Android Central international round-up - April 14, 2012

With the HTC One series launch buzz beginning to settle down, the past seven days have been a little quieter than usual. Nevertheless, the steady stream of device updates and announcements has continued, even if the pace has been a little slower.

Sony Mobile is kicking off its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update project, with Scandinavian countries being the first to get a taste of ICS on the Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc S and Xperia Neo V. Meanwhile, long-suffering Galaxy S II owners in Vodafone UK finally got their ICS update, as did Nexus S users on Wind Mobile and Videotron in Canada.

There were also a couple of interesting new device announcements -- Vodafone and Huawei announced the Ascend G 300, a surprisingly high-specced entry-level phone, while Korea got a bright pink Galaxy Note.

And later in the week, HTC addressed reports that some One S phones were experiencing chipped edges on their ceramic coating -- owners of affected phones can return their handset for a refund, or have it replaced under warranty. The manufacturer also says it's making small changes to ensure the problem doesn't crop up again.

Special features:

• HTC One V hands-on video and initial review
• HTC One S review

News:

• Sony kicks off its ICS upgrades; Scandinavia up first
• HTC One X screen flex 'flaw' -- should we worry about it?
• HTC on One S MAO chipping issue: 'immediate fix' for those affected
• Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S II ICS update finally arrives
• New countries can now sell apps in the Google Play Store
• Official UEFA Euro 2012 app for Android launches
• White Motorola Motoluxe launches at Tesco in the UK
• Leaked internal screen suggests April 20 launch for Rogers HTC One X
• Vodafone UK announces the Huawei Ascend G 300
• Motorola announces the XT390 on China Unicom
• Wind Mobile, Videotron Nexus S getting its ICS update OTA
• 'Berry pink' Galaxy Note launches in Korea
• Nonexistent LG phone to compete against nonexistent Samsung phone

 

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