Modu makes Android

Modu's mini handset and clever jackets didn't really make much of an impact, slowly sneaking onto the market and without the wide range of accessories that we were hoping for (you can buy one here). But the concept of a modular phone was interesting and certainly a radical and new idea.

It's a surprise therefore to see an Android phone from Modu, but here it is.. or at least a prototype. As it stands, it's a tiny Android touchscreen phone competing against the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini which we guess gives it a certain appeal.

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Android share up 3% in UK

GfK reports that Android's share of the UK contract (post-pay) market grew 3% in Q1 2010 to reach 13.2%.

Sales of "Advanced Operating System" handsets (smartphones to you and I) accounted for a whopping 66.7% of contract sales in Q2, with latest figures indicating a 73.5% market share. Remember though that a lot of these smartphones are going to be Nokia S60 handsets, where the users may not even realise that they can download apps at all.

Although market share is still quite low, the growth of Android seems to have an unstoppable momentum in the UK market.

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$35 Android tablet rumoured for India

File this one under "rumours", because frankly we don't think that it is possible.. but AndroidOS.in  is covering a story about an alleged $35 Android tablet for the Indian market, with a 5" display, WiFi, 2GB internal memory and a USB port for $35.. what is even more unbelievable is the claim that it could go even lower.

Frankly, we don't think that this is possible.. even in large volumes. Things like 5" touchscreens are fairly pricey, and high demand for them would possibly even drive prices up due to component and raw material shortages. Even Nokia can only manage something like the Nokia C1-00 for that price. Anyway, good luck to them, we say..

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Sharp Lynx.: Android tablet plus QWERTY keyboard

Yesterday we looked at some upcoming Android tablets and said that we'd love to see one with a QWERTY keyboard. Well.. here's one, the Sharp Lynx which pretty much does everything that we want.

Before you get too excited, the Lynx is heading for NTT DOCOMO is Japan only. We can see no real reason why it couldn't be tweaked a bit for Europe though, and really we would very much like to see it over here.

The specs are very nice indeed - a 960 x 480 pixel screen, trackball, GPS, WiFi and a 5.3 megapixel camera (an odd number we guess). At 148 x 84 x 18mm and 230 grams it's certainly easier to carry around than a laptop, but a lot more convenient than a smartphone.

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Droid 2 dummy gives the game away

Do you want a Motorola DROID 2 for just $29.99? Well you can.. as long at you don't mind it being this dummy phone.

There have been a few leaks about the DROID 2 lately, but the dummy probably gives the best idea of what it different. The main change is a much larger and better looking keyboard, otherwise the changes are quite subtle. We do notice that the DROID 2 still has a 5 megapixel camera on the back though.

What's inside is more interesting.. we can only speculate about the internals, but Motorola really need to put a 1GHz processor and more RAM into the DROID 2 to make it truly competitive. And we also imagine that this means that the MILESTONE 2 is just around the corner too..

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Digital Trends roundup of Android Tablets

Android lends itself pretty well to the tablet format we think, and Digital Trends have this roundup of upcoming and rumoured tablet devices.

Although the Dell Streak is available now, we think that it's just an oversized smartphone.. and frankly we're not big fans of Dell's laughable approximation of customer service. Some of these other device are much more like the iPad, some are much more fanciful.

One criticism of these designs is that they are all very "me too". We'd love to see a subnotebook format Android device with a decent keyboard!

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LogMeIn Ignition for Android

Ever wanted to control your desktop PC from your phone? Now you can with LogMeIn Ignition for Android, available from the Android Market for $29.99. We can't vouch for how well it works, but one immediate downside will be that you have to leave your PC logged in all the time. Apparently this is a popular app for the iPhone too, whatever that is.



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