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HTC Evo 3D- Malaysia’s first 3D Android smartphone — will be coming to DiGi and Maxis in the coming weeks.

So far, no pricing and package details are available expect Maxis to offer its standard Android package which allows you to choose from a range of Maxis Value First or Value Plus plans and add on a data plan that range from 250MB for RM38/month to 3GB for RM88/month. From what we’ve heard, Maxis might also throw in a special 3D content deal just to sweeten the offer but nothing on this is confirmed at the moment.

From DiGi, you can expect the HTC Evo 3D to be offered with the DG Smart Plan with mobile internet and no minimum call usage for as low as RM43/month.

The Evo 3D runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it has a 3D camera. The Evo 3D has a 4.3-inch QHD display and touch screen. The Evo 3D has two 5-megapixel cameras for capture the 3D video with a flash sitting between.

There is a toggle switch on the side of the smartphone that switches between 2D (1080p) and 3D (720p). Next to that switch is a shutter control and a volume rocker. A second 1.3-megapixel camera sits on the front-face camera. At the top of the phone is a 3.5mm headset jack and power control. There is also a micro-USB charging and syncing port. Other features include 1.2GHz processor, 4GB internal memory, 1730mAh battery, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, Google apps, e-mail, messaging, and a music player.

Samsung has just announced that the Samsung Galaxy R (which was previously only available in Sweden as the Galaxy Z) will be making its way to markets in North & Eastern Europe, South East & West Asia, Middle East Asia, and China. In case you’re a little rusty on geography, Malaysia is within the South East Asia neighborhood, so for those of you who’ve always wanted to get your hands on a Galaxy S II but couldn’t afford one, the Galaxy R could be right up your alley.

Key features of the Galaxy R include a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, 4.2-inch Super Clear LCD display, Android 2.3, 2MP front camera / 5MP camera with 720p HD video capture and 1080p Full HD playback, 8GB on-board storage and support for 32GB Micro SD and a svelte 9.55mm form factor.

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray and the Xperia active — will be making their way to Malaysia in Q3 of this year. Xperia ray is something like an Xperia arc mini with its 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8.1MP camera with Exmor R and 720p video recording capabilities. The only difference between the ray and the arc is that the ray runs a 3.3-inch while the arc has a 4.2-inch display. In any case, both displays utilises Sony’s proprietary Reality Display technology and is enhanced with Sony’s Mobile BRAVIA Engine.

Also interesting to point out is that the 3.3-inch screen on the Xperia ray has the same 854×480 pixel resolution as the arc, but the screen on the Xperia ray is smaller, you get a higher pixel density which means crisper images.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia active is Sony Ericsson’s version of a rugged Android. The Xperia active is rated IP67 which means it is dust and water resistant in waters up to a metre deep and can stay submerged for up to 30 minutes. It also features wet finger tracking, barometer, pedometer, pulse meter, HD recording and runs on Android Gingerbread with a 1GHz processor.

In addition to this, the Xperia active features a Bravia Mobile Engine enhanced 3-inch 320×480 Reality Display and a 5MP camera with 720p HD-video recording.

Details are still preliminary but it’s pretty much confirmed that the two devices will be coming to Malaysia.

Galaxy Tab 10.1 will launch in Malaysia this Saturday, August 20 sometime around 9am. Celcom and Samsung can’t wait to launch the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Celcom will be the first to launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1(16GB, 3G version), exclusively, for a short time period. Maxis may launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 too but believe that Maxis might delay that.

Facebook has announced its Messenger service which is available for both iPhone and Android devices. It offers instant messaging among your Facebook friends directly on your mobile.

So what makes it different from the Messaging via native Facebook app? It promises faster access with supposedly instant delivery and response. Basically taking on the likes of Whatsapp and Kik. The key differenciator we can see is that your conversations are both available on both web and app. This means no messages to lose in case of hard resets or when switching devices.

In addition, you can do group conversations, enable locations and attach photos. The Messenger app is now available and you can get it by searching for “Facebook Messenger”.

iPhone users can get it at iTunes while Android fan can download it from the Android Market.

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