LG and Prada recently announced their new Android smartphone, the LG Prada 3.0, the device will go on sale in the UK in February and it is launching today in South Korea with mobile providers SK Telecom and TK.

The LG Prada 3.0 comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen which features an 800 x 480 pixel resolution, plus Android Gingerbread and a dual core 1GHz processor.

Other specifications include 8GB of built in storage, a microSD card slot that can take up to 32GB cards and an 8 megapixel camera which is capable of recording full HD video in 1080p

The LG Prada 3.0 is now available in South Korea for 889,800 won without a contract which works out at around $776.

Source Asia Droid

Sharp has launched their latest Android smartphone in Japan, the Sharp Aquos IS14SH, which comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and the device features a 3.7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels.

The Sharp Aquos IS14SH also comes with a slide out numeric keypad, plus an 8 megapixel camera and 4GB of built in storage, there are no details on what processor it is running.

There are no details on pricing or availability as yet and also no details on whether the Sharp Aquos IS14SH will be available outside of Japan.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Market Place has hit a new milestone, according to a recent report there are now more than 50,000 apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

According to All About Windows Phone, 17,276 apps have been added to the marketplace in the last 90 days and a total of 8,010 apps have been added in the last 30 days.

It took Microsoft just over a year to reach the 40,000 apps milestone, and just 40 days to add the last 10,000 apps, which shows that the Windows Phone Marketplace is growing steadily.

Microsoft is still along way off both Apple’s iOS app store and Google Android Market, we suspect it could take them some time to catch up.

Source Techmeme

We recently saw some leaked details on Sony Ericsson’s latest Android smartphone, which has the codename LT28at and is expected to launch with US mobile carrier AT&T.

Now according to a recent report by Fusible, it would appear that the device may be called the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ion, as the company has just registered this new trademark.

What we know so far is that the device will feature a 4.55 inch HD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, plus a 13 megapixel back illuminated camera and a front facing camera which is capable of 720p video.

Of course these specifications have yet to be confirmed by Sony Ericsson, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

Source Fusible

Meizu recently announced their latest Android device, the Meizu MX which is scheduled to go on sale in January 2012, and it will come with a dual core 1.4Ghz processor.

We previously heard that Meizu will launch a quad core version of the handset, and it would appear that the quad core Meizu MX will feature Samsung’s new quad core Exynos 4412 processor.

The quad core version is expected to launch in May of 2012, and it will probably come with similar specifications to the dual core version which include 1GB of RAM and a 4 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels, plus an 8 megapixel camera and 16GB of built in storage.

Source GSM Arena