HTC has confirmed that it will be slashing its smartphone portfolio for 2012. HTC has learned quantity over quality is not the best strategy. In an interview with Mobile magazine, Phil Roberson, executive director of HTC U.K. and Ireland, said that HTC’s 2012 will look a bit different from its 2011.

“We have to get back to focusing on what made us great – amazing hardware and a great customer experience,” he said. “We ended 2011 with far more products than we started out with. We tried to do too much.”

In addition to focusing on fewer smartphone models, Roberson said that HTC will not spend as much resources on tablets, instead training its eye on capturing back lost smartphone market share

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The first picture of ZTE V66 has shown up by the Bluetooth SIG. ZTE V66 was spotted for the first time at FCC, few months ago. The blueprint image revealed that this tablet feature 4G LTE Radio technology and will worked under Verizon Wireless network. The ZTE V66 comes with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 7 inch display with 1280 x 800 pixels, Wi-Fi, rear and front-facing cameras, and a 4,000 mAh battery. It surely has full Verizon 4G LTE capabilities. It has similar features found in the ZTE V55 Optik, which should be launched by Sprint on February, without 4G though.

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Motorola has officially announced that both the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 and Xyboard 8.2 tablets are now up for purchase over at Motorola website. The Xyboard 10.1-inch will cost $600 (32GB) and $500 (16GB), while the Xyboard 8.2-inch will cost $500 (32GB) and $400 (16GB). Motorola is also currently offering free shipping for purchases over $75 through its site. For the rest of the U.S., both these tablets are also known as Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Xoom 2 Media Editions.

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The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G is now $99 with a new two-year contract at Amazon. So far the price has been $199.99 with a new two-year contract. This is a solid deal for the highly popular white version of the Samsung Galaxy series, especially considering Sprint has some of the cheapest rates available. The phone is less than a month old, and arguably the best Android device available on Sprint. This pricing applies to new customers only. To refresh you , the phone comes with a 4.52-inch touchscreen and Super AMOLED Plus technology, 1.2 GHz dual-core Samsung Exynos,
an 8-megapixel camera/camcorder with auto-focus and flash (in full HD 1080p resolution), and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for or video chat. The Epic 4G Touch runs on Sprint’s ultra-fast 4G network (as well as 3G networks where 4G isn’t available yet) for lighting quick access to movie downloads, games, and thousands of applications–all without buffering or lag time.

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Samsung Wave Y that was unveiled in November 2011 is quite popular in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries. The manufacturer has launched a new version of the device, dubbed the LaFleur edition, with a bold pink-and-black motif. The Samsung Wave Y S5380 LeFleur surfaced on a Ukrainian online store’s website and it costs just $165. Primely, the only changes between this and the vanilla version are cosmetic, everything else underneath the hood would remain the same. The Samsung Wave Y S5380 runs on the Bada 2.0 platform, which is designed for low-end handsets. The smartphone features a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, TochWiz UI, an 832 MHz processor, 150MB internal memory, a microSD card slot and a 2-megapixel camera, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, and Bluetooth 3.0

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