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The source code for the Donut, an Android OS upgrade similar to Cupcake, has been made available to developers. It works on both the G1 and Magic, and includes the following features:

• Multi-touch support;
• Universal search;
• Text-to-speech;
• Automated backups;
• Redesigned camera app;
• New widgets;
• CDMA radio support

Visit XDA for more info.

Here's a new photo of the HTC Click, a leaked low-end Android handset, taken from a Vietnamese forum. The HTC Click should feature the new Sense UI like the HTC Hero, a D-pad instead of a trackball, and could be released by Q4 2009.

It looks like the upcoming Motorola Morrison will be Android-powered. At least that's what we see on this photo. Apparenly, it runs the vanilla Android build, though it might be a custom one, and we can clearly see some of the soft keys. The phone's specifications remain unknown, but we’ll keep you up to date on that.

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|f you're looking for a cheap Android handset, look no further than the HTC Click. It hasn't been announced yet, but it's rumored to be working on Android OS, and we have a couple of live pictures of it here. We can't really tell whether all of this is real or not, but it's pretty much what we'd expect a low-end HTC Android phone would look like.

We don't have any details on the Click's release, pricing and specs, but we'll let you know once we get any additional info.

LG is known to be working on a few Android handsets, and we’re pretty excited to learn that the GW620 Eve may be the first LG device to run Android. The official announcement is closing fast, and we can't wait for it to happen. Details are still scarce for now, but we do know the handset will have the Android browser, HVGA touchscreen display, full-QWERTY keypad, Wi-Fi and UMTS/HSDPA support.

It looks like the Samsung InstinctQ isn't the only phone that's got the WiFi Alliance certification this week. There's also the new Samsung "Behold2", apparently the successor to T-Mobile's Behold. According to CellPhoneSignal, the model will be labeled as SGH-T939 and will come with an Android Browser, which is an indirect proof it will also be running Android. We'll wait for the official confirmation on that.

A new Samsung SPH-M900 InstinctQ has received WiFi Alliance certification several days ago. Currently we only know that it will be powered by Google’s Android OS, as reported by cellpassion, and should be coming to Sprint USA by end of this year. Stay tuned for more details.

T-Mobile USA's CTO Cole Brodman, speaking today at an event in New York said that the company "has no plans to bring the HTC Hero to market" in the U.S. Instead they will be offering the HTC myTouch 3G.

Starting today, the Android-powered T-Mobile myTouch 3G is available for pre-order, so don't waste time and and click the ‘Pre-order now’ button right away! The handset costs $199.99, with a guaranteed delivery date of August 5th. Existing customers can go ahead and place their pre-orders until July 28th.

According to CNET, Mozilla is planning to deliver its mobile Firefox (aka Fennec) browser to the Android OS. About a year ago Mozilla said that Java was too limited in terms of functionality, so they refused to use it, but since Google has recently announced the Android NDK (Native Development Kit) v1.0, which should enable developers to write programs running in the operating system’s Linux-based layer, they should have no problem compiling an Android version of the Fennec.