The rumors have been swirling around for some time, but now we’re seeing something a little more official and substantial about this phone’s pending release. Shown here is a poster that has been spotted at several Bell locations across the country. In addition to the Omnia II (center) and the Impact (right), we see the Samsung Galaxy.

This represents the first Android device in the Bell lineup and it’s the thinnest Android device available in the market today. You get loaded up with an “advanced” 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, the full slate of real-time Google apps, and the inclusion of Google Talk to keep “the conversation going.”

There’s no word on pricing or any kind of release schedule yet, but since the poster makes explicit mention of leading the HSPA launch, I’m thinking that Samsung will push the Gravity onto Bell’s shelves sooner rather than later.

Source: MobileSyrup

It’s not like the Camangi WebStation is entirely new, since it’s been making its rounds in the rumor mills for a few months, but now we’re starting to get a look at the real thing. This is a 7-inch tablet, so you get a big touchscreen and a virtual on-screen keyboard.

The device gets loaded up with the Google Android 1.5 treatment and the 7-inch glass touchscreen display has a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Other features include integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, GPS, microSD slot, 2-megapixel camera, secondary VGA webcam, and a USB port that could be used to add 3G connectivity.

There’s word on the street that the Camangi WebStation will be ready for a retail release next month and they’re shooting for a $400 price point. That seems more than reasonable, considering that you’d spend about the same on a smartphone or netbook.

Source: Gizmodo

The XPERIA X10 is a Google Android phone, through and through, but the Sony Ericsson Nexus user interface is meant to integrate a number of different services into a more user-friendly experience. It also makes the menu navigation a heck of a lot prettier.

The signature Nexus app is Sony Ericsson Timescape. This grabs information from your different social networks, like Twitter and Facebook, and integrates them all together into one place. It also organizes this information around timelines, hence it’s name.

Another major app for Nexus is called MediaScape. You can think of this as your go-to app for anything related to multimedia. It’ll flip you through your photos, bust out your tunes, and play back your videos. The camera software comes with facial recognition and tagging too.

At some point, Sony Ericsson plans to expand the Nexus UI beyond “just” Android smartphones, possibly implementing it in non-smartphones too. Time will tell.

Source: Gizmodo

Initially, we were told that this phone would be ready for market some time in 2010. It was then narrowed down to some point in the first quarter, but the official website is now showing that the XPERIA X10 will be released in February 2010. That’s only three months away!

As a quick refresher, you get a four-inch WVGA touchscreen, tri-band HSPA, an 8.1 megapixel camera, and that super fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The camera also comes with smile detection, touch focus, and send to web.

So, now that we know its name and we have a reasonable grasp on its release date, we want to find out how much it will cost. There’s no official announcement on that front just yet, but the premium handset is expected to be in the $600-$700 range.

Source: Slashgear

There is a very definite Tron-like feel to how this game looks. You can see the weird motherboard-like futuristic graphics and some sort of funky motorcycle-like vehicle that leaves behind streaks of light.

In the game of Snake, first made popular on early Nokia handsets, you gobble up dots and the trail left behind by the snake gets longer. The same kind of idea happens here, except you are facing an opponent and you’re trying to get them to crash into your stream of light. At the same time, you have to avoid the same trail of light, as well as walls and other obstacles.

The action is remarkably simple — all you have to manage is turning left or right — but it looks like it can be incredibly fast-paced as well. Breakneck even.

It would have been nice to get some prettier graphics, but this looks like a great time-killer for all the Android fans in the audience. Find it in Android Market.

Source: AndroidTapp

This isn’t quite the same as getting any sort of high-definition, per se, but it is a significant step up from what other phones in this realm are able to do with Qik.

After downloading the (free) app for the Droid phone through Android Market, you’ll be able to capture videos at a 720×480 pixel resolution. The company says that it’s the first live mobile provider to enable DVD-quality video capture.

With the inevitable comparison to the iPhone, the Droid has to win on the Qik front. Not only can it do streaming at DVD resolution, it can stream. As you may recall, the Qik app for the iPhone only lets you record and upload later; it doesn’t do live streaming.

Check out the sample vid below of the Droid Qik app in action. Looks good!

Source: NewTeeVee

Well, the netbook market is hotter than ever today with just about every manufacturer jumping on board. You can find your favorite take on the mini-laptop form factor from Toshiba, HP, Dell, Acer, and more. With the Nokia Booklet 3G just around the corner, we’re also seeing that traditional cell phone companies can do netbooks too.

As a result, HTC head-honcho Peter Chou says that the Taiwanese firm is very much interested in building a netbook of some kind. They’ll have to learn from what made the HTC Shift less than a stellar success and capitalize on what consumers want today. Chou says that the HTC offering will be unique in some way, but didn’t say which direction they were considering. An Android or Chrome-based unit, perhaps?

HTC seems to be doing quite well for itself again, thanks to its heavy involvement in the international market with devices like the HTC Hero, HTC Touch Pro 2, HTC Touch HD2, T-Mobile myTouch 3G, and so much more. Would you buy an HTC netbook?

Source: BGR

You can probably figure out the catch. In order to get your hands on teh touchscreen-only HTC Magic, you’ll need to latch onto a new three-year service agreement with Rogers Wireless and you probably need a data plan to qualify for that price too.

In case you didn’t catch it the first few times around, the HTC Magic smartphone gets a 528MHz processor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, microSD expansion, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS with Google Maps, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and integrated WiFi.

Yes, I know it’s not the Motorola Droid. It’s not the HTC Hero either, but the HTC Magic still seems like a pretty solid offering. Interestingly enough, I only see the $0 price point in the flyer. Looking at the product page itself, the phone is still listed at $79.99 with contract.

While the first Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 got its juice from Windows Mobile (with the Panels UI overlay), that’s taking a dramatic change for this smartphone. Sony Ericsson is offering the XPERIA X10 as its first ever Google Android phone. It’s not just regular old Android, though, since you get Sony Ericsson Timescape and Sony Ericsson Mediascape overlays.

The features are pretty much in line with what we had heard through rumors up until this point. Power comes by way of that peppy 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Running through the spec sheet, we also find quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band UMTS HSPA, aGPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 4-inch WVGA touchscreen, microSD expansion, and 8.1 megapixel camera.

From what I can see, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 will not have the hardware QWERTY keyboard like the X1. Instead, you’re going with a full touchscreen interface not unlike the iPhone and HTC Hero.

Source: Slashphone

The Boy Genius had the opportunity to spend quite a bit of time with the Motorola DROID, running the smartphone through all of its paces. Overall, the review says that this is a “fantastic device” and it features some “extremely masculine” angular lines. Forget about curves.

The hardware is seriously solid, the 3.7-inch 854×480 capacitive display is simply stunning, and the keyboard “is fine for most people.” There’s no multitouch, but the Android 2.0 platform is everything that Android 1.0 and Android 1.5 should have been. Battery life is also fantastic.

While the 5-megapixel camera is “straight up disappointing,” the Boy Genius concludes that the Motorola DROID is “a perfect storm between awesome hardware, great software, and a great network.” It’s not for everyone and it may not sway people away from the iPhone, but it really is “Verizon’s star device for the rest of the fourth quarter.”

Source: BGR