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We can't confirm this report but there's some word floating around that the European HTC Hero will receive the update to Android 2.1 in February. The timeframe we got was February 15-17 but obviously since no official word has come down, we can't be positive. The site with the news, android.com.pl...

This is getting quite ridiculous Google. Word on the street is that the European Nexus One will have multitouch--yes the feature that we have begged and begged for since Android launched to no avail. The Nexus One on Germany's Heise has already been shown off with the wonderful pinch to zoom and gestures and we can probably assume Vodafone's Nexus One will have the same.

The HTC Tattoo is already available for Vodafone UK customers but us stateside Android users are left in the dark about this very unique Android phone. The HTC Tattoo runs the HTC Sense UI and its hardware shell can be personally designed to...

We've expected the Android-powered Acer A1 for quite some time now and things are beginning to fall in place for the rumored late 2009, early 2010 launch date to come to fruition. eXpansys is offering the Acer A1 for pre-order (in France and Germany) for roughly $570. The price may be a little steep but...

The news that Samsung is preparing three Android Devices for the European Market in 2009 isn't that much of a stretch because we're already anticipating three devices from Samsung stateside. Either way we look at this, it's a win-win. Whatever Android devices we get or Europe gets, it should happen both ways--that's okay in...

Following up on our earlier report that Android Market can now be targeted to users in some European Countries we have caught word that the T-Mobile G1 will actually soon be available in said countries. T-Mobile announced that they'll have the G1 available to the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Austria by January 30th. Germany will follow on February 2nd and Poland will release the G1 sometime later.

Google's Eric Chu has contacted Android Developers that new countries can now be targeted in Android Market. Though not all of these countries actually have Android-capable phones quite yet, when they finally do, they'll have a slew of apps to choose from.