Samsung has now officially confirmed that they will be releasing in the first half of 2011 the successor to the successful  Samsung Galaxy S whoch sold over 10 million units worldwide. The alleged name of the new Samsung smartphone is the Samsung Galaxy S2. The smartphone is said to have a Dual Core processor and a Super AMOLED display.The Samsung Galaxy S2 is set to be presented at the World Mobile Congress this year and it is almost certain Samsung will be also unvieling there the Galaxy Tab 2. the webite Eurodroid has published a teaser photo from Korea for the upcoming Galaxy devices.

The first Android Tablet from Samsung which last year in early December broke the mark of one million units sold has now sold more than two million copies worldwide. Originally Samsung had aimed to sell one million copies of the Samsung Galaxy Tab before the end of 2010, later changing it to 1.5 million copies by the end of the year. Which the Korean company says they achieved. The successor to this incredibly popular Android Tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, is expected to be announced at this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.

Andy can fly? Who would have known. New pictures of Andy have appeared on the web for the upcoming Honeycomb update or otherwise known as the update to Android 3.0. That cute little green suit and the stubby little legs are gone in exchange for a pair of wings and a stinger. Now this will most likely just be the logo of Honeycomb, or maybe we will see Andy changing for each update from now on. Maybe he will turn into a Icecream Sandwich next time? We doupt it, but he does look pretty charming in his new get-up, don’t you think?

Sony has announced at an event in Japan, that they intend to release Playstation titles onto Android devices in the future. The first titles that seem planned for release are original Playstation 1 titles such as Wild Arms, Cool Boarders 2, Rally Cross, Syphon Filter and Medievil. These Playstation games will be available over something called the Playstation Suite. Which will pretty much be a Playstation store for Android games. Android 2.3 will be required to run the Playstation Suite.

The mobile game developer EA Mobile has released yet another hit title to Android devices in Worms. The turn based strategy game has over the years built quite a name for itself over various platforms finally making its way to Android. The game itself seems pretty smoothed out, with all of the classic weapons being available from the bazooka to the holy hand grenade. Worms is now available to download from the Android Market.

A supposedly leaked schedule for Samsungs 13th of February press conference has found its way onto the web, revealing to people worldwide that the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 could be planned to be both revealed at this years MWC (as seen below). Whether this schedule is authentic or not, is not known. However it could very well be true as Samsung has been promising something big for the MWC for a while now. Fingers crossed they reveal both the new Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S.

After recently reducing the app refund period from 24 hours after purchase to 15 minutes, google now plan to introduce an in-app payment system option. The U.S. website Engadget, said that Google are at the moment not completely happy with the sales figures of premium applications on the Android Market. It is believed that  Google will through their in-app payment system, allow app developers to use micro-transaction options to fund their apps. So that developers can sell direct add-ons, costumes and what not for a fee. Also Google is negotiating with more and more telephone companies in the hope of providing users with the ability to be charged for their apps over there phone bills eliminating the need to use a seperate payment system.

Yesterday Dropbox updated their Android app to version 1.0.3.0. With it comes a number of bug fixes as well as the loading time on startup being shortened considerably. The developers of dropbox have also improved support for Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and also the applications presentation on Tablet screens. Dropbox 1.0.3.0 can now be downloaded for free from the Android Market.

LG has yesterday sent out invitations to a special event they are holding at the Mobile World Congress next month. On the invitation it says “Into the new Dimension”(see below) which could possibly be teasing at some sort of 3D enabled smartphone or tablet. In recent weeks there have been rumors circulating that LG will be releasing the first 3D-enabled Android Tablet soon. In the U.S. it has been announced that T-Mobile will be working in cooperation with LG for the new LG G-Slate but whether or not this is actually the new LG Optimus Tablet Pad is not yet known.

In the U.S. there is a television series, produced by NASA which has already won several awards. The series, titled NASA 360 looks at the past, present and future of the American space agency , and shows how NASA inventions have improved life on earth and what plans they have in process for life in space. Recently, NASA 360 released an Android App providing access to all previously aired episodes. Users also gain access to the scripts,maps and information on the locations in the TV series. There is also a built in quiz for those who want to test out their knowledge. NASA 360 is free to download on Android Market.