By Lamar Karen

Google is reportedly in process of launching another smartphone for the shopping season of 2010. The report which came from United Kingdom indicated that new Google phone will be powered by Android 3.0 Gingerbread.  Unlike Google Nexus One, the next Google Phone will not be only sold by Google’s online store. The Search Giant reportedly have a deal with largest Mobile Retailer of United Kingdom,  the Carphone Warehouse, to sell the phone in UK. It is expected that Google will have similar deal with one of wireless carriers in U.S.

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By Jing li

Google users are able to see new option on Google Website if they access the website through their Android powered device. Yes, Google had added “Android Apps” Search featured on its website. The feature is visible only to those who go to Search Giant’s website though the Android phone.  The “Android Apps” tab is dubbed alongside other Google options including “Web”, “Images” and “News”.

Users can search the Android Apps and check rating of the Apps.  They can also see the number of reviews and the price of the App for Android OS. Clicking on the App in the Serach Result takes the users to Android Market of the phone.

By Angie Onkst

The first ever 4G network, Sprint, has started to push over-the-air update to Samsung Moment smartphones. The update fixed few reported issues in the devices. One of two issues was very serious as the Samsung Moment was failing to make a call to 911 in certain situation. It is believed that Sprint and Samsung resolved the flaw as one of the highest priority.

Sprint is pushing the update step-by-step manner and has informed the user that manual update will be enabled after November 03. However, only those who received the update notification in the notification bar can get the new and fixed software.

Please let us know if OS update resolved the reported issues if you own Sprint Moment and have received the update.

It was not long time ago when Android Smartphone users got surprise to learn that T-Mobile G2 have been successfully overclocked to 1.42GHZ. We have good news for Android 2.2 powered Motorola Droid X and Droid X owners today. Droid X and Droid 2, which come with 1GHz microprocessor, have been overclocked to whopping 2.0 GHz.

It seems from the statement of Team DeFuse members, who overclocked the devices, that Droid X and Droid 2 don’t remain stable after the change. However, one of the two members, who successfully completed the experiment, believes that overclock can become stable.  Unless the devices became stable, Droid X and Droid 2 users cannot benefit from the recent success.

Verizon Wireless is reportedly promoting its Motorola Droid 2 Global on its customer service 800 number. The network plays the Droid 2 Global advertisement when the wireless customers are placed on hold while being served by customer care representative of the wireless carrier.

Interestingly, according to Erictric, Droid 2 Global ad claims that the phone comes with “the ability to make calls in more than 221 countries”.  All little research on Wikipedia tells that as of 2010 there are only 203 countries in the world.  The network seems to including the dependent territories in the count to boast the Motorola Droid 2 Global.

Motorola released the Android powered Droid Pro in the San Franscico event this week. The device have QWERY keypad and is designed to take on Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones.  Motorola expects that new Droid Pro will replace the Blackberry phones in the enterprise community in all over the world.

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The Droid community website, Droid-Life, has come up with a solution to port the R2-D2  lock screen to Motorola Droid X and Droid 2. The website has provided the steps to get lock screen on Motorola phones. Currently, the solution is only valid for rooted phones therefore user must root their Droid 2 or Droid X device before following the steps.

Credit: Droid-Life.com

Droid-Life.com has also warned the users about the risks involved in rooting process of the phone. The website has said that users must follow the instructions on their own risk. Rooting the latest smartphones including Droid X and Droid 2 is not as easy process as described by many websites. There is always the risk of bricking (making the phone useless) in this process.

If you really want R2-D2 Droid 2 lock screen then you just go to Droid-Life.com and follow the steps in the article.

T-Mobile G2, which was released this week, has come under the fire of complains. Engadget reported that some G2 phones loose hinges. The video released by the tech blog shows that phone screen hangs if its held upside down as shown in the picture. The report noted that even though most human don’t hold any phone that way but still the smartphone should not come with this type of problem.

The second issue is with regards to the storage of the phone. Some users reported that T-Mobile G2 has 2GB storage instead of the promised 4G. It looks like that it is an honest mistake which could have happened in the packaging of the phone. T-Mobile will most probably replace with 2G SD Cards with 4G Cards.

Credit: Engadget

According to Droid-Life.com, the next Android powered phone by Verizon will come with Bing Search and Bing Maps.  HTC Merge / Lexikon User Guide reportedly confirms the debut of Bing in the Android world. It will not clear if Bing will be the default search engine of the phone.

The news may be surprising to many readers as Microsoft considers Android as the competitor to its Windows Phone 7 platform.  Microsoft has recently started to introduce Bing in all possible platforms. The Seattle based Software Giant also released Bing App for iPhone last year.

Verizon HTC Merge / Lexikon Android user guide (Credit: Droid-Life.com)

It is not known that when HTC Merge / Lexikon will be released. Even its official name is not confirmed as well. Phone might be called Verizon HTC Lexikon or Verizon HTC Merge.

Almost all Motorola Droid X users finally received the Android 2.2 Froyo update on their devices. The OS comes with many features but at the same time there may be few unnecessary apps or features in the phone which came in as part of the update.

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