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Sprint has officially announced their latest eco-friendly and budget-minded Android smartphone.LG Viper will be available for pre-order beginning on April 12th.It will set you back $99.99 on a two-year agreement, which comes after a $50 mail-in rebate.Specifications:

•     4-inch (480 x 800) WVGA touchscreen
•     Dual-core 1.2GHz processor

Another couple of rumors have surfaced with regards to the Samsung Galaxy S III.The first rumor is from a Korean publication called DDaily which says that the Galaxy S III will have a 4.65” AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and that it will not be using a PenTile configuration.This means that the phone will have an ultra sharp display with smooth text that will prove truly beautiful.

According to a leaked image found on Best Buy by AndroidPolice, owners of Verizon Wireless’ Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR Maxx will not have to wait much longer to get their OS updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.The leaked image that is embedded above for your viewing pleasure shows that the update for both the Motorola smartphones could arrive in just a few days dating April 4th with another update for the HTC Rezound scheduled only 2 days later on April 6.

Virgin Mobile will begin selling the nearly one-year old HTC EVO 3D later in the year.Reportedly, the device will be renamed as a HTC EVO V 4G. According to the source, the device will be available in both grey as well as the purplish plum shade that was once exclusive to only Best Buy.With its qHD resolution powered by a 1.2GHz processor, the phone can still stand its ground against some mediocre devices and a few high-end ones as well.

Owners of Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G Touch who have been experiencing issues which are reportedly very prominent when using the device can check your device for new software updates which is said to have already been rolled out for your smartphones.The first important bug that was fixed is the force close that happens when users receive a call which one can see as being very annoying while the other one a battery performance.

An unannounced Windows Phone showed up at the FCC website today.The phone that is unheard of thus far is labelled LS831 and is from LG. The FCC entry regarding the device revealed many little tit-bits of information for us to sink our teeth into.According to the FCC documents, the phones will run on the CDMA network and sports a 5MP camera, a front-facing camera a well as a 4: screen. WPCentral (via LiveSide) reports that the device name had appeared on their statistics page before since August 2011.

According to a tweet from the Windows Phone retailer, Nokia will be having a big launch event for the smartphone on Friday at 7pm Eastern Time.Nokia has a history of launching parties and most fans would be able to remember the massive Lumia display that adorned an entire building as the famed dj, Deadmau5 performed beneath it.

While this week seems to be dedicated towards ramping up the excitement towards the flagship Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone handset, the international version which comes without the LTE radio is also getting some attention.The handset is up for preorder now in Italy, at the reasonable 99 EUR price with a contract and the pretty high 599 EUR price without any carrier subsidies (about $800).

Considering we’re only about a week away from AT&T's launch of the first LTE Windows Phone, it is great to see that AT&T has given some promotional space to the Nokia Lumia 900 on its homepage.Last week AT&T’s Jeff Bradley boldly proclaimed that the Lumia 900 launch will the biggest in AT&T history, even surpassing the cost of the prior five iPhone launches. That being said, the success of this handset could very well lie in the hands of sales reps at retail stores nationwide.

The premium Android handset that originally retailed for $299 on-contract can be yours for just $49.99.The Rezound features a 4.3-inch display, a dual core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 4G LTE capabilities and, most notably, Beats Audio.Verizon Wireless has recently dropped the price down to $199.99 and is now offering an additional $150 promotional discount, making HTC’s Android handset a mere $49.