Motorola is launching in Taiwan the XT615 Android smartphone that measures just 9.8mm thin. The phone is boosted by a 800MHz processor with 512MB RAM and 1GB ROM, and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with MOTO Switch UI 2.0 that learns who you talk to and which apps you use and keeps all of that information front and center. The XT615 has a 4-inch 480×854 touchscreen display, a 8 Megapixel camera with LED flash and a VGA front camera. Motorola’s new phone is just 9.8mm thin and comes with a 1390mAh battery for up to 300 minutes of talk time. The XT615 supports Bluetooth 3.0

  Verizon Wireless is launching the Samsung Illusion, a mid-range Android smartphone. Boosted by a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, the phone is running Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with Swype quick input technology. It comes with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity. In addition to 2GB internal storage, the Illusion supports microSD/SDHC up to 32GB. It is equipped with 6-axis accelerometer with compass and includes Mobile Hotspot capability for sharing 3G connection to up to five WiFi-enabled devices. The Illusion is

      Motorola and Sprint introduce the ADMIRAL, the first Android smartphone with Sprint Direct Connect. The ADMIRAL is a bar-type device with QWERTY keyboard for easy text input. It is powered by 1.2GHz processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. It use the Sprint 3G (EVDO Rev. A) network to provide the gold-standard push-to-talk capabilities of Sprint Direct Connect. The Motorola ADMIRAL comes with a 5 Megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and flash. It has 4GB internal memory and a microSD card slot. With WiFi 802.11b/g/n support, the ADMIRAL includes 3G mobile

Google and Samsung has announced the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The phone features a 4.65-inch 1280×720 HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel main camera with LED flash and zero shutter lag, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera for video chat, Bluetooth 3.0, integrated NFC and 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/ 5GHz) WiFi connectivity. The Galaxy Nexus is powered by a 1.2GHz dual core processor with 1GB of RAM. It comes with 16GB or 32GB internal memory. In addition to Accelerometer, Compass, Gyro, Light, Proximity sensor, the Android

Virgin Mobile adds to the LG Optimus Slider to its Android lineup. The new phone has a full QWERTY keyboard for easy text input, a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a 3.2 Megapixel camera. The Optimus Slider supports Bluetooth 3.0 and has microSD card slot. The LG Optimus Slider comes preloaded with Virgin Mobile Live 2.0 social networking lifestyle application used to access the Virgin Mobile branded music stream, hosted by DJ Abbey Braden. It will be available for $199.99. [VirginMobile]

  AT&T announced the Pantech Pocket, a slim Android smartphone with a unique form factor. The phone has a 4-inch 800×600 touchscreen, instead of 800×480 found on most Android phones, making it wider and shorter. It runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread on a 1GHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB of RAM. The Pantech Pocket features a 5 Megapixel camera with flash and HD video recording, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi and a microSD slot for expansion. It has 600MB internal memory. [Pantech]

As the follow-up to the Captivate, AT&T and Samsung are planning to launch the new Captivate Glide Android smartphone with side-slide QWERTY keyboard. The new device supports AT&T’s 4G HSPA+ 21 Mbps (Category 14) for fast data connection. It is boosted by a 1GHz Tegra 2 AP20H dual-core processor with 1GB RAM, 1GB ROM and runs Android 2.3. The Captivate Glide features a 4-inch Super AMOLED 480×800 touchscreen, a 8 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera. Like the Motorola ATRIX 2, the Glide can record 1080p Full HD video and has HDMI

LG announced in Korea its new Optimus Q2 Android slider with full QWERTY keyboard. The dual-core device runs Android 2.3 and will be available in South Korea next week. It is powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz Tegra 2 processor. The Optimus Q2 comes with a 4-inch IPS LCD touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel main camera, a VGA front camera and Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. [Engadget]

  AT&T launches the Huawei Impulse 4G Android smartphone, which is the carrier’s first smartphone from Huawei. Though with 4G in its name, the phone doesn’t support 4G LTE network but quad-band HSPA network with up to 14.4Mbps. It is powered by Qualcomm MSM7230 with Scorpion 800MHz processor. The Impulse 4G features a 3.8-inch 800×480 touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel camera with auto focus, flash and 720p HD video recording, GPS support as well as Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The Android devices also has a microSD card slot for expansion. The Huawei Impulse 4G is

As you may know, HTC has partnered with and invested in Beats Audio. Now, the cellphone maker announced its first phone with integrated Beats Audio, the HTC Sensation XE, an upgrade to the original Sensation. To offer a Beats Audio experience — a combination of software and hardware, the phone comes inbox with custom made Beats headsets, engineered to deliver extraordinary sound; and is pre-loaded with specially tuned software and user interface.   The Sensation XE is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor with 768MB of memory and 1GB usable internal storage. It features a