Finally, Samsung unveiled its long-waited, long-rumored flagship Galaxy S III smartphone. According to the phone maker, the phone is “designed for humans and inspired by nature,” which “recognizes your voice, understands your intention, and lets you share a moment instantly and easily”. Unlike the Galaxy S II with a more rectangular shape, the third generation of Galaxy S has a pebble-like shape and looks a bit like the Galaxy Nexus.

Sprint is launching the new LG Optimus Elite entry-level smartphone that is eco-friendly. The device is ULE Platinum Certified for highest level of environmental performance, and is also CarbonFree certified to offset the carbon footprint of the phone’s full lifecycle. It also eliminated the use of many environmentally sensitive materials, including polyvinyl chloride (PVC), brominated flame retardants (BFR), halogen, beryllium, phthalates, and nickel, and comes in fully recyclable packaging.

Verizon Wireless brings a new 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Lucid with an affordable price. The new handset supports Verizon’s 4G LTE mobile network, and includes mobile hotspot …

Sony Mobile announced in China the Xperia neo L MT25i, which is its first smartphone to get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. As the follow-up to …

While Galaxy Nexus is the first Android 4.0 phone, Sharp’s AQUOS Phone 104SH is the first device announced to be release with Ice Cream Sandwich on board. The phone is IPX5/X7 waterproof and IP5X dustproof. It is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. It has 16GB of storage.

China Telecom is launching the Samsung Galaxy S II DUOS SCH-i929, a dual-network variant of the Galaxy S II. The phone supports both CDMA EVDO Rev.A and GSM mobile networks and is capable of dual-standby. The i929 is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM and runs Android 2.3 with TouchWiz 4.0 user interface.

Toshiba released its Excite 10 LE, the world’s thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet, in the US. Also known as AT200 and Excite X10, the slim and lightweight tablet measures just 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thin and weighis just 1.18 pounds (535g). The price is $529.99 for 16GB model (AT205-T16)and $599.99 for 32GB model (AT205-T32). You can get one from Amazon.com. It comes loaded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb with future upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Sony Mobile announced yet another Xperia smartphone, the Xperia solo featuring the Floating Touch navigation technology allows you to browse the web without actually touching the screen. The Floating Touch allows uers to navigate the web by hovering their finger above the screen so it acts like a moving curser, without actually having to touch the screen.

Sprint launches a new budget-friendly Android smartphone, the ZTE Fury, which is a full-featured device “ideal for families who want the convenience and connectedness of a smartphone at an accessible price point”. The Fury sports a 3.5-inch 480×320 capacitive IPS touchscreen display, a 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash, and 4GB onboard storage.

The quad-core Ascend D quad and Ascend D quad XL are not the only members of the Ascend D line, Huawei is also launching the Ascend D lte, a 4G smartphone. The handset supports LTE 1800/2600/800/2300 4G networks as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band 900/2100 HSPA. Unlike its brother, the LTE model doesn’t get a quad-core CPU, but a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor. There is 1GB RAM.