SPB makes several apps for the Windows Mobile platform and they have now made a splash in the Android pool in a big way. They have ported SPB TV for the Android platform, specifically HVGA devices running 1.5 Cupcake. SPB TV streams digital TV content from all over the planet onto your Android handset at a cost of only $9.99 for the full-featured app and NO subscription fees whatsoever. Check it out at SPB’s website and let us know if you give it a try!

Source: Android Authority

Get out your calendars and block out September 10 – particularly if you are in San Francisco. Why? Motorola is making it official: they are going to make some kind of major announcement on September 10 and, judging by the invitations they are sending out, the little green ‘droid has something to do with it. Rumors have been flying around for quite some time now, but now things are really coming together. What do you think Motorola will bring to the Android table?

Source: AndroidGuys

San Francisco-based Cloud Telecomputers is working on bringing the cloud to business desktop phones using their platform Glass, a combination of Android and specialized hardware. Sporting an 8″ touchscreen, users can access calender information, manage phone calls, and track shipments, just to name a few functions. The phone also comes equipped with an HD speakerphone, Bluetooth connectivity for mobile phones, and Outlook support. Companies like Cloud Telecomputers are poised to transform the hum-drum business phone into a multimedia feature-rich powerhouse, and Android is a key component.

Source: AndroidGuys

Google Labs has been hard at work and their newest creation is Listen, an app for U.S.-based Android handset users that “…quickly finds podcasts and web audio relevant to your searches, lets you stream over-the-air or download for later, and subscribe to fresh content from your favorite feeds and searches.” In essence, Listen is an app for searching audio files.

Listen is now in the Android Market and is ready to use once downloaded. Since it is a Google Labs app, it will receive numerous updates as Google interacts with users and their suggestions and/or bug reports. Give Listen a try and let us know how it works for you!

Source: Android Authority

Thanks to the folks at tinhte.com, you can view numerous photos and some hands-on video of the HTC Click in action. Although the demonstration is mostly a run-through of current Android features, it is nice to see how the Click compares to other android handsets (like the current G1 and Magic). The video also reveals to us some specs information – the Click appears to have a 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD slot, 1100 mAh battery, GSM support, 2.8″ screen, and Donut. The price-point on this phone (<$100) should appeal to the masses and the Click should do well during the coming holiday season.

Source: AndroidGuys

Steady as she goes, T-Mobile. Steady as she goes. T-Mo continues their 3G rollout and we have a list of locations that have just been blessed:

• Augusta-Richmond County, GA
• Knoxville, TN
• Bridgeport, CT
• Hartford, CT
• New Haven, CT
• Waterbury, CT
• Nashville, TN

Yep, as you can see, folks in select parts of Connecticut, Georgia and Tennessee have cause to rejoice and are hopefully already experiencing faster data transfer on their T-Mobile phones, particularly their Android handsets. If you are one of those in the affected areas, do you notice a significant difference?

Source: Androinica

It’s time to take one of the rumors out of the “rumor” bag and place it in the “more like reality” bag – the Samsung InstinctQ has been spotted, bagged and tagged (that’s a fancy way of saying photographed) running Google’s Android OS. The InstinctQ will be on the Sprint network and it has a landscape slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The October/November time frame for availability is also rumored, so hopefully more news will follow regarding the launch date of this device.

Source: phandroid

Imagine if you could use your Android phone’s camera to point at your surroundings and see real-time information about those surroundings displayed on your screen. Sounds futuristic, doesn’t it? Thanks to Layar, a “reality browser”, the future is now and you can download the app from the Android Market. Layar utilizes the phone’s camera, GPS capability and compass to display helpful information about your surroundings, from historic landmarks to reviews for restaurants and night clubs. Not only is Layar an innovative app, but it’s also a platform with available API for 3rd-party developers to utilize it’s reality browser capabilities for their own apps. Check out the video of Layar in action below.

Source: Androinica

Guess what – a tipster of ours, who seems to have attended a training session now gives us information that  the reportedly Android-powered Samsung Instinct Q, which has already gotten Wi-Fi certified, will come in November. Previously, the phone was rumored to be launched on October 11. But will the Instinct Q be launched indeed? Will it feature the Android OS? Who knows? We can only hope.

Thanks, anonymous tipster!

Note: the image is of the rumored Instinct HD, which isn’t an Android-powered handset.

The iPhone had it first, bringing onscreen pinching and stretching to the masses. The Palm Pre also has it. Thanks to the former and imitated by the latter, multitouch is now the benchmark in the smartphone touchscreen experience.

We have reported in the past that two more Android updates are coming this year, one minor and one major, and we have learned from Reuters that the minor update is alleged to be Android 1.6 Donut and the major update, Android 2.0 Eclair, is alleged to include multitouch. Google’s multitouch for Android will likely debut on a Motorola release given Motorola’s pledged support to the Android platform and the rumored release is just in time for the holiday season. Buckle up, because things will continue to get interesting.

Source: cnet