We seem to be seeing announcement after announcement and Mobile World Conference hasn’t even started! Today Samsung has announced a pair of mid-range devices for the budget conscious consumer. Introducing the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Mini 2. Both are upgrades to their previous iterations and feature the following specs:

ZTE has announced its plans to break into the high-end smartphone market with a pair of Ice Cream toting LTE devices. The PF200 and the N910 are set to be unveiled next week at Mobile World Congress and are among some of the first Android 4.0 devices announced for MWC.

It’s been a long time coming but the Sony Google TV has finally been rooted. Thanks to the guys over at GTV Hacker and a not so easy root method, you can be on your way to enjoying custom kernels full of features such as:

Panasonic’s a name the European smartphone market hasn’t heard in quite some time. Hoping to make a comeback, Panasonic has announced their plans for a lightweight, super thin smartphone they’re calling the Eluga. Unveiled at the Panasonic Convention 2012, the Eluga will feature:

NFC is a technology slowly gaining widespread adoption and today LG has announced their plans for developing NFC tags (similar to Sony’s Smart Tags) for activating specific functions on their Optimus LTE Tag smartphone. The Optimus LTE Tag was launched in Korea today and features NFC connectivity along with: