Acer’s Liquid has been a smash hit overseas. With Mobile World Congress (MWC) less than a week away (15th), Acer is gearing to announce a bunch of new smartphones. The E110 is an Android 2.0 unit that is rumored to be shown at MWC. More »

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Truly, nothing sells like sex and violence. Motorola has chosen the former to showcase its wares, advertising its upcoming Devour during the Super Bowl. The commercial features popular actress Megan Fox in the bathtub. More »

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Motorola’s imminent Devour Verizon smartphone, despite using an older Android 1.6 build, will have Adobe Flash Lite®, which even the Droid still does not possess. Also, Telus has once again omitted Manitoba and Saskatchewan from another smartphone release, as the Milestone (Droid) will not be available in those two desolate provinces. More »

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Also confirmed are the fears that Motorola’s Devour would be held back to Android 1.6 Donut. Most of the box information shown a few days ago are true, but there is still no official word about the rumored MSM7627 multi-core 600MHz Qualcomm processor, which everyone would want. More »

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Android Central showed us the Motorola Devour’s box from its front. Today, the back cover has been exposed, and there is some uplifting news, as well as some disappointment. More »

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This photo, alleged to be the promotional (not retail) box for the Motorola Devour, surfaced a few days ago. The rumors are that the Verizon bound smartphone will be blessed with some eye-catching specs but only Android 1.6 Donut. More »

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All of these exploits are courtesy of hobbyist hackers who seemingly care more about their smartphones than the carriers that sell them. A few days ago, Cyanogen released his ROM for the newly rooted Nexus One, adding multi-touch to Browser. Although no other application works with multi-touch yet, Cyanogen vows to implement the highly coveted feature to the rest of Android. Also, HTC Magic (myTouch 3G) and Dream (G1) owners might be happy to know that their phones can currently run hacked versions of Android 2.1 thanks to Manup456, whose Eclair ROM installs on the aforementioned models and functions nearly flawlessly. More »

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On Monday, LG released its InTouch Max GW620 (which is the same Eve out in Canada since fall 2009). Motorola has announced that the first South Korean Android 2.0 smartphone, the Motoroi will be available in February, with a planned American launch one month afterwards. Meanwhile, in February, Gigabyte is going to release its first Android smartphone in Russia. More »

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Let me get this straight, just in case there is any confusion: Android 1.6 came out on September 15th, 2.0 on October 26th, so why is my Android powered smartphone still stuck on version 1.5 or 1.6? Google’s open source Android project arrived with the promise that it would be free and completely open to everyone. Unfortunately, one of the massive problems that Android has created is a lack of universal standards and regulations. We are in smartphone anarchy. More »

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Yet another smashing overseas smartphone, the Acer Liquid was supposed to be the world’s first “Snapdragon” processor device, but its launch had been delayed until last week. The Liquid has quality specs and its black variant is now for sale in the UK, with most of western Europe, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Indonesia also getting theirs sometime this year. I question just how well this phone will do since the technically more advanced Nexus One has made barely a ripple. More »

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