As you can see in the screenshot below (taken on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus in Canada), the SMS reads: “Apple is looking for iPhone 5 testers! The first 1000 users that go to [scam website] and enter a code will get to test & keep a new iPhone 5.”

Needless to say, if you get this kind of message don’t reply to it, and don’t click on any link it may include. Because you will certainly not get any iPhone 5 to test and keep.

Via Google+, MobileSyrup

• Samsung’s Google Nexus Prime likely headed to Canada
• Google gives away 7 Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones via Twitter
• Google Nexus S goes to Canada in March
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus headed to Mobilicity Canada
• Google Nexus S to be launched in Canada on April 14

The MediaTek MT6575 SoC is designed to increase performance in entry/mid-range Android smartphones, thanks to a 1GHz A9 processor and Power VRTM SGX Series 5 GPU. It also comes with hot swap dual-SIM support.

According to MediaTek, web pages are rendered 35% faster and there is also a 20% improvement in the gaming graphics capabilities on the new SoC when compared to the competitors offerings for the segment. These are most likely chips running on smartphones like the HTC Desire S or the Samsung Galaxy M.

MT6575’s high-end features like the Power VR GPU, the 720p video playback, qHD (540 x 960 pixels) display and 8 megapixel camera support, will go to the mid-range devices. Those in $250-$400 price range, running Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich.

There will also be a lower end version of this chip for entry-level handsets. They will come with lower resolution displays, less memory, reduced multimedia capabilities and, most likely, still running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

MediaTek expects the first smartphones using the MT6575 chip to ship this quarter.

Source – MediaTek

• New Mediatek chip may bring Android handset prices to $100 level within a year
• Intel announces Tri-Gate, the world’s first 3D transistor
• MediaTek joins the Open Handset Alliance. An onslaught of cheap Android smartphones to follow?
• Qualcomm unveils new chipsets, for both high-end and cheap (under $150) smartphones
• Nvidia Tegra-based smartphone coming in Q4 2009?

However, Blog of Mobile (a Japanese blog) is reporting that Huawei Chairman Yu Chengdong has unveiled on its Webo profile the following: the upcoming handset is called Huawei Ascend D1 Q.

“D” stands for Diamond – the new series the device is part of, while Q likely stands for quad-core. This does make sense, since Huawei’s latest high-end Android handset, the Ascend P1 S, has a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor – so a newer and faster handset would need a quad-core CPU.

In addition to the Ascend D1 Q, it’s said that Huawei will also announce the MediaPad 10 – a 10 inch successor to the 7 inch MediaPad tablet. We’ll be in Barcelona at Huawei’s event, and we’re looking forward to checking out the company’s new Android products.

• Huawei Ascend P1 with Android ICS to have an LTE version?
• Huawei MediaPad and Vision priced in the UK
• High-end Huawei Glory with Android Gingerbread headed to Cricket
• Huawei Ascend P1 S with Android Ice Cream Sandwich debuts as the world’s thinnest smartphone
• LG CX2 Optimus 3D 2 leaked, may not be launched with Android ICS

Called Samsung Galaxy Pop Plus S5570i, the new phone has appeared over at Indian retailer Flipkart, and it doesn’t look different from the original model. However, it comes with a more powerful processor (832MHz vs. 600MHz).

The weird part is that Flipkart says the Galaxy Pop Plus S5570i runs Android 2.2 Froyo – but this has to be a mistake, since the older S5570 has been already updated to Android 2.3 Gignerbread in some markets.

Flipkart is asking 8,330 INR (about $169) for the Samsung Galaxy Pop Plus S5570i, without saying when the device will be available. I guess it will happen soon anyway.

Via AndroidOS.in

• Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670 with Android 2.2 launched in India
• Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and Galaxy Tab P1000 won’t get Android Ice Cream Sandwich because of hardware limitations
• Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL will launch in Singapore this Saturday, March 12
• SFR says HTC Magic will get Android 2.2 Froyo, too
• Samsung i9001 Galaxy S Plus (Galaxy S 2011 Edition) will be launched in the UK too

Speaking of which, SaskTel has just published its pricing of the HTC Radar 4G. If you’re going to get the smartphone on a three-year contract, you’ll have to shell out $49.99 if you get voice and data services, or $149.99 sans data.

With a two-year contract, the prices change to $269.99 with data, and $329.99 without. On a one-year term, you’ll pay $319.99 for the Radar 4G if you get a data plan, and $349.99 if you don’t.

If you’d rather not sign a contract of any kind with SaskTel, the HTC Radar 4G will be yours for $369.99.

Unfortunately, SaskTel still hasn’t said anything about when exactly you’ll be able to buy the Radar 4G. It’s still being listed as ‘coming soon’ on the carrier’s website. But we’ll keep you posted on the matter.

Via MobileSyrup

• Canada: LG Eclypse now available at SaskTel too, yours for $49.99 (and a three-year contract)
• Samsung Galaxy Gio will be available at SaskTel starting at $29.99
• HTC Radar 4G with Windows Phone Mango now available at T-Mobile for $99.99
• BlackBerry Curve 9360 coming soon to Orange UK, Torch 9860 to SaskTel in Canada
• Canada: SaskTel releases the HTC Wildfire S

Two Windows Phones will be unveiled then. The Nokia Lumia 900 will get its international launch, after being so far limited to AT&T in the US, and there will be a new entry-level Windows Phone called the Lumia 610 too. This may or may not be the Lumia 730 we heard about earlier (names can easily change, after all). Though that device’s 8 MP camera can hardly be called ‘entry-level’ even in this day and age, so perhaps the Lumia 610 is an entirely new design. If so, it will probably be the cheapest Nokia Windows Phone yet (its name seems to suggest that too). And if that will be the case, then it will surely run Windows Phone Tango, the newest iteration of Microsoft’s mobile OS, which brings support for lower-end hardware. Which the Nokia Lumia 610 should have, supposedly. So there’s your full circle.

As for the Lumia 900, since it will be launched bearing the same name, we don’t expect it to be any different than AT&T’s version, save for the probable exclusion of LTE support, since that technology isn’t particularly prevalent outside of the US just yet.

The famous successor to the Nokia N8 will also be unveiled during MWC. This camera flagship will be called the Nokia 808 PureView, and it’s quite clear that its camera will be its main feature. This device will run Symbian, just like we previously told you it would. That has to be because Windows Phone still can’t handle all of Nokia’s high-end imaging magic – there’s no other plausible reason, plain and simple.

Recent rumors and mumblings across the blogosphere said that this would be the last Symbian smartphone to be launched by Nokia. In that case, it surely will be quite the swan song for that particular operating system. Belle will probably be on board the 808, or maybe Nokia will surprise us with an even newer version (if there will ever be one, of course). We’ll see.

We’ve seen a purported sketch of the 808 PureView in December (when we thought it would arrive as the 803), and it certainly packs quite a hump for that camera, so it’s bound to be good – also seeing as how the N8 is still the world’s cameraphone king even today, after more than a year from its release.

Nokia will also announce three S40 phones at MWC – the Asha 302, Asha 203, and Asha 202. The Asha 302 was leaked earlier as the successor to the C3, and it will probably be Nokia’s cheapest QWERTY phone ever. As for the other two Asha phones, your guess is as good as ours at this point.

So there you have it. The summary of Nokia’s upcoming device launches. All of this is certainly pretty plausible, but this is a rumor after all, so treat it accordingly.

• Nokia Asha 201 now available at Vodafone UK for £45 on PAYG, Lumia 710 might be on offer too
• Swisscom mentions Nokia Lumia 900 launch date, says it actually meant to talk about Lumia 710
• CDMA Nokia Lumia 800 lands in China in March, Lumia 710 and Lumia 900 to follow
• Rumor: Nokia Lumia 910 with 12 MP camera will be available in Europe in May
• Nokia Lumia 800 (Sea Ray) and Lumia 710 (Sabre) leaked again

Spotted in an ad over on YouTube was a Nokia Lumia 800 lineup carrying the black, cyan, and fuchsia (magenta) models, alongside a red and a green Lumia 800. This green may be the one labeled ‘yellow’ last year, for with Nokia’s newly found bright colors things are a bit vague sometimes.

The ad is for a Bluetooth headset, and it doesn’t tell us anything except that these color variations probably exist in a Nokia lab somewhere. It stands to reason that they’ll be launched soon, but we don’t yet know when or where. We’ll keep you posted though.

Via Unleash The Phones

• Nokia Lumia 800 to get new colors next year?
• White Nokia Lumia 800 will arrive in Switzerland in mid-February
• Unlocked Nokia Lumia 800 officially available in the US in February
• White Nokia Lumia 800 gets official, will be launched this month
• White Nokia Lumia 800 now up for pre-order in the UK, yours for £429.95

The new device will probably be called Lumia 730, adding a new level of affordability to the Lumia line, but not compromising on features too much. It won’t have a ClearBlack display, or the ‘polycarbonate’ casing of the Lumia 800, but will come with an 8 MP camera unlike the Lumia 710. The camera unit may be an Extended depth of field one, similar to that used in the Nokia E7.

The Lumia 730 will support both CDMA and LTE alongside ‘plain’ GSM/HSPA, which means it may be launched in the US by Verizon. Nothing’s sure for now, though. It will run Windows Phone Tango, the next version of Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system. Tango is rumored to bring support for lower-end hardware, although that doesn’t seem to be needed here.

The Lumia 730 will come with capacitive Windows keys, unlike the Lumia 710 which went with physical buttons instead. It will apparently be a little bit thicker than the Lumia 710, sporting a curved back cover. Price-wise, the Lumia 730 should be similar to the Lumia 710. The Lumia 730 will be focused on the European market.

Do take all of this with a grain of salt, though, for it has ‘unverified rumor’ status for now. Still, we’re bound to find out what the truth is in just two weeks.

Via WPDang Via LiveSide

• Windows Phone Tango could support 120 languages, C++ native coding
• Nokia Lumia 900, Lumia 719, Windows Phone Tango and Apollo launch dates leaked by someone in Finland
• AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 (Ace) specs leaked ahead of CES unveiling
• Nokia Ace with LTE and Windows Phone to be released by AT&T on March 18, Lumia 710 headed to Verizon
• Nokia Champagne running on Windows Tango spotted

DigiTimes is also saying that the Acer CloudMobile will be launched with Android 4.1 Ice Cream Sandwich on board, not 4.0 ICS as previously reported.

The new Acer CloudMobile should be less than 10mm thick, featuring a 4.3 inch HD (1280 x 720) display, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, HSPA+, Dolby Mobile sound, and AcerCloud services. Acer will unveil more details on the smartphone at MWC 2012 later this month. And we’ll be there to find them out.

• Acer CloudMobile with Android 4.0 and HD screen coming soon
• Acer Liquid Stream with Android 2.1 and AMOLED display officially announced (video)
• iPhone 5 Now Rumored to Feature a 4-inch Display, A5 Dual-Core Processor
• Acer Android tablet leaked alongside the Liquid Metal and another new smartphone?
• LG’s Prada K2 P940 Android phone hits the FCC

Until then, it will be sold by China Telecom, that country’s third biggest carrier, starting in March. Pictures of this Lumia 800 have reached the internet, as you can see below. China Telecom will launch the Lumia 800 in black, cyan, and white.

The Nokia Lumia 710 is also getting a CDMA version to work on China Telecom, and it will be released in April. What’s more, even the Lumia 900 may make it to China eventually, though no time frame has been announced yet.

The Chinese launch for Nokia’s new Windows Phones doesn’t come as a surprise, since during the official announcement of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 in October the Finnish company did let us know that this would happen in the first half of this year. A bit surprising is the CDMA support, but hey, at least Verizon or Sprint customers who are fans of Nokia’s Windows Phones can now hope they’ll see some of these devices in due course.

Via Weibo Via wpcentral

• iPhone 4S (CDMA) to be launched by China Telecom in February or March
• LG KT878 and KV920 announced for China
• Samsung i329 Windows Mobile smartphone for China
• Nokia X3 officially gets a CDMA / EV-DO candybar version (not for Verizon, but for China)
• LG to ship more 3G phones than Samsung, thanks to demand from China

Phones4U (which has exclusivity on the white Lumia 800 for a limited time, and is offering it with various contracts from O2, Vodafone and Orange)  is currently saying that the smartphone will be released on March 6.

Nokia UK’s official website also links to Phones4U’s page when you want to pre-order the white Lumia.

MobileFun.co.uk is taking pre-orders for the white Lumia 800, too, asking £429.95 for a SIM-free unit, but it will most likely have the handset in stock after Phones4U’s exclusivity ends.

Via E’s phoneblog  , WMPowerUser

• White Nokia Lumia 800 now up for pre-order in the UK, yours for £429.95
• Nokia Lumia 900 to come in white, too
• Nokia Lumia 900 to be launched by AT&T in March
• AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 pre-orders no longer available in Microsoft stores
• AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900 can be pre-ordered in Microsoft stores now

It will of course retain the QWERTY keyboard, and it adopts a more conservative styling compared to its predecessor. The Nokia 302 will have a 3.2 MP camera (an upgrade from the C3′s 2 MP unit). And that’s all we know about it for now.

The Nokia C3 was that company’s cheapest QWERTY phone, so the 302 should follow in those footsteps. It might even be cheaper than the C3 was when it launched, since that’s the way technology works. So do expect the Nokia 302 to make a lot of people in ‘emerging markets’ happy soon. We’ll let you know when we find out more about this intriguing device.

Via tenaa.com.cn Via tieba.baidu.com Via My Nokia Blog

• Nokia C3 approved and confirmed by the FCC
• Nokia Asha 201 now available at Vodafone UK for £45 on PAYG, Lumia 710 might be on offer too
• Nokia Nseries get Baidu
• Nokia C7 hands-on preview and video at #NokiaWorld
• Nokia C6, C3 and E5 officially coming to the US, prices unveiled

A ROM for the Endeavor has leaked and provided us with much needed confirmation for most of the superphone’s specs. The Endeavor will come with a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, a 4.7-inch 720p HD touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera, a 1.3 MP front-facing camera, 1 GB of RAM, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC. It will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC’s Sense UI 4.0 overlaid.

We’ve previously heard that the Endeavor would be in stores by March or April, and it seems pretty likely that it will be announced during HTC’s MWC event. The Endeavor has apparently secured slots in the lineups of more than 20 carriers worldwide, including heavyweights Vodafone and Orange.

Via PocketNow, HTC-Hub, DigiTimes

• Quad-core LG X3 leaks with 4.7-inch HD touchscreen
• HTC Ville shows off some Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich love on video
• Lenovo announces IdeaTab S2 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet to take on Asus Transformer Prime
• Telstra HTC Velocity 4G to get Android 4.0 ICS next month
• Quad-core Acer Iconia Tab A510 and 7 inch ZTE Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablets showcased at CES

Of course, the update is being rolled-out gradually, so you A200 might not have received it yet. But you can always check manually for it (go to Settings / About tablet / System update / Check now).

Already available in Europe and the US, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 features a 1.GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra processor, 1GB of RAM, 10.1 inch display with 1280 x 800 pixels, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot capability, 2MP front-facing camera, 8GB or 16GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support.

Via Android Police

• Acer Iconia Tab A200 officially announced, will get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in 2012
• Acer Iconia Tab 100 launched in Canada
• Quad-core Acer Iconia Tab A510 and 7 inch ZTE Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablets showcased at CES
• Quad-core Acer Iconia Tab A700 with Android ICS showcased at CES 2012
• Acer Iconia Tab A500 to cost just $400 and come with $50 gift card at Target starting on July 17

According to ET News, the new CX2 is 9.7mm thin, and has an IPS 3D display of unknown resolution (the rumored one is WVGA). Other rumored features include: 1.2GHz dual-core processor, HSPA (21 Mbps), NFC, Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0, and dual 5MP cameras.

Unfortunately, it’s said that the smartphone will not run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at launch – however, it remains to be seen if this is true or not.

The LG CX2 Optimus 3D 2 should become available in South Korea before the end of this quarter, via SK Telecom. Most likely, a global launch will follow shortly.

Via Oled-display

• LG says it’s actually planning Android ICS updates for Optimus 2X and other phones
• Google Nexus Prime to bring Android Ice Cream Sandwich in October?
• LG’s upcoming Optimus 3D sequel, the CX2, could be sold as the 3D Max
• Android Ice Cream Sandwich not coming to the LG Optimus 2X
• Verizon’s Motorola Droid 4 gets its DLNA certification

Like the original Galaxy Tab P1000 and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, the Galaxy Tab 2 has a 7 inch display with 1024 x 600 pixels. Measuring 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm and weighing 344 grams, the new device features:

• TouchWiz / L!ve Panel UX
• HSPA+ 21Mbps (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz)
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
• A-GPS
• Bluetooth v 3.0
• 3.5mm headset jack
• USB 2.0
• Samsung Hub
• Samsung ChatON
• S Suggest – a new service that provides “recommendations of apps suited to users’ tastes directly on a home screen”
• 3MP rear camera
• VGA front-facing camera
• 1GHz dual-core processor
• 1GB (RAM)
• 8 / 16 / 32GB user memory
• microSD (up to 32GB)
• 4,000 mAh battery

Samsung says the Galaxy Tab 2 will be available globally starting March (for an unknown price). Most likely, the new tablet is going to be showcased at MWC 2012 later this month – we’ll be there to check it out.

Via Press release

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 launched in India as Galaxy Tab 680
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus priced in Europe: €499
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 launching in Germany this month
• New Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 announced
• T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus officially announced

The Galaxy Tab 680 costs 33,600 INR (about $678), and should be available via major Indian retailer as of today.

The new tablet runs Android Honeycomb (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), and features a 7.7 inch Super AMOLED Plus display with 1280 x 800 pixels, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, HSDPA, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, 3.2MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, and a 5,100 mAh battery – all in a 7.9mm thin case.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will also be released in the US (via Verizon, with 4G LTE connectivity), and in Canada (Wi-Fi-only version).

Via AndroidOS.in

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Wi-Fi headed to Canada
• Wi-Fi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 now available in Canada for $499.99
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 launched in the UK, coming soon to Canada (with LTE)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 announced by Cricket as its first tablet
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 with 4G LTE announced for Verizon

Since the Optimus Vu has a 5 inch display and the Galaxy Note has a 5.3 inch one, the latter is obviously the taller device among the two. The wider one, however, is the Optimus Vu, because its screen has a 4:3 aspect ratio (with 1024 x 768 pixels).

The Galaxy Note is 83mm wide, hence the Optimus Vu is probably around 90mm wide. And unless you have really big hands, one-handed operation is likely difficult on the Vu.

(image via helloadam100.blog.me)

Like the Galaxy Note, the LG Optimus Vu should feature LTE connectivity, a 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and an 8MP rear camera. We expect to see the Optimus Vu at LG’s booth during MWC 2012 later this month, and hopefully we’ll find out when, where and for how much it’s going to be released.

• Samsung Galaxy Note to be launched by Bell in Canada
• #MWC11: Samsung Galaxy Mini, Fit and Gio hands-on (video)
• Canada: LG Optimus LTE on its way to Telus too
• Bell’s LG Optimus LTE to be released on November 22
• Samsung Galaxy Note to be launched in November in the UK

Negri Electronics is the retailer where you can find the white Galaxy Nexus, but it’s an unlocked international model (i9250). However, because this SKU has pentaband 3G/HSPA, it will work on both AT&T and T-Mobile with HSPA+ connectivity (because it’s not an LTE device, it can’t connect to AT&T’s 4G LTE network, but will work just fine on that carrier’s HSPA 4G network). Working on T-Mobile is pretty rare for unlocked devices, so those of you who’ve chosen the magenta carrier over any other company should be happy.

Which is probably completely different from the feeling you’ll have once you find out the price you’ll have to pay for this white GNex: not one penny less than $659.50.

Crazy, right? On the other hand, you won’t be tied down by any long-term contracts, and you’ll be among the first people in North America to sport the white version of this superphone. If that makes you interested, go to Negri Electronics now and order yours.

• Unlocked Sony Xperia Ion can now be pre-ordered for $569.50
• Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus now available in the US for $749.99
• Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus now just $229.99 at Wirefly, may not be in stock for long
• AT&T-compatible Nokia Lumia 800 now available in the US unlocked for $789.99
• Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Amaze 4G now available at T-Mobile

And not ‘on its way’, mind. For this is not an over-the-air affair, unfortunately, so you’ll have to use a computer (running Windows, no less) to perform the update. This was the case for all Optimus One variants, but it still sucks to be forced to tether to a computer in the age of wireless everything.

Anyway, full instructions alongside the downloads you’ll need are available on LG’s special website here. Be very careful as the update will wipe your phone’s internal memory. Completely. So back up, back up, back up.

The instructions are very detailed, so we gather you won’t need additional hand holding. Happy updating!

Via Android Community

• LG GT540 Optimus gets upgraded to Android 2.1
• LG Optimus Black Android 2.3 Gingerbread update finally on its way in Europe and India
• T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G Android 2.3 Gingerbread update now available
• Sprint LG Optimus S gets updated to Android Gingerbread too
• US Cellular Samsung Mesmerize gets a bug fixing update

Let’s start with the Xoom. This is the version that ships with 4G LTE built in, mind you. The update is only meant to fix one thing – data connectivity is now properly restored after disabling Airplane Mode. Surely a nice fix to get, but you’d hope that such an obvious action would have been tested before the tablet was released.

Anyway, the full details are buried in this PDF, and the update instructions for the Xoom are to be found in this PDF. The skinny is that it’s an over-the-air update, the tablet will notify you when it’s available, you then download and install it directly on your Xoom. Done.

It’s the same update mechanism for the Droid Bionic, of course. Its update comes with many more small improvements and enhancements though. The full list is in this PDF, but here are a few of the more important ones: text message alerts can now be received during voice calls without the call being interrupted,  device stability has been improved, battery life should also be better, data connectivity stability too, WAV files are now supported, and Amazon MP3 and VCAST Apps Store come preinstalled.

The update is about 56 MB in size. Update instructions for the Droid Bionic are in this PDF. After performing this update, your Droid Bionic will be on software version 5.9.902, as seen in the image above.

Via Droid Life and AndroidSPIN

• Verizon rolls out software updates for Motorola Droid Razr and Razr Maxx
• HTC Thunderbolt software update postponed by Verizon
• Verizon’s Motorola Droid Xyboard tablets get global roaming abilities via software update
• Motorola Droid Bionic software update rolling out now
• Verizon’s Motorola Droid Razr gets a software update

But there’s some good news too. The Tania has seen its price cut by a cool £50, all the way down to £199.99. That makes the Tania one of the most affordable Windows Phones of all time, though its pricing may have been undercut by the Nokia Lumia 710 supposedly being offered at Vodafone for £150. Still, that probably comes network locked, and the Tania doesn’t. You can still pre-order a ZTE Tania at Clove.

The ZTE Tania has a 1 GHz single-core processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of built-in storage space, a 4.3-inch 480×800 touchscreen, Wi-Fi b/g/n, HSPA, Bluetooth, a 3.2 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and a 1,400 mAh battery. It runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

• ZTE Tania with Windows Phone will be available in the UK in mid-February for £249.99
• Affordable 4.3″ ZTE Tania Windows Phone officially announced for the UK, still coming mid-February
• Nokia Lumia 710 pre-orders start in the UK for £318, expected release in late February
• Prada Phone 3.0 by LG pre-orders start in the UK for £429.99, shipping in early February
• HP TouchPad pre-orders now live in the UK, prices start at £399.99, shipping on July 15

While we don’t know when LG will officially announce the handset, new images of it have appeared on the web, alongside new details.

The model number of the Fantasy is indeed E740, as suggested by the Bluetooth SIG last month. Feature-wise, the device should bring a 4 inch WVGA Nova display, NFC (although this isn’t supported by WP Mango), Bluetooth 3.0, 1GHz single-core processor, 5MP rear camera with 720p video recording, VGA front-facing camera, and 8GB of internal memory.

PocketNow has a render of the Fantasy, claiming that it will be launched as LG Miracle:

LG will hold a press conference at MWC 2012 later this month, so we’ll probably see this new Windows Phone handset then (although the main attraction of the event should be some “revolutionary” smartphones – which I suppose will run Android).

• LG Fantasy with Windows Phone Mango caught in the wild
• HTC Runnymede press shot leaks – it’s like a Titan with Android
• HTC Eternity leaked, should come with Windows Phone Mango
• Samsung Omnia W priced in Europe: €385
• HTC Titan (Eternity) and Radar (Omega) with Windows Phone Mango announced

Amazon will now give you a Motorola Droid 4 for just $99.99 with a new two-year contract. That in effect is a 50% price cut compared to Verizon’s official pricing of $199.99. In mere hours.

At this price, the Droid 4 is a hard to beat bargain, especially if you need a physical QWERTY to be attached to your smartphone. So if you’re interested, head over to Amazon now and get yourself a cheap Droid 4 for the price of a midrange device.

• Verizon Motorola Droid X2 now just $59.99 with contract
• Verizon’s Motorola Droid X now free at Amazon
• Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic discounted at Amazon again, now only $119
• Verizon Motorola Droid 3 now just $69.99 with new contract
• Verizon Samsung Droid Charge now only $129.99 with two-year contract

The new phones are: Samsung Galaxy Ace La Fleur, Samsung C3322 Duos La Fleur, and Samsung C3520 La Fleur. They’re all available now in Russia, and Samsung didn’t say if it plans to offer them in other markets.

The Galaxy Ace La Fleur is the most expensive among the three handsets, costing 9,990 rubles (about €252). It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and has all the features the regular Galaxy Ace has.

The Samsung C3322 Duos La Fleur costs 3,990 rubles (about €100) and, as its name suggest, is a dual SIM phone. The Samsung C3520 La Fleur is a simple flip phone, and costs 3,490 rubles (about €88).

Via Press release (in Russian)

• Dual SIM Samsung Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos officially announced
• Dual SIM Samsung Galaxy Y Pro coming soon?
• Samsung Galaxy Y Duos and Y Pro Duos now available in Europe
• Samsung launches new La Fleur collection in Russia: Wave 525 and 723, C3530, E2530 get flowered up
• Dual-SIM Samsung Star II Duos C6712 will be available in Russia in May

Meet the Vodafone 155. This is aimed at those with limited dexterity, impaired vision, or hearing difficulties. Which makes it a good fit for the elderly.

The Vodafone 155 has an oversized keypad, and a sliding keylock on the side, so you won’t accidentally pocket dial anyone. It also comes with a charging dock. A dedicated SOS button is also present (to which you can assign a number). When pressed, this makes the phone both call and text the assigned number, and also make a loud noise so that those close by are alerted. The Vodafone 155 has a loud speaker, and comes with noise cancelling tech.

Its 1.7-inch 128×160 screen won’t turn any heads, but its battery will last for 10 hours of talk time, and 700 hours (that’s 29 days!) in standby.

If you’re interested, you can get the 155 at Vodafone right now for just £25 on Pay as you go.

• Moto’s H780 Bluetooth headset lets you connect to two phones at once
• Solar-powered Vodafone 247 handset will be available in India next month for Rs. 1500
• Vodafone UK drops roaming charges for summer
• Google integrates click to call phone numbers in mobile ads
• Motorola StarTac III MS900 Phone. Back to the Future

But that may all change in the near future. Acer is set to announce a new Android-powered smartphone during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of this month, and this will be the company’s flagship device for this year.

The Acer CloudMobile has apparently already won an iF design award, and we have to agree that it looks nice. The CloudMobile will be in stores in the third quarter of this year (so somewhere between July and September), and it will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich thankfully.

The handset will also come with a 4.3-inch HD touchscreen, Dolby sound, and will be less than 10 mm thin. As its name certainly implies, this smartphone will come with AcerCloud tech which “enhances mobile productivity by providing seamless document management”. Yeah, that.

This is everything we know about the Acer CloudMobile so far. But if this does get announced at MWC, we’ll know a lot more then.

Via Pocket-lint

• Acer CloudMobile to be launched in North America with Android 4.1 ICS
• Quad-core Acer Iconia Tab A510 and 7 inch ZTE Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablets showcased at CES
• Acer Liquid Stream with Android 2.1 and AMOLED display officially announced (video)
• Quad-core Acer Iconia Tab A700 Android tablet shows up in photos, should debut at CES 2012
• Acer Android tablet leaked alongside the Liquid Metal and another new smartphone?

From the styling, it’s pretty obvious that this is meant to serve as a successor of sorts to the Droid Incredible 2 and Incredible S. It actually has that Incredible DNA, especially if you look at the back cover. Whether or not it will be called Incredible 3 is up for debate. Also note that the device pictured today probably isn’t a Droid, since there’s no Verizon branding whatsoever. That said, it does boot up with an LTE logo, so maybe it’s an internationally-selling LTE smartphone. Or Verizon simply hasn’t added its branding yet.

This phone will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (with the new Sense UI 4 on top), and will come with an AMOLED touchscreen, a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, an 8 MP rear camera, and a VGA front-facing cam.

And that’s everything we know about it so far. We’ll let you know when we find out anything new.

Via Phone Arena

• Verizon Droid Incredible 2 shows up in new photos
• New HTC Android phones (including one for Verizon) in the wild
• Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 is a world phone
• Verizon makes the HTC Droid Incredible 2 $50 cheaper, but you can get it for free elsewhere
• Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 now just $0.01 at Amazon

According to GSM Arena, the pink Galaxy Note should be launched in a few weeks – although it’s not clear in what markets this will happen.

The Galaxy Note will be among Samsung’s first handsets to get an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (it should happen starting March 21). It features a large 5.3 inch Super AMOLED HD (1280 x 800) display, TouchWiz UI 4.0, S Pen technology, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, 2MP front-facing camera, and a 2,500 mAh battery.

In the US, AT&T will launch the Galaxy Note on February 19, for $299 on contract, in carbon blue and ceramic white.

• AT&T’s Galaxy Note will be featured in Samsung’s first Super Bowl commercial
• White Samsung Galaxy Note will be launched next week in the UK
• AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note press photos show up
• AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note will be available on February 19 for $299.99, pre-orders start on February 5
• Pink Samsung Galaxy S II can be pre-ordered now in the UK

The Motorola Droid 4 is Verizon’s second LTE handset to come with a sliding QWERTY keyboard (after the Samsung Stratosphere). It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), and features a 4 inch qHD Gorilla Glass display, 1GB of RAM, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 16GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support.

You can go here at Verizon to buy the Droid 4.

Other LTE smartphones that are available at Verizon for $199 are: HTC Rezound, LG Spectrum, and Motorola Droid Razr 16GB (but these don’t have hardware keyboards).

• Droid 3 now $99 at Verizon. Motorola Droid 4 could be out really soon
• Verizon’s Motorola Droid RAZR goes on pre-order tomorrow for $299
• LG Spectrum with 4G LTE now available at Verizon for $199.99
• HTC Rezound now cheaper at Verizon: $199.99 on contract
• Motorola RAZR with Android Gingerbread launching in Canada (via Rogers), Europe and Asia next month

Called Galaxy Mini 2 S6500, the new handset is, unsurprisingly, an entry-level one. Its features include a 3.3 inch HVGA display, HSDPA, ChatON messaging service, 800MHz processor, 3MP camera, and 3GB of internal memory. Android 2.3 Gingerbread will run the show.

The exact price and launch date of the Galaxy Mini 2 aren’t known for now, but we might see the smartphone at Samsung’s booth at MWC 2012 later this month in Barcelona – we’ll let you know if it happens.

Via GSM Arena

• Samsung Galaxy S II to be available in India starting May
• Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 and Galaxy Mini S5570 launching this month in Germany
• Samsung Galaxy Gio will be available at Bell in Canada in August
• Samsung Galaxy Note to be launched in November in the UK
• Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 live pictures and hands-on video at #MWC11

According to Eldar Murtazin, Samsung has almost finished tweaking its own Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich version and TouchWiz interface. And will start rolling out the updates for Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note on the first day of March. The handsets can be updated over the air or via Samsung’s Kies software.

Most of you probably won’t get ICS on your Galaxy that early, since it will be your mobile operator who decides when it is ready to deploy the update. It will take until May with many carriers, and, if history is any guide, may be even longer for U.S. Galaxy versions.

Still – if you have Samsung flagship smartphone, you should get Android 4 much earlier then your friends carrying phones from other brands.

Wonder how Samsung was able to leapfrog its rivals and get the Ice Cream Sandwich a month or more ahead of them? It’s because of the Galaxy Nexus.

When Google selects vendor to make Nexus with the next generation of Android, he gets the access to the operating system code under development. And can start tweaking it’s own branded device and customized apps in parallel. Everyone else has to wait until Google finishes its work, and makes the next generation Android available publicly.

The early access to Android code usually allows Nexus device maker to ship next generation OS updates, and next generation devices, weeks ahead of rivals. That’s how in 2010 HTC was able to release Desire, Droid Incredible and EVO Android 2.0 smartphones weeks before Samsung got its first Galaxy S ready. And that’s why this time HTC will start updating its smartphones about a month later then Sammy.

And that is why I think Samsung Galaxy S3 will be the first branded Android 4.0 smartphone to ship. Even if others will announce their own ICS smartphones first.

• Android Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note coming in Q1 2012
• Samsung confirms Android ICS updates for the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, and recent tablets
• Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and Galaxy Tab P1000 won’t get Android Ice Cream Sandwich because of hardware limitations
• Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich launch musings. Samsung Verizon Droid Prime, Google Nexus, tablets and timing
• Samsung Google Nexus S musings. Why the heck did Google even bother to launch it?

While the company doesn’t say what exactly it’s going to unveil there, the invite to the event reads “Nvidia quad-core firsts continue at MWC.”

As Cnet points out, we already have quad-core tablets, so the next quad-core device should be a smartphone. One of the unannounced smartphones that’s rumored to feature an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor is the HTC Edge / Endeavor (which could be launched as the HTC Supreme) – so maybe this is what Nvidia will showcase.

HTC will have its own press event at MWC, one day earlier than Nvidia, on February 26, hence it’s possible that we’ll see the Edge then first. We’ll be in Barcelona anyway, to let you know what happens.

• Quad-core HTC Endeavor specs confirmed by leaked ROM, should arrive on 20+ carriers worldwide
• Quad-core HTC Edge smartphone gets codename changed to Endeavor, may be sold as the Supreme
• HTC, Lenovo to announce quad-core Android tablets soon
• HTC Edge Android phone with quad core Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU coming next year?
• HTC Edge to launch in March or April running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

According to The Verge, the company didn’t give a reason for halting pre-orders. But it did say that interested customers “should stay tuned to the Microsoft Store Facebook Page” for further details.

If we’re to believe the latest rumors, the Lumia 900 should be released by AT&T on March 18 for only $99.99 on contract.

In addition to the black and cyan versions of the Lumia 900 that have been officially unveiled at CES, a white version might be launched, too. However, there’s no word if this will be out via AT&T or not.

• Nokia Lumia 900 to come in white, too
• White Nokia Lumia 800 will arrive in Switzerland in mid-February
• White Nokia Lumia 800 to be launched in the UK on March 6
• White Nokia Lumia 800 now up for pre-order in the UK, yours for £429.95
• Nokia lets you win 5 Lumia 710 Windows Phones on Facebook

It would be a rather minor affair, except for the fact that this update enables global roaming abilities for the two tablets. So if you like to travel overseas a lot (and take your Xyboard with you, of course), you should be quite happy about this. And you should apply this update as soon as possible.

After updating, your Xyboard will run software version 1.6.0M_279. Alongside the global roaming abilities, there are other enhancements as well. The browser should handle scrolling better, you should now be able to open links in emails without your tablet rebooting, the touch response is better, and The Daily app is preloaded. Finally, there should be seamless switching between Wi-Fi and 3G and 4G LTE connectivity.

The updates are approximately 83 MB in size, and should arrive over-the-air. When the update is ready to install, your tablet will prompt you to do so. Full installation instructions are available in this PDF for the Droid Xyboard 10.1 and in this PDF for the Droid Xyboard 8.2. Full details about the updates are over here in this PDF for the 8.2 inch tablet, and here in this PDF for its 10.1-inch sibling.

Via Droid Life

• Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic and 4G LTE Xoom get software updates
• Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 gets a software update too
• Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global Android 2.3 Gingerbread update on its way again
• Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global and Droid Pro Android 2.3 Gingerbread updates finally rolling out now
• Motorola Droid 4 caught in the wild alongside Verizon’s Xyboard tablets

Although one is a tablet and the other one is a smartphone, both will have about the same price when bought outright: $649.99 for the Galaxy Tab 8.9, and $629.99 for the Optimus LTE.

The price for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE on contract is not known for now. But we know how much the LG Optimus LTE will be on contract: $99.99 (3-yr), $529.99 (2-yr), or $579.99 (1-yr).

Starting February 14, Telus will offer yet another LTE Android device – the Samsung Galaxy Note (which should cost $249.99 with a new 3-y contract agreement).

Via Mobile Syrup

• Samsung Galaxy Ace headed to Telus Canada. Koodo Mobile is already selling it
• Samsung Galaxy Note launches in Canada on February 14 for $249.99, pre-orders now available
• AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note available for pre-order at Best Buy tomorrow, free flip cover case included
• Canada: LG Optimus LTE on its way to Telus too
• Samsung Galaxy Note to be launched in Canada in mid February

Previously, all we had to go by was an admission by HTC that they’re working on updates, and a short list of devices to be updated. Thankfully, that list has grown larger today, and we also get the rough time frame for the first updates from the Taiwanese company (which, unsurprisingly, will come quite close to the release of the white Sensation with ICS preinstalled).

So, the first HTC devices to taste some Ice Cream Sandwich will be the Sensation, Sensation 4G, and Sensation XE. Updates for all three should be out around the end of March (but for the internationally-selling Sensation and Sensation XE units expect the rollout to include devices sold unlocked first, as always).

At some point after that (which unfortunately HTC doesn’t go into more detail about), the Sensation XL, Rezound, Vivid, Amaze 4G, Evo 3D, Evo Design 4G, Incredible S, Desire S, and Desire HD will be updated too.

HTC also says we should expect more updates about the updates in the coming weeks. For now, owners of the original HTC Desire will have to make do with Gingerbread, as will those who carry around a Desire Z, even though it was announced at the same time as the Desire HD. Strange are the ways of phone makers sometimes. But hey, at least we now know a bit more. And you can be sure we’ll keep you posted on the matter.

• HTC Rezound, Amaze 4G, Sensation and others confirmed to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich
• 7 HTC smartphones to get Android 4.0 update in January, HTC Turkey says
• White HTC Sensation with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on board coming to the Netherlands on March 1
• HTC Sensation gains ’4G’ suffix on its way to T-Mobile USA
• Android 4.0 updates for Sony Ericsson Xperia phones to start in March or April

AllThingsD reports that some unnamed sources have claimed that the iPad 3 will be unveiled in the first week of March, at a special event. There are no hard details about the new tablet’s availability, but there’s no reason for it not to follow the pattern established by the iPad 2 launch – the device being in stores a week or so after the announcement.

Hardware-wise, almost everything we’ve heard about the iPad 3 over the past couple of months or so seems to be confirmed yet again. So, the sources say, Apple’s new tablet will come with a much faster processor (quad-core, we assume) and a greatly improved graphics chip, and a Retina Display with a resolution of 2048×1536 or similar. The iPad 3 should be almost identical, looks-wise, to its predecessor, again, like we’ve heard before.

Apple usually launches a new iOS version with its new iPhones and iPads, and it looks like the iPad 3 unveiling won’t be any different. Your Daily Mac found hints about an iOS 5.1 release on March 9 or around that date. And that would certainly fit with the aforementioned information regarding the iPad 3′s launch time frame, so we’re advising you to have a smaller than usual quantity of salt nearby for this one. The iOS 5.1 release date hint comes from newly published operator profiles for Apple’s existing iOS devices (seen in the image above).

So there you have it. All signs currently point to a joint iPad 3 – iOS 5.1 launch early next month. Are you excited yet?

• Apple to launch iPad internationally on May 28
• Apple iPad available in the US on April 3, pre-orders start this month
• Apple orders 7.85″ iPad Mini display samples from LG Display and AU Optronics
• Apple iPad 2 international launch delayed by half a day
• Apple’s next generation iPad to be called iPad 2S, not iPad 3?

The operator is offering the S40 phone on Pay as you go for as little as £45, in white. If you want to pick one up, head over here.

The Asha 201 comes with a full physical QWERTY keyboard and is sure to appeal to heavy texters looking for a cheap device.

The Nokia Lumia 710 might also be up for grabs in Vodafone shops, although it’s nowhere to be seen on Big Red’s website. Rumor has it that the more affordable of Nokia’s new Windows Phones goes for a pretty nice £150 on Pay as you go, which has to make it the cheapest WP7 device ever.

At that price, Nokia is sure to move some product with this one. Hopefully it will be similarly priced elsewhere too in the future.

Via Recombu and CoolSmartphone

• Nokia to announce the Lumia 610, Lumia 900, and Symbian-powered 808 PureView (N8 successor) at MWC
• Nokia Lumia 900 Ace and Lumia 710 to be launched in Canada
• AT&T Nokia Ace (Lumia 900) will get $100 million marketing campaign
• AT&T and Verizon testing 4G LTE Nokia Lumia 800
• Black Nokia Lumia 800 available for pre-order at Vodafone UK

The new Gleam+ (pictured below) features a 2.8 inch internal display with 240 x 400 pixels, external LED matrix display, music player, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, 2MP camera, and microSD card support (up to 16GB).

The Motorola Gleam+ will be available in Germany first (starting March), for €99.

Other two Motorola handsets that will be released in Germany in March are the Defy Mini and the Motoluxe, both running Android Gingerbread. The Defi Mini is a dust and water-resistant 3.2 inch smartphone, while the Motoluxe is aimed at style-conscious users, coming with a 4 inch edge-to-edge display and a lanyard slot that lights up.

Via Motorola

• Motorola intros new Motoluxe and Defy Mini Android Gingerbread smartphones
• Motorola Motoluxe priced in the UK, could be launched next month
• Motorola Motoluxe announced for the UK, should be launched this month
• Motorola Defy Mini XT320 with Android Gingerbread shows up at the FCC
• Rugged Motorola Defy with Android 2.1 coming to Europe

This time GSMA has decided to move the show from the middle to the end of February. Finally mobile industry professionals will be able to spend Valentines day with their loved ones, instead of hobnobbing in Barcelona. The weather, hopefully, will be better too.

To help you have productive and fun time in Spain, we have again created the “Event & party calendar for MWC 2012”. It includes press conferences and product launches, interesting keynotes & presentations at MWC conference, and, of course, the list of cool parties to unwind in the evening.

The calendar is still a work in progress. If you would like to include your event, or if you found some incorrect information about something – please leave the info in the comments, e-mail it to mwc12 at unwiredview dot com, or send a tweet to @UVStaska.

See you in Barcelona!

• Guide to Mobile World Congress 2011: Parties, Launches & Events #MWC, #MWC11
• Officially confirmed – Nokia will not exhibit at MWC 2010 in Barcelona
• Oct. 27th European Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch to crash Nokia World party again?
• iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications
• Netvibes2Go – All Mobile Net in One Place

Clove allows British customers to pre-order the white Sensation XE, asking £408 (about $646) for it. The handset should become available in the week starting February 20 – however, as always in these cases, things can change until then.

Just like the black Sensation XE, the white one runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), and features a 4.3 inch qHD display, Sense UI, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 768MB of RAM, 8MP rear camera, and a Beats headset in the box.

• HTC Sensation XE and Sensation XL launched by Vodafone Australia
• HTC Sensation XE launched by O2 UK
• HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio headed to India
• HTC Rezound now cheaper at Verizon: $199.99 on contract
• HTC Sensation XL introduced in India

Targeted at “all British style gurus”, the Motoluxe comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and MotoSwitch UI, and “a lanyard slot that lights up, so you can see when you’ve missed a call, received a text or have an email waiting for you.”

Other features include: 4 inch edge-to-edge FWVGA display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 8MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera, 512MB of RAM, and an 800MHz processor.

Motorola didn’t say how much the Motoluxe would cost in the UK. However, retailer Clove is taking pre-orders for the smartphone, asking £258 (about $408) for it.

Via Press release

• Motorola intros new Motoluxe and Defy Mini Android Gingerbread smartphones
• Motorola Motoluxe priced in the UK, could be launched next month
• Motorola XT615 announced – Moto’s newest Android Gingerbread phone
• Motorola announces the Gleam+ clamshell, intros Defy Mini and Motoluxe in Germany
• Huawei Mercury (Honor) with Android launched by Cricket

Called LG Optimus Vu (no real connection with the LG Vu and Vu Plus released by AT&T in the past), the new handset has appeared in an official teaser video that allows us to admire its thinness, its 5 inch screen with 1024 x 768 pixels (for an interesting 4:3 aspect ratio), and… not much else.

It’s said that the Optimus Vu features LTE connectivity, NFC, 8MP rear camera, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of internal memory.

Reportedly, the LG Optimus Vu will be launched with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, thus it’s likely that it is going to be out pretty soon. We’ll let you know when (and where) exactly.

Via The Verge

• LG Optimus Vu pictured next to Samsung Galaxy Note
• Acer intros new 4.8 inch Android smartphone, new tablets
• New LG Optimus Pad LTE shows up in Korea
• Bell’s LG Optimus LTE to be released on November 22
• LG Optimus Sol E730 with Ultra AMOLED screen and Android Gingerbread launched in India

The sale will take place this Saturday, February 11. Among the devices that will be offered for a $0 net down payment after rebates, we must mention: Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Amaze 4G, HTC Sensation 4G, T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide, BlackBerry Bold 9900, HTC Amaze 4G, Nokia Lumia 710, and the T-Mobile SpringBoard tablet.

Remember that the sale will be available only throughout February 11, so it’s a Valentine’s Day Sale without actually taking place on Valentine’s Day. Anyway, more details about it can be found in this press release.

• T-Mobile’s HTC Amaze 4G, Sensation 4G, LG DoublePlay, myTouch, and myTouch Q approaching End-of-Life
• T-Mobile HTC Amaze 4G – new official photos
• T-Mobile myTouch2 / myTouch Slide (HTC Espresso) photos leaked
• T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide appears in clear photos
• T-Mobile myTouch Slide will have three color versions

The retailer that’s giving you the opportunity to be among the first people in the UK to grab a white Lumia 800 is MobileFun, which has put up a pre-order page for the smartphone.

The price it asks is £429.95. To pre-order a white Nokia Lumia 800 running Windows Phone, go here.

The white Lumia 800 is identical to the Lumia 800s found across the world in other colors. It’s just that it has received a pale paint job. It should appeal to those who are getting sick and tired of black phones being everywhere. We’ll keep you updated as to when the white Nokia Lumia 800 will start shipping.

• White Nokia Lumia 800 to be launched in the UK on March 6
• White Nokia Lumia 800 will arrive in Switzerland in mid-February
• Nokia Lumia 800 shows up in green and red in an ad
• Pink Nokia Lumia 800 now available in the UK on Orange and T-Mobile, free from £25.54 per month
• Nokia Lumia 800 to get new colors next year?

Despite carrying the Prada name on its front fascia, the new LG-made smartphone isn’t as expensive as you’d expect, instead being priced in line with all current high-end handsets.

Unlocked Mobiles will give you one if you pay £424.98, and Clove is asking £429.99 for the same device. Both prices naturally include VAT, but you’ll have to pay for transport on top of those. Just a heads up.

The Prada Phone by LG 3.0 has a 4.3-inch 480×800 touchscreen, an 8 MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash and 1080p HD video recording, a front-facing 1.3 MP camera, a dual-core 1 GHz processor, 8 GB of built-in storage, 1 GB of RAM, HSPA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and a 1,540 mAh battery. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, complete with a Prada UI custom skin.

• Prada Phone 3.0 by LG pre-orders start in the UK for £429.99, shipping in early February
• LG Prada 3.0 priced at £500 in the UK
• LG Prada 3.0 launching tomorrow, but only in Korea
• LG shows off its Prada 3.0 Android phone, launches red Optimus LTE in Japan
• LG Prada 3.0 to be out in the UK in February

It can be yours for £319.99 on Pay as you go. If you’d rather sign a two-year contract with the operator, you have three options, all of which net you the phone for free. The cheapest monthly plan costs £28 and brings you 500 minutes, 5,000 texts, and 1 GB of data. For just £3 more you get All-you-can-eat data, with the other allowances being unchanged.

Of course you can also opt for Three’s famous The One Plan, which offers 2,000 minutes, 5,000 texts, and unlimited data for £35 per month.

So there’s plenty of choice. Head over to Three to get yourself a brand new BlackBerry Bold 9790.

Via SoMobile

• UK: Samsung Galaxy S II now available at Virgin Mobile, free from £40.85 per month
• BlackBerry Bold 9900 now available at Orange UK, free from £41 per month
• BlackBerry Curve 9360 now available in the UK, free from £20.50 per month, £329.95 SIM-free
• HTC Sensation XE now available at Three UK, free from £30 per month
• HTC Sensation XL now available at Three UK, free from £34 per month, £449.99 on PAYG

The Next Web is reporting that Samsung confirmed there will be “no new products” announced during the March 22 event. So the event will probably focus on showcasing existing devices.

This being said, the Galaxy S III will likely be announced in April, or even May.

The Samsung Galaxy S III should come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a quad-core processor, a large Super AMOLED HD display, enhanced battery life, and a case that’s only 7mm thin.

• Samsung event scheduled for March 22. Galaxy S III could be announced then
• Samsung Galaxy S III may not be announced at MWC 2012
• Samsung still reviewing launch options for the new Galaxy S III
• New Samsung Galaxy S III possibly showcased in video
• Samsung Galaxy S III to be launched in March? New Galaxy S II Plus and Note S also in the rumors

The white Lumia 900 was spotted in a photo both at Nokia Conversations and at Nokia’s official Facebook page. However, Nokia pulled the photo mere hours after publishing it.

Luckily, Engadget has managed to save the image:

The Nokia Lumia 900 should be first released in the US by AT&T on March 18, for $99.99 on contract. Since AT&T announced that it would offer the 900 only in black and cyan, the white version of the handset may be destined for other markets (like Canada or Europe). We’ll let you know when we hear more on this.

• White Nokia Lumia 800 gets official, will be launched this month
• Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 announced for Canada (Telus, Rogers)
• AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900 can be pre-ordered in Microsoft stores now
• Nokia Lumia 800 shows up in green and red in an ad
• AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 pre-orders no longer available in Microsoft stores