Motorola officially announced its DROID 2 GLOBAL Android smartphone with support for CDMA 800/1900, CDMA EV-DO Rev. A 800/1900 , WCDMA 850/1900/2100, and quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks. The World Edition DROID 2, like the original DROID/Milestone and DROID 2, has a side-slide QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch 480×854 capacitive touchscreen. As for CPU, the GLOBAL gets a boost from 1GHz to 1.2GHz. It runss Android 2.2 OS with Adobe Flash Player 10, Swype keyboard, Google apps and 3G Mobile Hotspot function built-in. The phone supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and WiFi

T-Mobile launches the new Comet affordable Android mobile phone that is priced at just $9.99, with a 2-year contract after $50 rebate. The Comet is just a T-Mobile-branded Huawei IDEOS. With such as low price, you won’t expect the latest and fastest specs, though it still packs a 528MHz processor, 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM. The Comet has a 2.8-inch touchscreen, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, GPS/AGPS support, FM radio, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The phone runs the latest Android 2.2 Froyo OS. Alongside the Comet, T-Mobile is also launching the LG Optimus T and the rugged Motorola

Acer officially introduces in the UK the Liquid Metal, its latest Android smartphone. Powered by the new SnapDragon 7230 800MHz processor like the T-Mobile G2, the Liquid Metal runs Android 2.2 OS. Looks a bit like its predecessor, the Liquid and Liquid e, this Metal phone has a more curvy design and gets solid and resistant steel casing with a chrome trim. The Liquid Metal has a 3.6-inch capacitive touchscreen; a 5 Megapixel camera with 720p video recording, LED flash, image stabilizer, and facial and smile recognition; WiFi and support for HSDPA network. The phone feature the

Huawei IDEOS X6 Chinese mobile equipment giant Huawei shows off two new Android smartphones, the IDEOS X6 and the IDEOS X5. Both devices runs Android 2.2 Froyo OS and supports HSPA+ high-speed data network. The IDEOS X6 is a large screen smartphone with 4.1-inch 800×480 capacitive touchscreen, which looks somewhat like the DROID X. It is powered by Qualcomm MSM8255 SnapDragon 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM and 2GB of ROM. Thanks to the new graphics chip found on the MSM8255, the X6 will be able to handle Flash and HD video playback easily. The large-screen yet slim X6 has a 5

HTC finally introduces the Desire HD Android phone (codenamed HTC Ace), bringing the large 4.3-inch screen to people outside the US, who can’t get the Sprint HTC EVO 4G. The new phone comes without support for WiMAX, but only support for HSPA/WCDMA 900/2100 MHz and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks. In addition to the 4.3-inch 800×480 capacitive touchscreen, the Desire HD gets a 8 Megapixel autofocus camera with 720p HD video recording, face detection, geotagging; Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, GPS/AGPS, 1.5GB onboard storage and a microSD/SDHC card slot. The phone is

HTC finally announced the Desire Z QWERTY keyboard, which is basically HTC’s own version of T-Mobile G2. Like the G2, the Desire Z runs Android 2.2 Froyo OS but it adds HTC Sense UI and the new HTCSense.com services. The phone gets a slideout QWERTY keyboard. The HTC Desire Z is boosted by a 800MHz processor with 512MB of RAM. It has a 3.7-inch 480×800 capacitive touchscreen, 1.5GB internal storage, support for Bluetooth, AGPS/GPS, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and a microSD/SDHC card slot for memory expansion. The Android handset‘s 5 Megapixel camera supports 720p video

T-Mobile USA officially announced the T-Mobile G2 by HTC (aka HTC Vision), which is the first smartphone specifically designed for T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network. Like the G1, the first Android phone, the new G2 is a slider with side-slide full QWERTY keyboard. Of course, the G2 gets a better look and more advanced features than the G1. Powered by Qualcomm’s SnapDragon MSM7230 800 processor, the G2 runs the Android 2.2 OS. It includes HSPA+ capabilities and supports 720p HD video recording with its 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash. The phone has a 3.7-inch

Finally, Verizon officially unveils the Motorola DROID 2 Android smartphone, the successor to the successful and popular DROID. The new DROID gets a new look, which I think is less attractive than the original DROID/Milestone. The DROID 2 features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, just like the original DROID, but with a new, improved layout. It is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs the Android 2.2 and includes Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and 3G Mobile Hotspot function. The Motorola DROID 2 sports a 3.7-inch 480×854 capacitive touchscreen, a 5 Megpaixel camera with dual LED

Verizon Wireless and Motorola will release the DROID 2 R2-D2 STAR WARS Empire Strikes Back Special Edition smartphone on 30 September, as the poster above shown. This special edition DROID 2 has a R2-D2-inspired casing. This R2-D2 DROID will have same features as the DROID 2, which packs a 3.7-inch 480×854 touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 8GB internal memory, 5 Megpaixel camera with dual LED flash and video recording, built-in aGPS/GPS with Google Maps Navigation, Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi connectivity. It runs Android 2.2 Froyo. [androidcentral]