UK's Carphone Warehouse takes on the Motorola MILESTONE – yours for £35 a month
Finally one of the big UK operators has cobbled together an official deal with the Motorola MILESTONE, with Carphone Warehouse today launching a bundled and heavily subsided MILESTONE deal in the UK… Read the rest
HTC ranked #31 in "Most Innovative Company" listing
Damn right. HTC, fresh from wowing Europe with its amazing smartphones at Mobile World Congress this week, has today won praise of a different kind – thanks to Fast Company magazine… Read the rest
"Unique and individually handmade" Android knitted dolls!
Blimey, the unofficial Android merchandise train is really getting up to speed. This lovely little Android character can be yours for the equivalent of $20 in your local currency, plus shipping, via handmade stuff-flogging shop Etsy… Read the rest
Vopium International Caller integrates instant messaging, offers free VOIP calls until Feb 28
Here’s a bizarre bit of Android-related Winter Olympics publicity, courtesy of VOIP/messaging/international calling app maker Vopium, which has decided to promote its instant messaging and voice chat app by offering FREE mobile and landline calls via the app for the duration of the Vancouver event… Read the rest
Jazz up your photos with Vignette
Android’s camera system is definitely the format’s weakest link, with early versions of the OS featuring terribly basic, slow and glitchy snapper options, and very few effects options – and later builds not doing a much better job of it, to be honest… Read the rest
UK Motorola MILESTONE over-air update going live NOW!
Motorola Europe has just issued the good news that all those angry, UK-based MILESTONE users have been desperate to hear – the UK update servers for the 2.0.1 Android update are live, letting users install the Android update RIGHT NOW… Read the rest
Another "mini" Android phone – the T-Mobile Pulse Mini
The slight tweaking of existing phone ranges has been one of the key trends at this year’s Mobile World Congress, with mobile makers keen to refresh their older smartphones with minor new features in order to keep them looking new and exciting – and calm down the lightning pace at which their Android phones become considered “old” by us demanding consumers… Read the rest
Development geeks have ALREADY got the HTC Desire ROM working on the Nexus One
Blimey, the LIGHTNING PACE of Android development continues to amaze, with news today that an enterprising firmware hacker has managed to stuff the HTC Desire’s Android 2.1 ROM – which includes that glorious updated HTC Sense UI – onto a standard Google Nexus One… Read the rest

INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.