Samsung’s Droid Charge and HTC’s Droid Incredible 2 may be Verizon’s top “Droid” series smartphones today, but it appears that the carrier is ready to circle back around to the manufacturer that started the droid name. Best Buy’s internal Cellebrite system now shows the Motorola Droid 3 (XT862) and Motorola Droid X2 (MB870) as coming …

Verizon Wireless’s first 4G LTE handset, the HTC Thunderbolt, is set to receive its first software update. And while it’s not a major update such as Gingerbread, it should be enough to satisfy most users. Once installed, this 1.13.605.7 build will provide “enhanced data connectivity when accessing the Verizon 3G network.” In other words, there should now be a hand-off …

Verizon Wireless and Motorola were poised to issue another software update to the Xoom tablet earlier today, but apparently have pulled back at the last minute. On Thursday, Droid-Life was first to report that an HMJ078 update was expected to start hitting the Android 3.0 tablet today. The site even grabbed a screen capture of the enhancements and new features. …

After teasing Twitter followers earlier today, Google’s Nexus account has announced that the Nexus S will be receiving a software update over the next few weeks. The notable, and likely only, feature in this update is the integration of video chat over Google Talk. Once Nexus S phones are loaded with this latest release, they will be able to video …

Sprint today announced that the Samsung Nexus S will arrive May 8 with a $199 price tag. The handset, officially known as the Nexus S 4G, features everything we’ve seen on the T-Mobile-supported device, including the stock Android interface. Features include Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 1GHz processor, a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 5-megapixel camera, 16GB internal memory, a front-facing …

We may still be in the first half of 2011, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start talking about devices rumored for next year. Droid-Life is reporting that it has received preliminary specs for a pair of Motorola handsets that likely won’t arrive until 2012. And, as one might expect, the hardware is leaps above the stuff hitting shelves today. …

Canadian carrier Rogers might be a week from delivering the one-two punch that is the Xperia Play and Xperia Arc, but that doesn’t mean the tech press will stop digging up details. As we learned last week, the carrier is accepting preorders for both handsets with as little as $50 down at local Best Buy stores. At the time, pricing …

Given that four months have passed since Google and Samsung ushered in the Gingerbread era with the release of the Samsung Nexus S, I thought this would be a good time for an update on when version 2.3 might land on your phone. HTC Of all the manufacturers building Android handsets, HTC is arguably the most vocal in its plans. …

Using just a post on its Web site, Sony Ericsson unceremoniously unveiled its next Android-powered phone today, the W8 Walkman. Looking nearly identical to last summer’s Xperia X8, the smartphone features a 3-inch touch screen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a 600MHz processor. The W8 Walkman runs Android 2.1 with Sony Ericsson’s custom Timescape UI so it should be able to …

Three months after its unveiling, the Motorola Droid Bionic is still without a launch date or price. And now it appears that the handset won’t land at Verizon Wireless until the third quarter of this year. In a conversation with The Wall Street Journal today, a Motorola spokeswoman said Moto is delaying the Droid Bionic’s release until this summer so …