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Motorola Europe announced that it will soon issue two Android OS updates for their European customers. They said that Android 2.0.1 is "on its way" for the Milestone, which will be followed on by the latest 2.1 "in the next 2 months." MOTODEXT owners will receive the 2.1 update too, but later.

The Dell Mini 3i, which is currently available in China and U.S. has been *indirectly* announced for the European market, starting with the UK. Here's the official statement: Dell Mini 3i “was built specifically with the UK in mind” - how and why is beyond me, but you get the idea. Still, there was no word on what carriers will offer the device in the UK, when, and at what price.

Apparently Rogers will be exchanging their users' handsets (on the customers' will, of cource). Owners of the HTC Dream will be offered to replace their current handset with the Android 2.1 based Magic, for FREE. Thus Dream users will get to choose whether they want a handset with the newer firmware or the one with a physical QWERTY keyboard.

The current build of the software is far from being functional, but atleast there's hope. More details here.

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Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said that the company will release an Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid and the CLIQ. He didn't say when, though.

Here's another, not-so-fancy addition to the Android family, the General Mobile's COSMOS handset. It may not be from HTC or Motorola, but can serve as a good stylish replacement for some of their recen't models.Specs:

• Android 2.0;
• 3.2” 320 x 480 HVGA touchscreen;
• 5Mpix auto-focusing camera;
• 1500 mAh battery;

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AndroidSPIN has spread a rumor claiming that the first Android device, the T-Mobile G1, will receive an official Android 2.smth OTA update in the near future. We, however, suggest you to wait for the official confirmation and not get too excited.

The working ROM should be available to everyone shortly.

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Mplayit, the company that hosts application stores for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Java platforms within Facebook, has launched a new app store for the Android OS. Android handset owners can now use the same portal to search and download applications to their devices. There are over 15,000 apps available, which can be shared via Facebook.

More info: http://apps.facebook.com/androidarcade/