European mobile carrier Vodafone has announced that they will be launching the first 4G LTE Android smartphone in Europe, in the form of the HTC Velocity, which is a 4G LTE enabled device that will go on sale in Germany.

The HTC Velocity is the European version of the HTC Vivid LTE, that launched in the US last year with US mobile carrier AT&T, and it will come with the same specifications.

The HTC Velocity features a 4.5 inch qHD multi-touch display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.5GHz processor and it comes with Android 2.3 ... Read more »

It looks like LG is about to launch a new smartphone with a 5 inch display, the LG Optimus Vu, which along with the 5 inch multi-touch display will come with a 5.3 aspect ratio.

LG has released a video teaser of the Optimus Vu, which you can see below, and we will probably see the device unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2012 later this month.

LG hasn’t released any specifications on the Optimus Vu, although the device is rumored to feature a 5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

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Nokia has announced that they have started rolling out the Nokia Belle update to their latest Nokia Symbian smartphones, and the update is being released for a number of devices today.

Nokia Belle delivers more personalisation options than before. You can have up to six home screens that are easy to personalize, leaving all your favourite applications ... Read more »

We just heard that Nokia is releasing the white Lumia 800, and now Samsung has announced that the white Galaxy Nexus will go on sale in the UK on the 13th of February.

The white Samsung Galaxy Nexus comes with the same specifications as the existing model, which include a 4.65 inch HD Super AMOLED multi-touch touchscreen display, with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and an advanced 5 megapixel camera.

Simon Stanford, UK & IRE Telecommunications & Networks Division said: "After much speculation, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Galaxy Nexus White which follows the great reception ... Read more »

Nokia announced that they would be launching a white Nokia Lumia 800, with the announcement of the new Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia posted some photos of the device to their Facebook page.

It would appear that someone at Nokia made a mistake, and instead of posting photos of the white Nokia Lumia 800, the photos were actually of a white Nokia Lumia 900 which has yet to be announced.

According to the guys over at Pocket Now, the photo is believed to be the internal version of the Nokia Lumia 900, which has yet to be announced, and we can expect to see the device launch at ... Read more »

Nokia has announced that they will be releasing a new white version of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone smartphone, the device has been available in black, cyan and magenta since it was released last year.

The Nokia Lumia 800 white features the same hardware specifications as the previous versions, which include a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, and it comes with Windows 7.5 Mango, and a single core 1.4GHz processor.

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It looks like we may have some information on a new Symbian Belle smartphone from Nokia, the Nokia 801, which you can see in the photo below, and the device is reported to come with a 4 inch AMOLED ClearBlack multi-touch display.

Other rumored specifications include a 640 x 360 resolution display, a 1.4GHz processor with 512MB of RAM and a 12 megapixel camera with a dual LED flash that can record full high definition video in 1080p.

The photo was originally posted by SmartPhoneGeeks, and according to Eldar Murtzain this is in fact an actual new Nokia Symbian Belle device, although there are no details on when it may actually laun ... Read more »

Vertu, a manufacturer of luxury cellular phones, has recently announced its newest product, the Ferrari 458 Italia-inspired smartphone. The said phone is called the Constellation Quest Ferrari.

Previously, this company has also released similar luxury car-inspired models such as the Ascent Ferrari GT and the Ascent Ferrari 60.

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Yesterday we heard a rumor that Samsung would be releasing a new update version of their Galaxy S II smartphone at this years MWC later this month, the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus.

The photo below is reported to be of the new Samsung Galaxy S II Plus, and it was published on Twitter by Eldair Murtzain, and as you can see from the photo it features Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich plus capacitive buttons.

We heard yesterday that the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus rumored to come with Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, a WVGA displa ... Read more »

Nokia recently announced their first 4G LTE smartphone for the US, the Nokia Lumia 900, which is expected to go on sale in March, and now it would appear that Microsoft Stores have started taking pre-orders on the handset.

We still don’t have an official launch date for the device, although the last thing we heard was the 18th of March, and the device can now be pre-orderd at Microsoft Stores for a $25 deposit, you will also have to sign a new two year contract with AT&T.

As a reminder, the Nokia Lumia 900 is a Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device and it features a 4.3 i ... Read more »