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The Verizon DROID by Motorola may be getting all the headlines today, but we’re already wondering when the smartphone might show up in GSM form.  One such device has already made an appearance in a Tinhte.com video, and while there’s no extra detail about the DROID itself – bar the SIM card – it’s certainly [...]

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While we may have caught up with the main features of Android 2.0 earlier this week, Google have been keeping one surprise.  Google Maps Navigation Beta is an update to the company’s free GPS app, initially exclusive to Android 2.0 devices such as the Verizon DROID by Motorola, adding in turn-by-turn directions, vocal prompts, speech-recognition [...]

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As expected, Verizon have outed their first Android smartphone, the Motorola DROID.  The Verizon DROID by Motorola will be the first device to arrive with Android 2.0, together with a 3.7-inch 854 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash, and OTA Amazon MP3 downloads. Connectivity includes EVDO Rev.A, Bluetooth, [...]

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Google has announced Android 2.0 Eclair, and anyone with any doubts about the platform’s prowess should take a look at the changelist to see just how serious the search giant is.  OS 2.0 brings with it support for multiple simultaneous Google and Exchange accounts, together with quick contact menus for speedier access to different methods [...]

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October 28th and the launch of the Verizon Droid by Motorola fast approaches, but according to the latest rumors, leaks and speculation there’s a lot more Android 2.0 intrigue to come before 2009 is out.  BGR have previewed their Motorola Droid prototype and come away positively grinning; the smartphone has an excellent 3.7-inch display, highly [...]

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Over at SlashGear our review of the HTC Tattoo has just gone live, and if you’ve been wondering whether putting HTC Sense into a budget smartphone makes, well, any sense whatsoever, you’ll want to be heading over there to find out.  The Tattoo gets much of the connectivity of its more expensive siblings, but pairs [...]

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Ebook reader apps for Android have been in the Android Market for some time now, but we’ve yet to see a production ebook device that uses Google’s open-source platform.  That could change imminently, however, with the unveiling of the Spring Design Alex ebook reader, a dual-display slate that has a standard 6-inch E Ink panel [...]

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“Don’t you wish you had” the promo asks “a robot sidekick that moved at light speed, could get you out of any problem and lived in your pocket?”  That’s what Verizon are offering with the Motorola Droid, and the carrier has kicked off a major pre-launch campaign setting the iPhone firmly in its sights.

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We’ll never knowingly turn down a glance at the future, and when that future is what Google have planned for Android further down the line we’re even more interested.  The BGR have obtained an early build of Android 2.0 Eclair, and set to detailing all of the major changes over the currently public OS 1.6 [...]

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Motorola’s first attempt at an Android device – the Motorola CLIQ (aka the DEXT outside of the US) – certainly tries to deliver a lot for a first-gen device, and over at SlashGear we’ve been putting it through its paces.  The main effort has obviously gone into its MOTOBLUR social networking system, which attempts to [...]

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