Mind blown! If you had to guess how many iPhone 4s would Apple manage to push in three days, you wouldn’t guess 1.7 million would you? And you’d be wrong, because that’s exactly how many they sold.

We wrote about iPhone 4 shortages, but when we’re talking about 1.7 million units sold in just three days, it’s perhaps more appropriate to call it “overwhelming, I can’t believe it’s true demand” rather than “shortage”.

By the way, starting tomorrow, AT&T stores should be able to offer walk-in sales - they couldn’t do that so far, because of said overwhelming demand.

Even Apple is impressed, quoth Steve Jobs - “This is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history”. No, really? The iPhone 3G and the 3GS sold “just” 1 million in three days, so yes, we’d say the iPhone 4 sales are doing pretty good.

Mr. Jobs also apologizes “to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply”. No mention of all those customers crying foul over the poor reception. They were told to stay tuned even though there was no problem (aside from users holding it wrong that is). Makes sense, right?

Ah, well. We guess the problems reported by the first people to get an iPhone 4 didn’t scare the crowd away. Plus, there are already rumors of a 4.01 update to iOS that will solve the reception issues in software.

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Acer presented two new Android-based smartphones today - the candybar beTouch E120 and the QWERTY-bar beTouch E130.

Both devices run on Android v1.6 Donut, have 3.2 megapixel snappers, ST Ericsson 416MHz processors, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, and full connectivity package - Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth, FM radio and 3.5mm audio jack. The common specs sheets end with an accelerometer for auto-rotate and a microSD card slot.

Acer beTouch E120 sports 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, while beTouch E130 uses 2.6-inch landscape QVGA touchscreen and full-QWERTY keyboard below it. The QWERTY bar form factor is definitely a novelty in the Android world.

We are already familiar with E130, since it was recently showcased at Computex 2010.

Acer beTouch E120 • Acer beTocuh E130

Both beTouch devices run on Android OS v1.6 Donut and will feature additional software such as Acer Spinlets (for accessing or sharing media content) and UrFooz (for social networking).

Both phones will be released in Q3 this year in black and white versions. Acer beTouch E120 will hit the shelves in mid-July, while its QWERTY sibling E130 is expected in August. There is no word on pricing yet.

After the blurry, noisy image of the rumored Sony Ericsson Shakira we finally get to see it on a bunch of pretty nice looking shots. Apparently, the Android-running smartphone will actually be named XPERIA X8 but we’ll have to wait for its official announcement to see the full specs sheet of the device.

Meet the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8

While we still have no clue what the XPERIA X8 will come with on board we do know how it will look like. Now, forget about the low quality image of the X8, which leaked a week ago, and enjoy those his-res photos.

More Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 photos

XPERIA X8 will take the free spot right between the extra large Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and the super tiny Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini. And as the images reveal, on top of the Android OS (version unknown) we’ll see an X10-mini-like UI. Sadly, we don’t know any other features of X8.

Three is the latest major UK carrier to announce that it will get the iPhone 4 at launch. Launching its pre-order campaign on 15 June and starting actual sales on 24 June, Three becomes the fifth UK operator to offer Apple’s latest mobile phone.

Meanwhile O2 announced that it will offer its subscribes an early upgrade if they go for the iPhone 4. You will be able to pay off the reminder of your contract and get an iPhone 4 on a new 18 or 24-month one (AT&T style).

O2 will charge you with 20 pounds for each of the remaining months of your contract, no matter how much you are really paying. That’s about 30% off the cheapest iPhone tariff. This way it will still be cheaper to pay off your contract and get a new one, instead of buying a SIM-free iPhone.

There is a catch of course - you will lose the change-of-mind period option. So once you’ve decided to go the iPhone 4 way, there is no turning back.