Someone I follow on Twitter claimed that his friend – a manager at a T-Mobile store – was being trained on several phones slated to come to the carrier this year. Among those phones was a little device known as the HTC Desire.

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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.

A new over-the-air (OTA) update has begun to roll out for T-Mobile users sporting either a Motorola Cliq or Samsung Behold II. Unfortunately, neither of these handsets are going to be sporting OS 2.1 after this update, but there are some nice features regardless.

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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

LG GW620, the company’s first Android smartphone, has just been launched in the UK while receiving a new name: LG InTouch Max.

The InTouch Max GW620 is an Android 1.5 handset with a sliding QWERTY keyboard and a Social Networking Manager app dubbed Linkbook (which provides direct access to your friends’ profiles).

Other features include a 3 inch HVGA touchscreen display, HSDPA connectivity, push email, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera, and MicroSD card support.

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Some more news regarding the Google Nexus One has just surfaced in the form of a leaked image. The screen capture, both here on Androinica and the original image on BGR is rather small, but thankfully the text was able to be read.

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Not that there’s any doubt what the Nexus One looks like, but there’s a nice fat gallery of the phone over at Engadget, and it’s very much running on T-Mobile, and it’s very much running Android 2.1. New appears to be a grid icon at the bottom of the home screen, which likely is just new UI candy for the drawer. Engadget also notes a quick-start link that points to a currently dead page at google.com/phone/support.

T-Mobile has added another installment to the myTouch 3G commercials. The latest, and third highlights music. As of now this one is not yet running on television, but will debut tomorrow (Sunday) during the 2009 American Music Awards on ABC.

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Are you getting sick of the Android TV spots yet? I can hardly turn on my TV without coming across one of the dozen ad spots currently in rotation. Expect the onslaught to continue through the holiday season. Verizon is spending 100 million on Droid ads and HTC claimed they would have “more media coverage than Coca Cola“. Sprint also shows no signs of slowing down and has begun giving their Hero phone more airtime.

Which company do you think has the best marketing campaign so far?

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The guys over a tmonews.com have managed to get their hands on an pricing sheet for T-Mobile’s upcoming Samsung Behold II Android phone.

According to the leaked info, the Samsung Behold II will be available on T-Mobile priced at $199.99 as part of a 2 year service contract with the network.

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