Today on Clove UK’s blog, they announced prices and pre-orders for three new Motorola devices. If you head over to the Clove site today, you can now pre-order the Motorola DEFY MINI, MOTOLUXE and the White Motorola RAZR. We’ll give you a run down of specs and source links for those interested in picking up one of these Motorola devices from the UK retailer Clove.

Even without Ericsson, Sony has quite the plans for its smartphones in 2012. According to a leaked sales report in India, Sony has plans to release eleven additional smartphones this year. The leaked document has quite the info, including names, release dates, and price. These most likely won’t be set in stone but here they are:

Over the weekend, a couple thousands WiFi XOOM owners began a soak test of Ice Cream Sandwich. It didn’t take long for the update file to leak and almost everyone began loading it onto their XOOM. And now, the official OTA has begun rolling out to all WiFi Motorola XOOMs.

LG recognizes consumers need for speed, and since LTE is the fastest way to go, it’s releasing its first LTE tablet, the Optimus Pad LTE. The tablet will see an initial release in Korea with possible market expansion in the future. Past LG tablets haven’t generated much of a splash, but the Optimus Pad LTE has some nice features and could fare well if given the right price. The Optimus Pad LTE will feature a 8.9-inch IPS True HD Display along with:

As mobile devices gain advances in almost every aspect of hardware and software, the one thing that doesn’t get any better is battery life. It’s expected that all these larger screens, graphic intensive games, etc. would demand more of our batteries, but why we have yet to see battery advances or larger batteries included in these devices is beyond me. Perhaps it’s due to manufacturers trying to maintain a slim appearance, but it’s time to start spending a bit more worrying about battery life versus a couple millimeters in thickness.