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Motorola CLIQ Now Available From Amazon $449.99 Or T-Mobile $199.99

Just in case it slipped your mind, the Motorola CLIQ has officially gone on sale today.

Priced at $199.99 from T-Mobile USA, the Motorola CLIQ features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3.1-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, 3.5mm headphone jack, 5 mega-pixel camera, and video capture at 25/fps and 2560 x 1920 resolution.

The Motorola CLIQ is powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM and includes 32GB MicroSD Capacity.

The Motorola CLIQ is also available handset-only from Amazon.com priced at $449.99 contract free.

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Acer Liquid SnapDragon Chip Will Be Clocked At 768Mhz

Quick Update: Acer have just confirmed that the SnapDragon chipset in their upcoming Acer Liquid Android phone will be clocked at 768Mhz instead of the default 1Ghz.

Right now we're not sure why the Liquid has been clocked slower, hopefully we'll learn more shortly. Updates to follow!

[via revioo.com]

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Samsung Saturn i6500 Android Phone Coming Soon

Samsung are set to add yet another handset to their growing collection of Android powered handsets with the newly uncovered Samsung i6500 Saturn.

The Samsung Saturn is believed to include features very similar to the Galaxy, but with the addition of an upgraded 800MHz processor used in the Samsung Jet.

The new Samsung Android handset was discovered in a Wi-Fi standards testing certificate, and according to Tweakers.net the i6500 will run Android 1.5, although it is believed the handset will launch with Android 2.0.

The Samsung i6500 Saturn is expected to launch sometime in 2010 with a retail price of around $442 (€300).

[via tweakers.net + unwiredview.com]

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Sprint Samsung Moment Now Available For $179.99

Sprint have today launched their second Android phone, the Samsung Moment.

Priced at $179.99 with rebate, the Samsung Moment joins the popular HTC Hero as the first Android phones to launch on the Sprint network.

The Sprint Moment features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard along with an AMOLED touchscreen display, a 3.2 mega-pixel camera, and the usual bundle of Google apps.

Full Samsung Moment specs:

• 800 MHz Samsung S3C6410 CPU
• 3.2 inch AMOLED display (320 x 480 pixels) 16M colors
• 512 MB ROM / 256 MB RAM
• Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.34 x 0.63 inches; weight 5.67 oz.
• 2 GB microSD card included / expandable up to 32 GB
• Standard Lithium (LiIon) battery 1440 mAh (up to 5.5 hours continuous talk time)
• QWERTY keyboard that slides out horizontally
• 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and camcorder with auto-focus
• WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, GPS
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Outlook e-mail with Microsoft Direct Push Technology and HTML support; E-mail (EAS), POP, IMAP
• Easily view Word, Excel, PowerPoint on the go to maximize productivity
• Ships with Android 1.5

The Samsung Moment is currently available for $149.99 from as part of a 2-year service contract with Sprint.

[via sprint.com]

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Acer Liquid Android Phone Launching In France From December

French tech site GPS&Co have recently uploaded a hands-on video of Acer's first Android powered handset, the Acer Liquid.

The Acer Liquid Android phone will include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz chipset, and will launch with the Android 1.6 Donut update (according to Acer the handset will receive the 2.0 update at a later date) included.

From what we've seen of the handset the Acer Liquid won't include a custom UI, and other than the multimedia carousel and browser favourites mod there doesn't look to be any major customization either.

The Acer Liquid A1 features an 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, along with a 5 mega-pixel camera, 512Mb ROM, 256MB RAM, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR+AD2P, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA and will be available in a choice of three colors - white, red, and black.

The Acer Liquid also bolsters a set of unique features developed by Acer and its partners:

• Improved power management to help achieve longer battery autonomy for intense users;
• A new user interface with easy access to entertainment and web bookmarks;
• An optimized camera with geo-tagging, ISO, self-timer options and accelerated auto-focus performance;
• Exclusive Spinlets™ application providing free streaming of worldwide music and video, that can be shared with friends and family through web-posting or e-mail;
• Smart integration of Facebook™, Twitter™, Youtube™, Picasa™ and Flickr™ in the address book, with realtime notification of status or content updates.

The Acer Liquid white will be available in early December in France, with the red model following in January. The handset will retail at around €350.

[via gps&co.com]

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Motorola Droid To Launch In Germany As The Motorola Milestone On O2

Thanks to some leaked screenshots of an O2 Germany business guide and device list, we now know that the GSM version of the Motorola Droid will be known as the Motorola Milestone, and will be available from November 9th.

We're still awaiting announcements from other European carriers, but for now we know that O2 Germany customers will be able to get their hands on the Droid just three days after the US launch.

The Motorola Matters device guide prices the handset at 404.20€ or $594.93 contract free and before taxes.

[via boygeniusreport.com]

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HTC Droid Eris New Images

The guys over at phonearena.com have managed to get their hands on some new images of what will most likely be Verizon's second Android phone, the HTC Droid Eris.

The Droid Eris is expected to launch alongside the Motorola Droid on Friday (November 6th), and according to rumors will be available for just $99 following a rebate.

The exact specs for the HTC Droid Eris have yet to be confirmed, but it is widely believed that the handset will feature Android 1.6 (along with HTC's Sense UI), 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU, 5 mega-pixel camera, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Coming Nov 3rd – New Rachael UI Video

A teaser video for Sony Ericsson's upcoming Android phone, the Xperia X3, has appeared on YouTube.

The video displays various angles of the upcoming handset along with a date of November 3rd on which day Sony Ericsson's first Android handset will be revealed.

Little is known about the Xperia X3 handset, although it is widely believed that the handset will be powered by a  1 GHz processor Snapdragon processor, along with an 8 mega-pixel camera, and will be a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900) GSM phone with dual-band (900/2100) 3G: 10 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA. Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi g connectivity is also believed to be included.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 will feature a custom made user interface built on the Android platform. Known as "Rachael".

Here's a recently leaked video of the Rachael Android UI in action.

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Motorola Droid User Manual

The manual for Verizon's first Android handset, the Motorola Droid, has been leaked online. We've had a quick glance over the guide and there doesn't seem to be any major revelations about the handset, but if you're struggling to wait until November 6th, then this new info might just tide you over.

Click here to see the full Motorola Droid Manual

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LG GW620 (LG Etna) Android Phone Website Launches

LG's first Android phone, the LG GW620 now has it's own official website online.

Whilst the mini-site is very much a work in progress, there are a couple of new videos for the LG GW620 along with a few new images of the handset.

The LG GW620 was first spotted back in September at the IFA trade show in Germany. On display at the Vodafone booth, and known as the LG Etna, the handset features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3-inch touchscreen display, and a 5 mega-pixel camera.

Earlier in the year LG's vice president of marketing strategy for mobile communications, Chang Ma, revealed that the company planned to launch 3 different LG Android phones during 2009.

At present there's been no official word on a possible release date or pricing for the LG GW620.

[via lg-gw60.com]

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