The United States Department of Defense has awarded a $2.9 million contract to build a private military-based app store for use on its networks. The firm Digital Management, based in Maryland, has been given 12 months to develop a “mobile device management system and mobile application store” that can handle the Pentagon’s incredibly high security requirements.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is to launch in the United Kingdom this weekend, almost a week ahead of its expected July 5 launch date. A number of online retailers are promising delivery on Saturday, June 29, while Phones 4U says that the handset will arrive on Monday.

Prices start at £365 ($561).

AT&T has taken another step to secure its place as the best 4G LTE network in the United States. As of June 21, new and existing GoPhone prepaid users will be able to connect to AT&T’s 4G LTE service.

We’ve been hearing tons of rumors regarding the LG Optimus F7 for a while now, and it was finally confirmed this week by U.S. Cellular.

Back in April, HTC and Facebook unveiled the HTC First, the latest addition to HTC’s family. Yesterday evening, AT&T posted an announcement informing users that they could pick up a HTC First for just $0.99, on a 2-year contract.