Although not yet officially announced, the Evoke QA4 became Motorola’s hottest device. Initially, screenshots, design photos and a few specs have leaked and now the FCC says OK to it and publishes a few of its documents. Oh, we wish the manual showed more details!

However, a couple of its pages give us some really dirty thoughts – does the Evoke run on Android OS? Its main menu is opened by swiping from bottom to top (see image) and tapping on the top line gives “access to active status”, reminding us of the Android notifications screen. In addition, the manual mentions synchronization with Google Contacts, YouTube and Picasa.

We know Motorola plans Android phones, but is the Evoke the first one of them? Did the manufacturer completely redesign the OS, so that it looks funkier? Is the rumored 240×400 pixels screen resolution enough for Android? Can it work without hardware navigation keys? We are looking forward to seeing your comments!

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Sometimes things just don’t work out well. We could almost taste the delicious Cupcake update for Android, which was expected in April, but now, it seems that the on-screen keyboard, video recording, stereo Bluetooth and a number of other features will have to wait. According to Betanews, Erica Gordon, spokesperson for T-Mobile USA, has informed that Cupcake’s  April release is “just a rumor”. Well, there is still a ray of hope, since Gordon said she couldn’t speak for T-Mobile International, the plans of which may actually include a possible launch in April. However, when asked  if T-Mobile International has confirmed the release, she replies: “Not as far as I know”. So, that is it, we wouldn’t fancy seeing the legendary Cupcake update soon enough.

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Android gets better and better, too bad that we still do not have any other devices running it, except for the G1. Google has now developed an updated image search page for its open-source operating system Android, the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Users will now get their results faster and will be able to use different filtering options for their results. The search engine can now display up to 20 images per page. Besides, an image detail view page shows a large thumbnail of an image with arrows for navigation to the next or the previous one. In addition, the Google Mobile Browser can now filter the results according to their style by: Faces, Clip art, Line drawings and Photo content.

There are also three different settings for the filter: Strict, Moderate and Off. It is wonderful that Android gets a small update every once in a while, let’s just hope that we will have more devices to try it with soon.

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Who wants a cupcake? If you own the G1, you should be saying, “I do, I do!” The guys at Pocket Lint spoke to a T-Mobile spokesman who told them that the firmware upgrade known as “cupcake” should be offered sometime in April. This cupcake is more than just empty calories. It will add that long-awaited virtual QWERTY keyboard to the G1 as well as add video and audio recording, Stereo Bluetooth, and the ability to save MMS attatchments. The upgrade is expected to be made available at about the same time that the Android powered HTC Magic-which will sport the cupcake improvements out of the box-is expected to be released although T-Mobile could not confirm that they were trying to coordinate the release of their firmware fix with the launch of HTC’s newest Android handset. The Magic is expected to be launched next month in Europe through Vodafone. At any rate, if you own the G1, this is one cupcake that you have been waiting for so long that you will probably gobble it down when it arrives.

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So much for KS360’s Android fairy tale… at least, this is what Android Authority claims. As you probably know, the youthful QWERTY device was said to be expected re-released with the Android OS. However, the source says that Jeremy Newing, head of Marketing at LG Mobile UK, has defined the news from T3 as inaccurate, and he has never said the LG KS360 would be running Android at any point. What he has said is that the company plans to manufacture an Android device similar in form-factor, which will be designed for social networking.

Further thoughts really prove that a hypothetical Android KS360 launch would be quite insensible. First, its display resolution is only QVGA, the same as the one of the Kogan Agora, which has been cancelled recently due to possible compatibility issues. And second, it is a bit strange that LG would expect the KS360 to be profitable one year after its original release, even if it’s equipped with Android.

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