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Getting your hopes up ain’t a wise thing to do when it comes to HTC Dream or Magic from Rogers Wireless. Both these gadgets won’t be receiving an official OS update past Android 1.5, according to HTC’s website (Rogers Wireless has confirmed this as well). Android 1.6 upgrades for Rogers HTC Dream or Magic haven’t been planned as it was made only for “Google”- branded devices such as the G1. It isn’t available for the above two HTC-branded handsets that run Android 1.5, being considered a stable and reliable platform delivering an outstanding user experience. Bragging about the device, calling it an open-sourced “Revolution” and then turning down the customers is just plain sad. Did we mention that rival carriers offering Google supported devices have managed to tweak it up with some software upgrades?

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While we expected that Dell’s offer to make smartphones for U.S. carriers would be nicely lapped up, it turned out that no U.S. carrier was interested and China Mobile got the Dell Mini 3i. The Wall Street Journal on the other hand has come out with a news piece claiming that AT&T has put Dell to work designing an Android handset for the carrier. Specifications about the handset are not known as yet, but it’s going to have a touchscreen in place of a keypad and a tiny little camera, just like the Mini 3i. Now let’s see how soon this baby materializes.

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LG has designed and announced what it hopes will be the successor to the LG Cookie. The Cookie was a great entry level touchscreen device that paired low costs with the latest technology. If you were an individual who just wanted a touchscreen phone to be in the ‘in’ crowd, the Cookie helped you there. But with the GD510 aka the ‘Pop’ have the same success? It sure has the right features; a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 8GB of internal storage, a 3 megapixel camera and a brushed aluminum case with a single multi-function button and a narrow 4.8mm bezel. Simple yet classy. Expect the Pop to make a European debut around mid-October. The pricing will be set by individual markets.

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Okay so the much rumored Samsung Instinct HD is now officially official on Sprint. Speculation about the new version of the Instinct had been around for a good while, but for the official word crazed crowed, the time has come to whip out your pocket books. Although not what we or anyone for that matter expected, the announcement came in a newsletter sent to Premier customers. Now this could be a mistake, in fact it most likely is, that the Samsung Instinct HD will be a handset of the people, not just the Premier crowd. The Instinct HD features, “a 3.2″ screen, enhanced visual voicemail, simpler texting, improved browsing and a 5-megapixel camera,” and that’s probably something Sprint will soon be drilling into our heads very soon. So who’s buying?

In all truthfulness, the one handset I never tire of looking at is the HTC Touch Pro2, it is simply gorgeous. Beyond the great looks, it’s a power house in its own right. AT&T subscribers have recently had the joy of knowing that the Touch Pro2 is finally coming their way and here we have an image of the Touch Pro2 with the AT&T logo. It also seems like the Touch Pro2 may be released under the name of Tilt 2. So this means the Fuze is not having any more kids? Fine with us, bring on the full touchscreen with a QWERTY!

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It hasn’t even been a year and already we have the successor to the 5800 XpressMusic; the 5330 XpressMusic is all set to hit the United States. Too bad nobody wants it. Okay, before the Symbian crowd takes a whack at me with their mallets, yes a few people will definitely pick this handset up, but seriously folks, Nokia isn’t exactly scoring big time in the United States. The N97 was badly priced and featured nothing exciting, the 5800 XpressMusic had a score of glitches to its credit and the E72 wasn’t the BlackBerry menace it was touted to be. Nokia’s biggest problem with the American market has been the outdated UI on its devices and there’s no denying it. So what’s the 5530 XpressMusic got? Pretty much the same as the 800 XM, but with less weight and no 3G. Huge difference.  On pre-order now from Nokia USA, it’ll run you $289.99 (which includes a free mini speaker), we’re not expecting huge rollovers from this one. let’s hope the early adopters tax isn’t as biting as it ordinarily is.

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Useless gadget alert! The LG GD910 watch phone is ready for you UK dwellers on Orange. The handset that combines a touchscreen phone with a watch, sells for £500 (which is way more than if you bought these items separately, but like we said useless). The watch phone lets you compose text messages and make video calls, but still…too pricey. Anyway, Orange had a limited number of units on hand, and in the event you didn’t get yours, don’t jump off the bridge yet, more units will come by mid-September. Yeesh!

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Sprint subscribers dying for some Android action are finally nearing victory. Rumor had it that Sprint (who by the way snubbed Google’s baby, Android, before) will bring the hot and happening new OS onboard through the HTC Hero. That’s right Hero. So what brings the Hero closer to the U.S. and Sprint? Merely approval from the FCC. The Hero is said to be bearing a full CDMA/EV-DO radio not to mention the awesome HTC Sense UI that makes Android the best to happen since electricity. So yes, Sprint subscribers are very lucky people.

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Yes we are dying to see what the new Nokia Maemo platform looks like. Dying. Maemo 5 has eluded the camera for quite some time now. But thanks to Eldar Murtazin from Russia, we have now know what Maemo 5 looks like, and it looks very delicious. So how does the Maemo 5 compare to S60? Well Murtazin referred to it as ‘obsolete junk’, so there’s a clue. What’s more is that Maemo 5 will indeed be the brains behind a whole series of smartphone gear to come from Nokia, which includes the rumored T-Mobile bound Nokia Rover. The image posted by Murtazin doesn’t give details about the OS, but at least it’s not hard on the eyes. Rest assured you’ll be hearing more about the Linux-based Memo 5 and the handsets it’s going to be featuring on.

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Eldar Murtazin the Russian blogger who is the go-to guy when it comes to spilling beans on Nokia, not to mention all-round mobile guru, has just put the N900 aka Rover through its paces and then shared his views with the world. Overall Murtazin was impressed with the device. The 3.5 inch display is a resistive touchscreen and the device also sports a full QWERTY keypad (with the off-centre space key, because Nokia just can’t get enough of it). Of course the sturdy touchscreen then makes the stylus totally useless, but logic sometimes is not a factor to be considered when designing a handset. Anyway, the Maemo 5 interface is gorgeous so Nokia will probably get away with the stylus.

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