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Skype has released a new Skype Mobile beta, which is now compatible with Android, and available for over 100 Java-enabled phones from LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. The new app includes such features like support for Skype-to-Skype calls, instant messaging, Skype calls to landlines or mobile phones, receiving calls to your online phone number on Skype and see Skype contacts online/offline status.

After yesterday's photo appearance the second Android-powered handste, the Kogan Agora is now featured on YouTube in a new video review. Check it out below. More info on the phone will be unveiled at CES.

And we thought it has become vaporware by now... New spy pictures of the Kogan Agora have appeared online, and the device is said to be introduced at CES, though there was no official confirmation on that. We'll keep you up to date.

If you want to play with the Android, but hate T-Mobile G1, then the Android-powered HTC Touch HD is your choice. Here's a video demonstrating the device. The quality is poor, but it's normal for such kind of videos.

Well, this is the proof of what we told you a while ago: a few blurry photos of the OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner running Android as its OS. Apart from that there were no hardware changes made to the handet, and it still features:

• 2.8" VGA display;
• 400MHz Samsung 2442 CPU;
• GSM/GPRS;
• Wi-Fi;
• Bluetooth;
• AGPS

Still no word on pricing and availability, but that we'll find out soon enough.

Huawei announced today that the company is planning to release a new Android-based smartphone in Q3 2009 in the Asia-pacific region. Other two Android handsets for that region include HTC Dream and Kogan Technologies’ Agora, which will hit Australia on January 29.

Stay tuned.

2009 is going to be the year of Android for sure. Today Samsung has announced its plans on releasing a new Android-based phone on both Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile US networks in Q2 next year.

Apparently, the upcoming handset will be a hybrid version of the Samsung Omnia and Instinct, or in other words, a yet another full-screen handset, the likes of which are very popular nowadays.

Here's a new video demonstrating the Android OS running on an HTC Touch smartphone. As seen, it runs pretty smooth, but the best thing about Android in this case is that you'll be able to return to Windows Mobile anytime by simply restarting your handset. Ain't it cool?

Click the source link to download the build.

Google has launched its new Android Dev Phone 1, an unlocked Android-based handset meant especially for application developers. The phone will feature a 3Mpix camera, support for Wi-Fi and GPS, as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE networks, and will be available for $399 + $25 developer registration fee.

The recently uncovered Android-powered QiGi i6 handset from China has been caught on video. Looks pretty good. Do you think it could compete with the T-Mobile’s G1?