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After careful deliberation, a number of companies that make LCD TVs have been fined a total of $538 million USD. The companies involved include Epson Imaging Devices, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung and more.

The $538 million will be used to settle the allegations that they have been controlling the prices of LCD panels which cost the market more than they were actually supposed to pay for a period of 8 years.

All companies are also required to comply with antitrust programs to further improve their social and legal responsibilities to their customers.

Nokia has today announced through their official corporate blog that they will be terminating the name “Symbian” from all of their products. For example, the Symbian Belle will now be known as the “Nokia Belle”.

This will also apply to future Nokia operating systems including the “Carla” and the “Donna”. The Nokia Carla is expected to debut in the 2nd quarter of 2012 while the Donna to follow soon.

It was a good run for Symbian, but Nokia has no choice but to go with the signs of the times. It’s Android and iOS country baby, and the Finnish handset maker has no choice but to adapt if they want to stay.

The BlackBerry phone that features a Porsche Design that was announced a few months ago has now reached the FCC and from the looks of it, the phone’s radio will run on AT&T’s network.

The device features a single-core 1 GHz processor and will run the BlackBerry OS 7. The phone is built from steel and leather which gives it a premium feel. It’s camera comes in the form of a 5 megapixel one with 720p HD recording capabilities.

There are no details on it’s actual release date but once it reaches FCC, it shouldn’t take long to hit the stores.