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We talked about the possibility of the HTC Ace (aka HTC Desire HD) making its debut on September 15 and we’ve presented compelling evidence that suggested that. But this new piece of news about September 15 has taken us by surprise.

There’s not one but two HTC devices that will be revealed on September 15.

One is the much known HTC Ace the other is the lesser known HTC Vision (aka HTC Desire Z). Online store, mobile.co.uk has begun displaying the new HTCs possibly to get a head start from the the other online retailers but details of the Desire Z and HD are almost non-existent.

Buy anyways, here’s a recap of what we think the the Desire HD will be packing: 4.3in WVGA screen (most probably of the SLCD kind), Froyo (Android 2.2), 8MP camera with 720p video recording, 1GHZ Snapdragon processor and 4GB on board memory. We also think HTC will be including a dual-mic with noise cancellation in Ace’s arsenal based on the video that we’ve seen of the device. A secondary camera for video calling however is very unlikely for the HTC Ace.

As for the Desire Z its looking like a 3.7-inch screen (480×800) Android 2.1 (Eclair) powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and here’s our favourite part, the Z will also have a kick-out QWERTY keyboard, something like the one we’ve seen on the HTC TyTn II. An Android HTC with QWERTY keyboard, sounds very simillar to the upcoming T-Mobile G2 sans the HSPA+ ?.

And we think a device with a HTC Desire body and a full QWERTY keyboard is something we would classify as being just about perfect. I’m sure most Android fans would be a little hesitant to buy a new HTC phone that does not feature the latest version of Android.

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Tweetdeck released its open beta last week and has been very well received. They released a new version Thursday with increased functionality and blogged about how well the client has done since its release.

This time around, we have to say that the latest beta release is better. Now you are able to change the text size which was extremely big by default. They also had finally added notification settings where you can set the intervals and alert type such as light, sound and vibrate.

To make TweetDeck more “share friendly”, TweetDeck finally is listed when you select “Share” on various Android media and apps. Those who share links a lot would be happy too as bit.ly URL shortener is now supported. However, we still can’t remove/sign out accounts that have been logged in.

A teaser for future functions:
•A widget
•Android OS 1.6 support (Donut)
•Video uploads
•Better support for multiple Twitter accounts
•Native service columns (for Facebook, Buzz and Foursquare)

Official website:
http://blog.tweetdeck.com

Download:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.tweetdeck.com/android_beta/TweetDeck-0.9.4.apk

Words out all over the net that the next iteration of the Android OS will be called Honeycomb.

The build after Gingerbread will be codenamed “Honeycomb”. It is unknown what Honeycomb’s Android version will be, be it 3.1 or 3.2. Nothing is really known about Honeycomb, other than the supposed name of the new Android build.

As with all these news that are ahead of their time, no details are forthcoming as to what Android Honeycomb will entail and frankly speaking at this moment in time.

It appears that Samsung Mobile is working on a several number of Windows Phone 7 device and one of it was spotted on Twitter. Windows Phone 7 looks pretty impressive, especially the UI and some of the features, although according to Engadget there are a few features they would like to see added to Windows Phone 7.

Samsung is expects to launch a Windows Phone 7 device before the end of 2010.

The question is will Microsoft be able to take on Android and the iPhone OS with Windows Phone 7?

Nokia has revealed the X3 Touch & Type that offers a 2.4? QVGA touch screen and a 12-button keypad. According to Nokia’s SVP of Design, the keypad is great for single handed texting while the touch screen offers the easiest control on the interface, giving users the best of both worlds. Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type is also the first S40 touch-driven device to get a global release.

This “Hybrid” input device has dimension of 106mm x 48mm x 9.6mm which makes it one of Nokia’s slimmest devices to date. It also just weights a tiny 78g. On the technical aspects, the device offers 3G/HSPA, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, FM Radio and a 5MP Camera. The music fans will also appreciate the 3.5mm audio jack. However we find it odd that they left out GPS which should come standard with in a phone like this.

Nokia X3 Touch and Type Commercial

The device runs on Symbian Series 40 Touch & Type edition and for storage, it has a removable microSD slot that supports up to 16GB. Nokia X3-02 should hit the shelves before the end of next month in White Silver, Dark Metal, Petrol Blue, Pink and Lilac color versions.

Design wise, the X3 Touch and Type is simple yet sleek with a brushed aluminium finish for the back. On the front, keypad however is slightly different with the typical last row keys such as hash, asterix and zero moved to the right most column.

More details on the X3 Touch and Type data sheet here.

Nokia X3 Touch and Type Design

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