Welcome to another news round-up from the Android world. It has been a while since the last time I posted a weekly update, but here is some news you may have missed from this week in short, simple snippets.

HTC Endeavor Specs Leak.

HTC CFO Winston Yung has already dropped some strong hints that HTC will use processors from manufacturers other than Qualcomm and, according to the guys at MoDaCo, HTC will be doing just that when they announce the Endeavor is announced at MWC. The specs are:

• 4.7 inch 720p Display
• 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front facing camera
• Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Blue tooth 4.0
• 1GB RAM
• Tegra 3 (1.5GHz Quad Core)
• Quad band HSPA+

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Google have finally released a beta version of Chrome for Android. It’s available for Android 4.0 + devices and in select countries. Market link and list of available countries is past the break.

So we all know HTC had a very mixed year last year. It started out all right but as the year progressed sales dwindled as HTC pumped out device after device, each one with similar specs to the other and most of their devices started to look similar or like they were made up from parts left over from different phones. This year HTC is changing things up. At their financial results call HTC acknowledged that 2011 was a less than stellar year and have set up the “Studio” division.

This might not please a few of you, but we have the official pictures of the white Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and unfortunately the whole front of the phone is black!! I nkow many of you were hoping the front of the phone would also be white, but had suspected it wouldn’t be. Well we now have the confirmation.

One of the biggest (and nearly the only issue if it wasn’t for the camera) issues I have with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the lack of a microSD card slot. Well, the issue is actually with the maximum space of 16GB, the lack of a slot just means it can’t be expanded. I know from a lot of people that this is something that actually stops them investing in the Galaxy Nexus too.

We here at Droid-Den hope you had a lovely Christmas period, and wish you all the best for the coming year! As a little treat to start off 2012 we have slashed the price of the official android Droid-Den app to only 50p/99 cents for the new year. Simply head over to the market to grab the deal, but as with all New Years sales, you’d better grab it quick while stocks last

EA Sports has just released FIFA 12 in association with Sony Ericsson. The newest FIFA game comes exclusively to the Xperia Play until early next year. What might come as even better news for Xperia Play owners is that the game is actually free via the phones Games widget. That’s a pretty good deal as this game would probably be at least £5 when it hits the android market proper. I’ve had a quick go of this game myself and was very impressed. The graphic, music and game options are great and plentiful, more than enough there to keep you going for hours and hours, and did I mention it was free?

One for the older of us out there. Codemasters recently announced they will be bringing their old classic platformer Dizzy: Prince of the YolkFolk to android! If you have heard of this game before, then I’m guessing your currently in a fit of nostalgia, and if you haven’t? Check out the gameplay footage released yesterday by Codemasters below!

Samsung have an offer on for everyone that has bought a Galaxy Note since its release. The offer is quite similar to the one they offered when they released the original Galaxy Tab which offered a whole load of free media content. This offer, gives Note owners the ability to “redeem vouchers worth up to a total value of £120, comprising: £65 voucher to redeem at Samsung Movies and £50 voucher to redeem at 7digital and to download an AVG pro security application worth £6 for free”.

Sony Ericsson have recently created a viral video aimed to promote their catalog of football games, such as the newly released FIFA 12 on android (an Xperia Play exclusive for now). The concept behind the video is actually kind of cool, and involves controlling real football players using the Xperia Play smartphone. It pits Kasabians Tom Meighan against England “Star” Darren Bent. They simply press the appropriate button on the phone and it sends the signal wirelessly to the player. You’ll just have to watch the video below to see what I mean!