A leaked press render of Sony’s latest flagship handset, the Xperia Z1, has surfaced on the internet, indicating that the device will be available to purchase on T-Mobile U.S. in the not-to-distant future.

The President of HTC America, Jason Mackenzie, took to Twitter again to announce that the company is still on track and is now working with T-Mobile in order to bring the much-anticipated Android 4.3 update to all carrier-branded One handsets. The upgrade is expected to be pushed out over-the-air (OTA) by the “middle” of this week.

AT&T has once again broadened its horizons by upgrading and expanding its LTE connectivity services to an additional 28 locations across the U.S. The announcement was made in a sequential series of press releases on the carrier’s website. The newly announced locations mean that the operator now provides 4G coverage to over 240 million people in 437 sites, which, according to AT&T, puts it “ahead of schedule.”

A leaked image revealing Samsung’s mammoth 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega powering-up, with a MetroPCS-branded boot logo has emerged, thus confirming weeks of suspicion suggesting that the handset is headed to the U.S. carrier. The handset is expected to ship sim-locked to Metro, however, there’s no word on whether it will eventually make its way to T-Mobile or not.

Google is in the process of rolling out a rather helpful new update for its official Maps application, bringing users “quick access” to flight, hotel and restaurant reservations – providing they are linked to your Google account.