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The Nexus One has been confirmed to be the renowned Google phone by Cory O’Brien, a San Francisco marketer, in a Twitter update. A photo proves the phone that gazes like the leaked HTC Passion. The Android 2.1-powered cell phone has a 3.5- to 3.7-inch OLED touchscreen, a five-megapixel camera, a trackball, GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity. A few sources have already mentioned that the Google phone would run on the T-Mobile 3G network.

Each developer handset that was unconfined to date has been an account of a production gadget for the United States. This is the reason why the newly leaked Nexus One will possibly be very liable to the public model predictable to be unconfined in January next year. The CDMA deviation of the fervor could be Verizon’s next Droid version. Nexus One will be an HTC non-exclusive Android-powered phones in the United States.

Until now, we’ve found out that the Android-powered Huawei U8220 is coming to T-Mobile Europe as T-Mobile Pulse, but without having details about its price and release date.

Well, it looks like the unannounced Android smartphone will be available starting October this year. At least that’s what a report from Tweakers.net says.

The Pulse U8220 has just appeared on pre-order at a Dutch retailer’s website, priced at €257 (about $366) – free of contract, but locked on T-Mobile’s network.

Although resembling the previous photo of the Pulse, the images made available by the retailer seem to be showing only a reference design, so the final product may look different.

Here’s what we’ve got so far regarding the specs of T-Mobile Pulse / Huawei U8220:

* 3.5 inch touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixels
* HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
* Wi-Fi
* GPS
* Microsoft Exchange support
* Bluetooth 2.0
* 3.2MP camera
* MicroSD card support

All in all, the Pulse seems to be worth the €257 – I’m actually surprised that its price is so low. Now let’s hope that this is indeed the price for which it will be sold.

Computer maker Dell (DELL) was expected to launch a Android-based mobile phone in China a few days ago, but it hasn’t happened yet. However, it seems that this device is all but ready since the specifications list of the device have emerged, along with some photos.

Specifications:

* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE class 12

* Size: 68.6cc

* 103g grams weight

* Dimensions: 58 x 122 x 11.7mm

* Display: 3.5″ nHD 640×360 LCD, 18-bit, 262K colors

* OTA capable

* Microsoft Exchange support

* Google, AIM, Yahoo and MSN IM support

* 3 megapixel auto-focus, flash, 8x digital zoom camera with 30fps video shooting mode, built in photo editor

* USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

* A-GPS

* On-screen QWERTY keyboard, hardwriting recognition, multi touch UI

* MicroSD slot

Though it is only available in China now, there’s a chance that this or a similar Dell device will be hitting stores stateside.

Image From BGR

Rumors are running everywhere that Motorola are planning to launch two new Android smartphones some time in 2009. One is the Sholes and the other is the Morrison. Now, the Android and Me guys has just leaked the purported spec list. Let’s have a see.

Motorola Morrison Specs:

CPU: Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz

Memory: 256MB RAM

Flash Rom: 512 MB

Memory Card Type: microSDHC, Class 6, 32 GB supported (max)

Display: 320×480 (HVGA)

Accelerometer: 3-axis, Four-way screen rotation

Magnetometer; Proximity Sensor; Ambient Light Sensor

Voice Bands: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, W-CDMA 900/(1700 or 1900)/2100

Wireless: 802.11 b/g, WEP, WPA, 802.11i (WPA2)

Bluetooth Version: 2.0 + EDR

Bluetooth Profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, GAP, HFP 1.5, HSP, SDAP, SPP

USB: USB 2.0 High Speed, Micro USB connector

Headset Jack: 3.5mm, Stereo out, Mic

Camera Resolution: 5 megapixels

Image Capture Resolution (max): 2560×1920

Camera Features: Autofocus, White Balance, Geotagging, Color Effects

Camera Digital Zoom (max): 5.4x

Video Recording Resolution: 320×240 (QVGA)

Video Recording Frame Rate: 25 fps

Location Services: Standalone GPS w/ internal antenna, Assisted GPS, E-Compass

The Motorola Morrison will be a budget handset, but it’s still a pretty solid little smartphone. Expected on T-Mobile’s network, the Morrison is rumored for an October 21 release, but no price.

Motorola Sholes Specs:

CPU: OMAP3430 – 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX 530 GPU + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)

Dimensions: 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm

Weight: 169 g

Battery: Li-ion 1400 mAh.

Standby 450 hours, talk time 420 minutes

3.7-inch touch-sensitive display with a resolution of 854×480 pixels, 16 million color depth. Physical screen size is 45.72 mm by 81.34 mm.

512MB/256MB ROM/RAM

microSD / microSDHC expansion slot

Camera: 5.0 megapixel with autofocus and video recorder

Connectivity: USB2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Wi-Fi

Supported audio formats: AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM / WAV, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA

Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV

GPS navigation

The Motorola Sholes is said to come on Verizon’s network, and is rumored for a November release. The expected retail price for the Motorola Sholes (with a Verizon contract) is $199.