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watch out for the android phone avalanche I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the iphone 5 may be a popular device but there are so many more smartphones to be unveiled in the next few weeks ATT held an event in New York the other night to showcase dozens of new products that will be sold during the holiday season there's the HTC One x+ which has a quad-core processor and that high-end hardware is also something we're seeing in the samsung galaxy note 2 and the lg optimus G which were also showcased I spend some time with Sony's Xperia TL the phone that will make its big screen debut in the James Bond film Skyfall so I didn't detect any secret compartment for poison darts or a switchblade but secret agents might get use of the 13 megapixel camera and edible ities Sony will be pushing NFC accessories with this such as wireless headphones that when tapped automatically tell the phone to turn on Bluetooth and start playing music NFC accessories are also big settler with Nokia's Lumia 920 that's Microsoft's flagship Windows Phone 8 this season it's all about keeping you hooked on a company's ecosystem of accessories it's a bit disappointing that everyone was top secret about prices and launch dates but there will be lots of choices this holiday even devices you didn't know you wanted like this galaxy camera that's half smartphone half awesome camera and you can get it with an AT&T data plan at the end of the month on October 29th Microsoft will officially launch the Windows Phone 8 operating system phones that work with Windows Phone 8 can support NFC multi-core processors expandable memory slots mobile wallets and it will obviously have heavy integration with windows 8 computers and tablets which go on sale friday october 26th on monday we're keeping our eye on some new angry birds mash up with Star Wars the Angry Birds tumblr blog just has this mysterious teaser animation I find their lack of information disturbing and speaking of tumblr you may feel withdrawal from some animated gifs on Saturday when the site will be down for maintenance and updates it's been one year since apple founder Steve Jobs passed away be sure to check out seen its coverage that looks at the company's record financial success in the past year as well as its challenges going forward I have here a pretty cool guy going through tests in the cnet labs right now it's the first streaming media projector by 3m and Roku it combines this pico projector that just fits in your hand with content that you can get on roku streaming stick so as long as you have a Wi-Fi signal you can take this and project videos on any flat surface pretty cool for travel it'll be sold on amazon for three hundred dollars in ships october twenty second but be sure to check back on cnet for the full review that your tech news update for today but we have more details on all these stories at the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey