HTC has unveiled a Japanese variant of the One S, aptly named – the HTC J – for KDDI. The handset packs in the same features, and internal hardware specifications as the One S.

Yesterday, Meizu announced the quad-core variant of its handset, the Meizu MX, which will be powered by an Exynos 4412 SoC.

Samsung has released a teaser video showing off all the premium suite of apps for the Galaxy Note, which the company will be including with the ICS update for the handset.

Sprint has finally announced the official release date and pricing of the Galaxy Nexus in the United States, thus becoming the second carrier in the U.S to sell the Galaxy Nexus.

Brace yourself! The best Android smartphone of 2012 – the Galaxy S 3 – is going to be announced by Samsung on 3rd May in London.

HTC has announced a trio of Android handsets for three different Chinese operators in China. All the three handsets are identical specs wise, and are nothing but re-branded HTC One V.

Sony has finally started rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update for three of its 2011 Xperia handsets, the Xperia Arc S, Neo V and the Ray.

The folks over at Android Police have managed to get their hands on some pictures of the upcoming Incredible 4G from HTC and Verizon. The handset sports similar specs as the recently unveiled HTC One S.

HTC has acknowledged the chipping issues in black One S, and has provided an “immediate fix” for all existing customers. The company is also tweaking its manufacturing process so as to avoid this issue in the future.

Last night, Toshiba unveiled a trio of Ice Cream Sandwich running and Tegra 3 packing tablets in various sizes – 7.7, 10.1 and 13.3. All the three tablets are reasonably priced and will be available starting from next month.

Lenovo has unveiled its new Android powered tablet, the IdeaPad S2109. The tablet will sport a 9.7-inch IPS LCD screen witha 4:3 aspect ratio, and will run Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box.

Sprint has officially started rolling out the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Nexus S 4G, which includes a new radio, performance improvements and much more.

The folks over at Droid-Life have managed to get their hands on some pictures of the upcoming EVO One X handset from Sprint. The EVO One will also be the first handset on Sprint’s network to support its upcoming LTE network.

Motorola has announced another variant of the RAZR MAXX, which comes with GSM radios. The handset is expected to hit certain markets of Europe and middle Asia sometime in May 2012.

Google has released an updated version of the Android version distribution chart for the last two weeks ending on April 2nd. It is clearly evident that the Ice Cream Sandwich adoption rate is still below par, with Android 2.3 still occupying the majority of the market share.