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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.

Even wanted to send browser links to your phone so that you can read it during lunch?

Well now you can with the new Chrome to Phone extension that adds a button to your Google Chrome browser that instantly sends web pages, maps, YouTube videos, phone numbers and even copied texts to your Android smartphone.

With Chrome to Phone you can send links from your browsing session straight to your Android device so you can continue browsing the same content on your phone. Chrome to Phone works with Google Maps as well, so once you’ve found the directions to where you want to go next, you can send the link directly to your Android device and it will automatically launch the Google Maps app ready for you to get going on your journey.

Same goes for links on YouTube as well as phone numbers on a web page. Let’s say you want to make a dinner reservation and the place you want to make the reservations have their contacts online, all you need to do is send the contact over to your Android device using Google Chrome to Phone and your phone will launch its dialer with the selected number already entered, ready for you to make the call. You can also select text on browsers and send them over to your phone. Doing so will automatically copy the text and launch your Android clipboard for later viewing.

Unfortunately, Google Chrome to Phone only works with devices running Android 2.2 (Froyo). For the many Malaysian Android fans out there, that means you can’t use Google Chrome to Phone at the moment because none of the Android devices widely available here have official Froyo updates (unless of course, if you have the Nexus One or Droid 2).

If you do have a Nexus One or Droid 2, you can get Chrome to Phone by installing the extension in your Google Chrome browser and the Android application on your phone from Android Market, and you’re ready to go.

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Well, more and more Android-based tablet pc are flooding into the market, trying to emulate the success of Apple’s iPad. After release of Dell Streak. Augen Electronics, a company based in Florida, US has just released their own tablet PC powered by Android 2.1, known as GENTOUCH. The GENTOUCH comes with a 800 pixel wide resolution and a 7” screen, allowing web browsing in full width. And this tablet PC is sold at $149!

Specifications:
•800×480 color TFT touch panel screen
•CPU: 800 Mhz
•Ram: DDR2 256mb
•Internal Memory: 2GB
•Expansion Slots: SD/MMC card slot up to 16GB
•Wi-Fi Connectivity with Full Web Browsing Capability
•Supports Ebook Formats: Text, PDF, E-PUB, HTML
•Supports Media Formats: MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC
•Supports most popular E-Book formats
•Picture Viewer in JPEG, BMP
•Video Player
•Rechargeable Lithium Battery
•Carrying case included

Well, i’m not quite sure about its performance, but i do think the only thing “good” about this tablet pc is its screensize. The rest of its specs are mediocre, some smartphones can easily outperform it!