NitroDesk has released another solution to syncing your contacts with your Android-powered handset. This method is entirely within the application itself, no need for any PC client. TouchDown securely connects to corporate exchange systems to provide users with instant access to contacts, email and calendar information.

TouchDown not only provides users with a great way to fetch their information, but also allows users to check for new email and events periodically. TouchDown is designed to keep Exchange and Google information separated. “While the information is separately maintained, we do not rule out the possibility of features in the future that enable synchronization or at least selective movement between the stores”, claims NitroDesk.

Users can now download TouchDown from the NitroDesk website. NitroDesk plans to have their application on Handango.com. Initially users will be able to download the free trial with all of the features enabled. Licenses can then be purchased wherever the application was downloaded from for $29.99. There is no word yet on whether we will be seeing TouchDown in the Android Market.

In last few months we have heard news of a ton of foreign companies, mostly in China, that have started working on their own Android-powered handsets. Most of these companies are extremely small and have virtually no credibility. The latest news comes out of Japan.

NTT DoCoMo along with South Korea’s KT Freetel are the latest to announce work on new Android handsets. This partnership may strike up a few memories about the LG Wine.  There is still no word on specs or pricing, but they are saying that it will be “20 percent lower than existing smart phones, as it will save costs on software development using the Android software.”

They aim to launch this Android-powered handset sometime in 2009, but we don’t think they will make it. This handset is set to be Japan and South Korea’s first Android-powered handset. It appears that every country is going to get an Android in some form. We just hope that these other phone do not taint the overall Android experience.

At a recent press briefing in Tokyo, DoCoMo president Ryuji Yamada revealed the companies plans to launch an Android powered device in the first quarter of 2009.

The Android handset is widely believed to be based on the current HTC G1 model. Alongside Android, the company also plan to launch an additional 10 more smartphones during the course of 2009.

NTT DoCoMo Inc is Japan’s largest cellphone operator and is a member of Open Handset Alliance (OHA).