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.

Source

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.

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide is now only a few clicks and 180 US dollars away from you. Yeap, T-Mobile has just confirmed the release date for the Android phone and you can pre-order it straight away.

The myTouch 3G Slide was announced only three weeks ago and now you can register your interest in it on the operator’s website. To refresh your memory, the side-slider runs a highly customized Android OS v2.1 and features a large 3.4″ HVGA capacitive touchscreen, full QWERTY-keyboard and all-you-can-eat connectivity.

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide

On top of that you get a 5MP autofocus snapper on the back, a built-in GPS receiver and a spacious 8GB microSD card which comes along with the smartphone itself.

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide is coming on 2 June in black, white or red color and can be yours for 179.99 US dollars (after a 50-US-dollar mail-in rebate) with a new 2-year contract or for 399 US dollars without contract.

Source