he Nokia N9 is one the of the coolest designed smartphones we have seen, and luckily the new Nokia Lumia 800 shares a similar design. Nokia has announced that they will be releasing a white version of the Nokia N9.

As well as releasing the white Nokia N9, Nokia will also be releasing a software update for the N9 to bring a range of new features to the device, which include a number of improvements.

The white Nokia N9 will go on sale before the end of the year and will be available in the 64GB version, there are no details as yet on which countries it will be in.

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Google recently announced their latest Nexus smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is the first device that will come with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.

Google recently confirmed that the Google Nexus S would be getting the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update, but what about the earlier Google Nexus One? It would appear that the Google Nexus One won’t be getting Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

According to Google’s Hugo Barra, the Google Nexus One is too old for the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update, and whilst Google won’t be releasing an official one, we can expect and unofficial Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the Google Nexus One.

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Motorola’s latest smartphone the Droid RAZR will be available to pre-order from Verizon Wireless later today for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with Verizon.Motorola’s latest smartphone the Droid RAZR will be available to pre-order from Verizon Wireless later today for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with Verizon.

The Motorola Droid Razr features a Super AMOLED qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.2GHz processor and there is also an 8 megapixel camera which can record full HD video in 1080p.

It comes with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread and it features a front facing HD video camera for video chat, and it comes with 32GB of storage, 16GB built in and 16GB via the microSD card slot.

You can find out more information about the Motorola Droid RAZR over at the Droid Does website.

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Yesterday we got to see the first Windows Phone smartphones from Nokia, the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, but not it would appear that Nokia has been showing off something much for interesting at Nokia World 2011, a Flexible smartphone prototype.

The guys from Cnet spotted the flexible smartphone prototype at Nokia World, and you can see it in action in the video below, and Nokia calls it the Nokia Kinetic Device.

It certainly looks very interesting from the video, the way the menus and on screen content can be changed by flexing the device. You can see lots more photos and find out more details over at Cnet.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is expected to go on sale here in the UK next month, and we have already been told by one online retailer that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be available in the UK from the 17th of November for £515.

Now the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has turned up on Amazon UK with a price of £549.99 and according to Amazon it will be available from the 10th of November.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus features a 4.65 inch Super AMOLED HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixel, it will come with Android 4.o Ice Cream Sandwich, and features a dual core 1.2GHz processor.

Other specifications on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus include an advanced 5 megapixel camera which can record Full HD video in 1080p.

We have featured a number of different tests here on Geeky Gadgets, showing the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 3 running with and without the enhanced graphics packages installed. Together with Battlefield 3 gameplay compared side-by-side on all three platforms, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

But now footage has been released showing what the PC game is like if you turn up the graphics options to maximum, running on a gaming rig equipped with 2 GTX 580 in SLI formation. Enjoy!

The footage below was recorded with the game graphic setting set to 1920×1080 at Ultra, and gives you a great feel for what you can expect from the game on a decent gaming rig. It might be time to consider that upgrade.

Earlier today Nokia announced its first Windows Phone smartphones, the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, and we now have the full specifications on the Nokia Lumia 710.

The Nokia Lumia 710 will come with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, and it features a 3.7 inch WVGA touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, processing is provided by a single core 1.4GHz processor and it also comes with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage.

The Lima 710 features a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash and it is capable of recording HD video in 720p at 30 frames per second, there is also a 1,300 mAh battery and it comes with Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and a micro USB port.

The Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone is expected to go on sale in early 2012 and will retail for around 270 Euros before taxes.

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