As with a number of its other services Google has now announced the closure of its Android App Inventor. A tool that was created by Google to enable anyone to be able to create Android apps with no programming skills.

Unfortunately Google has now notified all its users via email that the service will now be closing on December 31st and all user data will be deleted from Google’s Servers. So if you have projects that you would like to keep login to your App Inventor account and hit the "Download all projects” button to receive a handy zip file. with all your projects.

The Google email read:

Dear App Inventor User,

As we announced on the App Inventor Announcement Forum, Google will end support for App Inventor on December 31, 2011, after which data in appinventorbeta.com will not be accessible and will be de ... Read more »

Two more of Sony Ericsson’s Android devices have now received PlayStation certification in Japan, the Xperia Arc and the Japan only Xperia Acro, which means that the devices will have access to Sony Ericsson’s Android based PlayStation Suite, and PlayStation games.

There are no details as yet on when the Xperia Arc will receive the PlayStation certification outside of Japan, as soon as we get some more details we will let you guys know.

Source The Verge

You you area fan of the Nokia Lumia 800 or just interested in the design process from concept to launch, you will be please to know that Nokia has put together an 8 minute video, showing the processes involved and the design as it evolved. The video after the break takes you from initial design sketches to wax models right through to the production device.

Lumia UX design chief Chris Linnett  explains: "We’ve only just begun to witness the tremendous

result this collaboration with Microsoft can produce”

Go behind the scenes at Nokia’s London design studio with Stefan ... Read more »

Nokia has released details of a new concept smartphone called the Nokia Gem, and what makes this concept interesting from other ones that we have seen as it features no screen.

Instead of a specific screen on the device, the whole outer surface of the device would display

information, and according to Nokia, the devices appearance would change depending which feature

you would use, have a look at the concept video below.

It certainly seems like an interesting idea, you can see more details on the Nokia Gem concept