According to Reuters Motorola and Microsoft [MSFT] have formed a partnership that will see Microsoft’s Bing as the default search on Motorola handsets, and also bring Microsoft’s Maps to their smartphones.

It looks like the first phone which will feature the new service will launch in China within the next few weeks, with the possibility of expansion into other countries.

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Motorola will launch their second Android phone on T-Mobile, the CLIQ XT, on March 10 for $129 with 2 yr contract or $329 off contract. At only $129, this will be the cheapest debut price of any T-Mobile Android phone. The specs of this phone are exactly the same as last year’s T-Mobile CLIQ and it even features the same Android 1.5 with Motoblur.

The Best Buy pricing for the Motorola Devour has been revealed by way of a leaked flyer. A shame considering Best Buy could have chosen to announce it when they offered up the last press release letting us know the release date.

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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

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.

This is one of the most rumored Motorola phones to date. The initial rumors stated that it will have a 3.7″ WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, 720p HD video, and 550 MHz processor. Which turned out not to be completely true but that’s how some rumors turn out right? Since then reports have been circulating that Motorola has indeed verified that this phone is coming and here is the real picture of it.

As it stands now some of the new rumored specs has it fitted with a 3.2” screen, 5 megapixel camera, MotoBlur possibly running Blur/Android 2.1 mix. Tmonews thinks this phone will be in the T-Mobile lineup in March. I guess we just have to wait and see if this phone shows up at the Mobile World Congress, then we will have some solid specs and more information. Stay tuned.

A minor OTA update for Motorola DROID users earlier this week could turn out to be more impressive than expected. Initially believed to address some basic Facebook issues on the Android 2.0 smartphone, some users are now reporting that the new firmware makes a noticeable improvement to battery life.

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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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CNET Asia had a chance to talk with Motorola’s Asia Pacific VP of Mobile Devices Spiro Nikolapoulos and has found out more about the company’s plans. Nikolapoulos stated that Moto is expecting to put out between 20 to 30 Android phones in 2010 on the global market.

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Although it’s the last major US carrier to launch Android phones, AT&T seems to be betting heavily on Google’s open source mobile platform.

According to Eldar Murtazin (who is, most of the time, right), AT&T has ordered 400,000 Motorola Backflip handsets, and it might even order more – which means that the carrier is hoping to sell them like hot cakes.

Motorola Backflip was officially announced two days ago, and it’s a unique handset, thanks to the reverse flip design.

The Backflip features Android 1.5 (so says Motorola), MotoBlur, a 3.1 HVGA touchscreen display, quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA connectivity (850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz), Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Android Webkit browser, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera, and a full QWERTY keyboard.

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