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• HTC to launch Click, two other Android handsets in China

  The China subsidiary of High Tech Computer (HTC) will launch up to three mobile handsets with Google's Android operating system this year, according to the company.

• Motorola's 'Sholes' Android smartphone headed to Verizon

  Motorola's second phone based on the Android mobile operating system is called Sholes and will sport some beefy specs and sleek design that will appeal to serious smartphone users, according to photos and specs leaked online. Last week details regarding Motorola's first Android phone, Morrison, were leaked online, but the phone's specifications and design failed to wow.

• Acer dumps Google Android netbook

  Acer's plans to launch an Aspire One netbook running Google's Android operating system have been shelved.

• Several Chinese Android phones due in Europe this year

  At least three Chinese companies have put Google's Android operating system on mobile phones they say will launch in Europe this year.

• Sony Ericsson Google Android phone revealed

  An online retailer is listing a version of Sony Ericsson's Windows Mobile smartphone the Xperia, with one major difference. The new Xperia appears to run the Google Android operating system.

• Report: Google Voice app headed for Blackberry, Android

  Google Voice is headed for Blackberry and Android handsets, potentially turning smart phones into your hub for managing voice mail, all your contacts, and making low-cost phone calls, according to reports surfacing on the Web today.

• Teo launches unified communications system to integrate with Microsoft Exchange

  Teo will launch a new unified communications system that integrates with Microsoft Exchange late this year, the company announced today at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.

• Chrome, Android have different jobs, Google says

  Google's emerging Chrome operating system won't squeeze out Android, according to Andy Rubin, the company's vice president of mobile engineering platforms.

• Android, Chrome OS differ over voice communications

  As soon as Google Inc. announced it was working on the new Chrome operating system, questions arose over how the new OS will differ from the Android mobile OS, and whether it might spell the end of Android.

• T-Mobile launches myTouch 3G; no plans for HTC Hero

  While Google Chrome OS is the hottest news right now, Google's Android OS is still revving to invade the smartphone market. At the T-Mobile myTouch 3G launch event in New York City this morning, T-Mobile execs announced that the T-Mobile myTouch 3G is available for online pre-orders starting today. Delivery is guaranteed by August 5.

• Report: Nokia to unveil Google Android phone

  In an attempt to arrest its declining market share, Nokia will use September's Nokia World conference to unveil its first touchscreen Google Android mobile phone.

• Leaked: Sony Ericsson's upcoming Android phone

  We know for some time now that Sony Ericsson (SE) is working on a Google Android based mobile phone, but the company has been keeping mum on details. However, pictures leaked by a Danish site appear to reveal Sony Ericsson's upcoming Android phone, and it looks like a good one.

• Google's Android gets native development capabilities

  Google moved to boost its Android mobile device software platform this week by offering developers a kit that enables them to call native code from Android applications.

• HTC puts new face on latest Google Android phone, Hero

  Smartphone developer High Tech Computer (HTC) introduced a completely revamped user interface (UI) on its latest smartphone running Google Android software, the HTC Hero, highlighting the importance companies see in making users love the software on their handset.

• Motorola set to embrace Android with new phones

  Motorola plans to release a new line of Android-based handsets in time for holiday sales, potentially rearranging the smartphone market in Google's favour. This is more bad news for Microsoft, which takes a further backseat to Google and could make Palm's supposed ascendency a poorer bet. Apple is unfazed.