Not much to go on here, except this screen grab that Boy Genius Report just pulled. Basically, that update that all those Motorola DROID users were expecting? It’s not coming. At least, it’s not coming today. In fact, the new release date is To Be Decided (TBD) at this point, with an expected announcement of the new roll-out “as soon as possible.” This is just not good news.

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T-Mobile is now offering the Motorola Cliq XT. It will retail for only $129.99 with a 2 year contract. The Motorola Cliq XT will run on Android 1.5 with MotoBlur and comes with features that include a 3.1” HVGA touch screen display, HSDPA connectivity, a 5MP autofocus camera and GPS.

Vivacom of Bulgaria will launch the Motorola Milestone smartphone that uses Android 2.1 as its operating system. The Motorola Milestones smartphone will be launched on March 20th, 2010.

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The Motorola QUENCH has not yet come to North America, but it will be available soon.

Specifically in Canada, where Rogers will be the carrier of this particular phone. In the United States, it will be the Motorola CLIQ XT to be released on T-Mobile. If you want it in Europe, you can get it under the QUENCH name.

It’s been a long time coming, AT&T. You’ve been shying away from the Android aircraft carrier like it was the plague, but you’ve changed your ways. And in doing so, you’ve also managed to accept one of the strangest devices to hit the market in recent memory. So, you made a splash with your first Android device. Congratulations. Sure, you made some changes, but change doesn’t have to be bad. Or does it? Either way, the Backflip is now on sale at AT&T stores, as well as their digital storefront. No running!

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Officially unveiled during MWC 2010, the Motorola Quench / Motorola Cliq XT will be available soon in Brazil, via TIM (the country’s third largest mobile carrier, with more than 40 million subscribers).

Running Android 1.5, the Quench is the only phone with MotoBlur that doesn’t have a hardware QWERTY keyboard.

Its features include: 3.1 inch HVGA touchscreen display, accelerometer, HSPA, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Swype, HTML browser, 3.5mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio, 5MP autofocus camera with flash, 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM, and a Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz processor.

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The Motorola QUENCH is a conventional looking Android handset derived from the same platform as the DEXT, but in a straightforward keyboardless design.
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If you like Motorola phones and have been waiting to get an Android-powered handset but don’t like or can’t afford a Motorola DROID the DEVOUR might be your next device. On the first week of this month we brought you news that Verizon Wireless and Motorola announced the availability of the DEVOUR in March, but Best Buy Mobile wants to get a head start.

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Motorola has just confirmed that AT&T’s first Android smartphone, the Motorola BackFlip, will be available starting March 7, as rumored.

Also announced in China and Italy, the Moto BackFlip will cost only $99.99 with an AT&T contract agreement for two years and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

As mentioned several times before, the BackFlip runs Android (version 1.5, apparently) and features a 3.1 inch HVGA touchscreen display, full QWERTY keyboard, MotoBlur with social networking integration (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, and a 1,500 mAh battery.

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Motorola used the start of MWC on Monday to launch its eighth Android phone. The Cliq XT, or Quench outside of the US, will be the first phone without a hardware keyboard to use the social networking-heavy MOTOBLUR interface. New physical controls are equally a first: the new Cliq has a large touchpad that can simplify scrolling when the phone is used one-handed.

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