The American company Motorola, successfully selling secure smartphone Motorola Defy, decided to release a more compact version of the smartphone called Motorola Defy Mini. The unit was manufacturing index XT320, and as well as "big brother" is ready to withstand overheating, the ingress of sand, dust and moisture. Novelty has been successfully tested in an American organization FCC, which means that its imminent entry into the market. Smartphone Motorola Defy Mini supports a GSM and WCDMA networks, the design of a device similar to the Motorola Defy, and specifications are likely to be average. At the moment, we know that the smartphone will be equipped with HVGA screen, modules Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and connectors microSD, microUSB and 3.5 mm. Manages new product operating system Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Resolution main camera is 5 megapixels, a manufacturer equipped its LED flash. Motorola Defy Mini XT320 has already appeared on several Chinese websites, so that the residents of the United States and China were among the first able to buy a smartphone. We can only wait for the official announcement. Source: GSMPress

We already wrote about the smartphone LG Spectrum, photos of this device on the network, however, data on the specifications were not available. Today we have information about "stuffing" of the smartphone, as it turned out - that this smartphone is ready to become the flagship of LG.   Smartphone LG Spectrum will be very powerful in terms of specifications and is ready to compete with the titans of the market. Designed to ensure good performance dual-core Snapdragon S3 with a frequency of 1,5 GHz, paired with 1GB of internal memory. Built-in memory smartphone is 4 Gb and can be expanded with memory cards microSD. The device is equipped with a huge 4.5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. 8-megapixel main camera smartphone can record video in Full-HD (1080p) quality, and the front camera with 1.3 megapixel provide excellent image quality in communication with Skype or web chats. For data transfer modules equipped smartphone Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, Wi-Fi and DLNA. In the list of connections listed as HDMI, 3,5 mm, microSD and microUSB outputs. Like most modern smartphones, LG Spectrum is equipped with the Wi-Fi Direct and can distribute 4G (LTE) online at once 10 devices. Battery capacity is 1830 mAh novelty. The display flaunts a

Samsung has almost completed the development of firmware-based Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the popular smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II. Someone fromthe company's employees even managed to "lose" the very firmware and it has already appeared on the Internet. The composition of the firmware included not only the latest version of the operating system «Android 4.0.1» and branded custom Samsung TouchWiz. However, many users felt that the TouchWiz «kills" half the benefits of Android 4.0. The developers have learned to work with Android 4.0 features major Samsung Galaxy S II. In the firmware working voice calls, Internet, SMS and other settings.However, some applications do not work properly, and the smartphone can randomlyreboot. Available online firmware is not recommended for routine use, it is more appropriatefor testing a new version of the operating system. As you can see a video that is running under Android 4.0 ICS smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II. Source: GSMPress

Authoritative international resource GeekTechBlog shared insider information about the prepared smartphone Nokia Lumia 900. As the name implies, this smartphone has become the flagship of the company and have the best performance characteristics. According to sources, the novelty will equip a large display with a diagonal of 4.3 inches. In the production of capacitive display technology is used Clear Black, and its resolution is 800x480 pixels. During the performance of the device will respond with the CPU clock frequency 1,4 GHz. For lovers of photography, smartphone, equipped with high-quality camera with a resolution of 8 megapixels. Externally, Lumia 900 will differ little from its predecessor - Lumia 800. The main differences are in the diagonal of the display and use microSIM cards Lumia 900. Price Lumia 900, as well as a complete list of specifications will be available after the official announcement of the device. Source: GSMPress ®

Information that Huawei has released an official firmware update of its top-end smartphones Huawei Honor was all a surprise. Chinese manufacturer was the first who released an update Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for their devices. Official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for Huawei Honor is now available on the website, the update can be downloaded by anyone. It should be reminded that Huawei Honor - this is the first smartphone from the category of productive ustroytv. Novelty is equipped with a 4-inch display with a resolution 854h480 pixels, 8-megapixel camera with the ability to record Full-HD video processor with a clock frequency of 1,4 GHz, modules Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, as well as a 2-megapixel front camera. Source: GSMPress ®

Samsung is pleased with our countrymen and said that soon start selling a top smartphone Galaxy Nexus. Novelty was founded by engineers from Samsung and Google is the first Android-smartphone operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich «from the box." Technical characteristics of the device are at an excellent level. The design retained the typical smartphone Nexus line bending the body. In contrast to all Android-smartphone, the new product lacks both sensory and physical keyboard shortcuts. Android 4.0 operating system provides access to the keys on the display device. Galaxy Nexus equipped with a huge 4.65-inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. During the performance meets the dual core processor TI OMAP 4460 processor with a clock frequency of 1,2 GHz paired with a gigabyte of RAM. Resolution main camera is "only" 5 megapixels, however thanks to a new chipset, it can record video in Full-HD quality. Resolution front camera is 1.3 megapixels. To transfer data modules provide Wi-Fi (b / g / n), Bluetooth 3.0, NFC and GPS. In the list of connections listed as microUSB, 3,5 mm and HDMI outputs. Depending on version, internal memory ranging from 16 to 32 gigabytes. Buy Galaxy Nexus residents of the CIS countries will be on

Recently, the company's experts Bit9 published rating vulnerable smartphones in 2011. They were trying to determine what popular smartphone vulnerable to malware and hacking. As was explained, 12 out of 13 smartphones using Android operating system, and only one used iOS. It was observed that about 56% of smartphones running on the Android operating system using old versions of systems that are less safe. In the first place is Samsung Galaxy Mini, HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 below your attention is the complete list: Samsung Galaxy Mini HTC Desire Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Sanyio Zio HTC Wildfire Samsung Epic 4G LG Optimus S Samsung Galaxy S Motorola Droid X LG Optimus One Motorola Droid 2 HTC EVO 4G Apple iPhone 4 (and older) Source: GSMPress ®

The presence in the smartphone LTE module provides excellent data transfer rates, but often affects the dimensions of the device. Mast smartphone Galaxy Nexus is no exception, this smartphone is available in two versions - a GSM and LTE networks. LTE version of the smartphone Galaxy Nexus was noticeably thicker GSM smartphone. You can see this on the photographs, although the thickness of the entire smartphone to 0.57 mm, the visual difference in body size is strongly noticeable. Among the LTE version of the poles can be called not only the best data transfer rate and increased to 100 mAh battery capacity. Source: GSMPress ®

A virtual assistant Siri did a lot of hype, in addition to its intended use, of the system "mocked" by speaking of toys left two smartphone communicate with each other Siri, etc. But the system can be adapted for the very useful features. One guy "taught» Siri start your car. With plug-Siri Proxy, run a php script that samopisny sends a command vehicle with a module Viper SmartStart. Below you can see a demonstration of the system: Source: GSMPress ®

Owners of top-end smartphone Galaxy Nexus started to complain about the strange behavior of the volume control device. When you work in 2G networks, the smartphone starts to randomly change the volume of the device depending on the volume of ambient sounds. When connecting to 3G networks, this problem does not occur. Google has announced that they are aware of the problem and it has a programmatic character. Now programmers are working on correcting errors in the code flash and promise to release a software update resolves this "glitch." Owners of devices will be updated "soon". A similar statement was made ​​by South Korean manufacturer Samsung. Source: GSMPress ®

In the leaked photos from the internet presentations of Nokia, which was intended for internal use only. Despite the massive skoraschenie developers of the operating system Symbian, the company plans to release two major updates. The quality of pictures is poor, but in it you can clearly see the name of the following branches of the OS Symbian. They will receive the name of women's names - Carla and Donna. Symbian Carla will be released in late 2012 and will bring a new browser eighth version, support for NFC chips, Dolby sound, and new widgets. Upgrade to owners of Symbian Carla will all Symbian ^ 3 smartphones. Symbian Donna designed for use in dual-core smartphone. Most likely it will be pre-installed on new smartphones from Nokia and will complete the age of the operating system Symbian. Source: GSMPress ®

Nokia has already announced several smartphones running operating system, Windows Phone Mango, but the Finnish company, and Microsoft will try to promote good mobile operating system, Windows Phone. It was learned that Nokia is developing a new smart phone operating system Windows Phone Tango (Windows Phone OS 7.10.8711) on board. Novick will be called Nokia Champagne. There are rumors that the smartphone Nokia Champagne enters smartphone Lumia, will support LTE networks and sell mobile operator AT & T. Windows Phone Tango does not bring significant changes in functional devices, it is believed that this version of the operating system is optimized Windows Phone Mango, to work at low cost devices. Really significant changes are planned with the release of Windows Phone 8 Apollo, which is scheduled for 2012. It seems that Nokia after the announcement of its WP-7 decided to launch several smartphones budget WP-7 models, and the base rate made ​​by the manufacturer for Windows Phone 8 Apollo. Source: GSMPress

The future begins! Lockitron company announced a new system able to open the apartment door with a mobile phone. Lockitron owners no longer need to carry keys, for what used to get home using a simple mobile phone. And it's not all. It often happens that someone is out with relatives or friends to get to your house and take something. There is no need to give them an extra set of keys, or ride along with them. You can safely is at work and remotely open the door to a man by sending SMS with a special key. Smartphone with NFC chip is still easier to just hold the phone to lock and the door itself opens. All relatives and friends can give both permanent and temporary keys are of limited duration. Lockitron system compatible with most modern locks and only 15 minutes time + screwdriver to install it. The list of what will be needed for the system: Access to the Internet + free Ethernet jack on the switch or router The ability to place the base station to the Internet at a distance of 10-30 paces from the door Wooden door. You can also use metal, but between the base station and the door Lockitron will need to put a wooden box. Proper fastening the door. Sagging or bent door can cause a malfunction of the system. Price

After the announcement of a new version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, HTC will not mention specific models, which will go to use it. This is easily explained, because the proprietary interface HTC Sense, which is used on all smartphones, closely integrated with the "axis" and the professionals took the time to read Android 4.0 ICS. Today, the company made an official statement and a list called smartphones, which will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in 2012. This is mainly top-end smartphones, released in 2011. Among them, HTC Vivid, Sensation, Rezound, Sensation XL, Sensation XE, EVO 3D, EVO Design 4G and Amaze 4G. The official statement was: "HTC is aware of what her clients have been delighted after the announcement of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and today we call the first wave of smart phones, which will be updated: we confirm that the HTC Vivid easily supports Android 4.0. In addition, ICS will come in early 2012 on the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XL and HTC Sensation XE, also on HTC Rezound, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G and HTC Amaze 4G with upgrade "on the air." We continue to explore other smartphones the ability to upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so watch for new statements. " Source: GSMPress

The Internet appeared rumors that the company Sony Corporation, has its share of Sony Ericsson, is going to completely buy out the company. Confirming rumors not long in coming, and already after one week, a leaked report, the company Sony Corporation became the sole owner of Sony Ericsson. The deal amounted to 1.45 billion U.S. dollars. Under the control of the Japanese company Sony took over not only the 50% stake in Swedish company, but also patents, owned by Sony Ericsson. Managers of companies have already made formal statements confirming the above facts. Sony has plans to continue the increased development in the four most popular destinations - the creation of laptops, televisions creation, the creation of tablet PCs and smart phones. All new devices will be integrated with Sony Entertaiment and PlayStation Network, through which users will be sold to multimedia content. Recall that Sony Ericsson is the result of combining Sony and Ericsson in 2001. The second important news was a complete failure of Sony Ericsson mobile phones on the issue. The company intends to cease production of basic mobile and to focus on manufacturing smartphones. Now Sony Ericsson is developing quite successfully smartphone Xperia, which already has a large variety of