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Today Acer announced their plans for updating their Iconia Tab line to Android 4.0. Starting today, Ice Cream Sandwich will begin rolling out to the Acer Iconia Tab A200. Then update will roll out to users slowly and will be completed by the following week. This is pretty impressive considering the A200 launched less than a month ago. Acer also outlined their plans for updating the Iconia Tab A100 and A500.

One device many people are looking forward to seeing at Mobile World Congress is the HTC One X. This is the quad-core HTC device that has been suffering an identity crisis. It started off as the HTC Edge, then it was the HTC Endeavor, and now it’s looking like it will be the HTC One X. Regardless of what name HTC eventually decides on, this is one beast of a phone that HTC fans are dying to get their hands on. Leaked specs have been floating around for a bit, but now, thanks to Paul O’Brien over at MoDaCo, we have a pretty good look at what the HTC One X will be packing.

If you own an AT&T Motorola Atrix, you may want to check your phone for an update. AT&T has started rolling out software update 4.5.141 and I know what you’re thinking, but unfortunately, it’s not Ice Cream Sandwich. It does however bring a few improvements:

Today a German court ruled that most of Motorola’s products infringe on Apple’s slide-to-unlock image patent with the only exception being the slide-the-circle gesture used in the Motorola XOOM. This ruling allows Apple to enforce a permanent injunction against the Motorola products found in violation. Motorola can still appeal the decision therefore Apple would be taking a very big risk enforcing such an injunction at this time. Should the ruling be overturned, Apple would have to reimburse Motorola for any lost sales due to the injunction. Regardless of Apple’s decision, one thing is for sure: Motorola will now have to make changes to their UI.

It looks like you may want to hold onto your upgrade just a bit longer. According to NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsung, Tegra 3 devices being announced at Mobile World Congress will ship this quarter:

“This quarter we are expecting to ship Tegra 3 based superphones. At Mobile World Congress is when we expect to announce these devices, and we expect to announce and ship them this quarter.”

That’s a pretty bold statement, which if true, means we may see quad-core phones by the end of March! I sure hope he’s right.

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