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DigiTimes, the Chinese tech journal got a hold of HTC CEO Peter Chou and in the very brief interview that ensued, they got some tasty tidbits for all of us. The biggest bit of info they were able to pry was that HTC has sold over 1 million Magic units by the start of August. The Magic initially came out this year in April has made the millionth mark in impressible little time. It’s not as big a number as that of the iPhone or the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, but it’s impressive nevertheless. Beyond the sales figures, Chou also revealed that HTC was planning on shifting focus towards more mid-range smartphones during the remaining half of 2009. The target price range of these handsets will be around $300. All we can say is, we look forward to it.

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More rumors have surfaced regarding the first two Android-powered handsets from Motorola. Most of these are talking about the Shules (or Sholes) but the Flash also has a mentioning. Let’s dive in then;

• The Shules will launch with Eclair: Donutis so early-this-year, and Motorola’s upcoming Android slider will reportedly be rocking  Eclair from the get-go. It may even be the “flagship” Eclair handset intended to showcase all of the new features Android will have obtained with Eclair’s release.
• The Shules will be a gaming beast: The handset is optimized for ARMv7 architecture and will be able to gobble up 3D graphics and games like none other. Or atleast that’s what they are saying for now.
• GSM version of the Shules in the works: While Verizon is slated to get the CDMA version of the Motorola Shules this year as an exclusive, there is already a GSM in the making and it should reach  AT&T, or T-Mobile, some time in 2010.
• The Flash is still on track: One of the many handsets we scooped last year, the Flash, is still said to be making its way to Verizon and it should launch in early 2010.

This info is still in major rumor category, but it would be great if it panned out. Here’s keeping our fingers crossed.

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Google is not ditching Android for the new Chrome OS. Nope, Google has made it clear that Android is targeting a totally different purpose and the Chrome OS is not its substitute. So what are Google’s future plans for Android? Apparently they’re very sweet. Android will be getting further updates that will make it more social network friendly. There will also be more application payment methods in addition to Google Checkout. In fact the June 10th media event by Google and T-mobile suggested that there may be an application payment method that will let you pay for the applications on your monthly bill; T-Mobile will allow payment to be directed to the user’s monthly bill, just like ringtones, wallpapers and themes. And the sweet part comes in with the updates being named Donut, Éclair and Flan. We should have guessed this was coming when the Cupcake came. The bottom line remains, we can live with pretty much anything Google wants to call these updates, as long as the updates keep coming.

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