For those who desire an Android smartphone,  the HTC Desire smartphone is now available from U.S. Cellular. It’s joining other Android buddies on U.S. Cellular. Customers welcomed the Samsung Acclaim last month.  The  is coming in October, followed by two Android-powered phones from LG.

For U.S. Cellular customers, the HTC Desire smartphone also comes with the company’s industry-first, customer-focused programs, like Overage Protection and Battery Swap. The HTC Desire smartphone has a 3.7-inch Super LCD touchscreen with 480x800 resolution. Features include a five megapixel, autofocus camera with flash, integrated GPS and Wi-Fi capability. The Android 2.1 platform opens the door to a growing Android Marketplace. The Desire comes with HTC Sense, therefore we suggest you take a look a HTC spokesman, Eric Lin’s Top Best Android Tips and Tricks.

T-Mobile is now selling the Motorola CHARM a touchscreen Android 2.1, with MOTOBLUR enhancements, Wi-Fi, BLuetooth, 3 megapixel camera, and a BACKTRACK touch pad on the backside. It’s a candy bar smartphone that looks like a square BlackBerry or fat Palm Pixi in Cabernet (Red) and Bronze.

The Motorola CHARM has 2.8 inch toucchscreen and fullQWERTY keyboard. The BACKTRACK navigation pad, located on the back of the smartphone directly behind the home screen, is similar to a laptop touch panel and enables an unobstructed view of the Web, texts, e-mails and news feeds. Android 2.1 and enhanced MOTOBLUR features, CHARM offers new customization and filtering options.

The Motorola CHARM’s new version of MOTOBLUR 1.5 built on Android 2.1, syncs contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more in easy to manage streams — from sources such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, work and personal e-mail. MOTOBLUR now  allows greater customization.

Smartphone users are changing protocols, ready for calls at all hours, use computers less frequently and think that smartphones should be supplied to all business people. Samsung Mobile's new survey shows smartphones users are breaking wind and old boundaries on business call locations and activities. Smartphone professionals conduct their business far, far away from the office setting including while on vacation, the bathroom, during a date, at church or even during sex!

The survey unfortunately did not reveal which operating system worked best for boudoir functions and if haptic feedback, connectivity or multitouch were contributing factors.

Dell is offering  an Android smartphone, available without a contract or with a contract from AT&T, the Dell Aero. The news release claims that the Dell Aero is one of the lightest multi-touch 3.5-inch Android smartphones. It has a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 624Mhz Marvell processor and a social-networking apps. The touchscreen has 360 x 640 (nHD) pixel resolution.

You won't get the latest version of Android on the Aero, their PR contact informed us that the Aero runs a superset of 1.5. Dell developed a tremendous amount of customization and features on top of Cupcake(1.5) that include n 8x zoom with on-device photo & video editing, asynchronous BT/Wi-Fi and multiple widget support. Dell also offers sync with Windows Media Player and a Desktop Suite Syncing tool - includes syncing with iTunes. .

The Dell Aero has a removable 2GB MicroSD Card, with optional available memory up to 32GB2 MicroSD . The replaceable battery switches out in a click and use the adapter/wall charger to get powered up and ready to roll in no time. The Dell Aero comes with a wired stereo headset and a 3.5mm to mini USB adapter.

Dell Aero will ship with Quick Office, Facebook with integrated calendar and contacts, Twitter and additional applications by Google, including YouTube and Android Market.

Android is growing exponentially according the the latest Millennial Nedia report. Although Apple’s iPhone is the top mobile phone at 24.32% it’s follwed by the BackBerry Curve and Motorola Droid. Shopping app usage increased, most likely for Back-to-School shopping and smartphones usage increased.

The Android OS continued its huge growth on the Millennial network, and grew another 47% month-over-month. Since January, Android has grown 690%. Android also officially became the number two OS on the Millennial network (surpassing RIM.)

The Motorola Droid moved into the top three in July’s Top 20 Mobile Phones with 5% impression share. The Motorola Cliq Android device also entered into the Top 20 for the first time this month.

Nokia X3 Touch and Type with a combo of a touchscreen and traditional 12 button phone keypad with 3G, Wi-Fi, music player, FM radio, 5 megapixel camera and Ovi.

"Our research tells us consumers who have invested years in becoming fast one-handed, one-thumb texters want to maintain their speedy edge for SMS, chat and instant messaging - yet enjoy the benefits of touch as well," said Mary McDowell, Executive Vice President of Mobile Phones at Nokia.

They claim at 9.6mm thin, it's one of the slimmest Nokia phones ever - the Nokia X3 slips easily into the purse or the pocket, and looks the part with its brushed aluminum back cover which will come in five vibrant colors designed to suit any mood or wardrobe.

Despite its size, the Nokia X3 is jam-packed with features including 3G, WLAN, a music player and an FM radio.

LG is not going to rest as it loses mobile device market share.  They have plans to development more Android smartphones, Tablets, dual-core smartphone and  be LTE 4G ready.

LG plans to launch 10 more smartphones and sell 5 million devices by the end of the year. They also plan to launch an Android tablet with the ability to create content such as wordprocessing and video editing.

"Our tablet will be better than iPad," said Chang Ma, VP of Marketing for Mobile Devices.

The latest Gartner report shows a massive increase in smartphone sales, Android moving up smartphone platforms, and HTC entering the top ten device makers.

In the second quarter of 2010, there was 13.8 percent increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales to end users accounted for 19 percent of
worldwide mobile device sales, an increase of 50.5 percent from the second quarter of 2009.

As far as smartphones go,Android is now the number three smartphone operating system following Nokia(Symbian) and BlackBerry (RIM), ahead of iPhone and Windows Phone.

However, the average selling prices (ASPs) were lower than expected and margins fell due to a stronger dollar, a depreciating euro, and intense competition that drove price adjustments and changes to the product mix.

While new product introductions from Apple, HTC and Motorola, along with the drop in ASPs, drove strong sales of smartphones, shortages of components, such as active matrix organic LED (AMOLED) displays impaired sales volumes of some of the more popular new smartphones.

HTC made its debut in the top 10 worldwide ranking, holding the No. 8 position with 139.1 percent growth year-on-year. This reflects the popularity of its Android portfolio but also a more aggressive branding strategy compared to the same period in 2009.

The top over mobile device manufacturer ins order were 1-Nokia, 2-Samsung, 3-LG, 4-BlackBerry (RIM), 5-Sony Ericsson, 6-Motorola, 7- Apple, 8-HTC, 9-HTC and 10-ZTE.

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 2Q10 (Thousands of Units)

Company	2Q10  Units	2Q10 Market Share (%)	2Q09  Units	2Q09 Market Share (%)
Symbian	25,386.8	41.2	20,880.8	51.0
Research In Motion	11,228.8	18.2	7,782.2	19.0
Android	10,606.1	17.2	755.9	1.8
iOS	8,743.0	14.2	5,325.0	13.0
Microsoft Windows Mobile	3,096.4	5.0	3,829.7	9.3
Linux	1,503.1	2.4	1,901.1	4.6
Other OSs	1,084.8	1.8	497.1	1.2
Total	61,649.1	100.0	40,971.8	100.0

Source: Gartner (August 2010)

Gartner said CSPs will increasingly offer more affordable tiered data plans to users. Tiered data plans will make smartphones more accessible to different market segments and help make smartphones the dominant device category in mature markets. This means that total cost of ownership will be lower, and new users will face less of a barrier to entry.

Verizon Wireless officially announced the DROID 2 by Motorola will be available for pre-sale tomorrow on the Verizon website and official release date August 12.  It is the first  Droid smartphone shipping with the new Android 2.2 operating system,  Star Wars fans will be delighted to know that they can buy an RD2-D2 edition in September with special Star Wars content and design.

Verizon Wireless customers who have contracts ending by December 31, 2010, can upgrade to any smartphone, including DROID 2, without penalty and can get the discounted contract price for the DROID 2 of $199 after rebates with a contract.

The  DROID 2 has an enhanced QWERTY keyboard, 3G Mobile HotSpot (for up to 5 connections,)  push corporate e-mail, social messaging and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 support. DROID 2 also offers a multi-touch 3.7-inch display, 5-megapixel camera/camcorder and DLNA connectivity to share on compatible devices.

The DROID 2 comes with 8 GB of preloaded on-board memory and the 8 GB microSD card, which can be upgraded to a 32 GB SD.  Popular apps available on DROID 2 include NFL Mobile (downloadable), Skype mobile and BLOCKBUSTER On Demand presented by V CAST Video. Customers can even manage their wireless accounts or their contacts from their phones with My Verizon and with Backup Assistant.

DROID 2 by Motorola will be available at on August 11 on the Verizon website and it will be in store beginning August 12 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

The last two Droid smartphones from Verizon sold-out around the first day of sale, then customers had to wait for their Droid Incredible or Droid X to ship. We learned a lot from those releases that we shared with readers  earlier, they include phoning  stores and ordering online in the wee hours of the morning.  Ordering online seems to be easier in the wee hours of the morning be sure to refresh your browser if you are returning to the Verizon website.

Along with free shipping an added bonus for ordering online from Verizon when using the Wireless and Mobile News coupon-link you get Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchases.

AT&T finally let the world know that the Xperia X10 will available August 15.

The Android Xperia X10 has  a 4-inch touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, aGPS and 8.1 megapixel camera (with smile detection, face recognition, autofocus and LED flash) The Xperia X10 comes with a 2 GB in-box memory card with expandable memory up to 32 GB. The announcement didn't reveal what version of Android is loaded on the Sony Xperia X10.

Sony has loaded Mediascape and Timescape on the Android platform to enhance the experience for users.

Mediascape on the Xperia X10 pulls media from the phone card and online, letting you browse, search, listen and share it fr om one unified view. For example, view photos taken on the device as well as your Facebook and Picasa web albums.  Or, when listening to a favorite song on your phone, press Sony Ericsson's infinite button to access related content about the artist pulled from the phone's memory as well as albums, songs and video content from YouTube and search results from Google.

Android smartphone operating system (OS) continued to spiral upwards according to The NPD Group. iPhones didn't gain much while BlackBerry dropped to number two. The average price of phone reached $90. Verizon is the top carrier, followed by AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.

Android accounted for 33 percent of all smartphones purchased in Q2, ahead of RIM (28 percent) and Apple (22 percent).

Based on U.S. consumer purchases of mobile phones in Q2, the top 5 Android smartphones were:

1. Droid by Motorola
2. DROID Incredible by HTC (Verizon)
3. HTC EVO 4G
4. HTC Hero
5. Droid Eris by HTC

Android is growing, Android devices collectively represented a 34% share of the US market in the quarter, and with growth of 851% Android became the largest smart phone platform in the country.

Canalys VP and Principal Analyst, Chris Jones,  'In the United States, for example, we have seen the largest carrier, Verizon Wireless, heavily promoting high-profile Android devices, such as the Droid by Motorola and the Droid Incredible by HTC. These products have been well received by the market, with consumers eager to download and engage with mobile applications and services, such as Internet browsing, social networking, games and navigation.'

It's about time that a low-cost all you can get prepaid carrier offers an Android smartphone. The Kyocera  Zio M6000 was revealed at CTIA earlier this year. The Cricket website is now taking reservations for the Zio and offering free overnight shipping coupons.

It may be the first Android phone to come to a prepaid low-cost carrier, Cricket.  The tri-band CDMA EVDO Rev.handset has Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth and GPS, 3.5-inch screen and 3.2 megapixel camera with video capture at 30 frames per second.

Other features include a digital compass, accelerometer, and support for microSD cards. No price has been shown yet for the Kyocera Zio,   It has been suggested the the Android Kyocera Zio would cost between $169 and $219.

Members of the press and blogosphere have been invited to a RIM and AT&T event next week on August 3.

The event hints a new BlackBerry smartphone which leads invitees and the likes to speculate that the BlackBerry will be the BlackBerry 9800 slider with BlackBerry OS 6, QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5MP camera with and 4GB of internal memory (expandable via a MicroSD card slot.)

Update 08/08/20 - Reviewers of the BlackBerry Torch liked most of the new features but would like to have seen more screen and power.

BlackBerry OS 6, will have multitouch controls, social networking, webKit browser and better media.

It has been suggested that the BlackBerry 9800 slider will be hybrid touchscreen/keyboard phone with both touchscreen and QWERTY input.

The weird thing about our review of news on this topic we actually found an online retailer taking orders for the A&T BlackBerry 9800 with the following specs, A2DP, Bluetooth, Calendar, Candy Bar Form, Edge, Email Client, GPS / Location, High-Speed Data GPRS, Megapixel Camera, Memory Card Slot, MP3, Qwerty Keyboard, Slide Form, Smartphone, Speaker Phone, Touch Screen, Video Capture, Video Clip, Voice Dialing, Wi-Fi. They do note that the BlackBerry 9800 has not been released or announced yet.

Sprint announced that the Motorola i1 Nextel Direct Connect - will be available first on Sunday, July 25. They claim that the i1' s strong body construction that meets military specifications for protection against dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain, i1 is designed for those who work and play hard.

Features of the Motorola i1:

• Popular business tools such as Microsoft Document Viewer and corporate sync ensure Word or PowerPoint files can be accessed on the go.
• Message entry is a breeze with both Android standard virtual keyboard and Swype(TM) virtual keyboards being offered.
  
• A 5 megapixel camera with flash, geo-tagging and panoramic capabilities provides crisp photos and clearly displays them on the vibrant 3.1-inch HVGA screen, and video can also be recorded and stored on a provided microSD for sharing or future viewing straight from the device.
  
• The Android browser allows you to see web pages and Flash 8-enabled sites in full view using Wi-Fi,
• The latest Opera Mini 5 browser enables quick browsing over the Nextel National Network and Wi-Fi.

The Android Samsung Captivate goes on sale at AT&T today.  This 2.1 Android OS smartphone is a Samsung Galaxy under the hood with a 1 GHz processors, 4 inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi,(802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth, HTML browser, SWYPE and a special social hub UI. It is a world phone with international calling and data.

Right now this is the Android smartphone with the faster 1 GHz Hummingbird processor while the HTC Aria runs a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 processor.

The Social Hub integrates the user's social networking services, messages, personal and business email, calendars and contacts.

The 5.0-megapixel camera/ camcorder has auto-focus and HD video recording (720p). Other features include an  MP3 player, 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and expandable memory for photos, videos and music, up to 16 GB.  It ha 16 GB of storage allows for up to 32 GB of capacity for music and video.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the HTC EVO 4G shortage  is due to the touchscreen shortages and that HTC is trying to devise ways to get both the HTC EVO 4G and Droid Incredible faster.

"We thought we would have more of a head start than we'll end up having," Sprint CEO, Dan Hesse told The Wall Street Journal last week. So far, Sprint has sold 300,000 of the HTC Evo 4G phones, according to Macquarie Group. However just like HTC couldn't keep up with the demand for the well-reviewed Droid Incredible, they can't keep up with the demand for the also well-reviewed HTC EVO 4G.

The Droid Incredible and HTC EVO 4G have AMOLED touchscreens made by Samsung and the present factory is at full capacity.  Samsung Electronics is building a new factory, which won't upon until 2012.

HTC is trying to find new suppliers and inked a deal with Sony.  In the meantime they are trying to find space on airlines to get the EVO 4G and Incredible to Verizon and Sprint as soon as fast as possible.

The Android Samsung Intercept with 3.2-inch, touch-screen display, 3.2 MP camera and video, and full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and  preloaded with social apps will go on sail at Sprint on July 11 for $99 after rebates.

Loaded with Android 2.1, Samsung Intercept provides access to popular Google mobile services, has optical joystick, Wi-Fi capability, integrated GPS navigation and accelerometer.

Sales  of  the Droid Incredible at Verizon have been so incredible that the well-reviewed super smartphones will not be shipping until August 5 while the Droid X by Motorola is coming out on July 15. It has been reported that customers can change their order at no cost to the Motorola Droid X.

Verizon spokeswoman, Brenda Raney, told us that if you want change your order, call customer service and tell them you want to cancel your Droid Incredible order for a Droid X. On July 15, you will have to order either in a store or   online. a Droid X.  It has also been reported that those waiting for a Droid Incredible order are receiving $25 gift cards. Raney said that the gift cards were only sent to customers whose orders were not send on the promised ship date. Verizon is still doing all they can to keep up of the incredible Droid Incredible orders.

The wait has been so long for our readers we published an article giving you things to do to get ready for your Droid Incredible or HTC EVO 4G. There are some great tips for getting your Google account, contacts, email and passwords ready.

In the meantime, the question you probably want answered is "Should I switch my order from Droid Incredible to Droid X? There's a  new YouTube video of the Droid X by Motorola that shows it off well.

Sprint, Samsung Epic 4G, a Galaxy S smartphone and Samsung Mobile's first 4G Android device.The Samsung Epic 4G ups the Samsung Galaxy ante with a front-facing camera for video conferencing, a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and lightning-fast 4G speeds. The Epic comes loaded with Android 2.1 and will upgraded later.

Samsung Epic 4G  features a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display with Samsung Media Hub for media buying/storing,  AllShare for viewing on multiple devices and Social Hub for integrating social networking. The Epic 4G  also offers pinch-to-zoom, 5 MP camera/camcorder with autofocus, Visual Voicemail, Mobile Hotspot  up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to share the 4G experience simultaneously) and Wi-Fi b/g/n.