ZTE Corp has announced its two now 4G LTE smartphones ahead of the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona later this month.
The Chinese phone maker plans to launch the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running handsets, with 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz processors, at the telecoms industry show.
The PF200 smartphone will have a 4.3-inch QHD capacitive touch screen, with an 8MP camera and 1080p front-facing camera for video calling. The handset will work across all the main LTE, UMTS and GSM spectrums, and …

Acer has verified that its row of Iconia Tab devices will receive an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update.
The Taiwanese tablet maker published a US press release that said its Iconia Tab A100, A200 and A500 slates will get the ICS treatment on later dates.
US consumers will be glad to know that the A200 will receive the first update, which has already started at the time of this writing, while the A100 and A500 are set for a date in April.
“The many enhancements in Android 4.0 OS …

The rumor mill surrounding the iPad 3 is working overtime as the expected timeframe for the launch of the next generation tablet from Apple nears.
First up, we have a photo of what is alleged to be the logic board of the iPad 3 showing that the Apple tablet will have an “A5X” system-on-a-chip.
The photo comes from a forum post on WeiPhone and first reported on by MacRumors.
The iPad 3 is expected to have a more powerful processor but it has been widely expected that the next SoC to be …

Microsoft: Windows 8 Official Logo / Image via Microsoft

Microsoft presented in a post on the official blog the logo of the new operating system Windows 8. Team members who worked on developing the new platform have decided that the new logo to represent an accurate description of the new “Live Titles” icons.
If in the past most Windows logos were confused with flags, Microsoft decided that this time should not be any doubt about the meaning of the logo. Thus, the American company …

Anonymous Strikes Again! U.S. Government Websites Attacked! / Image via Flickr

Online activist group Anonymous strikes again! The already well-known group of hackers has once again attacked the websites of the U.S. Government as a sign of protest against ACTA, the draft law that threatens Internet freedom globally.
The hackers at Anonymous disrupted the activity of several websites of the U.S. institution involved in the support and development of ACTA, including consumer.gov, ncpw.gov and …

Samsung has revealed that it will spin off its loss-making liquid crystal display (LCD) business as the company focuses on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology.
According to the BBC, the provisional Samsung Display Company Ltd will be launched as a new corporation on April 1 with a paid-in capital of 750 billion won or about $670 million.
This paid in capital is equal to the loss the LCD unit of Samsung last year after sales of TVs worldwide decreased.
In an interview with the BBC, …

Rovio has announced where the next Angry Birds chapter will take place and a date for its massive launch.
The Finnish entertainment media company, which gained worldwide popularity for its bird-slinging game, said on Friday the launching of Angry Birds Space on March 22 and added a teaser image at the official website and video in a blog post.
Rovio said, “We are VERY excited to announce our next game: Angry Birds Space! It’s going to be the biggest game launch since the original Angry …

Postel has published info on two new Nokia handsets that are yet to receive official launch dates.
The Indonesian government agency, which functions like the US FCC, serves as an unlikely source of new handset information with leaked information on previously rumored Nokia phones, Lumia 610 and Nokia 305.
Its online database currently lists only the essentials of each phone amid rumor circles generating hype on three smartphones and three feature phones from the once industry-leading Finnish …

HTC will launch a new device dubbed as the HTC One V, sources familiar with the matter reportedly tipped Pocketlint.com.
If the sources (allegedly close to HTC) are right on this one, it will be the third HTC One handset from the Taiwanese smartphone maker.
The HTC One V will purportedly come with hardware specs similar to its sibling, HTC Rhyme, with its 1GHz single-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 5MP rear-facing camera with 720p HD video capture, native Beats Audio technology and the latest of …

LG has officially introduced its Optimus Vu smartphone/tablet in an attempt to rival the Samsung Galaxy Note.
The South Korean smartphone maker first released a teaser video of the Optimus Vu more than a week ago, but now is confirming its rumored specs with an official launch.
The hybrid between a smartphone and tablet device features a 5-inch XGA (1024 x 768 pixels) IPS display of 256 ppi pixel density – the Galaxy Note has 285 ppi – with an aspect ratio (AR) of 4:3.
The AR mainly …