If the HTC One was a glimpse of Android's promising future of thoughtfully crafted hardware paired with elegantly designed software, the Samsung Galaxy S4 represents its poorly conceived and shoddily constructed past. Like countless Android handsets before it, the Galaxy S4 is spec and feature-rich, but limited by its cheap, flimsy hardware and unnecessarily bloated suite of proprietary software. It's not a bad phone — in fact, there's plenty to like — it simply lacks the level of polish and consideration found in a growing number of its competitors.

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May 21 may be the reveal of the next Xbox, allegedly named Xbox Infinity, but "E3, if you're a gamer, it's going to be tons of exclusives, world premieres," said Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg. The chief of staff at Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment business continued, "And obviously even beyond that we have a lot to share between than and this holiday."

Holiday seems appropriate for a next-gen Xbox release, of course -- Sony's PlayStation 4 is confirmed for this fall.

In a discussion on Microsoft's official gaming podcast, Major Nelson Radio, Greenberg, teased, "We definitely have a lot of surprises planned" for the Xbox Reveal event on May 21. "People are going to get a great inside look at really the making of the new platform and the team that's brought it to life."

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Trion Worlds has been hit by layoffs. IGN sources suggest that well over half the company has been let go, with some suggesting numbers as high as 80%. (Update: Trion tells us these numbers are "exaggerated," and we've reached out for more information regarding the extent of the layoffs.)

The San Diego studio -- where development of MMO Defiance took place -- is said to have been hit the hardest. A source suggests that employees are being escorted out of the building and that senior leaders from various Trion teams may not receive severance due to "undelivered services."  (Update: A Trion representative calls both of these claims "100% false.") Another source tells us the layoffs were at all studios, "mostly Defiance support staff and dev staff" and that "team members and team leads for teams responsible for multiple projects, not just Defiance specific, have been laid off." In other words, "teams that provide game generic responsibilities and services have been let go."

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Windows Phone has moved into the third place spot for worldwide mobile OS usage, according to a new report from IDC (via Windows Phone Central). While Microsoft still needs to make serious gains to begin approaching iOS or Android, there's no denying Windows Phone has grown significantly year-over-year.

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Twitter can be an interesting place to voice your opinions, and EA’s Bob Summerwill – a Senior Software Engineer and Architect – has sounded-off there with his thoughts about Nintendo’s struggling Wii U console. His comments, of course, follow EA's admission that

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