Well, well, guess what? Today’s news and rumour round-up from hither and yon in the mobile phone industry sees glimmers of … something … that might be that ever-elusive iPhone 5, and Samsung responds to consumer outrage and rethinks its Ice Cream Sandwich menu. Finishing off the Mobile News for today is all about apps – in a limited sort of way.

More iPhone 5 Rumours

We last reported that there was no change to the guesstimates of March through June 2012 for a release on iPhone 5, the next-generation iPhone from Apple. The timing mirrors the release time of the iPhone 4S, if you will recall.

Well, the good news is that we’ve heard a little more about that ghostly teaser.

The bad news is that it won’t be until autumn that it’s released.

The apparent consolation prize is that the next-gen smartphone will be complete redesigned. It already is rumoured to sport an aluminium back and plastic and rubber all around the glass face, enabling the antenna to wrap round the display area. (The aluminium back would block signals, you see.)

The display screen itself, though, is still stuck at 4 inches, we hear – undersized as compared to blockbuster competitors. As for the rest of the iPhone 5′s features and capacity, no one knows yet.

Samsung Updates Dessert Menu

Last week, Samsung announced that it would not make available an Ice Cream Sandwich, the Android 4.0 operating system, for the Galaxy S and the P1000 Galaxy Tab 7.0. To say that consumers were disappointed would be an understatement.

Consumers were rather irate, actually. They wrote en masse to Samsung relentlessly. And apparently, it worked.

According to the Korean newspaper Ajnews, Samsung has promised to reevaluate the matter. They don’t promise to make an update available – just reconsider its prior block.

Of course, if your Samsung Galaxy S is already out of warranty, or if you don’t care about busting a warranty, there is an unofficial update already available, complete with tutorial, by independent developers.

We’ve not tried it and cannot vouchsafe the software or the procedure, though.

Windows Phone Apps Expanded

Nokia boasted not long ago that they had over 100,000 apps available for their users, many of which were on Symbian-based mobile phones. Since Nokia’s romance with Windows started, Windows Phone apps are a little more extensive now.

Windows Phone apps have topped the 50,000 mark, and while they still have quite a ways to go to meet Android Market or the Apple Store, the benchmark is welcomed by many. Patience pays, Windows Phone users.