A new update for LG Revolution owners has begun its rollout. Users should be getting notifications to update to software version VS910ZV6 on their devices automatically -- if you're not seeing it, you may check for system updates manually. The list of changes for this update is rather long, so you'll want to check it out:

Email and Messaging

• Out of Office” feature now available for Exchange email.
• Auto-correct no longer incorrectly activates in email, ID and search message fields.
• Setting up email with multiple servers (i.e. cox.net) has been fixed.
• No longer receive duplicate emails on Yahoo Mail.

Call Features

• When on a call while in Vibrate mode and an incoming call is received, a short beep notification will sound instead of a vibration.

Device Features

• Keyboard no longer automatically opens when viewing a text message. Tap in text entry field to activate it.
• View album art for MPEG4 files on Music Player.

Applications and Widgets

• Voice data app now preloaded to enable text to speech.
• V CAST Music, V CAST Video and V CAST Tones come preloaded.

Updated Apps

• Amazon Kindle
• Netflix
• Rock Band®
• Bitbop™
• V CAST Apps
• Bing™ Search and Voice
• Tunewiki
• Slacker Radio
• VZ Navigator

That's about it -- a healthy update for sure. Most users should see it immediately, it doesn't appear to be a gradual roll out. If you've already got the update, and are looking to discuss the changes then hit up the Android Central LG Revolution forums.

Thanks, to everyone who sent this in!

OK, then. He's answering questions and stuff. On a Samsung Infuse 4G.

Source: AT&T and Samsung Present Keith Urban

Heads up, EVO Shift 4G owners. A small update that will bump you up to v2.76.651.5 should be arriving on Monday, Aug. 8. Once updated, anyone experiencing intermittent MMS/SMS sending issues will no longer be seeing error messages and MMS/SMS messages will go through as expected. Let us know when you get the update -- it should pop up as a notification on your device.

Update:  We just heard from AC reader Zachary that he has this update available now.  Go into "HTC Software Update" in your settings menu, and have a look.  Pic after the break.  Thanks Zachary!

Source: Sprint

The folks over at IGN (yeah, the game guys) got their hands on a leaked internal Verizon document that shows release dates for a slew of Android phones, as well as info about the LTE upgrade for the Motorola Xoom.  The big fellas on the list, the Motorola Bionic and Samsung Stratosphere, look to be scheduled for a September 8 release date, here's the break down:

• Samsung Stratosphere -- a phone we first outed in our Rumored Devices Forum weeks ago -- on Sep 8
• Motorola Droid Bionic on Sep 8
• Motorola Xoom LTE on Sep 8 (3G to 4G upgrade could be one week earlier)
• HTC Bliss with Android 2.3 on Sep 29
• HTC Vigor is slated to replace the Thunderbolt on Oct 5
• LG Revolution 2 to replace the LG Revolution on Oct 20
• Samsung Galaxy Tab P8 with LTE in November

Interesting to see the Thunderbolt and Revolution getting replaced in stores so soon, but that doesn't mean they are gone out to pasture -- just that something else will occupy their shelf space.  Also seeing the Stratosphere (rumored to be Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S II) and Bionic launching on the same day comes as a bit of a shocker.  And maybe the most interesting thing is the unnamed Galaxy Tab P8 -- could that be the 8.9 inch Galaxy Tab so many of us have been waiting for?  We'll have to wait a bit and see.  In the meantime, looks like the whole Verizon lineup just got a good bit better.

Source: IGN

We've seen a sneak peek of the Samsung Admire on MetroPCS, and now it's officially coming to regional carrier Cellular South. The Admire looks to be a pretty basic entry-level phone, with a 3.5-inch touchscreen at HVGA resolution. That's 320x480, which is what we consider to be the bare minimum these days, and not something we'd really recommend.

Official specs are a bit scarce, but it'll be running Android 2.3 and have a 3.2MP rear camera. The usual connectivity options (Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.) are on board, but you'll be on your own to supply a microSD card.

No word yet on pricing or availability. We've got more pics after the break.

Source: Cellular South; thanks, rscarpenter, for the tip!

Based on information collected from more than 700,000 applications installed on more than 10 million devices, the folks at Lookout have released their first Mobile Threat Report.  This data shows that the threat of coming across malware has increased by as much as 250 percent in the past six months.  We want to make it clear that the huge majority of Android applications, both in the official Market as well as other sources, are completely legitimate and built by honest, hard working developers -- but malware, spyware, and various nasty bits of code are out there.  We've seen them out there, both real issues and overblown ones.

Now it is certainly in a company involved in mobile security's advantage to report this kind of situation, but it's always best to know exactly what we are facing out there in the wild internet.  That's where Lookout's Mobile Threat Report enters the picture, explaining the different types of security issues users are likely to come up against, and information about how to protect yourself against them.  Armed with this information, and a smattering of old fashioned common sense, you'll be better able to make the right decisions.  Hit the break to see Lookout's press release, and visit the source link to read the Mobile Threat Report in it's entirety.

Source: Lookout

Google has released the numbers for the different platform versions accessing the Android Market ending Aug. 1, and there are no big surprises. Froyo still leads the pack with over 55 percent of devices running it, down about 10 percentage points because we're seeing a jump in devices running Android 2.3.3 or 2.3.4. The full breakdown is in the chart above, but if we take a quick comparison to the last time we looked at numbers, we see Android 1.5 shrinking by 0.4 percentage points, Android 1.6 dropping a half-percentage point, Eclair dropping a whopping 6 percentage points, and Honeycomb being split up into three versions for 1.3 percent total, up a full percentage point.

In simpler terms, like the ones used for other mobile operating systems, only 3.3 percent of all Android phones are not running version 2.x of the OS.  In more realistic terms, well outside of any reality distortion machinery, 18.3 percent of Android phones can't run applications designed for all devices.  It's a number that's slowly improving, and we hope to see the trend continue.

Source: Android Developer

Yes, the Droid Bionic won't be arriving until September. Yes, a lot of folks who were waiting for it have long since moved on. But that doesn't mean the information surrounding it is going to stop. Even if the device is no longer on your most wanted list -- it's still on the radar and now specs (final or not) have popped up on the Motorola dev site:

• 1GHz OMAP4430 dual-core
• 8 megapixels (3266 x 2450 w/ 1080p video)
• VGA Fixed Focus front facing camera
• Android 2.3.4
• 1GB RAM
• 4.3-inch qHD display
• HDMI 1.4
• Webtop Access
• 4G LTE

There's absolutely nothing there that surprises anyone, right? No mention of battery life or standby time exists on the documentation yet but Motorola still has some time to go ahead and update that information.

Source: Moto Dev Site; via: Android Central Forums

If you're the proud owner of a shiny new Motorola Photon 4G and itching for some root action, you're in luck -- provided you have the HD dock, some USB computer peripherals, and access to a monitor or TV with an HDMI input.  An exploit that can be delivered and run via the Webtop application has been discovered by Android hacker edgan, and it should get you rooted and ready to go as long as you have the required hardware.  The exploit and the method seem simple enough, you're just uploading a few files over an SSH connection, but the setup is where things get a little hairy.  Luckily, edgan has a really complete set of step-by-step instructions and links to all the needed resource files.  Hit the source link, have a read, and give it a whirl.

Update: Wanna see how it's done? We've got video after the break.

Source: XDA-Developers.  Thanks everyone who sent this in!