The Spica will get a major boost sometime between April and June, moving from Android 1.5 to 2.1.

Unwired View reports the update has been confirmed by Samsung in Poland, but no news on whether or not the Galaxy i7500 will get the same treatment.

Gizmodo Brazil posted some new pictures of the Motorola Zeppelin which is likely headed to T-Mobile. Our sources confirmed the device has support for T-Mobile USA 3G bands and TmoNews is reporting a launch date of March 10, 2010.

From what we can tell, this device is part of the CLIQ family of phones without a physical keyboard. It appears there are no additional features to make this device stand out above the rest and it will likely be a new entry-level Android phone for T-Mobile. No price point has been announced, but we would expect it to launch around $149 with 2 year agreement.

Obviously, I don’t think any current Android users would be upgrading to this phone, but it could make a nice device for the younger crowd who is obsessed with social networking.

The phone is supposed to launch with Motoblur powered by Android 1.5, but we expect Motorola will update it to Android 2.1 in Q2 2010.

Rumored specs of the Zeppelin include:

* Qualcomm MSM7201 528 MHz CPU
* 512 MB flash ROM, 256 MB RAM
* 3.1 inch capacitive display HVGA (480×320)
* 5 megapixel camera with autofocus
* WiFi 802.11 b/g, GPS, Bluetooth
* Android 1.5 with Motoblur

HTC have released new firmware for the Orange version of the HTC Hero. The software – version 2.73.61.66 for Orange – is available to download from HTC’s support site; however it looks unlikely to be the much-anticipated Android 2.1 firmware update.

The previous ROM for the Orange version of the Hero was 2.73.61.5, meaning this is likely a very minor update. However HTC do not indicate what particular changes have been made, so we’ll have to wait until an Orange Hero owner updates and lets us know any differences.

Telus, one of the leading Canadian telecom giants, has made an official announcement that they will soon be including the Motorola Milestone in their mobile device lineup. Looks like the Canucks will finally get their first device with 480×854 resolution.

The Droid-ish Milestone features an ultra-thin 13.7 mm design, 3.7-inch widescreen displau, pinch-zoom, a 5 megapixel flash-enabled camera, and turn-by-turn GPS navigation.

A concrete launch date hasn’t been released yet, but Motorola’s currently taking signups here for product updates.

O2 is not the only carrier that will offer the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 in the UK. Vodafone will sell the X10, too.

The Xperia X10 has appeared on Vodafone UK’s official website, in the coming soon section, and it looks like it will be available for purchase starting April.

The handset’s price is not mentioned. However, since smartphones like the Nokia N900 and BlackBerry Bold 9700 are offered by Vodafone for free on contract (with expensive voice and data plans), the X10 should also be free on select plans.

In case you don’t know yet, the Xperia X10 features Android 1.6, a 4 inch WVGA touchscreen display, HSPA, GPS, Wi-Fi, 8MP autofocus camera, and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will also be available via T-Mobile Germany, Rogers (in Canada), and NTT DoCoMo (in Japan).

Today, Samsung has unveiled its first Android 2.1 phone, the Samsung SHW-M100S.

Unfortunately, it looks like the M100S will be available only in South Korea (starting March, via SK Telecom).

The Samsung M100S features a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, an 800MHz processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, DivX support, T-DMB, 3.5mm headset jack, social networking services, 5MP camera with 720p video recording, and the latest version of TouchWiz UI.

The price of Samsung M100S is not known.

A job posting on the google jobs website may be leading toward a phone support line for the nexus one.

The job calls for:

* Lead Google’s direct relationships with one-on-one support vendors to drive a successful customer experience for direct-to-consumer Android customers.
* Define and implement scalable business practices that leverage our internal best practices in one-to-many support to create efficiencies in high-touch support activities through channels such as phone and chat.
* Play a central role in helping the team build success metrics, reports, and infrastructure tools.
* Establish and manage to defined service level requirements to ensure vendors are meeting contractual requirements and customers are receiving target service levels and establish and manage training program for support representatives.
* Work with internal resources to provide escalation resolution for dissatisfied customers.

This would be a big step in providing the support needed when you run a company as large as Google. Forums are not enough most people like to talk to someone instead of posting and waiting for hours or sometimes for no reply at all.

The Weather Channel is running a promotion to encourage viewers to download its Android app while watching TV. During select broadcasts, TWC will display a barcode on-screen that viewers can scan with their phone and find a link to TWC’s Android Market entry. The barcode will play at 20 minutes after during:

Day Planner (Monday – Friday, 11am-2 pm)

PM Edition (Mon-Fri, 4-7 pm) and

WeatherCenter Late (Mon-Fri, 10pm -1am)

The Weather Channel bills this promotion as the first time a broadcast outlet has offered an Android app as an on-screen scanable download; however, I can’t confirm that claim. I know that QR code scanning is more popular in Japan, so I’d bet that a network has incorporated a code somehow. Either way, this is probably one of the first U.S. occurences of a network making an app downloadable from television.

LG has been selling some great phone on the Verizon network for years. But as the name on our site implies, we’re mostly interested in Android handsets. We’ve seen a few Android phones from LG, but up until now, they have only been available in the European market.

Late last night, we got word that LG will be launching two new Android phones on Verizon’s network before April! While going over the 2010 Sprint lineup on VZW with an LG rep, our source learned that one handset would be a full touch device (similar to the HTC DROID Eris) while the other would feature a full QWERTY keyboard and described it as having an LG EnV Touch form factor. At this point, we’re not sure exactly what that means. As you might already know, the LG EnV Touch flips open to reveal the QWERT and a smaller secondary screen. My suspicion is that the QWERTY equipped Android phone heading to Verizon will be more like the LG GW620. Fortunately, Mobile World Congress is only two weeks out, so we should see full specs, picture, and maybe even launch dates and pricing by the end of the show.

HTC has recently announced that they have released the source code for the Droid Eris. This news comes as a mixed blessing though — for some its great news and for some it will go unnoticed.

Those that will be happy are developers and those who like to customize their Android handsets with custom ROM’s.

That said though, while this move will not affect many people (myself included) it is nice to see HTC being so good about releasing the source code. After all, the hackers and modders may be the minority but I would also say they are a loyal and dedicated minority.

Anyway, if interested in checking out the source, head on over the the HTC Developers page (link below).