It is just been a few days since Verizon launched the Motorola Droid X and it is already ready to release an OTA update starting today July 19th. The verison number of this update is called Version 1.13.604.MB810.Verizon.en.US/Baseband: BP_C01.09.04P and it has many improvements including Improved battery charging status indicator, Redesign of weather widget icons, Smoother transition for camera and camcorder functions, Faster Visual Voice Mail loading and many more. The OTA will be start rolling out on the 19th and will reach most of the handsets in …

Yahoo today released many of their products for the Android platform including Android widget for Yahoo search, Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger apps and also HTML5 optimized Yahoo Mail and Yahoo News site.  These latest apps are optimized for popular Android devices like HTC Incredible, Motorola Droid Google Nexus One and HTC EVO 4G. And they are available for download from the Android Market for Android OS 2.0 and above.

Google today announced and started pushing over-the-air (OTA) Android 2.2 updates to the Nexus One owners. This makes Google Nexus One, the first android Smartphone to get the “Froyo”, Google codename for Android 2.2 OS.

Verizon Wireless today at a big event organized in New York unveiled the next generation droid the Motorola Droid X smartphone. The Motorola DROID X will feature a 4.3-inch high-resolution screen, Android 2.1 OS (OTA upgrade to 2.2 later this summer), a very fast 1GHz processor (TI OMAP 3640), 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and access to more than 65,000 applications on the Android Market. Whats more is that the DROID X users will receive an OTA (over-the-air) update to the latest …

Sling Media Inc today announced the availability of its SlingPlayer Mobile application for Android Smartphones like Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC Evo and Google Nexus One. The SlingPlayer application allows the Android phone users to easily access their home TV experience anywhere with their mobile phone or Wi-Fi internet access.

As announced earlier in a press release, the Sirius XM Radio App for Android OS is now available for download. This App which is available for free with a free 7-day subscription is brought to you by Sirius XM, the satellite radio company.

After many delays and rumored Sprint has finally announced the availability of Android 2.1 update package for the HTC Hero. This update will not be done over-the-air as of now and so you will have do a manual update. You can get the updates from 2 sites: HTC’s website and Sprint’s own site.

Amazon has announced that it will be releasing its Kindle App for Android OS this summer. When available this application will be free to use. With Kindle Android App you can search and browse more than 500,000 books, including more than 96 of 110 New York Times bestsellers.

Google Maps for Mobile has announced that with the Android Google Maps version 4.2 you can now get biking directions on the go. What’s more is that you can start the Navigation directly from your Home screen and you can also share places with friends via mediums like email, Facebook, Twitter, and so on.

LG has previewed its upcoming Android OS based smartphone called LG Ally in a commercial based on the new Iron Man 2 movie. It is being reported that it will run on Android 2.1 with now common 1 GHZ Snapdragon processor and also feature a 5MP camera.