Remember when we reported Amazon was selling the Captivate and Vibrant for insane discounts? Well, Amazon has many other Android phones available for purchase now at far below what you will find in any carrier store or website. You do have to be a new customer to the carrier to get the price, but this should make it easier than ever to jump your current carrier's ship for that new Android phone you have been craving. We've rounded 'em all up for you after the break. [Amazon]

Part of working with Android means that manufacturers have to release the source code for their devices (minus the proprietary stuff, of course), and Samsung has coughed up its code for the Sprint Epic 4G. (Check out our full review) For most of us that means very little. But for those who like poking around the the innards of an Android ROM, it's pure gold. [Samsung Open Source Release Center via Android Central Forums] Thanks, ConceptVBS!

If there's ever been any doubt that Verizon is the current king of Android, you can put it to rest now. The HTC PD42100 -- a horizontal slider dual CDMA/GSM "world phone" that we've seen once before -- has made its way through the Federal Communications Commission. In addition to being able to work overseas, it's sporting Wifi b/g/n a 4-inch display, and possibly one of the fastest processors ever crammed into a production phone. (We'll have to see on that, of course.) And then, of course, there is the keyboard. If anybody knows how to make a horizontal slider, it's HTC.

No word on pricing or availability just yet, but we're going to sit here waiting, not so patiently, for this guy.[FCC via Engadget]

Keeping up with all this Android news that has been pumping through the feeds recently can be a bit of a difficult task. Sometimes it seems articles are being written faster then they can be read, and it is very easy to fall behind in what is going on. Have no fears because we as always got your back again. Check below for some of the articles that you may have missed this week.

News

• Sprint Epic 4G review: The Samsung Galaxy S grows a keyboard
• Trio of Android headed to Motorola's Chinese "Ming" line
• AT&T's Xperia X10 hardware hands-on
• Better pictures of the Motorola XT300 slider emerge [video]
• Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab is a go
• T-Mobile G2 renders break cover; that's one sexy keyboard
• Archos announces five new tablets
• Samsung Galaxy Tablet - one stop shop for all your needs
• Google responds to Steve Jobs' comments on activation numbers
• Nexus One gets a new software leak, Froyo version FRG33
• Verizon offering new prepaid data package for 3G smartphones
• Froyo on the Droid Incredible [video]

Applications

• Android Game review: Dead End
• Microsoft's Bing Android App now available -- if you're on Verizon
• Yahoo brings fantasy football to Android
• Android game review: Prism 3D [video]
• DoubleTwist announces a bevy of new and upcoming features
• Vlingo adds Foursquare support, takes 'shout outs' to the next level
• Skyfire updated, in the Market now
• Angry Birds for Android is here!!! [video]

Fresh from our Droid X forums, Natemz brings us a couple of cool custom boot animations. On the left, a spinning Android logo. On the right another for some little Android site we've heard a little bit about. You're going to need to be rooted, and there are a couple steps involved. But that's a small price to pay for looking good. Video of the Android logo animation is after the break, and check out the forums link for the whole shebang. [Android Central Forums]

T-Mobile USA in in negotiations to carry Huawei's new Ideos handset -- an entry-level Android handset that will ship with Android 2.2, so says the Wall Street Journal. WSJ's unnamed source, however, says that it's unsure if the deal will go through, and to expect the answer in four to six weeks.

Huawei is better know for its telco equipment (that's the stuff your carrier buys for its towers and data centers), and a push to get into the U.S. smartphone market is somewhat new.  Any manufacturer who can ship a solidly built messaging phone replacement, that also runs the latest and greatest version of Android is OK in my book.  Bring it!  We're trying to track one down at IFA, in the meantime hit the jump to see Huawei's promo video for the Ideos. [WSJ online]

A new device means new goodies, and this time we don't have to wait for the Samsung Fascinate to launch before we get a peek at it's innards.  We have the full system dump for you hackery types, as well as a bevy of new wallpapers and system sounds for the rest of us to enjoy:

• Full Fascinate system dump 
• Fascinate wallpapers
• Fascinate system sounds

Now all that's missing is a unit in our hands.  Big props to our mystery man for this Android treasure trove!  [Android Central Forums]