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We just got word from Samsung advising that a white version of their AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket will be available on December 4th. The internals remain the exact same as its black counterpart and the $249.99 stays put as well. The 4G LTE edition of the Galaxy S II also features a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus multi-touch display, and an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video capture.

Android developers looking at various advertising and monetization options may want to swing by Aduru and check out their “collaborative mobile ad network”.  Designed with a “scratch our back and we’ll scratch yours” model it allows developers to trade their unused ad space.  In other words, you advertise the games/apps for developers X and Y in your app and those guys advertise yours in their app.  It doesn’t cost you anything to do it and you won’t earn any actual revenue but you’ll get ad impressions – and that may be all you need.

Features of Aduru:

• Aduru as a “backfill” network – A great way to use Aduru is to display an Aduru ad when your “paid” ads fail to fill. This strategy ensures you always maximise your ad space as Aduru offers a 100% fill rate.
• Split your ad requests – Decide how often you wish to display “paid adverts” and when you’d like to earn ad impressions by displaying Aduru adverts (now supports AdWhirl)
• Split requests by date/time – Does your paid advert provider routinely have times when their eCPM is particularly low? If so this may be a good time to display Aduru ads and earn yourself impressions for your adverts
• Run House Ads – If you have paid and ad supported apps, run Aduru adverts within your ad supported app and earn impressions to advertise your paid app!

Nordisk Film Games Publishing (Marbians) today announced that December 15th will see the arrival of their new Android game, Seal Force.  Using a combination of in-game path-drawing mechanics and auto-running gameplay, you’ll be in charge of three seal commandos.  Your guys, Fonzie, Sarge and Milo each have their own personalities and strengths but all will be important in helping rid the ocean of the dangerous and deadly toxins.    Borrowing heavily from the drawing styles of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Seal Force will be enjoyed by gamers of all ages.

Seal Force features:

• Control three experienced seal commandos - Fonzie, Sarge and Milo – to clean the oceans of krill that have been afflicted by deadly and colorful toxins, before innocent animals consume them!
• Get ready for the chase of your life! Complete missions and fight through waves of colorfully diabolic enemy krill before hunting down the evil villain Krillian.
• Combo frenzy - Use Seal Force’s line-drawing controls to perform crazy combos – taking out multiple krill at a time and racking up shells.
• Upgrade seals to complete missions - Use your hard-earned shells at the Seal HQ to upgrade your seals with special weapons, suits and gadgets.
• Buy additional shells as in-app purchase to get cool items faster.

Look for Seal Force to arrive for free in the Android Market on December 15th!

Inertia: Escape Velocity Crash Lands onto the App Store and Android Market Today
Challenging and Unique Anti-Gravity Platformer Promises Console Experience on Touch Devices

Hermes’ ship has crashed in a spaceship junkyard and the deep space salvager must don his anti-gravity suit and collect enough space debris to get home. Launching today, Inertia: Escape Velocity is the first mobile game for touch devices from independent developer Red Fly Studio and will put players into Hermes’ anti-gravity boots. This physics-based platformer will present players with challenging levels to master using a unique anti-gravity mechanic – by manipulating gravity, navigating force fields, and overcoming other obstacles, players will help Hermes collect enough space debris to fix his ship. Download Inertia: Escape Velocity today in the App Store and Android Market for $1.99 ($3.99 on iPad and Android tablets).

Features of Inertia: Escape Velocity include:

• Physics-based platformer: employ a unique anti-gravity element to float, glide, and bounce around deep space environments to collect space junk for ship repair and to unlock new planets.
• Console gameplay on mobile devices: with high-quality graphics, intense and challenging levels, and a unique gameplay mechanic, core gamers will appreciate a console gaming experience on a portable platform.
• Control settings: the game uses on-screen controls for movement, jumping, and gravity control, but players can also opt to use challenging “tilt” controls that turn the entire device into the controller.
• Inferno levels: for even more of a challenge, players can try their hand at these high-difficulty versions of each level.

Inertia: Escape Velocity is the spiritual successor to the award-winning student project Inertia. Created by students out of Southern Methodist University’s game development program (known as the The Guildhall at SMU), Inertia was awarded the Grand Prize for non-commercial games in the 2011 Indie Game Challenge this past February, even beating out indie hit Limbo in the Gamer’s Choice category. With the creators of the original Inertia now part of the development team at Red Fly Studio, a percentage of proceeds from the sale of Inertia: Escape Velocity will be donated to The Guildhall at SMU.

Be sure to check out the debut trailer for Inertia: Escape Velocity athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOHC03CFrs. For more information and to play the demo please visit www.inertiagame.com

We’re still a few hours away from LG’s New York event this evening where we expect to see an official unveiling of the new Nitro HD for AT&T.  Featuring a big ol’ HD display and offering support for the LTE network, this $249.99 beauty arrives in but a few days.  AT&T has put together a quick look at the Android-powered smartphone and is showing it in the Mobile Minute clip below.

This AT&T Mobile Minute presents the new Android-powered LG Nitro HD, which is available exclusively to AT&T stores on December 4, 2011. The LG Nitro HD smartphone is the third 4G LTE device available to AT&T customers. The 4.5-inch touch screen will give users a “true” HD experience, as well as lightning fast speeds on a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor. This device runs on the 4G LTE network where available.

One of Lookout’s principal engineers, Tim Wyatt, took to the company’s blog to weigh in on the situation surround Carrier IQ and the logging of keystrokes.  According to Wyatt, Lookout has not found Carrier IQ to be malicious in its practice although he did recognize that it does capture keystrokes on devices although they do not  appear to be sending them to the wireless carriers.

Wyatt doesn’t give Carrier IQ a complete pass for their actions, pointing to concern that most consumers are “neither aware of its presence on their mobile devices, nor of the level of data that is being collected”.  Lookout would like to see a “a clear opt-out path” for users wishing to maintain a level of privacy and we’re all for that.  Assuming the intentions are good and the execution is clean, we’d still like the option to refuse participation.

Read more of Tim Wyatt’s post on Lookout’s blog.

The Sony Ericsson gets yet another exclusive game today as EA Sports brings FIFA 12 to the Xperia PLAY.  Using gameplay optimized specifically for the “Playstation Phone”, players can have the ability to play quick matches, daily challenges, or even get involved in cup tournament.  Whether your favorite player is Wayne Rooney, Kaka, or someone else, you’ll definitely love the soccer football experience that EA has provided over the years, especially with a familiar controller in your hands.

Other Sony Ericsson Android-powered smartphones are expected to see FIFA 12 as well, including Xperia arc S, Xperia arc, Xperia ray, Xperia neo and Xperia pro.