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Motorola has held its anticipated Android event and one of the devices to be announced was the Cliq for T-Mobile. Exactly how long the Cliq will be a T-Mobile exclusive is unknown, but the carrier seems to be trying to corner the Android market.

The Cliq has a new feature called Motoblur that gives the user access to tightly integrated social networking like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace without having to open or close any applications. The handset is 3G capable and has a slide-out keyboard.

The Cilq also has a 3.1-inch HVGA touchscreen display and a 5MP camera with video recording capability at 24 frames per second. Onboard memory is 2GB with an included microSD card, the device supports up to 32GB of memory, and it has a 3.5mm headphone jack. T-Mobile says the Cliq will be available this fall at an undisclosed price.

he Android device sports an AMOLED display that measures 3.2-inches and has a 320 x 480 resolution.

Other features of the slick handset include a 528MHz processor, 5MP camera, and 8GB of memory. The storage space can be expanded with microSD cards up to 32GB. Word is coming in today that the Galaxy may have finally cleared that pesky “customer experience process” which is really an accreditation process to be offered on the O2 network.

The handset is coming to the O2 network according to the networks stock management system. The phone is supposed to go on sale next week if all goes well. Previously the Galaxy was only available in Taiwan, so it hitting the O2 network is one-step closer to it getting to the States.

New and extra blurry pics of the Dell Android-powered smartphone have surfaced online today. While the pics are extra blurry, the device is powered up and we have multiple angles to view. The phone has the codename Benzine and is supposedly ready to hit the market.

The specs include a 3.5-inch 640 x 360 18-bit LCD, 3MP camera, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, AGPS, touchscreen support, on screen QWERTY keyboard, and a microSD card slot. The phone doesn’t sound that bad, even if it’s a bit pedestrian. Perhaps that’s why no U.S. carriers bit when Dell shopped it around.

HTC has announced that it has now officially sold a million Magic handsets. Not magic as in pulled a rabbit out of the battery compartment mind you, Magic as in the myTouch 3G. The million sold number is a global figure and not for the U.S. alone.

At the same time the announcement was made HTC’s Peter Chou also said that the company intends to make at least 50% of its line represented by mid-range smartphones. That equates to devices that cost about $300.

[via InformationWeek]

Today Skyhook has announced that it is partnering with Apot for Android devices. Apot is a simple Twitter client that lets users post updates to their Twitter accounts. The app lets the user post messages with their current location so others can view the location on a map.

The Location capability is one of the key features of Apot. The location capability of the app was improved by Skyhook so it works with more accuracy in areas where GPS locks are hard to get. The app is available for free download today.

[via Skyhook Wireless]