Motorola DEXT just got released and it seems Bell will sell it in Canada. Known also as Motorola CLIQ, DEXT is a smartphone with Android 1.5, 528 MHz processor, 5.0 MP camera pixels, qwerty keyboard and a really nice design. It has a 3.1 inch display (320 x 480 resolution), Wi-Fi and can hold up to 32 GB of memory, supporting microSD card.

The smartphone can be bought from Bell Canada's web page and you will need to spend $79.99 on it if you want a three-year deal, and $399.95 if you want to buy it without contract. The same prices can be found at bestbuy.

Source: MobileSyrup

Today there's been released an HTC Hero Android 2.1 update. It's not an official release, the owners have been waiting for Sprint to release it on the market. Sure, not being an official version means you can update you HTC Hero using it, but there's not any assurance it will not root your smartphone. There is actually no way to know if this version will also be an official one in the future, but you can update your operating system if you just can't wait any longer.

You can download the update from here, but I advise you again. It's an update at your own risk, because this is not a version from any carrier.

Source: AndroidCentral

Nissan Leaf, the first electric car of the Japanese producer will integrate iPhone in it. Nissan released a press comment saying that drivers will be able to control some of the car's features using the iPhone. You will just wait home for your vehicle to get charged and you will be announced on your iPhone when the car is ready to rumble. On the way to the car you will even be able to control the car's temperature. If outside is warm or cold weather, you could adjust the temperature from your iPhone. The moment you will enter the car and close the door you will have the ambient you wish.

Synced with the car, the iPhone will be able to tell you where you can find the nearest charging station. For safety reasons, the car will not be able to be driven or controlled by the iPhone, but it's interesting to find out the application iTunes Store will release as soon as the car is on the market. 

Source: CNet

 Rumors say that Telus might be ready to sell HTC Desire in Canda, but the pundits are not suggesting  any price ranges. We hear Telus will bring the phone in Canada around July or August, and will start  selling it under a different name: HTC Triumph. It is obvious Triumph will have the same features as  HTC Desire, being actually the same phone. Trumph will come with Android 2.1, Sense UI, Wireless,  GPS, 5MP camera, microSD support, 1 GHz processor and 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display.

 This new product will be the third Android smartphone Telus sells, after HTC Hero, Motorola Milestone  and Motorola BackFlip. All of them cost under $150 with contract. Without contract the Motorola  Milestone is $599, the BackFlip is $299 and the HTC Hero is $499.

Source: UnwiredView

At the start of the year Eric Schmidt (CEO Google Inc.) announced that his company alongside its hardware partners reached the 60.000 milestone of daily shipments. This doesn't sound too bad, does it? This month the chairman declared at the shareholders meeting that Android is getting way better in charts, by impressingly growing with 8% in three months. Google and Android are shipping now around units 65.000 per day. Their growth is good, but the question is if when will Google be able to ship per day as much as Apple does (around 96.000 units per day).

Eric Schmidt didn't declared what shipped means, as shipped could mean sold, but could also mean built and distributed in stores. Anyway, even if he would have meant the second, this is still very good for Android because distributors don't buy if they don't sell. Probably most of those 65.000 units are also sold.

Source: MobileCrunch

This January, when Google released Nexus One, they've also introduced to the market a mobile phone store, where you could have buyed this smartphone from. You could have picked the phone, the plan and mix between every option. The user didn't had to do many things for buying the Nexus One. It seems now the phone was not such a revolution because many producers preffered other models, as HTC or iPhone.

Producers as Verizon Communications didn't liked to give up control and decided not to sell Google's smartphone. Because of this and other companies, the mobile phone seems more a flop than a market-breaking release. It's obvious users like to see and control the phone by hand before buying it. When you buy a book or an HDD you don't need to, but buying a mobile phone (especially one that can cost more than $500 unlocked) is an important investition and you may need to research and compare a lot before taking a decision. 

Google's online mobile store was not a good idea and they know it. Maybe know more companies will agree to sell Nexus One and the phone will spread around, but I've never seen Google as a good mobile phone producer. I don't really think they can match Sony Ericsson, Blackberry or Nokia and this is definitely in their disadvantage.

Source: TechCrunch