This week was packed with news at the mobile front, so it was easy to overlook a number of stories here and there. Here’s among the other stuff that happened within the wide world of wireless for the week of September 19, 2011:
Opera Software, builder of the favored mobile browser, announced it was acquiring Handster, an app store platform that supports Android, WP7, BlackBerry, and Symbian. [ TechCrunch ]
Samsung unveiled three new HSDPA feature phones destined for India: the Champ 3.5G (S3770), Primo (S5610) and Chat 527 (S5270). [ UnwiredView and SammyHub ]
A leaked image indicates the HTC Hero S could be coming to US Cellular within the near future. The device seems to be the dominion, and is predicted to add a 1.2GHz single-core Qualcomm CPU, 768MB of RAM, a 4-inch qHD display and Gingerbread. [ PocketNow ]
Speaking folks Cellular, the Motorola Electrify officially became available for purchase online this week (expected in stores on September 26th), and will be yours for $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate. [ AndroidCentral ]
Wirefly accidentally outed press renders of the Samsung Stratosphere — at the retailer’s Pantech Breakout page. The photographs have since been removed. [ OwenJohnston ]
A white version of the Samsung Galaxy S II is making the rounds within the UK , but we learned this week that Bell Canada may be launching it well before the vacations. Interestingly, the device within the image (seen above) has retained the worldwide version’s three-button layout, a stark contrast to each other Galaxy S II device we have seen in North America up to now. [ MobileSyrup ]
Some of the barrage of recent phones Sprint’s releasing on October 2nd is the BlackBerry Curve 9350, in keeping with another leaked employee memo. The value is generally $80 after a $50 mail-in rebate. [ 0 CrackBerry 0 ]
T-Mobile MVNO Simple Mobile announced a brand new unlimited prepaid plan for BlackBerry devices for $60 / month, which include access to T-Mo’s HSPA+ network. [ 1 N4BB 1 ]
Huawei appears to have outed press images of 2 the respect 2 , that is said to have a 4-inch FWVGA LCD, Gingerbread, 1.4GHz CPU (no specifics known yet), and an 8MP rear camera accompanied by a front-facing cam (again, no details at the resolution here). [ 3 EuroDroid 3 ]
A member of the iPhone Dev Team has released a brand new version of Redsn0w, its popular iOS jailbreaking software, referred to as 0.9.9b1. Check the link to get the entire list of latest features. [ 4 Technobolt 4 ]
TiVo software coming to Pace set-top boxes
Sprint launches New Ventures arm, adapts ID and Zone apps for foreign markets
