BEST DEALS: LG Optimus One for "free" on £15 tariff, via Three
Three UK is but one of many UK networks currently stocking LG’s apparently quite popular Optimus One, and it’s available for “free” on a decent tariff of only £15 per month – which includes 300 minutes and/or text messages plus a 500MB data allowance… Read the rest
NICHE APP: Skydiving Logbook
This is a lovely, tight little niche production – an Android app for those smartphone owners out there who also happen to be into skydiving… Read the rest
Panasonic joining Android – phones hitting Japan next year, everywhere else in 2012
Japanese tech giant Panasonic is reported by Reuters as saying it’s planning a move into smartphone territory, and will launch a range of Android powered phones in Japan in early 2011… Read the rest
Android Google Maps 4.7 released – now with Rate Places integration
The latest 4.7 version of Google Maps adds a “Rate Places” reviews and recommendation feature, along with an easy access Home screen widget which lets users quickly add a star rating and optional comment for any Google Places in the area… Read the rest
VIDEO: Eric Schmidt showing off the Samsung/Google Nexus S
Here’s a video of Google’s Eric Schmidt waving around his “new operating system aligned with a potential hardware device” at the Web 2.0 conference last night… Read the rest
Archos 70 Android 2.2 tablet now on sale in the UK – for £269
There’s a new Android tablet out to take the place of the pulled Toshiba Folio 100, in the form of the 7″ Archos 70 Internet Tablet – which you can pick up from Dixons for £269.99 right now… Read the rest
LG launching Nvidia Tegra 2 powered Android phone in "early 2011"
Tech blog Engadget has a few exclusive photos of an unannounced new LG Android phone today, which will be the first smartphone to launch with Nvidia’s fast, dual-core Tegra 2 chipset inside… Read the rest
Retailer Expansys giving away free car kit with smartphone purchases
Our phone-selling friends at Expansys are running a promotion where you can get some FREE THINGS when buying a phone. The deal is… buy one of their promoted smartphones (including the HTC Desire Z and HD) and get a free car kit, worth around £25… 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.