Three new handsets went on sale through Vodafone UK today, two of which are running on Android. The LG Optimus and Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro joined the Blackberry Pearl 3G to add a few more options to Vodafone’s smartphone lineup. On a two-year contract priced at £20 per month both Android devices are free. [...]

Sharp is bringing another Android MID to Japan, this time en route to NTT DoCoMo. The LYNX SH-10B has a lot in common with the earlier ISO1, including a 5.3MP rear camera and 4.3MP front-facing camera, 5-inch screen, and full QWERTY keyboards in a clamshell design. On the connectivity side the SH-10B features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, [...]

We heard earlier this month that the Samsung Galaxy Beam, the first phone with a built in projector, would be headed to Singapore’s StarHub. The Beam has now gone live on Samsung’s own regional site for the country, where you can get a nice overview of the device and the various things it offers. Aside [...]

Could we have another Incredible on our hands? The Droid X ship date from Verizon’s online store has been pushed back to 8/3. That isn’t too far off, but it is still a longer wait than most would like, especially for the many who have been trying to get their hands on this hot piece [...]

While we’ve seen shots of the device running Android 2.1 with Motorola’s custom skin on it before, this is the first we’ve ever heard of the Motorola Droid 2 (or any Motorola device) running it on top of Android 2.2. Droid-Life‘s tipsters discovered that tidbit when he was somehow able to sit down with the [...]

Dell’s getting ready to open the floodgates for their tablet due on our side of the globe later this month. The Dell Streak will be offered on AT&T, but there’s no word on if the device will ever be carrier subsidized. If you can’t wait to throw your money onto the table to get the [...]

For those that have never used an Android phone on Sprint, They have an app that serves as a hub for everything Sprint. Checking your account, getting the latest news from Sprint and more are at your fingertips, but Sprint also has a section within the app where users can find some of Sprint’s download [...]

ASUS will supposedly be dumping Windows 7 for their Eee Pad (EP101TC) tablet for Android. The device sports a 10-inch touchscreen and was first spotted at the Computex Wireless show several weeks ago. Then, it was running Microsoft’s (admittedly polished) OS, but ASUS probably saw something in Android 3.0 – the version they’re hoping to [...]

LauncherPro has finally left beta and is ready to meet the demands of many would-be paying customers in the Android market. LauncherPro Plus doesn’t just drop the beta tag and adopt a price tag, it brings with it some compelling new features that most users would gladly pay for. For starters, it comes preinstalled with [...]

Vodafone’s just about set to release Android 2.2 for their Nexus One- toting customers and they’ve detailed what took them so long to bring it out (while those in other regions and on other carriers have been upgraded to the latest version of the OS for some time). Apparently,  Google removed Google Goggles and Amazon [...]

As much as we’d like to believe that every developer who downloads the Android SDK will grasp every concept they need to for good programming practice, some market apps have proven time and time again that there are still quite a few publishers that don’t respect the scarce resources that comes along with an Android [...]

Germany’s receiving the Samsung Galaxy 3 i5800 (the very similar cousin to the Apollo), they’ve announced today. Expected to land before the end of the month, the device ships with Android 2.1 with TouchWiz 3.0, a 3.2-megapixel camera, aGPS, WiFi up to N, Bluetooth 3.0, a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, up to 32GB of storage via [...]

Yesterday, BGR received a tip from someone close to Verizon stating that the OTA upgrade that HTC Droid Incredible users were expecting (adding HotSpot, HD video recording, and more) had been delayed so that Verizon could continue cooking up FroYo. Nothing was concrete at that time, but it seems there could be some truth to [...]

The great white north may be cold and snowy, but that doesn’t stop a wildfire from breaking out every now and then. After you’re finished snickering at how lame that introduction was, take a look at this leaked internal screen indicating that the HTC Wildfire could be making a trek up to Canada. AndroidGuys‘ source [...]

It appears that the Droid X you’re looking for (hat-tip to @DroidLanding) isn’t entirely perfect. Users across the web are reporting display defects on their devices after having used it for a few short days. They’re not sure if it’s a hardware or software based problems, but the display will sometimes have the tendency to [...]

As time moves on, this Android tablet craze will prove to get just as crowded as the handset market currently is. Lenovo’s the latest in a string of manufacturers looking to make a tablet with Android on board. Liu Jun, the senior vice president (and president, somehow) for the company’s Consumer Business Group, announced that [...]

Looks like Adobe has another trick up their sleeve. As the release of Adobe AIR 2.5 draws closer, engineers have had some time to devote to more ambitious elements that may or may not make it into the next build. One such feature is the so-called “FlashTime,” which no doubt is a direct jab at [...]

Because they are having such an easy time keeping up with making good old fashioned AMOLED screens (oh what, they aren’t), Samsung has their mind on the future and technology that will create unbreakable AMOLED displays. How will they do this? By simply using a plastic AMOLED panel covered with a thin film transistor, and [...]

There really isn’t a doubt in our minds that the Motorola Droid 2 will be launching at the end of August, especially if many of the recent leaks are any indication. Some [really blurry] photos snuck out of a packaging production plan jive with this time frame, showing a handset that is far enough into [...]

Dave Demarest (shivers316 of AndroidForums.com fame), like any hopeful T-Mobile subscriber looking for the best Android phone they have to offer, got hold of the recently released Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. Acting as a human guinea pig, he dutifully put the handset through the paces. His review of the phone follows. [Be sure to also [...]