This is possibly up there with one of the greatest carrier promos to date, and you’ll probably agree with us after watching it. The video shows a busy center square in Barcelona packed with people, all watching this Angry Birds game unfold..it’s even got a live band playing the theme music as well.

What happens, is unsuspecting members of the public are enticed by a ‘life like’ start menu of the game, and as they continue to play, real-angry bird toys are launched into the sky behind to the waiting Angry Birds-esque debris, it really is fantastic stuff.

The various different birds are all in attendance, even the small blue birds that launch into a cluster bomb on the game. Check out the video below for yourself as our description doesn’t really do it justice. Hats off to T-Mobile on this one, they win the ‘best smartphone ad of 2011′ award so far, we doubt anything will top that.

What are your thoughts on their Angry Birds promo?

Rovio has brought a new world to Rio called Carnival Upheaval with this update, this consist of 15 new levels and there are now more achievements to unlock. Whilst playing the new game you will notice that there is a new bird type to use and a new hidden fruit to earn in the awards section.

We have embedded a video below which introduces you to the new update and gives us a glimpse of Blu, the Macaw and some of the new levels. According to Rovio this update was originally scheduled for July, but the new app version is already available at Apple’s App Store and the Amazon App Store.

Feedback so far suggests that the game’s moving backgrounds annoy some people, one person goes as far as saying that this feature alone will stop them from playing as it gives them a headache.

Check out the new game update for yourself and then tell us what you think about the moving backgrounds in the comments section, do the backgrounds annoy you / make you dizzy?

The question is however which ones are worth downloading? We found a recent article by Tim Conneally over on betanews.com, which takes a look at some of the applications that are available for Android Honeycomb tablets and provides a list of the 10 best apps to download.

If you enjoy playing tactical role-playing games, then Spectral Souls may just be the ideal app for you. The Spectral Souls app may be a little on the expensive side at $14.76, but for that you get hundreds of hours of gameplay, 52 different soundtracks and a total of 82 different characters.

Another great application on the list is Electrum. Although the Electrum drum machine application has been around for over 2 years, it’s just received a UI revamp especially for Honeycomb tablets. Then there is the Google Body application for the more inquisitive Android Honeycomb users.

Users are presented with a scalable 3D rendering of a human body, which can then be viewed as different layers such as bones, muscle and circulatory etc. The list would not be complete without the Angry Birds Rio game, which is said to look and handle beautifully on Honeycomb tablets.

You can view what other apps made it on the list via the betanews.com website.

However, according to Danny Cox over on the examiner.com website, the developer has no decided to treat its fans to a trailer for the upcoming ‘Beach Volley’ episode. The new update may have delayed slightly, but judging by the trailer it looks like it is definitely worth the wait.

The ‘Beach Volley’ episode of Angry Birds Rio comes with monkeys, and what appear to be a helicopter, a ship and golden watermelons for players to find. Oh and it also features the side flying blue bird duo. The trailer simply has the Beach Volley episode’s release date as ‘Coming soon.’

As we previously mentioned in our article here, once the latest update is released, Angry Birds fans will still have another three Angry Birds Rio updates to look forward to. The first of these will be arriving in July, while the other two are expected on or around October and November.

You can watch the trailer via the examiner.com website. Are you looking forward to the upcoming Beach Volley episode?

According to a recent article over at androidcommunity.com by James Deruvo, the new update, which is fact being released a little later than expected much to the dismay of Angry Birds fans, will provide gamers with more marmoset-mauling action and more juicy secrets to unlock.

Once this update is released, fans will still have another three chapters of the Angry Birds Rio game to look forward to. These will arrive around July, October and November 2011. The first chapter Smuggler’s Den, released back in March, introduced us to Blu and Jewel from the Rio movie.

Angry Birds Rio is a spin-off from the original game, and involves the Angry Birds getting kidnapped alongside Blu and Jewel from the movie. Not only do the Angry Birds escape, but they also seek revenge on the poachers that captured the rare Macaws. The update will arrive sometime next week.

Have you been waiting for the Angry Birds Rio update to arrive?

Stuart Dredge over at Cnet is reporting that the Rio version of Angry Birds has been downloaded over ten million times in just ten days. The news came via a tweet last week from the official @RovioMobile Twitter account.

Angry Birds Rio for the iOS platform is currently available for $0.99 in the US and £0.59 in the UK. But owners of Android devices can get it free from the Android Marketplace. The biggest share of downloads were probably down to the free version on the Android platform, but it is pretty impressive figures.

The Rio version of the game is based on the new film and sees users trying to break out fellow colorful birds from their cages. Further into the game you are given a new animal enemy to dive-bomb, which are nefarious monkeys.

We have played Angry Birds Rio and found it to be one of the best versions yet, and as we reported before the graphics have been improved. If you are a fan of Angry Birds and not played Rio yet, give it a try you won’t be disappointed.

What do think of Angry Birds? And what is your favorite version?

You may not be aware, but you can still download Angry Birds Rio for free exclusively on the Amazon App Store, and that is the ad-free version we’re talking about too. As for when the new version will be available from the Android Market, Rovio has just said that the free version will be available sometime this week, as reported from Phandroid.

That version will be free, but unlike the version from the Amazon Appstore, it will be ad-supported. To put this all in simpler terms, there’s plenty of ways to get your hands on the newest version of Angry Birds, but you’ll want to get the one from Amazon for the best version and without those pesky ads cramping your style.

To those of you who already have it – are you enjoying the new take on the game? How are you finding the boss battles and what is the highest level you’ve managed to get to so far?

Tricia Duryee from All Things Digital is reporting that Amazon has been recruiting developers and convincing them of the venture. To start with there will be 3,800 applications available for Android owners to download, either online or from a version on their handsets.

Amazon are not new to selling digital downloads as they already have e-books and music available, but working with developers will be a new venture for the online retailer. At launch there will be applications available from some big names including Gameloft, Glu Mobile, and Handmark.

Amazon to start with will have nowhere near as many apps available compared to Apple’s App Store, but Amazon is trying to make a statement with quality. The store launches today offering users an exclusive version of Angry Birds which is based on the movie Rio.

We told you yesterday that this new version seems to have improved graphics compared to previous offerings. After today Angry Birds Rio will cost $0.99.

Five Angry Birds Rio screens were recently published on the official Angry Birds Facebook page (here), they appear to show improved graphics and more features than we have seen in previous games including “Boss Battles“.

We have embedded a couple of the screens towards the end of this post, one of which confirms that there will 60 levels and episodic updates, we’re sure that this will be another massive hit for Rovio.

If you want to play Angry Birds Rio on your Android device you will have top wait until it arrives at the Amazon App Store as it is exclusive to Amazon’s upcoming marketplace, no date has been given and we don’t know when it will arrive at the Apple App Store either.

Hopefully we will hear more regarding the game’s release soon, some rumors suggest that it may arrive tomorrow (22nd March 2011), however this has not been confirmed.

Are you impressed by the following screens?

This is probably the first solid gameplay that has been shown for Angry Birds Rio since it’s announcement, and the video also gives a glimpse of one of the brand new features of the game – boss battles.

Towards the end of the video, you’ll see the Angry Birds try to take down a flying bird, in which even Rovio’s Ville Heijari has a few problems trying to defeat it. The video also shows off the slick new cutscenes that you’ll get before each episode and the new interface changes which you can see at the end of each level – it looks pretty good on the tablet shown in the video we thought.

There are a few choppy moments during gameplay, but Heijari is keen to point out that this remains an early build of the game, and it will be much smoother by the time Rio is out later on this month. Watch the video below and let us know your thoughts on it.

Will you be picking up Angry Birds Rio or not?