of consumers. I am not saying that is the actual case but as far as the consumer market goes it appears that faith has been lost in Rim/Blackberry as a whole. If you go back to 2009 you can see another company that went through similar trials and did a complete overhaul of the Os called Web Os. Palm announced at CES in January 2009 their new hero device along with their savior operating system. It was reviewed rather well and took home awards that year. Things were looking great for a while with the exclusivity they had with Sprint and the innovation behind the Os, until things went south of course. Sprint also had another big announcement months later with the HTC Evo and that was just the beginning of the downfall for Palm. Os issues with update after update, outdated hardware with the release of newer better devices around every corner and of course the eventual sell out to a company that made an impossible promise, Hp. Rim in many ways appears to be going in the same direction here and it's been said that other companies have been looking at an eventual buyout. Speculation and rumor of course, but in a market where bigger is better and everyone is looking for the next best thing, well it's kind of hard to look the other way when history is seemingly repeating.
In other news HTC is prepping their new flagship device for three US mobile carriers to be available on launch day. Guess which one may not be ready on launch day? If you guessed Verizon then you have been reading phonearena.com and good job. Apparently the device will be ready for Sprint, T-Mob, & AT&T on the announcement day but not for Verizon. Why? Possibly because the DNA is the star of the show on Verizon right now and the specs are too similar to justify launching another HTC flagship device so closely together, or perhaps it's not ready for prime time with Verizons network. Whatever the reasons it looks like there might be a delay.
Thanks for reading folks and have a great day!