This is about time for Samsung Galaxy Note to be available for pre-order for US, and if you have been waiting to bring this device home. Your wish will come true. Because now Best Buy have listed this 5.3 inch screen device on their sites under pre-order status.

And Best Buy have already announced for schedule shipment of The Samsung Galaxy Note after February, 19. And sets a minimum requirement for data service starting at $15/month.

You can visit Best Buy for pre-order.

Verizon gave software update to HTC Rezound today, it’s been long enough since the handset placed its foot in store November last year. This update will take your current software version to 2.01.605.11.

If you have been expecting improvements added to your handset, like having a better audio quality for phone calls, resolved signal strength, improved device stability and also resolved issue with Mobile Hotspot data stalling while multi users are connected, then this update is designed solely to deal with those issues.

Well you must be liking this update and it’s naturally for you to install the software right away. And looks like the software is already available, you can manually check via your device’s settings.

If you don’t own HTC Rezound yet, and loving the handset, Amazon has a good offer for you, only $79.99 you can get it.

Do you live in America and at least 18 year old? If you have met these two requirements than ask yourself do I like Android ICS phone? If you do, then go grab your twitter account or make one if you don’t have it and then participate in the current Verizon contest that gives away Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone for lucky ones, who know you are one of them.

The main contest rule is simply owning a Twitter account and then be a Verizon follower, that will make you qualified to be a lucky winner among other thousands or more (perhaps) others people.

FYI currently the handset is sold by Verizon for $299.99 on contract. Not bad deal if you can get it for free. Interested? You can read the contest’s rules here.

Via PhAndroid.

Verizon wireless finally announced the price of the most awaited handset for this month, DROID RAZR™ MAXX™ plus its availability on January, 26 which is tomorrow, so guys or precisely Android Maniac this is it, get your $299.99 for signing two-year contract to get this impossibly thin smartphone!

This Gingerbread 2.3.5 based phone is powered with a magnificent dual-core 1.2 GHZ CPU, with the processor at this size is certainly be loved to those who use to browse the internet via phone. You are promised to have 21 hours talk time in one single charge. All goodies you find on the original DROID RAZR will be its features too.

Additional Droid Maxx specifications:

•  Android™ 2.3.5 Gingerbread, can be upgraded to Android™ 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 3300 mAh battery
• 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video capture and image stabilization technology for crisp and clear videos
• Front-facing HD camera for video chat over 4G LTE, 3G or Wi-Fi
• 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot capable – customers can share 4G LTE speed with up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices
• Remote wipe, pin lock and government-grade encryption for email, calendar and contacts, as well as voice and video chat conferencing
• 32 GB memory – 16 GB on-board memory and 16 GB microSD™ card pre-installed (actual formatted capacity is less)

Via Verizon Wireless.

India just got a new guest, the Optimus Net Dual SIM P698, a smartphone who was officially announced at December last year, by LG.

The handset now featured and offered in the country online shopping sites, in LetsBuy and FlipKart.

LetsBuy set the price of this Gingerbread phone at 10,990 INR with 12 months of Warranty, while Flipkart offers it with selling price at 10,990 INR.

LG Optimus Net Dual Sim-P698 (Titanium) takes Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) as its OS on 800 MHZ Qualcomm CPU, capacitive touchscreen 3.2 Inches HVGA, 512 MB of RAM, a Digital ZOom camera of 3MP Af, 32 GB expandable memory.

As for connectivity Titanum offers GPRS, 3G, EGE, Wi-fi, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 HS. For entertainment it supports MP4, H.263 for video player, also MP3 Player. Plus GPS navigation.

Comes earlier from it’s expected release, BlackBerry Bold 9790 is now available in UK retailer store, Clove, with selling price at £342 includes VAD under unlocked and SIM free condition and now in stock.

Bold 9790 is armed with 1GHz cpu, has a 2.45-inch touchscreen with 480×360 pixels, owns a 768 MB for RAM, MicroSD, 8G space, features an autofocus 5MP camera with LED Flash technology plus VGA, HSDPA, HSUPA, also GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi network connectivity.

Motorola Defy Mini, a small yet water resistant handset is now listed for pre-order in Clove UK website for £174.99 with VAT. As the third in the Defy family, after Defy+.

And also brings the smallest specs compared with its brothers, to which it’s categorized as lower-end handset.

To refresh our memories let’s get down into the specs line.

Motorola Defy Mini is running on Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread), powered with a 600Mhz processor, 512MB ROM and RAM, at rear side you’ll find a 3.15MP camera LED Flash plus VGA on front for video calling, weighing 107 gram with 12.6m thickness. And 10 hours battery length for talktime, while its standby durability is 500 hours.

If you take pre-order now, then expect the first stock of the handset’s shipping to come in late Febuary or early March as it’s written in Clove site.

Now Japaneses can expect to receive the Droid RAZR’S GSM  version, Motorola Razr soon, after Motorola launched the the phone in the country, offering white and black colors, and it is scheduled to be available in the country mobile carrier; KDDI.

However unlike the previous expectation that RAZR to come bundled with Android 4.0 this quarter, instead it’s powered with Gingrebread. But of course the ICS will be pushed into it once the smartphone is widely available on the country.

A shot specs of the handset to help you decide whether this one for you: This thin and sexy handset comes with a 4-3 inch qHD super AMOLED Advanced screen, camera 8MP at rear and 1.3mp front-facing camera, powered with 1.2GHz dual-core cpu, KEVLAR fiber, for network connectivity it adds Wifi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and 16GB size of memory card.

Samsung has brought Samsung Galaxy S II to UK, the phone is currently listed in Phones4U now and it is opened for pre-order. A lady-like phone is bringing the nuance of Valentine that can be seen through its color — pink.

And I believe that color chosen for this phone has something to do with Valentine, therefore the Company decided to transformed from its original Black color  to pink and of course to share the love with your loved ones in Valentine day, right?

Anyway this pink version of Galaxy S II will be with you on the February 13, and Phone4u has set two- year contract started at £21.50 per month. Not a bad price is not it?

Oh there is non-contract too offered, want it? Then Very online store is here to serves you with their SIM free offers £499.99.

The phone looks hefty — regardless the color and at glance, the Note model was coming out from my mind once saw it, don’t you think so?

So, if you are British looking for a 1.2GHZ dual-core powered phone yet with girly design than this 4.2-inch super Amoled of Samsung Galaxy S II is for you. At last we don’t have to buy the old fashion of Valentine gifts anymore — goodbye flowers and chocolate.

Download CyanogenMod 9. An Android developer, namely Neal is said to have finished working on his CyanogenMod 9 new default music player. And want to make the music app available on the Android Market shortly, brings more features and tweaks toward Android 4.0 phone.

Unfortunately you are unable for music streaming using Google music account, it is understandable as Google does not release an API for the service. But you will get many once tried this app out.

And yes you are welcomed to give this app a try for your pleasure by visiting the Neal’s blog to take the app.

CyanogenMod 9 Music is about freedom and customization you rarely found on the other Android music app. And Neal has pushed number of abilities for you to enjoy like to purchase song on Android Market using push button, deleting tracks you don’t want to, set a ring tone from the music you favorite with, sharing track you are listening to.

So far no exact time announced when CM9 will be available on the Android Market, nevertheless the developer is hoping it will be soon.

Anyway here is a list of CyanogenMod 9 Music App offers to you.

• Support for themes
• Gesture support
• Motion-based controls
• Search the Android Market for a currently playing song
• Share track info with social networks
• Set songs as ring tones
• Control music playback from the lock screen

Currently CM9 best performance is on Anrdoid 4.0 based phone, but don’t worry you still can use on Android versions older than that, however several features like lockscreen controls and notification will be absent. And Neal is said to develop updated version which will support Android 4.0 older version in the future.

Via: PhanAndroid.