The bad news: The U.S. version of the Dell Streak launched with Android 1.6. The good news: It might skip Android 2.1 altogether and go straight to Android 2.2. Normally I'd never pass up a perfectly good Eclair (to which my waistline would sadly nod its head in agreement), but in this case I'll make an exception. A leap to Froyo would make sense, and let's hope we start seeing a few other phones (cough, Xperia X10) follow suit. [@LionelAtDell via Engadget]

Specifications for the upcoming HTC Bee and Lexikon have partially leaked out, and from what we see here, both are something to look forward too.  The Bee, which we've talked about before, is rumored to be heading to Verizon and Cellular South and looks to be a great entry-level device.  Froyo, Sense UI, and a small (3.2-inch) screen should make for a snappy little phone, even with a dated 528 MHz processor. 

The Lexikon, with a larger (3.8-inch) display, a QWERTY keyboard, and a factory-underclocked MSM7630 Snapdragon processor sounds a whole lot like the HTC Vision/G1 Blaze supposedly headed for T-Mobile, which may or may not be the first HSPA+ Android phone.  Yeah, there are a whole lot of ifs and maybes, but that's what happens when you're dealing with leaks and rumors.  We're not complaining --  we love getting them.  [911sniperBlog] Thanks Tommy!

Chances are if you have a Nexus One you don't mind a little hackery. And chances are you're already a devout follower of the way of Cyanogen. And with that, a third release candidate the CM6 ROM has been released, bringing more (and better) custom Froyo to the N1.

As always, we recommend backing up all your apps and data first, just in case. Then get to downloading (either at the source link, XDA or Rom Manager), and have at it! [CyanogenMod]

HTC's ShopAmerica website now has official Nexus One accessories available for order, including the official desktop dock (see our review), and the car dock (review).  If you just never got around to buying a dock for your Nexus One, then shook your fist in vain when Google stopped selling the Nexus and its accessories, this is great news.  Do note that both docks are on backorder, so "now available" really means "order now," and wait until at least August 17 for shipping.  I've ordered mine -- anyone else jumping on these so they aren't left in the cold if they disappear again? [HTC America] Thanks Tom!

Another week has passed us by, and fear not, we have yet another Android device available publicly. This week we saw the release of the Motorola Droid 2 -- find all our launch coverage at that link -- which sure made a lot of people happy. There was a ton of news, we cranked through it all, and if you weren't able to keep up, (we can't blame you) here is a recap of the rest of the news:

News

• Leaked Verizon roadmap shows tons more Android, LTE rollout
• Droid X overclocked
• HP's Zeen eReader to run Android
• Fix coming for Froyo audio issues
• Android trojan found in the wild
• Best Buy tablet in the works?
• Android users supposedly getting less sex than iPhone, BlackBerry owners
• HTC releases kernel sources for Aria, Evo, Incredible, Wildfire
• Nothing says forever like UnrEVOked
• R2-D2 Droid 2 date pinned at Sept. 30; plus, more pictures
• Oracle taking Google to court over Java patents
• Droid 2 gets torn down; insides look familiar, too
• Dell Streak now available in U.S., see Android 2.1 leaked abroad
• Droid Incredible rumored to get Froyo on Aug. 18

Applications

• Android Quick App: Home Run Battle 3D
• Android Quick App: Pulse
• Android Quick App: Wordfeud Free
• SwiftKey Keyboard gains speech-to-text
• Google updates Gesture Search app, now with flipping action
• Android Quick App: Crush the Castle
• Tweetdeck for Android now in open beta
• Evernote updated with widget and more

How incredible is the HTC Droid Incredible? A couple of homegrown commercials posted in our forums have completely nailed what would make my perfect smartphone. And I'm hoping a future installment will make me a drink. Ease on past the break to see what we're talking about. [Android Central Forums]

Blur gets a lot of undeserved hate.  Sure it may not be as pretty out-of-the-box as Sense, or as sleek and lean as stock Android, but PhilBlur can look great if you take the time.  Check out some of the great looks members have going on in the Droid X forums! [Android Central forums] Pic courtesy of terpitude71!

 A long time ago, in a Kmart far, far away

Looks like my quest for an Augen Gentouch 78 tablet will end in failure.  Word is that Kmart has halted sales of this jewel mediocre tablet, possibly because of the big ugly Android Market SNAFU,  or the huge number of returns, or maybe because there's a global Kmart plot to keep one out of my hands.  Anyhoo, reports are in from those who ordered online that the orders are canceled, and after endlessly bothering my local Kmart, I was told that all orders for the tablet are to be filled with either an even lower spec Augen Android netbook, or the Augen 7" eReader running some ARM variant of Linux.  I guess it just wasn't meant to be, and I'll have to wait for the next mythical Android tablet.  [AndroidTablets.net]