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

India has received several Android handsets, including the expensive Samsung Galaxy S. And now, Samsung is bringing their affordable Android handsets to India; the Samsung Galaxy 5 (i5503) and Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5801). The Samsung Galaxy 5 and Samsung Galaxy 3 had launched in Italy and UK as Corby smartphone and Samsung Apollo. The Samsung 5 features a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 2MP camera, Touch Wiz UI 3.0, 3G, Wi-Fi, ... Read More

The latest Smartphone from computer maker Acer is expected to be available for purchase from August 9th according to a recent article by Ionut Arghire over at Softpedia.com The Smartphone is known as the Acer Stream and will be running under Google’s Android 2.1 otherwise known as Éclair operating system. It is expected to be available in the UK a little later than was first anticipated. The Acer Stream is said to ... Read More

Brazilian site CelularCafe recently published info concerning 4 new leaked LG handsets, among which there’s an Android unit called the C710. This device looks very much like Verizon’s Ally, but without a QWERTY keyboard and packing a 5 megapixel camera. WiFi 802.11n is also among the handset’s specs and next up, we learn that the website also came across the T300 model, a low end full touch phone with a 2 ... Read More

There’s a new Motorola Android handset in the making and they call it the Greco apparently. The device is not official yet but you might already know it as the XT502. We also happen to have a blurry render of the device, but we’d definitely love to see more than that. Don’t expect the phone to be a Droid successor because it’s probably not going to be such an impressive smartphone. ... Read More

Mobile phone network Vodafone already have an impressive range of Android phones (launching the HTC Desire, HTC Legend, and the Sony Ericsson X10 this month alone), and plan to add to that lineup with the Vodafone 845 rumored to launch by the end of Q2 2010. Manufactured by Huawei, the Vodafone 845 will be powered by the latest Android 2.1 software, and will feature a 2.8-inch touchscreen display (QVGA resolution), a ... Read More

Even through the lean years, Moto’s been making waves in China where it enjoys comparably high popularity — it was one of the first major manufacturers to throw its support behind the nation’s homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G tech, after all, and it’s had a tendency to get the company’s sexier WinMo smartphones like the SURF. On that note, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise to see that they’ve now ... Read More

It’s not only Sony Ericsson that is launching a new firmware update for one of its phones these days. T-Mobile is also planning to launch a firmware update for one of its Android phones. The Motorola Cliq is going to receive the new update which is supposed to fix a bunch of problems. Bluetooth, touchscreen accuracy, connectivity, accelerometer functionality and battery life are all going to get fixed by the ... Read More

Remember the LG GW880 oPhone, unofficially presented at the end of August? Today, LG has made it official, confirming the fact that it will launch it via China Mobile. The GW880 is the second Android smartphone announced by LG and it runs a China Mobile customized Android OS. Unlike the GW620 (LG’s other Android handset), the GW880 doesn’t have a hardware QWERTY keyboard. However, it has more advanced features, including: a 3.5 ... Read More

You all know Fring, the application that brings Skype, ICQ, Facebook and other services to your mobile phones, right? Up until now you were able to chat with your pals and to make voice calls but as of today you can also take things to a new level. Enter mobile video calls through Skype. Just a few days back the Fring app was made compatible with the smartphones powered by Android ... Read More