Another day, another Samsung device announcement-- welcome the Galaxy Ace 3, a more humble smartphone proposition for the customer with a somewhat tighter budget.

Sitting beneath the recently announced Galaxy S4 mini in the Samsung mobile hierarchy, the Ace 3 is an Android 4.2 device with a 4-inch display. It carries either 1GHz (3G) or 1.2GHz (LTE) dual-core processor, 4/8GB storage (expandable via microSD) and a 5MP rear-facing camera.

Also included is the usual selection of Samsung software, such as S Translator, S Voice and Smart Stay.

Samsung omits to mention when the Galaxy Ace 3 ships, but once that starts it will be available in either 3G or LTE variants.

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Google-owned Motorola Mobility confirms the mysterious "X phone" at the D11 conference, where Motorola head Dennis Woodside announces the device and its name, "Moto X."

Woodside did not show the device, mind-- even if he teased of having a Moto X in his pocket, saying it will "know what you want to do before you do."

Other than that details are scant. Woodside talks a bit on battery life, saying it "...is a huge problem. Motorola has some of the world's best engineers and systems designers who spend their lives on that problem. There are two processors in the device that creates a system that allows you to do such a thing."

The company also insists on a perhaps unusual point-- the Moto X is the first smartphone from the company designed, engineered and assembled in the US, specifically at Nokia's former Forth Worth, Texas facility.

Never let it be said Samsung is a slouch when it comes to new devices-- it shrinks down the Galaxy S4 to 4.3-inch and announces a duo of Galaxy Tab 3 tablets at Computex 2013.

Aimed at mid-tier customers, the Galaxy S4 mini is smaller than the original 5-inch Galaxy S4, even if it remains bigger than the 4-inch iPhone 5. It packs an 8MP rear-facing camera, 8GB storage, 1.5GB RAM and a 1.7GHz processor.

The OS of choice is Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) as skinned with the usual variety of Samsung apps.

This is not the first time Samsung shrunk down a flagship smartphone-- on October 2012 Samsung revealed a mini (and somewhat dumbed down) version of the 4.8-inch Galaxy SIII, reportedly due to demand for smaller devices from the European market.

The Medias X 06E is not just a smartphone from Japanese CE maker NEC aimed at the more feminine side of the market-- it is actually a landmark device, being the first smartphone featuring water cooling. 

You see, the glossy polycarbonate shell (available in either white or pink) carries a water-filled pipe moving heat away from a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU the a graphite radiator parallel to the motherboard. The result, NEC claims, is a cooler smartphone. 

Admittedly the idea sounds potentially clever-- judging by how much some modern smartphones heat up after just a few minutes of use, we are only surprised other mobile makers did not think of the same concept sooner. Then again, water and pricy electronics tend to make the worst of combinations, even if the overpowered PC enthusiasts who long employed such cooling might disagree!