Velocity Micro launches two new Android tablets, the 8-inch Cruz T408 and the 10-inch Cruz T410. Both models run Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS instead of tablet-oriented Android 3.0 Honeycomb, though Velocity Micro has added a Honeycomb-like UI. They are powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor with 512MB RAM and come with 4GB internal storage.   The Cruz T408 has a 8-inch 800×600 capacitive touchscreen and the T410 gets a 10-inch 1024×600 capacitive touchscreen. They support WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and sport a front-facing camera. Velocity Micro’s tablets are pre-loaded

  HTC announced the new Explorer affordable Android smartphone for all. The compact phone comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a 3 Megapixel camera. Running Android OS, the Explorer includes HTC Sense UI for intuitive use and Smart Dialer for making phone calls easily. The HTC Explorer is boosted by a 600MHz processor. It will be available in Metallic Black, Active Black and Metallic Navy in Q4. HTC Explorer Metallic Navy   HTC Explorer Metallic Black   HTC Explorer Active Black   [HTC]

  HTC announced the new Sensation XL, an update to the original Sensation/Sensation XE, featuring a larger screen and Beats Audio. The new XL sports a 4.7-inch 480×800 capacitive touchscreen and comes with Beats Audio and SRS Surround sound for “ultimate multimedia experience”. The new phone runs Android 2.3 with HTC Sense UI. The Sensation XL is powered by a 1.5GHz processor with 768MB RAM and 16GB internal storage. It has a 8 Megapixel camera with BSI sensor for better low-light capture, 720p HD video recording, and dual LED flash, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera,

      Verizon Wireless introduces the Samsung Stratosphere, the first 4G LTE smartphone to has QWERTY keyboard for easy and quick text input. The Stratosphere is an Android 2.3 phone powered by Samsung’s 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor. It comes with a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen and five-row QWERTY keyboard.   Verizon’s new offering supports its 4G LTE network for download speeds of 5 to 12Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband coverage areas. The Stratosphere has a 5 Megapixel main camera with auto fcus, flash, 480p DVD quality

Chinese company Haier announced its HaiPad tablet device for the Chinese market. The 7-inch HaiPad runs Android Froyo with a customized UI. It is powered by FreeScale iMX515 A8 800MHz processor and supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and WCDMA 3G connectivity. The HaiPad, like Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, can handle phone calls and text as well. Haier is selling the HaiPad for 3299 Chinese Yuan (US $511). [Sina]

MSI launches the WindPad Enjoy 7 Android tablet in Hong Kong. Instead of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Enjoy7 runs Android 2.3 OS. The 7-inch tablet sports a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor with 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage. It comes with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display and two 2 Megapixel cameras for image shooting and video chat. The Enjoy7 supports Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi connectivity and offers mini HDMI for bringing media playback to a bigger screen. The tablet weighs 395. It is available in Hong Kong for HKD$1798. [cnbeta]

  HTC announced the new Explorer affordable Android smartphone for all. The compact phone comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a 3 Megapixel camera. Running Android OS, the Explorer includes HTC Sense UI for intuitive use and Smart Dialer for making phone calls easily. The HTC Explorer is boosted by a 600MHz processor. It will be available in Metallic Black, Active Black and Metallic Navy in Q4. HTC Explorer Metallic Navy   HTC Explorer Metallic Black   HTC Explorer Active Black   [HTC]

    Amazon expands its Kindle line with the new Kindle Fire with a 7-inch color multitouch display. Not only a e-book reader, the Fire is a multimedia tablet that streams TV shows, songs, movies from Amazon. Of course, you can download e-books and color magazines from Kindle Store. It has 8GB internal storage and Amazon provides free cloud storage for all Amazon content. The Kindle Fire is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor with 512MB RAM. It has a 7-inch IPS multitouch display with 1024×600 resolution and supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n for downloading content and streaming

  HTC announced the new Explorer affordable Android smartphone for all. The compact phone comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a 3 Megapixel camera. Running Android OS, the Explorer includes HTC Sense UI for intuitive use and Smart Dialer for making phone calls easily. The HTC Explorer is boosted by a 600MHz processor. It will be available in Metallic Black, Active Black and Metallic Navy in Q4. HTC Explorer Metallic Navy   HTC Explorer Metallic Black   HTC Explorer Active Black   [HTC]

    Christian Dior joins the luxury phone market with its Dior Phone Touch, a touchscreen phone running Android. Only 99 units of this Dior touchscreen phone are made. It has a unibody design and uses finest materials such as sapphire crystal, steel, gold, diamond..etc. The phone sports a 3.2-inch 854×480 touchscreen and a 5 Megapixel camera.   No words on CPU used and Android version running. It supports Bluetooth, GPS and WiFi connectivity and has a microSD/SDHC card for expansion. Its Li-lon900mAh battery provides 3.75 hours of talk time. The price is Euro