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Sony Ericsson officially announced their Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro handsets at Mobile World Congress. Both are smaller versions of their forthcoming Xperia X10 and run Android 1.5 on a 600MHz processor. Although slower than the Xperia X10, they are still slightly faster than the first generation of...

After more than a year of waiting, Garmin set out to show off their newly announced nuvifone A50 at Mobile World Congress. As it turned out, the device was more GPS than phone. Surprise! The Android-powered A50 featured a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, 4GB of built-in storage, Microsoft Exchange support,...

We were pretty accurate when we said that "any day now" we'd get something official about the Devour. Motorola has just announced the first Verizon handset to feature MOTOBLUR. Based on Android 1.6, the Devour was expected in the first quarter of 2010. Assuming you might be new to Android...

After months of speculation, Dell confirmed at CES that it was launching an Android handset for the US market. The carrier behind the launch was AT&T, the iPhone's own home network. No hardware specifications, pricing, or availability details were announced, but prior rumors pointed to a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen at...

After going from hot rumor to official announcement, here's a look at what the Nexus One is and isn't, based on the top questions coming in from readers. What is the Nexus One? As Google put it, the Nexus One was the first "superphone" — the next evolution in what...

Reuters reported that a source indicated a January 5th on-sale date for the Nexus One, with pricing reduced for customers agreeing to a T-Mobile USA service contract from Deutsche Telekom. Skeptical? Sure. It was only a couple of weeks away, but Google had surprised before. Google Goggles rolled out days...

T-Mobile USA officially announced the Samsung Behold II as their fourth Android handset. A touch-only device running Android with Samsung's TouchWiz interface, it went on sale November 18th at $229 through T-Mobile stores and online. The Behold II marked T-Mobile's first phone with an AMOLED display. The 3.2-inch screen delivered...

Hot on the heels of an earlier leak came the official announcement of LG's first Android handset. Called the LG-GW620, it was a slide-out QWERTY with a 3-inch touchscreen. The press release offered few specifics beyond the device being part of a larger LG strategy, seemingly aimed at younger users...

So long "Morrison" and hello Cliq. The next exclusive handset headed to T-Mobile was the Motorola Cliq, and the rumors proved to be pretty accurate. 3.1-inch HVGA touchscreen, 320x480 Qualcomm MSM7201A 528MHz processor 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM MOTOBLUR / Android 1.5 (Cupcake) MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa, Facebook for photos Facebook, MySpace,...