As carriers and makers ramp up their PR efforts for fall releases here's the news that is too short to report.
- The HTC One should be coming to Verizon Wireless soon because Verizon is now showing a sign up page to be alerted when it does come out. The teaser photo shows the date September 5, which some contend is the release date. (See fall release date round-up)
- BlackBerry announced that exploring options including a possible sale of the company. Some analysts report the value of BlackBerry lies in its enterprise software solutions.
- BlackBerry also announced the BB OS 7-running BlackBerry 9720 for some countries.
- Sony is rumored to release a 20MP camera in the "Honami" with Sony Xperia Z-like features and a 5" HD touchscreen, 2.3GHz quad-core 800 GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. It most likely will be announced at September 5 at IFA. It could have an expandable camera lens.
- After a flurry of one billion dollars in ads, HTC is expected to release the HTC One Max in the sometime in the fall.