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Microsoft launched their Windows Phone Marketplace in 22 new countries, to make it even easier for us make purchases from the online Windows Phone app store.

“To help address that, this week we’ve started reviewing the keywords that developers assign to their apps and removing ones that aren’t relevant. You can learn more about this cleanup effort in Todd Brix’s post on the developer blog. It will take us at least several weeks to complete our review, but our expectation is that you should start seeing more relevant search results when it’s done, particularly for popular apps.”

The Windows Phone Marketplace is now available in Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Israel, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Samsung proved to be successful with its Galaxy range of phones! Samsung has just announced that they are expecting to double their income forto their success is probably their strong smartphone sales, and the success of their Galaxy range of devices has turned the company into the worlds biggest selling cell phonee ever. According to reports, the Samsung Galaxy S III will launch some time over the next couple of months, and we assume that Samsung will have another great year!

Good news Dell Venue Pro users,AT&T and Microsoft have announced that the Windows Phone Mango update is finally being rolled out to the handset.

“Hi everyone. Today we’ve started delivering Windows Phone 7.5 to Dell Venue Pro handsets on AT&T. If you (or friends or family members) haven’t installed the update yet, now’s the perfect time. You’ll find step-by-step instructions at Update Central.”

You can find out more information about the Windows Phone Mango update for the Dell venue Pro over at the Windows Phone Blog.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus S has been in the market for quite sometime now. And just like the Stratosphere – a device that’s popular because it can be personalized using Samsung Stratosphere Accessories, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus S has also lots of custom options.

What’s new about the Nexus is that the volume bug software update may actually be released by Samsung as an OTA update some time today.

The news came from the guys over at Clove, who have been informed by the UK distributors of the Galaxy Nexus that new devices will get an OTA update when it is turned on.

Lenovo has announced a new Android device called the LePhone S2. It runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread and features a 3.8 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels

The Lenovo LePhone S2 is powered by a single core 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8225 processor and it comes with a choice of 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage of 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.

It has an 8 megapixel rear facingcamera that can record HD videos in 720p, and will go on sale in China shortly, there are no details on pricing as yet.

Official photos of Motorola Droid 4 have been leaked prior to its launch along with a specifications sheet, which is actually a same scenario for the Droid when its Motorola Droid RAZR Accessories have been released to the public even before the device was actually announced.

Anyway.. the Motorola Droid 4 is still on schedule to launch on December 8, and it is said to have a 4 inch qHD touchscreen display, a dual core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB of RAM, Android Gingerbread, and comes with an 8 megapixel camera, a front facing HD camera for video chat, plus a 5 row illuminated slide out QWERTY keyboard.

Can you still remember the Samsung Illusion? It is the device that’s supposed to be headed to Verizon Wireless, and now accordin to Android Central who have found out some more information about the Samsung Illusion it features a 3.5 inch touchscreen display, and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It comes with a 1GHz Hummingbird processor 512MB of RAM, a 3 megapixel camera, and the device is expected to retail for around $100 and should hit Verizon some time this month.

Nokia has pulled the wraps off its new concept smartphone called the Nokia Gem. Could this beat the LG Marquee’s sales, even though it can be customized via various LG Marquee Accessories? Anyway, it is an interesting concept compared from the rest, for it doesn’t have a screen. It makes use of its whole outer surface of the unit would display information, and according to Nokia, the devices’ appearance would change depending on which feature you are using. You can see more details on the Nokia Gem concept smartphone over at Nokia Conversations!

The Motorola Droid4 is the brand’s newest device that has been the talk of the town these past few days. According to our insiders, it has turned up in Verizon’s inventory which means that we will soon get an official announcement from Verizon regarding its release date.

The Droid4 will run Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, and will come with a 4 inch super AMOLED display with a 5 row illuminated slide out QWERTY keyboard.

Other rumored features include include an 8 megapixel camera, a front facing camera, and HDMI out.

Sony Ericsson has announced that they will start rolling out their global Android 2.3.4 update to their devices. The said update is for a wide range of Sony Ericsson devices which include the Xperia Arc, Xperia Play and many more.

The Android 2.3.4 update will give your devices new features like Google Talk with video conferencing for devices with front facing cameras, and etc.

You can find more information about this, including which Sony Ericsson devices will get it over at the Sony Ericsson Blog.