In case you are into blazing fast 3G speeds you will be glad to know that the Gingerbread-running Samsung Galaxy S II mini will feature 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA. A 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, a front facing camera and Wi-Fi b/g/n support complete the feature set of the smartphone.

The other juicy bit confirmed by the roadmap is the existence of the Nokia X7. Many claimed that the Symbian^3 device is cancelled, but apparently 3 UK will start selling it in June. This probably means that the 4-inch touchscreen-touting X7 will be the device that Nokia is going to announce at CTIA. Apparently the X7 will pack an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with dual LED flash and a 4-inch nHD AMOLED screen.

The slides also confirmed that some other cool smartphones will be hitting the 3 UK shelves soon.Samsung Galaxy Pro should come in mid-April, while the HTC Desire S and Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc and Play should too come before April ends. The HTC Wildfire S, Nokia E7 and Samsung Galaxy S II should follow in May. The LG Optimus 3D and the HTC Chacha will not be available before June though.

In a stance against phones “more” Yves Behar designed a phone for Danish manufacturer Aesir, which focuses on craftsmanship and audio experience. The result is pretty attractive (unlike some eyesores of the luxury phone world) but its price will still make you frown.

Functionality-wise its nothing impressive but the edge-to-edge keypad does look interesting and there are custom ringtones and icons designed just for the phone. The phone is called +YvesBehar and can be had in either stainless steel or 18K yellow gold. There is quad-band GSM connectivity and its sound chamber has been specially engineered to provide a better audio experience.

The +YvesBehar measures 114 x 49.8 x 11.9 mm and weighs 250g (gold version) or 210g (stainless steel version). The upper part of the phone is made of high-grade ceramics with ultra-glossy finish and the 2-inch TFT screen is covered by a scratch-resistant sapphire glass.

Today Opera Software released the beta version of their latest browser. The beta is supposed to be faster, with enhanced friendliness and usability for both consumers and developers.

A new Speed Dial comes along with the new beta. This is the convenient first page, which arranges your favorite sites for easy access. Its a key feature of Opera and most people, using their browsers are well fond of it. The new Speed Dial adds new fields as the free ones get piled-up. And there is a zoom option to manipulate the thumbnails size.

The plug-in functionality is supposed to be improved, too, adding background install, so that users will not be bothered with it. For example the Adobe Flash plug-in could be easily added without the blink of an eye seamlessly, without your interaction.

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Its battle of the dual-cores and everyone is holding their breath. Who will come out on top Tegra 2, Exynos, OMAP4 or Snapdragon? Both CPUs and their new GPUs were tested to see how new generation smartphones perform.

An extensive mobile shotout gathered five of the latest dual-core Android phones - Motorola Atrix 4G, LG Optimus 2X, LG Optimus 3D, Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II and the HTC Pyramid (Shooter). Those represent four different platforms NVIDIA Tegra 2 (Atrix, 2X), OMAP4 (3D), Exynos (Galaxy S II) and Snapdragon (Pyramid).

AndroidAndMe.com ran some of the tests and gathered others from several sources. Note that the Motorola Atrix 4G and the HTC Pyramid are at a disadvantage since they have to update 30% more pixels and also the LG Optimus 3D, Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Pyramid were running pre-production software.