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The new GW620 (aka Etna) from LG has been knocking around in the pipe-line for a while now, but things are starting to come to fruition with pace. There is an empty micro-site at www.lg-gw620.com which is likely to become the marketing website for go to information on this new device. More tangible items include [...]

OK guys, I’m starting to put pen to paper (or finger to key) with the DROID review, so if you have any specific questions or things you want me to consider for the review, leave a comment.  I’ll try to answer all the questions that come in within the next week or two, and it [...]

On its Twitter account, HTC yesterday said that an Android 2.0 update was forthcoming for the HTC Hero. The tweet in question didn’t specify if the update would be available for both the EU version and the Sprint CDMA version, though. The rumors are true! Hero will be getting an Eclair update. We ask for [...]

OK, here is the video I promised. I’ll pop in some live photos once I get a bit more situated this morning. Since shooting this video, I’ve had a bit of time to play with the phone. So far I like it, but don’t love it. The display is brilliant, plain and simple.  The keyboard, [...]

I am posting this from my newly acquired Motorla DROID, which the fine folks at Verizon have supplied me with. The display is gorgeous, and the HTML5 browser is most impressive, though it has issues with the WordPress WYSIWYG editor. In any event…wow. I will post more impressions and photos and such as soon as [...]

Verizon Wireless has officially unveiled the Motorola DROID, the first Android 2.0 device to be officially launched and the first device to feature Google Maps Navigation, Google’s new GPS navigation service.  The new uber-Android smartphone will cost $199.99 when it becomes available on November 6th. I’m about to catch a train to New York to [...]

The Android Developers Blog has announced that the new version of the Android SDK now supports Android 2.0, the “Eclair” OS that is running on the much-hyped Motorola DROID that is set to launch soon. Among the changes is new and broader support for synchronizing an Android device with other services.  This will allow developers [...]

CrunchGear has posted a story on a new NEC tablet shaped touchscreen device that the company is supposedly preparing for business users in Japan.  The device features a touchscreen display that is thought to be 7 to 8 inches in size. CrunchGear has few specs at the moment, but they appear to miss an important [...]

Putting the Motorola phones to one side at the moment, my favorite of all the upcoming Android devices has been Sony Ericcson’s Xperia X10 aka Rachael/Rachel for some time now. The size of the device does not faze me seeing as I used a Samsung i8910HD for a while, and the specification sheet looks perfect [...]

A week ago today we covered a story detailing the rebirth of the Samsung Galaxy Lite as the Samsung i5700 Spica. This neat little device has just received the official treatment by way of a press release on the Samsung Russian website. We’ve covered this phone in a little details already but here is what [...]