The LG LU2300, announced in South Korea last month, will be sold as LG Optimus Q in the Asian country. The phone should be available starting in the end of May via LG Telecom (South Korean mobile phone carrier). This smartphone is the second LG that uses Android, after the GT540, and it seems there is going to be a whole series of Optimus, most of them based on the same operating system.

Unlike the GT540, which is a touch-screen mobile phone, the new device has a full qwerty keyboard, WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, 5MP camera and 1GHz processor, based on a Snapdragon chipset. This versions will only be available in the Asian country, but a modified version will also be available in the US via Verizon starting this or next week. The phone will have another name: LG Ally.

Source: UnwiredView

NVIDIA already thinks forward and is widely expected the next processors that Android will work on will be called Tegra 2 and will be created and delivered by the Californian multinational company founded by Huang, Malachowsky and Priem. Jen Hsun Huang admitted the deal with Microsoft for the first series of Tegra may not have been in their advantage. He definitely thinks of a way to improve this also because they need to challenge Apple's A4 chip, which is a serious competitor.

Huang also admitted this new deal will also materialize with Tablets, not just with smartphones. It's widely expected that smartphones using this chipset will be seen in the third and fourth quarter of this year.

Source: Engadget

If you're ready for another HTC device, then the Taiwanese company has another surprise for you. The features of the future HTC Wildfire were revealed today and now we are also able to present them to you. With a 532 Mhz processor and 384 MB RAM, this is not the most powerful handheld device on the market, but it will do at least a decent job. It will support microSD, it will have Bluetooth 2.1, 512 MB flash memory, Wi-Fi and a 5MP autofocus camera with LED Flash.

The new Android 2.1 smartphone will have a 3.2 inch display and the producer promises a good stand by time: 480 hours. The guys from Engadget actually tested the phone and you can find their opinion at the source.

The final price and release date of the new HTC Evo 4G was released last week and it seems the sum isn't big at all. With a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate the smartphone will be available at just $199. It will be sold by many national retailers including BestBuy, RadioShack and Wal-Mart.

Sprint confirmed HTC Evo 4G will need a $69.99 "Everything Data Plan" monthly and a $10 "Premium Data Add-on" for WiMax. The user will have to use those plans even if he lives in a 4G coverage area. The Evo 4G can also be set as a Wi-Fi hotspot but this will requite $29.99 per month.

The smartphone features an 8MP camera, a 1GHz processor, Android 2.1 operating system and a 4.3 inch touch screen, as seen in the picture on the left-hand side. The price for the device is not big, but seeing how much the feature cost per month many people will think two times before actually buying it.

Source: CNet

Even if Motorola didn't officially announced the release date of the new device, FlipOut, pundits are suggesting we will not have to wait too much for it now. The latest Android phone from the American producer comes with a full qwerty keyboard, 2.8 inch display, 700 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM and a 3.1 MP camera. FlipOut will also support Wi-Fi, GPS and dual-band 3G with HSPDA connectivity. There is going to be a standard USB slot as expected.

It is highly predicted the smartphone will be released in late May or June, so we will not have to wait many weeks until we will see it on the market.  Rumors suggest the phone will cost around $400. There are not photos of the phone yet, or at least we couldn't find any real shot of the device.

Source: GSM Arena

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

 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