Sony Ericsson has just announced its first phone from the Walkman series to run Android (or the other way around). By the looks of it, the W8 is an XPERIA X8, but with a bit of fancy colors and a WALKMAN logo. Just like its brother, the X8, the Sony Ericsson W8 sports a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and ... Read More

If you: a) live or work in India, and b) look for a rough Android smartphone – you’ll be glad to know that the Motorola Defy is about to be launched in the country. The news is coming from the Indian website AndroidOS.in, which got information from one of its tipsters. In other words, this isn’t 100% confirmed and you/we will have the definite information later in the day. Price wise, it ... Read More

U.S. Cellular and LG announced the Apex, an Android 2.1 smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Apex is equipped with a 3.2-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display. It has a 3 megapixel camera with flash that's capable of recording video in a 640 x 480 resolution. LG says its 1,500mAh battery should be good for up to 7 hours and 30 minutes of talk time. The LG Apex will launch ... Read More

Let’s face it, the Garminfone  didn’t do much to really attract customers in buying one of the navigation-focused smartphones. Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped the Android OS updates from trickling out, and the four people who actually bought the Garminfone will be happy to know that the handset has been updated to Android 2.1 Eclair. T-Mobile didn’t find it worthy of an OTA update, so if you’re looking to update your Garminfone, ... Read More

LG Optimus GT540 users have a reason to cheer, since LG recently announced that an Android OS update is available for the Optimus GT540 smartphone. This handset originally runs on the Android 1.6 OS, but now it will be updated to the Android 2.1 Operating System. The upgrade will enable the following on your handset: Android Eclair (2.1) Multiple Accounts Quick Contacts Interface HTML5 Support in Browser Microsoft Exchange Support Live ... Read More

Motorola’s first Android phone  is finally getting the treatment it deserves – Android 2.1 (Eclair) is finally available for the device, and we’re sure that those still holding onto the aging hardware are more than happy to hear the good news. After missing the Q2 update window, the update is finally here to give your CLIQ some new life, which indeed does fall into the updated time-line Moto released back in ... Read More

Garmin , one of the most popular GPS Navigation system manufacturers in the world, has teamed up with Asus to bring several cellphones with top-notch GPS performance. Their latest model , the A10 , is now being released in India. It runs on the Android 2.1 OS. The phone is upgradeable to Froyo ie Android 2.2 and will get an update soon. Mr. John Chen, Business Head for Mobile Communication Business ... Read More

Motorola is launching the Motorola Glam  this month in South Korea. The new phone runs Android 2.1 and has a 3.7 inch screen that uses capacitive touch and is multitouch. It has a decent resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera along with a dual LED flash to light subjects in dark lighting conditions. For connectivity it has Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and we assume WiFi although ... Read More

A new Android handset from Motorola has passed through the FCC and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group bearing the model number MB508 and possibly the handsomest, most rugged name one could give a phone: Sage. This thing has a 3.1″ touchscreen, a sliding QWERTY keyboard (likely landscape), runs Android 2.1, and has Wi-Fi, a-GPS, a digital compass, and Bluetooth. FCC filings suggest the Motorola Sage is bound for AT&T with quad-band ... Read More

Motorola has already launched quite a few Android phones in China (including the BackFlip and the XT800), and now it announced yet another one: the Motorola M511, which is actually the FlipOut that’s available in Europe. The M511 FlipOut runs Android 2.1 with MotoBlur, features a full QWERTY keyboard and comes with integrated social networking services, including a Sina application (Sina is the largest infotainment website in China). The handset also features ... Read More