Currently the two ways to grab a Google Nexus One smartphone in the US is by going through T-Mobile or direct to Google; however that is soon to change as a CDMA version of the Android toting Nexus One is due to this the Big Red network.

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US carrier Verizon will permit Skype calls over its 3G network starting in March, using a number of devices including several models of BlackBerry as well as Android smartphones from HTC and Motorola.

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Apparently the rumour surrounding Google’s Nexus One superphone is that the Big Red may just gain the Android superphone for their network on the 23rd of March, which will make Verizon Wireless the 2nd carrier to offer the Nexus One in the United States, reports mobilemag.

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Motorola has just announced its second Android phone for Verizon (after the Droid): the Motorola Devour, previously known as Motorola Calgary.

Unlike the Droid, the Motorola Devour runs Android 1.6 and features the MotoBlur interface – which “syncs contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.”

The Devour has a 3.1 inch HVGA (320 x 480) capacitive touchscreen display and a full QWERTY keyboard.

This is the smartphone’s official look:

Other specs and features:

* CDMA EVDO rev A connectivity
* Accelerometer
* Wi-Fi
* A-GPS
* Dual microphones with noise cancellation
* Stereo Bluetooth
* Android HTML Webkit browser
* Adobe Flash Lite
* Document Reader
* 3.5mm headset jack
* 3MP fixed-focus camera
* 8GB memory card in the box
* 1400 mAh battery
* 115.5 x 61 x 15.4 mm
* 180 grams (hm, that’s heavy)

The price of Verizon’s Motorola Devour was not announced, but the handset should be available for purchase starting March.

Verizon has just announced the prices of Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus – its first WebOS smartphones, officially unveiled two weeks ago.

As expected, the prices are similar to the prices of Sprint’s Pre and Pixi: $149.99 and $99.99, respectively (both on contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate received “in the form of a debit card”). For $29.99 more, Pixi Plus buyers will even be able to choose from various optional Pixi Touchstone Back Covers (in pink, orange, green, blue and black).

The Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are slightly better than Sprint’s devices: the Pre Plus has double the internal memory and double the RAM (16GB, 512MB), while the Pixi Plus comes with Wi-Fi.

Both handsets feature a built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot that can provide Wi-Fi access to up to other five Wi-Fi capable devices (Verizon offers a 5GB monthly plan at $40 for that).

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While unveiling the upcoming availability of Pre Plus and Pixi Plus via Verizon, Palm has also announced that its webOS platform now supports 3D gaming.

As of today, seven 3D games are available via the Palm App Catalog, which currently has more than 1,000 webOS applications.

Currently compatible only with the Palm Pre, the new 3D games come from top developers like EA Mobile, Glu Mobile, Gameloft and Laminar Research. The available titles include: Need for Speed Undercover, The Sims 3, MONOPOLY, Asphalt 5: Elite Racing, Let’s Golf!, Glyder 2 and X-Plane.

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Pretty much everyone knows that the Palm Pre has been available since June of this year. You’ll likely also remember that Verizon said they would get the device not long after. However, we’ve yet to hear of a successor to the device.

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While Google is getting ready to present something related to Android (most probably the Nexus One) on January 5, Motorola might also unveil two new Android devices, but a day later – on January 6 (just ahead of CES 2010).

According to Trip Chowdhry, analyst at Global Equities Research, Moto “may announce” an Android phone for AT&T and another one for Verizon.

It’s said that the AT&T-bound handset has an OLED touchscreen display, a physical keyboard, and won’t feature the MotoBlur interface – this may be the Motorola Backflip seen not long ago in some leaked photos.

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Verizon has sort of confirmed that it will release the Palm Pre in early 2010, but it looks like the giant CDMA carrier prepares a slightly different version of the Pre.

According to Phone Arena, Verizon’s Pre will be called Palm Pre Plus – although there’s no word yet on what the “plus” is standing for. Maybe more internal memory – let’s say 16GB instead of 8GB? We’ll probably find out soon.

Another smartphone that should hit Verizon in the next few months is the LG VS750 – a Windows Mobile 6.5 handset with support for both CDMA and GSM frequencies (so it’s a global smartphone). It’s said that the VS750 is very thin, but other details about it are not known.

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Available from December 2nd next month, the Samsung Omnia II in CDMA version will be offered by Verizon Wireless with a price of $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two-year service agreement. The CDMA version does not have much differences except some button design change. It also comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth and TouchWiz UI.

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