Been considering a Motorola DROID but put off by the price tag? Amazon may tip your hand; the retailer has slashed the subsidized cost of the DROID to $109.99, saving $90 compared to buying the Android 2.0 smartphone from Verizon Wireless themselves.

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Amazon’s MP3 download store has been a feature of US Android devices since the beginning, but its taken until now for the on-device media store to hit the UK. Fresh to the Android Market, the app allows users to search and browse Amazon’s MP3 catalog and purchase DRM-free music for download to their smartphone.

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In addition to the Samsung Moment, we also saw the Motorola CLIQ become available as of today. Of course, the CLIQ is available with T-Mobile here in the US, and they seem to be pushing a few options for purchase.

We have the more traditional method, agree to a two year contract and get a lower price, or grab one of the new Even More Plus plans and go contract free.

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The once rumored Android powered netbook from Acer has become a little more of a reality. And I only say that because while it has been listed with Amazon, at this time it is only available as a pre-order item and not yet shipping. In fact there is not yet even any estimated time frame given as to when it will ship.

That aside, the good news is that the model in question is the Acer Aspire One D250, which has already been proven to be a good netbook. This particular model will be running both Windows XP and Android. In terms of price — $349.99.

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Unlocked HTC Hero handsets are now available for preorder from Amazon.co.uk. Priced at £429.99, the HTC Hero phones are sim-free unlocked handsets with a release date of July 15th.

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Amazon have announced that they will be powering the T-Mobile G1’s music download store, with users able to search, download, buy and play music directly from their handsets. Offering over six million tracks, in vanilla MP3 format without DRM, the Amazon store will be pre-loaded onto the G1 and optimized for the mobile’s display. Browsing, searching and listening to audio samples can be done over 3G, but actual track downloads will only be possible with a WiFi connection.


Most albums are priced between $5.99 and $9.99, with individual tracks around $0.89. Once purchased they can be managed with any software and played on any MP3 compatible device; alternatively they can be burnt to a CD.

The Amazon press release also confirms that the G1 will have “Google Maps with StreetView, Gmail, YouTube” among other apps, together with “one-touch access to Google Search” and the Android Market portal. Remember, Android Community will be Live Blogging the T-Mobile G1 announcement later on today