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Someone somewhere has a crystal ball. An unnamed company has managed to make a bunch of silicon sleeves for the Apple iPhone 5 before the device is announced to the world.

The cases, which have arrived at an AT&T retail shop in the US, show a wider device than the iPhone 4, with a tapered (some might say ‘raindrop’) design.

The only other thing we can see is different from the iPhone 4 is that the mute button seems to be on the opposite side of the handset.

One other detail worth noting is that the sleeve’s packaging calls the product "Silicone sleeve Apple iPhone 5" – you’ll note that it doesn’t say iPhone 4S. But then you’ll also note that the name is printed on a dodgy-looking white label.

Dubious

We’ve spoken to more legit case manufacturers like CaseMate and Griffin in the past and have consistently been told that, while they use speculation and guess work to get most of the case design done in advance, accessory companies find out what the dimensions of new iPhones are when the rest of the world does.

Case makers usually just tweak their accessory designs on the night of the iPhone launch and start manufacturing right away.

Given that Apple’s iPhone event isn’t until next week, we’re inclined to think that this is a prototype model errantly shipped to AT&T, an anonymous case maker taking a punt, a fake or a PR ploy.

That doesn’t mean that the new iPhone won’t be called the iPhone 5, nor that the tapered design won’t come to pass – plenty of other case makers have hedged their bets with this new look – but we’ll take a pinch of salt with these particular silicone iPhone 5 sleeves, thanks.

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HTC has whipped a new budget phone out of the bag, with the HTC Explorer bringing a rubberised back and mid-range specs to the table.

Toting a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen and 600MHz processor, we’ll forgive you for not cracking out the bunting and dancing excitedly in the streets over this one.

But the HTC Explorer does come with cutting edge Android action; it’s rocking Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.5, although its meagre processing power means you’ll have to make do without some bits and bobs.

Downsides

This means no HTC Watch movie rental service and no 3D scrolling effects on the homescreens – but we’re sure you can live without those.

You can console yourself with the 3MP rear-facing camera nestled comfortably on the rubberised back of the handset.

The HTC Explorer UK release date is set for some time in Q4 quarter (so, by the end of the year) with the handset coming in black or navy colour options.

Three has already announced its intentions towards the Explorer, with UK pricing yet to be revealed.

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Samsung has been sending out invites to an event in San Diego where it promises to ‘unpack’ something Android-related on 11 October.

The event is dubbed the ‘Google Episode’ and invites you to "get a look at what’s new from Android".

Putting two and two together, we’ve all come out with the Google Nexus Prime – it’s the most exciting Android handset on the horizon and the rumours and leaks have been going through the motions that suggest its launch is imminent.

Prime-ula cheese

And why is the Nexus Prime such an exciting prospect? It’s set to be the flagship Ice Cream Sandwich handset, which means it should launch under the Google brand despite being made by Samsung.

This could be a fly in the ointment though – if the flagship Nexus product for Ice Cream Sandwich is about to launch, Google would want to own the event, right?

Still, that won’t stop us salivating at the prospect of the Nexus Prime and its mega spec-age – a 4.6-inch screen, a dualcore 1.5GHz processor and a 1280×720 resolution HD display.

So will it be the Google Nexus Prime or just some other Samsung Android devices? Time will tell – we’re staying on the fence with this one.

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Google’s Larry Page has compared the purchase of Motorola to the multi-billion purchase of YouTube, insisting that it is the kind of risk which the internet giant should be looking to take.

Google splashed out $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, not only picking up a mass of key patents in the mobile phone arena, but also a well established hardware company to boot.

Asked at Google Zeitgeist as to whether this represented a new era of risk taking for the cash-rich company, CEO and co-founder Page indicated that the deal was hugely significant and represented a hug opportunity.

Strived

"I think as a company we have always strived to make investment," said Page. "Remember when we did the YouTube acquisition…that was a very large acquisition at the time and I think ended up being an amazing acquisition.

"So I think we have always strived to take those kinds of risks and identify those opportunities. That’s why we get paid, is to do that, so I don’t see it as particularly different.

"But I think we’re really excited about the opportunities in mobile. And you can see that with the tremendous growth of Android and so on."

The full repercussion of the Moto deal has yet to be fully realised, but big things are expected from Google’s purchase, in mobile, television and, of course, in the patent legal cases.

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