ICS-based MIUI ROM arrives on the Samsung Galaxy S II

After Google open sourced Ice Cream Sandwich, the developers community over at XDA has been hard at work to bring ICS-based ROMs before updates to ICS officially start arriving on carriers. And here’s one new take on that with the MIUI Fresh ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II, which supports all of the features of Samsung’s dual-core flagship and is ICS-based.

MIUI Fresh comes with visuals typical for the ROM, so that’s something that you’d better check out and if you like, you can hit the source link for all the instructions about how to flash it. XDA’s adyscorpius has done all the hard work to bring the ROM to its current 2.1 version. As we said, it supports all of Galaxy S II’s features including the 8-megapixel camera and microSD card slot for extending memory.

A close look at the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE

Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE is pretty much everything an Android aficionado would dream of - except it’s currently landing only in Korea. Hopefully, that doesn’t mean that in a certain time in the future, we won’t see it land in the States.

The new device, pictured on the right, boasts a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD screen with 1280 x 720 resolution, which translates to about 316 pixels per inch.

Other than that, its specs are identical to those of the Gingerbread-laced S II LTE, which is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and features 16GB of internal memory, an eight megapixel camera that supports 1080p HD video and the usual collection of WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC capabilities.

 No word yet on pricing or availability, but the Galaxy S II LTE will be available exclusively on SK Telecom, while the HD variant will be available on all three Korean carriers -- SK Telecom, LG U+ and KT.