Published on Thursday, March 11, 2010 by Casey Chan Most of us are waiting for Opera Mobile for Android to somehow make it on Android phones but the next best thing has landed on the newswire: Opera Mini 5 Beta is now available for Android. And little brother browser ain't so shabby. Opera Mini 5 Beta comes with tabbed browsing, speed dial bookmarks, download manager, password manager, and other features. Ope...

Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Casey Chan  We already knew that the Dell Mini 5 'Streak' was gorgeous when we saw it in pictures, it's good to know that it's looking just as amazing in leaked low-res promotional flyers too. The promo flyers are the first advertisements we're seeing for the Dell Mini 5 'Streak', the Android-powered 5-inch device that pulls double duty as a phone. It also confirms some spe...

Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Casey Chan  The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 might just get an update to Android 2.2. According to CNET Asia, a SE spokesman said that the Xperia X10 will get updated to the "Eclair variant" of Android so "it could be 2.1 or even 2.2" by the end of the year. That'd be amazing news for any other device but for the Xperia X10, a device that still has no f...

Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Casey Chan We'd love to give you guys good news about the Android-powered Spring Design Alex e-reader but sadly that's not the case. It's not entirely bad news so that's something to hang your hat on (kind of). But the Alex e-reader that was originally supposed to become available at the end of February is no where to be found. Their own website currently says that orders will b...

Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Casey Chan  It's just not fair. Anytime anyone puts that cute little green Android robot on anything, we want it. This 12-inch by 12-inch by pillow probably isn't even comfortable but with that Android robot handcrafted on it, it's just too adorable to pass up. At the very least, maybe it can soothe your nightmares of Android 2.1 never coming to your phone? Twenty bucks for...

Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Casey Chan The T-Mobile Cliq XT sales pamphlet has been spotted in the wild and though it's not as exciting as seeing the actual device in the wild, there's always little quirks you can find in these pamphlets. Case in point: T-Mobile details how you can sell the Cliq XT in 60 seconds, telling sales reps to cite that it's the thinnest Android phone on T-Mobile, has access to And...

Published on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Casey Chan BGR has heard some whispers that Verizon has started training employees on the Nexus One. When that happens, it typically means that a product launch is right around the corner as employees are getting ready to sell the device to customers in stores. But given that the Nexus One hasn't been your typical carrier branded smartphone, as in it wasn't available in carrier ...

Published on Monday, March 8, 2010 by Casey Chan If you're interested in unique, Android-powered e-readers, the Entourage Edge is a great place to start. It's a dualbook meaning it has an e-ink screen on one side and a LCD on the other. We briefly saw the Entourage Edge at CES but as it was in non-working order, we couldn't really get a feel for the dual-screen device. Luckily, Laptop Magazine has reviewed the Edge ...

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by Casey Chan  Did you hear that Apple is suing the pants off of HTC? Of course you did. And though the lawsuit will likely all be settled with millions of dollars exchanging hands and business will go on as usual...what if it doesn't? What if Apple has its way with HTC Android phones? Wired examines this potential horror story. The phone and Android UI above is what we'd like...

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by Casey Chan  In an interesting move, Vodafone UK has discontinued sales of the HTC Magic. According to a Vodafone rep:Unfortunately the HTC Magic is now end of life, and we don't have stock of that phone.Vodafone UK's decision to stop selling the HTC Magic contrasts with T-Mobile and Rogers' stance with the HTC Magic. T-Mobile still heavily advertises the myTouch 3G and...