Nokia officialy announced the first touch and type X3-02. The new X3-02 will be the first S40 phone to feature a touchscreen.

Qualcomm will start shipping the fastest Snapdragon processor QSD8672 chip by Q4 2010. This new chip is the follow up of the previous MSM8660 chip.

The European Imaging And Sound Association (EISA) Awards 2010-2011 has been announced. Samsung won the prestigious European Smartphone Award. Apple and Sony Ericsson bagged two big awards each.

Verizon will be releasing the second Android 2.2 update for Motorola Droid. This update will bring the missing features like ability to download Adobe Flash 10.1 from Android Market and more.

HTC will be announcing new deices on 15 September at an event in London. HTC Desire HD and HTC Vision are expected to be made official that day.

Motorola Droid 2 is now avaialble for order online on Verizon. The Droid 2 can be yours in $199.9 on a two year contract.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro will be getting new colors from next month. The X10 Mini will get a Gold back cover, while the X10 Mini Pro will get a Pink back cover.

Finally, Android snatched the number 1 spot for the leading OS in smartphones in US. Since, Q4 2007, RIM’s Blackberry held that spot.

O2 at their website showed the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 as coming soon in September. The X8 will be releasing in September in UK by O2. The Xperia X8 is a mid ranged Android device.

Leaked: HTC phone running Windows Phone 7 gets leaked. The phone has a 3.7″ S-LCD display and 1 GHz processor.

Nokia’s Q2 2010 financial report is out. The company is still making handsome profit by dominating low end markets.

Google’s latest survey shows that Android 2.1 accounts for more than 50% of all Android devices currently on the market. Android 2.2 also makes a mark in the chart with 3.3%.

Samsung is developing an unbreakable AMOLED panel for mobile phones. This new AMOLED screen is expected to go through mass production within two years.

The first pictures showing the UI of the upcoming version of Symbian, the Symbian^4 is revealed by Symbian Foundation. The UI is completely new and different compared to the earlier versions.

Sony Ericsson’s Q2 2010 report is out. Sony Ericsson continued to generate profit which they started in Q1 2010.