In addition to Motorola DROID, Verizon’s second Android phone is the HTC DROID ERIS. As reported before, the DROID serves as Verizon’s brand for its Android lineup. The HTC ERIS sports a Qualcomm MSM7600 528MHz processor, 512MB ROM and 288MB RAM. It runs Android Cupcake OS and includes the HTC Sense UI.

The DROID ERIS features a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, a trackball, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera, Bluetooth, GPS/A-GPS support and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. It has a microSD/SDHC card slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The handset offers seamless compatibility with Google services like Google Maps, Gmail, Google Search and more. It gets Flash Lite player as well.

The HTC DROID ERIS supports dual-band 800/1900MHz, CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEVDO Rev. A networks. It is available from Verizon for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract.

[verizon]

• Verizon HTC Droid Eris Android Phone
• Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.0 Phone Now Official
• Motorola Droid (Sholes) Clear Shot with Verizon logo
• Motorola Milestone Android Phone Now Official
• Motorola Droid Android Phone Preview

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• Sony Ericsson G705 Slider Leaked Shots
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• Sony Ericsson M610i Photos Leaked

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RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone (aka Aries)  finally hits Sprint and Verizon Wireless. This new Curve is basically the CDMA version of the Curve 8520. Like the 8520, the new 8530 features a 320×240 LCD display, a 2 Megapixel camera and a QWERTY keyboard.

The Curve 8530 is boosted by a 528MHz procesor and 256MB RAM. It supports WiFi 802.11b/g as well as Bluetooth 2.1. The smartphone includes also GPS/A-GPS support and BlackBerry Maps. The built-in media player supports MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV9 and most audio formats. It offers a microSD/SDHC card slot for expansion. The smartphone supports dual band CDMA 2000 1X EVDO 3G network.

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is available from Verizon for for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with 2-year contract. Sprint has not announced the pricing but its version of Curve 8530 will come in Black, Royal Purple and Red.

[verizon][businesswire]

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Sony Ericsson officially announced its XPERIA X10 (rumored as X3 or X5) Android-based smartphone. As the company’s first Android phone, the X10 includes the new UX (user experience) platform that “lets consumers organize everything and discover more with the most open, human and intuitive user experience”.

Sony Ericsson has brough a all-new UI to the Android platform as part of the new UX. The X10 includes the Timescape that lets all your communication with a person come together in one place – Facebook, Twitter, emails, photos, text messages – all gathered; the Mediascape for mobile entertainment.

The XPERIA X10 features a large 4-inch 480×854 scratch-resistant touchscreen display, a 8.1 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, A-GPS support and a 3.5mm audio jack. The handset is boosted by Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor and runs Google Android Donut 1.6. It has 1GB internal memory and a microSD card slot. The X10 includes most Google services, including the Android market.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 supports quad-band GSM and tri-band (900/1700/2100 OR 800/1900/2100) UMTS 3G/HSPA networks. It will be released in Q1 2010 in Sensuous Black and Luster White.

[sonyericsson]

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• Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 WM6 PDA Phone

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Motorola made its Milestone Android phone official in the Western Europe market. The Milestone is basically the GSM/UMTS version of the Motorola DROID. It has most of the features of the DROID and even adds support for multitouch control but it lacks the Google Maps Navigation beta application, instead it includes the MOTONAV trail version. Some other Google services, such as Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Search by Voice, are not included as well.

The Motorola Milestone supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dual-band 900/2100 WCDMA and HSPA networks. Like, the DROID, Milestone has a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel camera with dual LED flash, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3.5mm jack and a microSD card slot. The Milestone runs Android 2.0 OS.

[motorola]

• Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.0 Phone Now Official
• T-Mobile and Verizon to launch Motorola Android Phones?
• AT&T Motorola Heron Android Phone
• Motorola Sholes Android Phone for Verizon
• Motorola Droid (Sholes) Clear Shot with Verizon logo

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A company called Allerta introduces the inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry smartphones that is designed to extend the functionality of your BlackBerry. The inPluse connectes to BlackBerry wirelessly using Bluetooth and will alert you instantly to incoming emails, SMS and calls.

Not only alert you, the inPluse lets you to read new email and SMS directly and even show you caller IDs. It has also built-in vibrating motor for alerting you immediately to incoming calls so you never miss a call.

The inPulse has a 1.3-inch color OLED display and a 22mm interchangeable wrist band. It supports Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and has a microUSB port for charging. The Smartwatch is available for pre-order now for $149.

[inpulse]

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Sony/SonyStyle launches in the US the Sony Ericsson Aino (model AINOU10a) touchscreen slider phone with a price tag $599.99. The Aino is a 3G phone supporting quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA 3G networks and is unlocked, which means it can be used on AT&T and T-Mobile’s networks.

Sony Ericsson’s Aino has a 3-inch 432×240 touchscreen, a 8.1 Megapixel camera with auto focus, face detection, geotagging, GPS with Google Maps, Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11b/g support. The slider has built-in media player that supports MPEG-4 video, WMV and RealVideo 8/9/10. It is also pre-installed with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter applications. The Aino has 55MB internal memory and a microSD card slot.

[sony]

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Finally Verizon and Motorola officially announced the DROID by Motorola smartphone that is the first to be powered by Android 2.0 (Eclair) OS. As reported before, the Motorola Droid has a 3.7-inch 480×854 touchscreen display, a 5 Megapixel auto-focus camera with Dual LED flash, and a side-slide QWERTY keyboard.

The DROID is boosted by a ARM Cortex A8 550MHz processor. It supports GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. The Android smartphone includes Google Mobile Services, including the latest Google Map Navigation Beta application. The DROID is equipped with Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, ambient light sensor as well as eCompass.

Verizon’s version of Motorola Droid supports CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO rev. A network and Motorola is preparing a GSM/WCDMA version as well. It will be available on 6 November for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate) with 2-year contract.

[verizon]

• Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Android Phone
• Motorola Droid (Sholes) Clear Shot with Verizon logo
• Motorola Milestone Android Phone Now Official
• Verizon HTC Droid Eris Android Phone
• Motorola Droid Android Phone Preview

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The BlackBerry Storm2 features a 3.25-inch 480×320 capacitive touchscreen that integrates the SurePress Clickable display technology and Send, End, Menu, Escape functions. It has a 3.2 Megapixel auto focus camera with image stabilization, flash and video recording. The handset includes built-in GPS, support for WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

The Storm2 has 256MB flash memory and 2GB of onboard media storage as well as a microSD/SDHC card slot. It is a global phone, which means it supports both CDMA EVDO Rev.A 3G, UMTS/HSPA/WCDMA 2100MHz 3G and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks. Storm2 will be available for $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract. RIM releases also the new BlackBerry OS 5.0 to existing BlackBerry Storm customers.

[verizon]

• Verizon BlackBerry Storm 9530 released for $199.99
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• BlackBerry Thunder 9500 with Touchscreen
• BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Verizon

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Samsung Russia officially announced the Galaxy Spica i5700 (aka GT-I5700, Galaxy Lite)Android smartphone, the little brother of the i7500 Galaxy. The Spica is powered by a 800MHz processor and 128MB  memory and runs the Google Android OS.

Samsung Galaxy Spica has a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, A-GPS support, built-in digital compass and Bluetooth. We can also expect WiFi support and 1GB internal memory as well as a microSD card slot.

Samsung’s Spica supports Quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band WCDMA/HSPA networks. The Android handset will be released in Russia in November for 14000 Rouble (US$483).

[samsung russia][unwired]

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Motorola’s Droid/Sholes is probably one of the most awaited Android smartphone. It turns out, the Droid is the brand name Verizon’s Android lineup and the second model will be the HTC Droid Eris (aka HTC Desire).

According to Engadget, the Desire will hit the market as the Droid Eris and will be released on 6 November while Motorola’s Droid will marketed simply as Droid. The Eris features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 5 Megapixel camera, a microSD card slot and support for CDMA EVDO 3G. Like the Magic, it gets a trackball for navigation.

• Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Android Phone
• Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.0 Phone Now Official
• Motorola Droid (Sholes) Clear Shot with Verizon logo
• Motorola Milestone Android Phone Now Official
• Motorola Droid Android Phone Preview

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The Motorola Droid (aka Sholes) is the cellphone maker’s second Android-based smartphone after the CLIQ. Boosted by a Texas Instruments OMAP3430 550MHz processor, 256M RAM and a dedicated PowerVR GPU, the Motorola Droid supports CDMA Rev.A network (GSM/WCDMA will also available), GPS and WiFi.

The Droid gets a 3.7-inch 854×480 touchscreen display, a side-slide QWERTY keyboard, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with dual LED flash, touch-sensitive buttons and a 3.5mm headset jack. Unlike other MOTO phones, the Droid looks pretty stylish and is one of the slimmest QWERTY devices. The phone is nicely built, according to BGR, “it’s mostly metal, and while it’s heavy, it gives you a reassuring quality feel that you just don’t find much nowadays as handsets get thinner, lighter, smaller, and cheaper.”

Motorola’s Droid will run the Android 2.0 OS. It will be released by Verizon Wireless in the US. You can see more pictures and a video below:

• Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.0 Phone Now Official
• Verizon HTC Droid Eris Android Phone
• Motorola Milestone Android Phone Now Official
• Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Android Phone
• Motorola Droid (Sholes) Clear Shot with Verizon logo

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AT&T releases the White version of the BlackBerry Bold (not the Bold 2 9700) smartphone that looks more stylish and sleek. The Bold is a 3G QWERTY phone with HSDPA and quad-band GSM support. It has a 480×320 color LCD display, a 2 Megapixel camera and a SureType QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone includes GPS support and Blackberry maps.

The BlackBerry Bold is boosted by an Intel PXA270 624MHz processor, 128MB Flash memory and 1GB of ROM. It supports Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11b/g. Integrated media player is available and there is a microSD/SDHC card slot. The White BlackBerry Bold is now available from AT&T for $199.99 after mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract.

[att]

• T-Mobile to launch BlackBerry Bold 2 in November
• RIM BlackBerry Bold Smartphone
• AT&T BlackBerry Bold on 4 Nov
• BlueBerry L900i – BlackBerry Bold Clone
• BlackBerry Javelin Photos

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BGR shows us a live shot of Verizon’s upcoming HTC Desire. It looks a mixture of Sprint’s Hero and the HTC Tattoo.  The Desire will be equipped with HTC’s Sense UI.

• Verizon HTC Droid Eris Android Phone
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Actually this is not the first time we mention the Motorola Calgary. The phone has been preview almost a year ago and now it is heading for launch and it looks a lot different from the preview image.

The Motorola Calgary will be Verizon’s second MOTO Android device, after the Droid/Sholes. It will be pre-loaded with the MOTOBLUR platform, that is first introduced in the CLIQ/DEXT. The Android handset is a side-slide QWERTY phone with a touchscreen display, a 3 Megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, microSD card slot and a 3.5mm audio jack.

We may see the device in Q4.

[bgr]

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Research In Motion (RIM) introduces the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 (the Bold 2) smartphone that comes with a compact and highly refined design that will appeal to both men and women and for both professional and personal use.

The Bold 9700 is powered by a 624MHz processor and 256MB flash memory. It features a 2.44-inch light-sensing display with 480×360 resolution, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2 Megapixel camera with auto focus, flash and video recording and built-in GPS for geotagging, maps and other location-based applications.

The BlackBerry 9700 includes media player. It gets a microSD/SDHC memory card and a rechargeable 1500 mAhr battery for up to 6 hours of talk time and 17 days of standby time in 3G mode. The 3G/SHDPA-capable smartphone is available in two versions:

• UMTS/HSDPA 2100/1900/850/800 MHz and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM
• UMTS/HSDPA 2100/1700/900 MHz and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM

[rim]

• AT&T White BlackBerry Bold Released
• T-Mobile to launch BlackBerry Bold 2 in November
• RIM BlackBerry Bold Smartphone
• AT&T BlackBerry Bold on 4 Nov
• AT&T BlackBerry Onyx Smartphone

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Philips is launching the V808 Android-running mobile phone in the China market. The V808 will be a dual-band 900/1800Mhz GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone instead a 3G handset. It has a 3.2-inch 480×320 touchscreen display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera and a microSD card slot. It will be priced at about 3299 Chinese Yuan (US$484).

[mobilereview]

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Here are some leaked photos of HTC’s Dragon Android smartphone. It is believed that the Dragon is the Android version of the HTC HD2, which is released recently. They have the same hardware but different OS.

[theunlockr]

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• Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 Leaked Shots

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MetroPCS launches the new Samsung Code SCH-i220 Windows Mobile phone, which has been released by US Cellular in June. The Code features a color display, a QWERTY keyboard, a 2 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot. It supports 3G and runs Windows Mobile 6.1 OS.

[businesswire]

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Samsung’s Galaxy i7500 Android smartphone is now available from Newegg.com. The Galaxy newegg is selling supports quan-band GSM/EDGE amd 3G UMTS/HSDPA network and is unlocked version, which mean you can use it with any GSM/WCDMA operator.

Samsung’s Galaxy i7500 has a 3.2-inch 320×480 touchscreen display, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, built-in GPS, 8GB internal memory and a microSDHC card slot. The phone runs Android 1.5 OS and offer built-in Google services and Android market.

You can buy the device from Newegg for $579.99.

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• Samsung Galaxy Spica Official in Russia

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