Unfinished business


Robert Geathers

Updated: 6:10 p.m.

The two guys who have been along for all of Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis's four postseason rides, the man himself and left end Robert Geathers, aren?t looking back into the archives with the smoke still rising over the Heinz Field trenches and Sunday's 13-10 heavyweight victory over the Steelers that put the Bengals into the playoffs for the third time in four years.

"We're a different team; we believe we're good," Geathers said Monday after Lewis met briefly with the team Christmas Eve. "It's a different feel. It's not the same. Everybody has bought into what we're doing."

Lewis sensed it in the Heinz locker room after it was over Sunday. He hated the division-clinching show in Detroit on Dec. 18, 2005, complete with the dastardly AFC North Champions hats, and the giddiness of the 2009 sweep.

"That was a different locker room yesterday. It wasn't a locker room that was giddy about anything," Lewis said. "There's work ahead. One of the things is done. Move on to some other things we haven't accomplished."

On one side, Lewis likes that experience up front on both sides of the ball that have been here for three playoff berths in four years: Geathers, Domata Peko, Michael Johnson and Pat Sims on defense with Andrew Whitworth, Kyle Cook, Andre Smith, Anthony Collins and Dennis Roland on offense.

But he also likes the fact the bulk of them still remember the sting of last year's loss in Houston, how they looked at each other and knew how much they would have to improve to even get back.

?In ?05 it was like that wasn?t really the prize. That scene in Detroit, my point was we weren?t there yet," said Lewis, who did the real Super Bowl celebration with the Ravens in 2000. "When you?ve been beyond that you realize there are bigger fish to fry. I think our group understands this now. Appreciate it, feel good about it, celebrate it but realize what it took to get there and that it takes more because now we?re going to pare it down again."

After living through what amounted to byes in the regular-season finales of 2005 and 2009 heading into the AFC Wild Card game, Lewis sounded like he'll play Sunday's finale against the AFC North champion Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium straight up with his regulars.

Vets like Geathers and Peko agree.

"It's up to the head coach, but I like the idea of keep the momentum going. I think that's important for us to keep the momentum rolling," Geathers said. "We're catching it at just the right time. That's what teams that make runs do: they get it together at just the right time and carry it on into the playoffs."

The Bengals had to play it out last year because they needed to beat the Ravens in the season finale at PBS to get into the playoffs for sure. They didn't but got in with help. But in '05 with their place set, the Bengals sat down quarterback Carson Palmer after two series in a 37-7 loss in Kansas City in the last game.

Lewis tried to play it out more in the '09 finale against a Jets team at home that had to win and a Bengals team that didn't. This time, Palmer lasted until early in the third quarter, but the 37-0 loss was even uglier.

With just 72 total yards the Bengals set a record for fewest yards in a game (83) previously set in Houston on Halloween 1971. And they suffered their first shutout since Lewis?s Baltimore defense beat them 16-0 on Dec. 23, 2001.

Now, asked if he's tempted to rest players like he did those seasons, Lewis asked, "How did that work out for us?"

Not well. They were ousted the next week.

But the one big difference? The defense is playing at its highest level under Lewis. Certainly heading into the postseason. In this 6-1 stretch the Bengals are allowing just 12 points per game, 95.5 rushing yards, and have held foes to 29-of-94 on third down. Compare that to '05 when they gave up 74 points in their last two games and Kansas City's Larry Johnson rushed for 201 yards in the finale. Or '09, when the Bengals allowed 257 yards rushing in the finale to the Jets.

"That's something good to have, man, especially in the playoffs. You want to have that good defense," Peko said. "We've just got to keep it rolling. Like you said, in '09 when we used to have that high-powered offense with (Chad Johnson), things are changing, man. It's about defense now around here. Our defense has really stepped it up and that's what you want to do. You want to have a great defense when you're trying to make a Super Bowl run."

There's a sense of change because it's the best closing run heading into the regular-season finale in Lewis's 10 seasons. At 6-1, only the 5-2 of '05 compares. At 3-1 the Bengals could have their best December of any of the previous playoff runs with a win over Baltimore. Heading into the '05 playoffs they were 3-2 in December but lost the last two. In '09 they were 2-3, losing the last three of four. And last year, when the Bengals had to beat the Ravens to make sure they got in the playoffs in the finale, a loss to Baltimore put them at 2-3 for December.

"The difference with us and last year -- I think in December, November last year, we were kind of out of balance a little bit," Peko said. "This year we started a little slower but now we're starting to take off. Those are the teams that are dangerous, like Seattle, they've been doing their thing and kind of sneaking into the playoffs or whatnot. That's just like us -- we want to be one of those teams on the rise in the playoffs, one of those games you don't want to play."

Peko is all for Lewis wanting to go for it Sunday. He remembers how a knee injury took him out of December in '09 and he came back cold in the Wild Card game.

"I think we're just going to do whatever the coaches want us to do. As far as me, I just want to keep playing. I don't want to not play and get rusty or whatnot," Peko said. "We should just keep playing, is what I think, and go out there and keep getting better. Each game is a chance to get better, especially against Baltimore. They're a hell of a team and they're in the playoffs also, so this will be a good test for us to go out there and get the job done."

Another reason Lewis is prepared to play the finale out is what happened in that 44-13 opener on Monday night 85 days ago Baltimore. It still doesn't sit well. Asked if he's got that in his mindset, he said, "There?s a lot in my mindset this week. We didn?t kick the season off very good, and now we get to finish it at home."

In Baltimore on Monday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh made it sound like he, too, is going to go all out Sunday at PBS. The thinking is the Ravens want to win so they have a shot at the third seed and playing the Bengals again in Baltimore on Wild Card Weekend. But Harbaugh did say he'd have to think about resting some people, and he does have a battered roster.

?It?s definitely a consideration. The biggest thing is that you can?t play this game half-speed. You have to play this game full-speed," Harbaugh said. "Our guys are going to play the game full-speed to win the game. How that type of thing would shake out is definitely a consideration, but I would expect it to be a tight game all the way through. These are two evenly-matched teams, and it?s going to be a highly-competitive game. So, I haven?t really thought along those lines right now.?

But Lewis knows the score. His club needs a playoff win. Beating arch-nemesis Pittsburgh on the road to go back-to-back is just half the deal.

"Now we?ve erased two of the monkeys (off the back). We?ve got two more to erase, and we?re going to work hard these next six weeks to erase those too," Lewis said of winning a playoff game and then a Super Bowl.

At this past NFL scouting combine, Lewis expressed frustration at the elusive postseason win. He's third on the list for most regular-season games coached without a playoff win (160) behind Jim Mora (231) and Norm Van Brocklin (173). On Monday, he says that win is still on his mind.

"It?s something, you do this in order to win a championship. You can?t win a championship until you win a playoff game. So that?s important. Now we?re in the tourney and we?ve got to go from there," Lewis said.

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Source: http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Unfinished-business/692be690-eea1-4dd8-bee2-0674103534e6

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Few tests done at toxic sites after superstorm

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) ? For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn't cause significant problems at any of the 247 Superfund toxic waste sites it's monitoring in New York and New Jersey.

But in many cases, no actual tests of soil or water are being conducted, just visual inspections.

The EPA conducted a handful of tests right after the storm, but couldn't provide details or locations of any recent testing when asked last week. New Jersey officials point out that federally designated Superfund sites are EPA's responsibility.

The 1980 Superfund law gave EPA the power to order cleanups of abandoned, spilled and illegally dumped hazardous wastes that threaten human health or the environment. The sites can involve long-term or short-term cleanups.

Jeff Tittel, executive director of the Sierra Club in New Jersey, says officials haven't done enough to ensure there is no contamination from Superfund sites. He's worried toxins could leach into groundwater and the ocean.

"It's really serious and I think the EPA and the state of New Jersey have not done due diligence to make sure these sites have not created problems," Tittel said.

The EPA said last month that none of the Superfund sites it monitors in New York or New Jersey sustained significant damage, but that it has done follow-up sampling at the Gowanus Canal site in Brooklyn, the Newtown Creek site on the border of Queens and Brooklyn, and the Raritan Bay Slag site, all of which flooded during the storm.

But last week, EPA spokeswoman Stacy Kika didn't respond to questions about whether any soil or water tests have been done at the other 243 Superfund sites. The agency hasn't said exactly how many of the sites flooded.

"Currently, we do not believe that any sites were impacted in ways that would pose a threat to nearby communities," EPA said in a statement.

Politicians have been asking similar questions, too. On Nov. 29, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., wrote to the EPA to ask for "an additional assessment" of Sandy's impact on Superfund sites in the state.

Elevated levels of lead, antimony, arsenic and copper have been found at the Raritan Bay Slag site, a Superfund site since 2009. Blast furnaces dumped lead at the site in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and lead slag was also used there to construct a seawall and jetty.

The EPA found lead levels as high as 142,000 parts per million were found at Raritan Bay in 2007. Natural soil levels for lead range from 50 to 400 parts per million.

The EPA took four samples from the site after Superstorm Sandy: two from a fenced-off beach area and two from a nearby public playground. One of the beach samples tested above the recreational limit for lead. In early November, the EPA said it was taking additional samples "to get a more detailed picture of how the material might have shifted" and will "take appropriate steps to prevent public exposure" at the site, according to a bulletin posted on its website. But six weeks later, the agency couldn't provide more details of what has been found.

The Newtown Creek site, with pesticides, metals, PCBs and volatile organic compounds, and the Gowanus Canal site, heavily contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, volatile organics and coal tar wastes, were added to the Superfund list in 2010.

Some say the lead at the Raritan Bay site can disperse easily.

Gabriel Fillippeli, director of the Center for Urban Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, said lead tends to stay in the soil once it is deposited but can be moved around by stormwaters or winds. Arsenic, which has been found in the surface water at the site, can leach into the water table, Fillippeli said.

"My concern is twofold. One is, a storm like that surely moved some of that material physically to other places, I would think," Fillippeli said. "If they don't cap that or seal it or clean it up, arsenic will continue to make its way slowly into groundwater and lead will be distributed around the neighborhood."

The lack of testing has left some residents with lingering worries.

The Raritan Bay Slag site sits on the beach overlooking a placid harbor with a view of Staten Island. On a recent foggy morning, workers were hauling out debris, and some nearby residents wondered whether the superstorm increased or spread the amount of pollution at the site.

"I think it brought a lot of crud in from what's out there," said Elise Pelletier, whose small bungalow sits on a hill overlooking the Raritan Bay Slag site. "You don't know what came in from the water." Her street did not flood because it is up high, but she worries about a park below where people go fishing and walk their dogs. She would like to see more testing done.

Thomas Burke, an associate dean at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, says both federal and state officials generally have a good handle on the major Superfund sites, which often use caps and walls to contain pollution.

"They are designed to hold up," Burke said of such structures, but added that "you always have to be concerned that an unusual event can spread things around in the environment." Burke noted that the storm brought in a "tremendous amount" of water, raising the possibility that groundwater plumes could have changed.

"There really have to be evaluations" of communities near the Superfund sites, he said. "It's important to take a look."

Officials in both New York and New Jersey note they've also been monitoring less toxic sites known as brownfields and haven't found major problems. The New York DEC said in a statement that brownfields in that state "were not significantly impacted" and that they don't plan further tests for storm impacts.

Larry Ragonese, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said the agency has done visual inspections of major brownfield sites and also alerted towns and cities to be on the lookout for problems. Ragonese said they just aren't getting calls voicing such concerns.

Back at the Raritan Bay slag site, some residents want more information. And they want the toxic soil, which has sat here for years, out.

Pat Churchill, who was walking her dog in the park along the water, said she's still worried.

"There are unanswered questions. You can't tell me this is all contained. It has to move around," Churchill said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/few-tests-done-toxic-sites-superstorm-172514607.html

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Real estate notes | TribLIVE

By Sam Spatter

Published: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 8:56?p.m.
Updated 8 hours ago

? Mary Ann Sipos of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency was named certified property manager of the year by Western Pennsylvania Chapter 7 of the Institute of Real Estate Management. NDC Real Estate Management Inc., Oakland, was named accredited management organization of the year. Marc F. Battistone, Massaro Properties LLC, was elected Institute president. Anthony Williams, Crossgates Management Inc., is president-elect. Gary R. Kowalczyk, Forest City Residential Management, is secretary-treasurer.

? Herr-Voss Stamco, Callery, Butler County, has renewed its lease in Building One of Schreiber Industrial Park North on Grandview Boulevard in Zelienople. The structure was built in 1968 on 5.6 acres. It has 15 percent office space, eight loading docks and a 10-ton crane. Scott Long of Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate Inc. represented the landlord. Herr-Voss opened a mill services facility at its New Ross (Crawfordsville, Ind.) site. The maintenance shop complements six other mill service shops in Indiana, Pennsylvania and California.

? Colliers International reported the Pittsburgh industrial market ended September with 8.9 percent vacancy, down from 9.5 percent at the end of the second quarter. In the July-September period, net space leased was 107,935 square feet, compared to a loss of 466,221 square feet in the second quarter. At the end of September, 138,299 square feet of industrial space was under construction.

? George Hackett, president of Coldwell Banker Pittsburgh, was elected president and director of West Penn Multi-List Inc. for a two-year term. Other officers are Helen Hanna Casey, president, Howard Hanna Co., vice president and director; Robert Freeman, president, Freeman Realty Co., treasurer and director; Thomas Hosack, president, Northwood Realty Co., secretary and director; and Ronald Croushore, president, Prudential Preferred Realty, director. Barbara Kohl, who has served as executive vice president, is chief operating officer.

? AE Works Ltd., based in Pittsburgh, was architect and engineer for the recently completed James Van Zandt VA Medical Center Rehabilitation Clinic campus in Altoona.

? LaCreesha McKenzie and her daughters moved into a house at 3932 40th St., New Brighton, on Dec. 15; it was the 50th home built through Habitat for Humanity of Beaver County.

? A fall completion date is scheduled for the University of Pittsburgh?s $87 million Graduate School of Public Health expansion and renovation project. The work includes a laboratory pavilion that will add 58,000 square feet of space and a 215-seat auditorium. The renovation of all facilities, which house the majority of the school?s classrooms, offices and laboratories, will be completed in 2016.

Sam Spatter is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7843 or sspatter@tribweb.com.

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ANZ National Bank online changes - business | Stuff.co.nz

ANZ is?facing an online storm as customers take to the bank's Facebook page to air their dissatisfaction about changes to the online banking platform since the merger with National Bank.

Customer Bruce Waldman congratulated ANZ's IT teams for accomplishing such a complex transfer of accounts "apparently expeditiously and with so few errors".

"But like so many other long-term ANZ customers, I am appalled that you've moved your customers from what was close to a real-time system to an overnight batch processing system. That's like going back in time 40 years to IBM punch cards," he wrote.

"Many loyal National Bank customers were going to flee as the ANZ signs went up anyway (and for good reason). But why couldn't you have foreseen the groundswell of resentment, which I fully share, of ANZ customers being forced to adapt to such an archaic online banking system?

"The IT team seemingly have performed brilliantly but upper management appear to have exercised very poor judgement in how they planned the transition."

Waldman said in New Zealand the ANZ brand should have been merged in the National Bank brand, not the other way around. Then, he said, National Bank customers should have been moved to the ANZ internet banking platform.

Customer Ray McCully wrote to Sunday Star-Times that the theme of media coverage was that ANZ risked losing many National Bank customers.

"In reality they have gone out of their way to lose ANZ customers. ANZ internet banking was probably the best in NZ until their recent ?upgrade'."

He said no warning was given of the removal of good features.

"About 20 features are now missing," he said

ANZ is defending the move, saying the National Bank internet platform is rated highly by National Bank customers "who had been using it for many years".

"Many improvements have been made over that time and it was ranked No 1, according to Neilson ratings immediately prior to conversion," a spokesman said.

More than a million customers access their accounts via the combined internet banking site.

"Most of our approximately 500,000 ANZ internet banking customers have taken to the new site with ease and we have noticed exponential growth in use of the features that ANZ customers haven't previously had," he said.

"Some expressed their views about the new site, and that's great. This provides good ideas we can take on board when making future improvements."

ANZ said the number of customers who had asked for help had dropped steadily as people became familiar with the site. ANZ has a range of further improvements coming up in both internet banking and mobile for iPhone and Android.

"The first one in March includes improvements to payments and introducing PDF versions of statements and tax certificates.

"Restoring ANZ to ANZ instant payments is planned for mid 2013."

ANZ admitted there are constraints on the new system and some missing features.

An online reponse from a customer service representative on Facebook said: "We are keenly aware there are some features that this current version of internet banking doesn't have and we look forward to rolling out these and many other new features in the coming months now we are on our new technology platform."

The ANZ spokesman said there were a lot of advantages to the new IT system, but there were some technical constraints, such as processing times.

"Internet banking payments used to be processed between 2am and 4am on the due date, but this was moved to between 10pm and 12am on the due date."

He said customers were advised in advance of the changes.

- ? Fairfax NZ News

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Google working on 'X-phone,' says report

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Google is working?with recently acquired Motorola on a handset codenamed "X-phone", aimed at grabbing market share from Apple and Samsung, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Google acquired Motorola in May for $12.5 billion to bolster its patent portfolio as its Android mobile operating system competes with rivals such as Apple and Samsung.

The Journal quoted the people saying that Motorola is working on two fronts: devices that will be sold by carrier partner Verizon Wireless, and on the X phone.

Motorola plans to enhance the X Phone with its recent acquisition of Viewdle, an imaging and gesture-recognition software developer. The new handset is due out sometime next year, the business daily said, citing a person familiar with the plans.

Motorola is also expected to work on an "X" tablet after the phone. Google Chief Executive Larry Page is said to have promised a significant marketing budget for the unit, the newspaper said quoting the persons.

Google was not immediately reachable for comments outside regular U.S. business hours.

(Reporting by Balaji Sridharan in Bangalore; Editing by Richard Chang)?

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U.S. ruling on Keystone pipeline could slip again - report

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A top risk-management analyst warned on Friday that a decision by Washington on TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline could get delayed again into next summer, adding more pressure to already deeply discounted Canadian oil prices.

The U.S. State Department has said it will rule on the $5.3 billion Canada-to-Nebraska pipeline by the end of March, assuming Nebraska approves a new route that skirts an environmentally sensitive region in the state.

However, Robert Johnston, director of global energy and natural resources for the Washington-based Eurasia Group, said environmental groups will press for public hearings on the department's new environmental impact statement on the project, expected shortly, and push for an Environmental Protection Agency review of the study.

"This suggests a timetable of presidential approval as early as April but quite possibly one that extends until summer," Johnston wrote in a report on how oil sands producers have few short-term options for new market access and price relief.

If it gets the green light start-up would likely be pushed to the end of 2015 from the current estimate of late 2014 or early 2015, he said.

The stakes are rising. Canadian oil is being heavily discounted as production rises and pipeline capacity additions to new and current markets are slow to be added, partly due to regulatory delays. The price of Western Canada Select heavy blend, a widely quoted crude type, sold at times for $40 under the price of benchmark U.S. crude in the past few weeks, triple the spread of just a few months ago.

This week, the Alberta government, which garners about a third of its revenue from the oil industry, warned it may not meet its deficit-elimination target because of the situation.

Now all eyes are on Keystone XL again, four years after TransCanada first applied to build the project, which became a flashpoint in the U.S. debate over the environment and economy.

President Barack Obama rejected the application last year, saying more work was needed to determine a better route around a massive aquifer in Nebraska. Since then, TransCanada split the proposal in two and is now building the $2.3 billion southern section between Oklahoma and Texas.

It re-applied to build the northern part last spring, and still faces staunch opposition from environmental groups that warn of increasing carbon emissions from the tar sands and the risks of pipeline ruptures.

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The 830,000 barrel a day pipeline requires State Department approval because it would cross the Canada-United States border. Obama nominated John Kerry, who has supported tougher carbon policies, as successor to Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State on Friday [ID:nL1E8NG0EV].

TransCanada Chief Executive Russ Girling told Reuters this week that the choice of secretary should not affect the chances of approval for Keystone XL, due to the project's importance to U.S. energy security.

Johnston also weighed alternatives for moving crude out of Alberta, including two refineries in Quebec and Atlantic Canada through proposals by TransCanada and Enbridge Inc .

TransCanada's plan to convert one of its cross-Canada natural gas lines to oil use has more potential than Enbridge's to help cut the price differential, as the latter is aimed at shipping light oil, but both are hampered by a relatively small eastern Canadian refining market. The prospect of international exports, possibly to India, from the region is a "wild card," however, Johnston said.

Exports from Canada's Pacific Coast are still years away, and Enbridge's Northern Gateway proposal also faces heavy opposition from environmental and native groups.

An top industry consultant who assessed the market and trade implications of Keystone XL for the State Department in its first regulatory go-round said he believes it will be approved, but not before Washington pores over every detail as the pressure from environmentalists will only increase.

From a market perspective, the project -- or some alternative offering similar capacity -- is still required, even with booming U.S. output of light oil, Martin Tallett, president of EnSys Energy, said in a recent interview.

The one big change in the market over the past year has been how aggressive railroads have been in stepping in to move oil as pipelines get delayed, he said.

"When we look at the projections and we come up with a balance about where we are four years ahead, our conclusion at the moment is we still do need Keystone XL or equivalent," he said. "And there I come back to the possibly of a TransCanada line through Ontario or a lot of rail capacity."

(Reporting by Jeffrey Jones;editing by Sofina Mirza-Reid)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-ruling-keystone-pipeline-could-slip-again-report-203052908--finance.html

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Google reportedly poaches key Samsung marketing VP for Motorola

Google reportedly snags key Samsung marketing VP for Motorola

Google may be doing more to boost Motorola's presence than whipping up a new device strategy, if rumors are true. AllThingsD claims that Google has poached Samsung's American VP for strategic marketing, Brian Wallace, for a roughly equivalent role at Motorola. The move would not only give Motorola a high-profile executive who's had stints at companies like RIM, but one who's not afraid of taking the competition head-on: Samsung's TV ads poking fun at iPhone launch queues appeared under Wallace's tenure. We've asked Google, Motorola and Samsung whether or not the shift is real; Motorola won't comment in either direction, and we haven't heard from the remaining two. If there's any truth to the story, Motorola might have a stronger carrier-independent sales pitch than the occasional dystopic TV spot.

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YouTube Launches Android API, Letting Developers Natively Embed Videos With Captions, Ads, And Fullscreen Playback

youtube logoYouTube today has announced the release of its Android API, providing more native functionality for developers who wish to build video into their apps for Android phones and tablets. The API, which was announced at Google I/O in June, could pave the way for more interesting video-related apps that leverage YouTube videos.

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HTC 8S review: a budget Windows Phone that doesn't compromise on style

HTC 8S review: a budget Windows Phone that doesn't compromise on style

We're not sure if HTC's One S suffered from middle child syndrome. It certainly shouldn't have. But if it did, it's a hindrance the company spared its Windows Phone 8 line. HTC decided two was enough, and who are we to argue? It was back in October that we handled the flagship, but now its smaller, cheaper companion has arrived. At around £230 (about $370) SIM-free, this potentially represents one of the best value Windows Phone options around at the moment (at least in Europe and Asia). Sure, Nokia's Lumia 620 will soon be gunning for some of its market share, but for now it's got relatively little competition. So far, Windows Phone 8 has seen plenty of entries running dual-core, 1.5GHz Snapdragon chips. This time we're looking at a slower clock speed (1GHz) and some more muted specs across the board (more on this later). Given that, did HTC get the budget-to-features balance right here? Read on to find out.

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