2012 mini with 2 thunderbolt + hdmi

I haven't been able to get a solid answer either way on this, so I'll ask specifically here and hopefully someone has tried. The new mini says on the features page:
"You can daisy-chain as many as six Thunderbolt devices — including two Apple Thunderbolt Displays — to a single port."
The 13inch retina macbook pro has the same Intel HD 4000 GPU and is capable of running its own screen at 2560x1600 plus two 2560x1440 thunderbolt displays and even the macbook air with HD 4000 can run its own display plus two thunderbolt displays.
So, is the new mini capable of running two daisy chained thunderbolt displays at 2560x1440 PLUS a 1920x1200 display over HDMI? Seems like it should technically be able to just fine if the MBP and macbook air can (especially if it's the i7 version), but I can't seem to find anyone that's tried yet

Here's from the Apple support doc's:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885
They specifically list that the higher end graphics on the Mac Mini's can not only handle (2) TB displays, but also use the HDMI port as well...

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