smartphones

Thanks to the guys from TmoNews now we know when the Magenta carrier will be releasing Ice Cream Sandwich updates for few of its phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Amaze 4G.The leaked document suggests Samsung will get Android 4.0 on May 14th, with HTC smartphones following two days later.T-Mobile will also update following devices:

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LG Optimus M+ is now available via MetroPCS. This entry-level device was first announced last month.You can get it for $129 without a contract.The Optimus M+ comes packed with a 3.5-inch screen, a 5MP camera and included LED flash, no front-facing camera, Internal storage is limited to 2.8GB, a MicroSD card slot. It runs on LG’s customized Gingerbread on an 800mhz processor.

AT&T has launched a new phone which specializes in texting.The LG Xpression C395 which can be bought for a mere $50 on a two year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate or an unlocked version can be purchased for $219.The device comes with a 3-inch WQVGA display with 240 x 400 pixels in resolution, 3G data, 2MP camera, Bluetooth, microSD memory card slot and AT&T’s preloaded Social Net app to provide easy access to social networking services if they are interested in that.

Intel’s first jump into the smartphone CPU fray seems to have turned out a lot better than expected as it challenged Nvidia and Qualcomm’s leading positions in the processor industry.Although the device is running only a single-core 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2460 processor, the figures suggest that it would be a competitor worth noticing for dual-core devices like even HTC’s latest One X.

The next Samsung flagship product set to launch next week in London has seen another leak out on the internet.After the device was confirmed to contain the home-brewed Samsung Exynos processor yesterday, now the latest information comes from a benchmark result from an Antutu benchmark database pictured above.The phone performed excellently on the benchmark tests apparently and pushed all other possible competitors out of the way.

Motorola announced the Droid RAZR Maxx will bring its long-lasting powers to the UK, with expected availability around mid-May and pre-orders commencing today.Currently, this 4.3-inch, Gingerbread handset is up for grabs from Clove and Expansys for £430.80 and £429.99.

The attractive Super AMOLED display with dual-core bones caught our eye at MWC a few months earlier and will finally arrive on rain-soaked British shores on April 30th,The device will be available via Phones 4u and Vodafone.It's still toting that Touchwizzed Gingerbread, and arrives just days before Samsung shows what it's been hiding in its top-spec drawers.

LG Optimus True HD has now been officially unveiled in Germany where the Nitro HD (which is what it is called in the States) will take on the “True” handle as a variant of the smartphone.The True HD will have a 4.5-inch IPS display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP rear snapper and a 1.3MP front-facing camera for video chatting.

RIM is in the works of releasing its first BlackBerry 10 device. The next-gen BlackBerry device is rumored to be the one that will either safe the company or stand alongside it as it sinks.The BlackBerry 10 device in question will allegedly be touch only and the source has informed them that RIM plans to pump in a lot of money for marketing purposes.The first traditional QWERTY keyboard BlackBerry 10 release has also been reported to be in Q1 2013.

According to BGR, the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be part of Verizon’s lineup for the year, although there is no exact release date yet, but summer is the most likely season where the Galaxy S3 will hit the ground running.It is alleged that Verizon claims an insane 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution for the 5″ RGB display, a quad-core Krait processor running underneath the hood alongside the Adreno 320 GPU to keep it company.