Each time a new version of Android is released, Google jump up to the next letter of the alphabet to choose the name of it. It started at version 1.0 (which was called Android) and was then followed by Banana Bread, Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb. The next version has been confirmed as Ice Cream Sandwich and is due out in the next 8 weeks or so. We now hear that the version after that will be called Android Jelly Bean.

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The Motorola Droid Bionic has only just launched and iFixit has already managed to take it apart to see what goes on inside it. The Droid Bionic is classed as one of the most repairable smartphones that iFixit have ever taken apart. It shares the lead with another Motorola device called the Atrix. To get inside you just need a Torx T5 screwdriver and some long nails to separate the casing to pull it apart.

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A report today hints that when the iPhone 5 launches on the Sprint network, an unlimited data plan will be made available for it. If this is correct then this gives buyers a good reason to purchase the smartphone on the Sprint network. If you compare with the current iPhone 4 providers both AT&T and Verizon do not offer unlimited anymore.

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Adobe has launched Flash Media Server 4.5 today. The new software makes it possible to view videos encoded in the Flash format although the content that arrives on the iOS device isn’t Flash. We’ll explain below.

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Google has released a new version of Google Maps for Android. The newest release is numbered 5.10.0 and brings a couple of new features to the smartphone. The first is the ability to see places you have given a 4 or 5 star rating to. The second is the ability to attach photos to reviews.

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Virgin Mobile in the UK has just released a new mobile phone. The new device is the VM560 and is built by Alcatel One Touch. At £10 you get a very basic phone that is capable of calls, text messages as well as getting on to sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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The Samsung Nexus Prime is expected to launch sometime in November. At the moment we don’t know too much about the device although some specs are starting to leak (perhaps as rumour). The device has the model name of GT-i9250 and when it launches it will run the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google Android.

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The iPhone 5 release date is very close now and from what we hear today, it seems it could be very close. Reports are indicating that production of the iPhone 5 has just been ramped up to 150,000 units per day. Apple expect Foxconn to fulfill orders of about 5 to 6 million units by the end of September, perhaps for a launch in the first week of October.

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We’ve seen several Facebook phones in the last few months. The next manufacturer to create a Facebook phone is Motorola. The image below shows the Motorola EX225 which is said to have a dedicated Facebook button along with FB integrated deep in to the device.

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The GoToMeeting app from Citrix is being pre-loaded on to the DROID Bionic Android smartphone. This isn’t the first time that Motorola has teamed up with Citrix as the companies also did the same with the DROID 3 device as well.

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Google has “kind of” officially announced that Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be launching in October or November of this year. The current Gingerbread version has been around a while now and a new version will be welcomed. Eric Schmidt said the following:

We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.

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The picture below is believed to be captured by a prototype iPhone 5. There are several reasons for this which include the location data and camera settings information found in the EXIF data of the image.

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