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It looks like the white version of the N9 is finally up for sale.Unfortunately it appears to be available via an online retailer in Finland, which means that either your shipping fees are going to be exorbitant or that they won’t ship outside the country, which is usually the case anyway.For those who live in Europe, will be able to pick up the 64GB white version of the Nokia N9 for a whopping 629.

Finally, Nokia Lumia 710 has started to ship according to the Finnish handset manufacturer.The phone is expected to retail for €270 (~$360) unlocked and is almost half that of its more expensive sibling, the Lumia 800.If T-Mobile and Nokia’s event that will be held next week on the 14th is any indication, we can suggest Lumia 710 arrive very soon.

Radio Shack has kicked off another holiday-time smartphone promotion, -it is currently underway and will remain open and available until December 10th.The deals include the Kyocera Milano for Sprint, the Motorola Atrix 2 for AT&T, the Droid Incredible 2 for Verizon Wireless and the LG Optimus S for Sprint.In addition, those who purchase a new phone as part of this promotion will also get the Radio Shack Mobile Product Support (MPS) which means you can get free support either online, on the phone or in the retail stores.

In a FCC filing the fourth largest US carrier revealed a new device - the Nokia Lumia 710.The phone runs T-Mo’s AWS bands and includes the following specs:

•     480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches screen
•     Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS
•     Gorilla Glass screen
•     8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
•     5 MP rear-facing camera with autofocus, and LED flash
•     720p@30fps recording
•     1.

A few months ago we saw the white Galaxy S2 go on sale in the UK, and T-Mobile has just officially announced that it will be selling the White Galaxy S2 here in the US.The phone won’t be any different from T-Mobile’s current offering except the nice, sleek coat of white paint that will adorn the front and back of the device.The white Galaxy S2 will set you back $229.99 with a 2-year contract and will go on sale December 14th.

Sprint subscribers who currently hold the Samsung Epic Touch 4G should be receiving an OTA update that will address some of the bugs that have been reported earlier.This update should address some of the issues that many owners of the Epic Touch 4G have been complaining about, such as fixing the radio signal and fixing the bug that caused 4G hotspot to disconnect during phone calls.

It appears that both Bell and Virgin Mobile in Canada have the Galaxy Nexus up for sale and will be available at $159 on a three year contract, or at $649.99 unlocked.We have to wonder what’s taking Verizon so long to get the handset out to their customers.The original rumor suggested an 8th of December release, but was then pushed to the 9th, but as we reported earlier, it appears that the 9th is now a no-go.

It looks like Android 2.3 Gingerbread is once again rolling-out to those sporting a T-Mobile G2x smartphone.The update is bringing Gingerbread along with goodies to include;

•     Improved battery life
•     Improved front-facing camera operation when using Qik record and share
•     Improved disabling of Car Home

[Continue reading LG offering again the Gingerbread update for the T-Mobile G2x]

This slider, code-named Milan, is one of many upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices, bearing code-names like Lisbon, Nevada, and London.Of course it will be running a new operating system akin to that on the PlayBook tablet, and though it’s hard to tell scale from this picture, judging from standard keyboard sizes, it looks like that display might be in the 4-inch range.The BlackBerry Milan should be able to run Android apps by the time it hits the market, though RIM will still be locking access down to App World.

It appears that the Sony Ericsson company has recently submitted the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the PCRB for certification.So if the Samsung Galaxy Nexus wasn’t your cup of tea, unlocked Xperia arc and Xperia neo handsets at $350 and $300 respectively seems like a good deal, especially if they could potentially be shipped with Android 4.0 in the near future.