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It arrived a bit later than initially promised, but the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for the international HTC One has finally been launched over-the-air travel to happy owners in Taiwan.


The update is quite beefy, at 465 MB, and updates the software to version 2.24.709.1, as well as bumps the API level to that of Android 4.2.2.
HTC has been quite busy with this update as it includes several UI changes and a load of new features. There's a new lock screen style widget as well as some launcher bar and Home button enhancements. The latter includes the option to make the navigation bar removable, in order to provide more homescreen estate.
Moreover, the update information screen that pops up before downloading the update shows that HTC has made "launcher bar enhancements", but no further details have been disclosed. The widget panel has been rearranged, while the battery level is now displayed in the status bar. The black bar on the bottom that provides a menu button has also hit the road for good, but we don't yet know what alternative HTC has provided.
Lastly, the quick settings panel can now display 12 settings by default. As far as the camera app is concerned, the auto exposure and focus can now be locked on the viewfinder screen.
HTC hasn't yet announced the exact time frame the update will hit HTC One smartphones outside Taiwan. We guess it'll be sooner rather than later.

Motorola has been silent for quite a while – the most action we've had on that front is leaks of the Moto X phone. Now we get another leak about the Droid Ultra phone (which may or may not be the X) straight from Motorola's own site.
"THINK THIN" is the tagline of the phone, which will be available in "a bunch of glossy colors" and feature a Kevlar body. We've seen Moto do thin phones with Kevlar and the results were pretty awesome, so the Ultra sounds good.
The page has a full specs sheet, but unfortunately it seems like the specs are for the wrong phone, the Motorola RAZR M (itself a thin, Kevlar-backed phone, but available only in black, white and purple).
The phone will clearly run Android (it's Droid Ultra), but beyond that it's hard to tell. "Ultra" is a flagship name though, so we expect only the best from Google-owned Motorola. In May we saw a Snapdragon 600-based Motorola X run some benchmarks and there might be some connection between the two leaks. Only time will tell, we guess.

The latest version of Visual Studio 2013, which, among other things, allows developers to emulate Windows Phone in order to test applications, had been found to contain files that enable fullHD 1080p emulation. The discovery comes courtesy of Justin Angel, a former Microsoft and Nokia employee.