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T-Mobile Scoop has just confirmed some of the rumoured specs regarding the T-Mobile G2 smartphone. Inside Beneath the touchscreen display, you'll find a Qualcomm MSM7x30 800MHz CPU along with Android 2.2 "Froyo" and Flash support. This smartphone is also confirmed to have plain old vanilla Android on-board so that's good news for some of you out there. It should be launching for $199.99 on a 2-year contract but we don't know when it will hit the carrier.

[Engadget]

Okay, so there are some rumours going around about the specs of the HTC Ace, which some people are calling the HTC Desire HD or a European EVO 4G for some unknown reason. The specs of the Ace are said to feature a 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, an 8MP camera, and European 3G connectivity (no 4G support). Of course, these are fairly standard specs for the "superphones" out there, but the big thing that it may have out-of-the-box is Android 2.2 "Froyo". It seems that the one thing holding up the launch is the Sense UI skinning that HTC still has to work on. The body of the Ace is also tipped to be unibody aluminum.

[Slash Gear]

According to DigiTimes, Acer has two tablets up their sleeve. There's a 7-inch and a 10-inch Android-based tablet in the works and they'll be hitting the market before the end of the year. Both of them are reportedly going to be based on an ARM CPU and will be sporting Android 2.2 "Froyo" so there'll be Flash support. This is some great news for the Android lovers out there, now we need pictures!

[Engadget, Liliputing, Phandroid]

Cowon is about to update their V5 PMP / MID with their new V5W. This device is going to feature a 4.8-inch touchscreen WVGA display, up to 64GB of flash storage, WiFi b/g support, an SD card slot, Flash support, and Cowon's own UI over top of Windows CE 6.0. Apparently, this device will be capable of pumping out Full HD video thanks to the HDMI output that you'll find on it. The battery life is said to be 45 hours of music playback and 300 hours of standby (no word on video playback though). Look out for later this month in Korea, but the price is unknown.

[Slash Gear]

Motorola and Verizon are expected to clear up the air about their upcoming DROID smartphones on June 23rd. Both companies - along with Adobe - will be taking the stage in New York to announce the next-generation of DROID. The DROID 2 seems like a sure candidate for the event but I'm hoping that the DROID X is at the even as well. We should see some Flash as well seeing how Adobe will be there.

[Engadget]

At Google I/O yesterday, they announced version 2.2 of Android which being called Froyo - as you may already know. This new iteration is said to bring a 2-5x speed boost - thanks to a JIT compiler - as well as the world's fastest mobile browser. Of course, there'll also be other goodies like tethering, Adobe Flash 10.1 / AIR support, auto-updating apps, and the ability to install apps on an SD card. Froyo will also have Cloud-to-Device API as well as better Enterprise support, including Exchange support and improved security. HTC mentioned that if you're device began shipping in 2010, you'll likely be getting an upgrade to Froyo so you're free to get the HTC Desire or the DROID Incredible, or the EVO 4G now.

Update: Engadget has pointed out that the Froyo SDK is now available!

[Slash Gear, Engadget, Beta News]

Like we heard almost two months ago, the Motorola i1 (Opus One) would be available on SouthernLINC in the US first. It's now available (here) for a whopping $200 on a 2-year contract and $275 on a 1-year contract. In case you forgot, this handset is actually quite rugged with a military 810F spec. Other specs include a 3.1-inch HVGA touchscreen display, a 5MP camera with a dual-LED flash, GPS / WiFi support, a microSD card slot, the Swype keyboard, Adobe Flash Lite support, and Android underneath MOTOBLUR.

[Phone Arena]

It'll be hard to trump the iPad, but this Mastone Lifespad 3G is going to try to do that - but it'll fail of course. This tablet is said to feature a 1GHz Freescale CPU, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, 3G connectivity, and Android 2.1 with full Flash support. It does have the upper-hand spec-wise, but who knows how well it will work in the real world. Of course, this may never hit the market but it has some potential.

[Crunch Gear]

Someone over at Zedomax got their hands on a prototype tablet running Android. Apparently, this tablet was able to run both Adobe Air and Flash "flawlessly". The sad part about this oh-so-exciting news is that we have no solid details on whatever this tablet is. Of course, you can check out two videos below to see exactly what they're talking about. Hopefully we'll see this at some event in the future like, you know, Computex.





[Gizmodo, Engadget]

Google Android's boss, Andy Rubin, has just spilled a bit more details about their latest iteration version 2.2 "Froyo". This version will come with full Flash support and we already know that 2.2 will also try to do away with fragmentation. We'll see what happens when it happens, but if you're looking to read up on exactly what was said then check out the New York Times.

[Engadget]

Velocity Micro - a company I've never heard before - has just shown off their latest tablet and it's going to be running Android 2.1. Dubbed the Cruz Tablet, this will sport a 7-inch capacitive multitouch display, an 800MHz CPU, a 2MP front-facing webcam, and Flash 10.1 support. It'll come with a docking station so that you can use it as a digital picture frame whenever you want. The price tag is expected to be right around $300 and it'll be released in "late Summer" whenever that is. One prototype photo is below, check out the Engadget link for more photos.

Update: According to Crunch Gear, Velocity Micro also has a Cruz Reader in the making as well. This one is going to be priced at $199.99. There'll be access to the "Cruz Market" for both devices. The differences between the Cruz Tablet and the Cruz Reader aren't clear right now.

[Engadget]

Dell must love today's date because they have just unveiled their third handset of the night and they're all looking extremely great. This one is the Dell Flash and it's going to be running Android 2.1 "Froyo" when it launches in Q1 2011. It'll be capable of running on AT&T's 3G network.

This handset is expected to pack a 3.5-inch WVGA LCD touchscreen display, a 5MP AF camera, 512MB of RAM / ROM, a microSD card slot (up to 64GB), WiFi / Bluetooth 3.0 support, TV output, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a Qualcomm MSM7230 800MHz CPU, 850 / 1900 / 2100MHz HSPA (14.4Mbps / 5.6Mbps), and an 11mm thin body. It's a pretty good looking handset and it's not that bad on the spec sheet either. Of course, the "Stage" UI will be over top of Android and it'll have Flash 10.1 support. Apparently, this handset will be made of "curved glass" so don't drop it.

Right now this handset is looking pretty good, but keep in mind that the launch is set for next year where these specs will be less-than average. Check out the link below for more information.

[Engadget]

This morning, Adobe and Google announced a partnership and the first thing they've done is pre-installed Flash on the dev build of Google Chrome. That's not all though. Google mentioned that deep Flash integration will also be included into the Chrome OS as well, which we know will be hitting some netbooks and possibly even tablets before the end of the year.

We already know that the iPad doesn't support Flash so this is really something. Hopefully Google will be able to keep up the battery life while playing those Flash videos - they should also keep it from crashing as much as well. HTML5 may be the future, but a lot of websites and games out there still rely on Flash so it's good to know that Google has got Adobe's back.

This Apple and Google relationship is really starting to turn extremely sour.

[Tech Crunch]

At CTIA, Nvidia showed off a tablet prototype powered by their Tegra 2 chipset and it was running Android. To make things even better, this prototype had Flash support, which is pretty awesome. Of course, it'll take a bit of your battery life, but it could be worth it, right? Check out the video below, if you want to see it for yourself. If you click the link below there are two more videos demoing what the tablet can do so far.



[Mashable]

Shuttle is hyping up their XS35 nettop launch by demoing what it can do on video. It's running an underwhelming Atom D510 CPU but it's paired up with Nvidia Ion 2 graphics so it still manages to smoothly play 1080p content - whether that's Blu-ray or Flash. Engadget points out that this nettop would be perfect to use as an HTPC so check out the video below.

Two new videos of the HP Slate have just been spotted on YouTube, but they were actually put up late last week. In the video it shows us that this Slate will have Flash support and it also shows off some AIR applications which shouldn't be surprising since it has the Windows 7 OS on there. Unfortunately, you'll have to use the built-in Windows keyboard which doesn't look like it'll be easy. The specs are still pretty much unknown so for now you can enjoy the videos below.





[Engadget]