Android Bluetooth speaker in stock, for £19.95
Online mobile shop and accessory specialist MobileFun has an excellent new item now in stock for Android fans, in the shape of a 3D “Andy” Android mascot Bluetooth speaker… Read the rest
White Samsung Galaxy S II due in August, via SIM-free retailers
The headline says it all with this one, but we’ll fill this bit in with some words anyway. Third-party retailers Clove and Handtec are among the first to list a white variant of the popular Samsung Galaxy S II, with the former claiming it’ll be identical to the existing model… Read the rest
Sony Ericsson: “Days” before the X10 Android 2.3 update actually available
Despite the European support sites showing the Android 2.3 update for the X10 as being available for download yesterday, Sony Ericsson today said that… it isn’t… Read the rest
Analyst: Android tablet horde to overtake iPad by 2016
According to analyst Informa Telecoms & Media, Android’s low-price policy will eventually help it overhaul iPad in the hotly contested new tablet space, but it’s going to take until the year 2016 to do so… Read the rest
Motorola XOOM European 3.1 update rescheduled for “early August”
Motorola has put out a rather detailed statement on the current status of the long-awaited Android 3.1 update for European XOOM tablets… Read the rest
HTC EVO 3D dumped by Vodafone UK, due to “delays”
Some quite sad news has emerged for aspiring owners of HTC’s chunky EVO 3D – UK network Vodafone has decided it won’t be offering the glasses-free 3D Android phone it announced last month after all, due, apparently, to “delays” in the arrival of the phone… Read the rest
STATS: Smartphone sales comparisons for all major manufacturers
Analyst IMS Research has just sent out some data regarding the global smartphone market, estimating that a total of 420 million smartphones will be sold around the world during 2011… Read the rest
Samsung: Galaxy S II has sold 5 million units globally
The recent unofficial reports claiming Samsung had sold six million Galaxy S II phones were indeed a bit wide of the mark (some may say “completely made up”), with the hardware maker today officially claiming its latest Android phone has reached the five million sales mark… 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.