ViewSonic is going to release the first Android 2.2 phone with dual SIM capability around April this year.

The virtual on-screen keyboard on Android phones is quite decent and there are many keyboard apps available in the Android App Market that promise to make typing more convenient and fun.

Acer’s new Iconia Smart 4.8 inch Gingerbread smartphone was released yesterday at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. The device is expected to be available around May in the UK, but its price hasn’t been revealed as yet.

ZTE, the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, showed off their latest smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2011. The ZTE Skate, as it is named, is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone with an affordable price and some eye-catching features.

India's first Android Gingerbread (2.3) smartphone is here - the OliveSmart V-S300. Price expected: Rs 20,000

Android was the most common smartphone OS in the last quarter of 2010, overtaking former world No. 1 Symbian which runs on Nokia phones, according to a recent study by U.K.-based research firm Canalys.

Motorola will soon be launching India’s first dual SIM Android smartphone.

Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich will follow Gingerbread (2.3) - confirmed! The wait for screenshots and spy photos begins now

Google’s Android operating system is more vulnerable to hackers and viruses than Apple iPhone platform, according to antivirus-maker Trend Micro.

Google Android 3.0 aka Honeycomb requires a dual core ARM Cortex 9 processor chipset to operate, such as Nvidia’s Tegra 2 chipset,  according to Bobby Cha, director of Korean consumer electronics company Enspert.