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One of the Samsung's three upcoming Android handsets, the S8000, has surfaced today in a clear pic. According to the Russian reseller Euroset, the specifications of the phone include:

• Android OS;
  
• 3.1″ AMOLED WVGA touchscreen;
• 5Mpix camera with dual LED flash;
• FM radio with RDS;
• 2GB internal memory and microSD slot;
• 3.

The Bluetooth SIG group hinted us today on an upcoming HTC device, which wasn’t listed in the previously leaked HTC 2009 lineup. It's labeled the HTC Fiesta, and will most likely be released next year. Today we can only presume it will be Android-powered, will have bluetooth support, and will be targeting Asian, European and North American markets.

As you can see below, the grandfather of all shooters DOOM has been ported to to the G1 and Android OS. It's still in an early BETA state, but is playable and is available on the Android Marketplace for G1 owners. Be sure to watch the attached video before installing the game on your handset.

According to the latest rumors an Android-powered Huawei handset will be coming to T-Mobile in Q3 2009 and is currently going through the testing phase. Details are very scarse at the moment, so we'll just name some of the phone's rumored features:

• 5Mpix camera;
• 3.5mm headphone jack;
• Cupcake update;
• Wi-Fi

Stay tuned for more details.

According to the Phillipine BusinessMirror, the first Android phone from Acer will be called the A1 and will launch in September. In case you're wondering, the mysterious white handset pictured above is the upcoming Acer C1, which should be released alongside the A1. There's no source for this news, so consider it a rumor.

Unfortunately, this is the only picture of the device available... Apparently this Android-powered Samsung handset was unveiled at a Samsung dealer show in Amsterdam. So far we know that it's a quad-band GSM/UMTS 900/2100 phone with a capacitive touchscreen, 528MHz processor, a decent amount of memory and microSD card expansion. However, this info is not confirmed yet. Stay tuned for more details.

According to Vodafone UK’s website, the Android-powered HTC Magic will be launched by the carrier during April 2009. There was no specific date was given, and pre-orders are not yet available, but all willng can register for updates. Stay tuned for more info.

SIM Technology has presented a custom version of its U1 handset at the MWC. What's so special about it? Well, it was running a fully functional Android OS on a VGA screen. This alone will make a lot of consumers interested in the said device. As for the features, the phone comes with:

• Android OS;
• Quad-band EDGE support;
• Tri-band HSDPA support;
• 2.

This picture was taken from the Google’s demo of its offline Gmail support for mobile devices, and as you can see the given handset features a T-Mobile branding at its top, which is a clear indication that T-Mobile will be its official carrier. Assuming the phone runs Android we suppose this handset is the rumored T-Mobile G2, or HTC Magic.

Right after the official announcement of the HTC Magic, videos of the phone started to pop up. Here is one of them: