fring today announces its release on Android platform, bringing mobile social services to Android smartphone users including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM. Centralized from one integrated contact list, fringsters also make calls to regular phone lines via Skype-Out and hundreds of popular SIP services over 3G, GPRS or Wi-Fi internet connection. The software can be downloaded via fring’s ... continued »

Samsung today officially announced its ‘Galaxy Spica (I5700) Android-powered smartphone, available in Europe, CIS, and will be expanded to MEA region. The i5700 Galaxy Spica is powered by a 800MHz processor versus 528MHz processor in the i7500 Galaxy. It comes with a 3.2-inch full touch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, 1GB internal memory and microSD card slot. continued »

Dell today confirmed plans to enter the smart phone business and announced partnerships with China Mobile and Claro. Its first smartphone is the Mini 3, which will be available by end of this month. continued »

LG and Rogers Wireless announced the LG Eve (GW620) Android smartphone, featuring an application called Social Network Services (SNS) Manager, which brings together a user’s Facebook, Twitter and Bebo networks into one place, letting them check status updates in real time. The SNS Manager leverages social networking by putting a person’s address book contacts as the central reference and launching point for ... continued »

Famously known as Sony Ericsson Rachael and Xperia X3, Sony Ericsson has officially introduced its first Android smartphone with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Just like what we have already saw in the videos, new user interface is used on the X10, mainly split to Sony Ericsson Timescape and Sony Ericsson Mediascape. The Xperia X10 ... continued »

Remember the first video about the Sony Ericsson custom UI for Android OS? Here is another leak video, demoing Sony Ericsson MediaScape user interface for viewing/playing your photos/videos/songs and managing your media files. As what the video stated, this user interface is just a concept video for internal use, its final version might be different when the company announce the Xperia ... continued »

To be available from November 1st, the Samsung Moment smartphone is the latest Android smartphone that uses a 800 MHz processor and 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touch-screen. The device is going for $179.99 after a $50 instant savings and a $100 mail-in-rebate with a two-year service agreement, be sure to check out SlashGear Review if you are planning to purchase one this week. continued »

Just 2 more days (November 3rd) till the official Xperia X3/X10 press event "What's Next", Sony Ericsson has started to promote its first Android smartphone on YouTube. It is not sure how many new products will be announced, but at least the new Xperia X3 or might be called Xperia X10 will be unveiled. continued »

While there isn't much detail when the company announced the LG GW620 Android smartphone last month, the upcoming slider has got a mini site with a full specificaiton detail published. As the first Android smartphone from LG, the GW620 has a QWERTY slide-out keyboard, 262k TFT 3-inch touch screen and available in Silver, Black-Blue and Black colors. continued »

Google Maps Navigation has been introduced in Beta this week from Google, adding a nice turn-by-turn navigation feature for the existing Google Maps for mobile. It is currently available for US map and will only supported by the upcoming Android 2.0 Eclair. The Motorola Droid will be the first Android smartphone that uses the new Android 2.0. An optional in-car ... continued »