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Google plans to push its Android mobile operating system into emerging markets by offering new tools to attract developers in China and India.

HTC has released updates for its Touch Pro2 and HD mini Windows Mobile smartphones. The update fixes some problems relating to the stability of SMS transmissions. The updates are available now for the HTC Touch Pro2 and the HD mini. For more, check out our full review of the HTC HD mini smartphone. Read the full story here.

The Samsung Restore is a very eco-friendly QWERTY keyboard equipped messaging phone for Sprint. It is full of tips for keeping green, and is made up, in part, from recycled materials and is itself over 80% recyclable. Watch the video here.

When consumers were snapping up Apple's new iPhone 4 last month, analysts in Silicon Valley were busy doing something more important -- tearing apart the phone to unmask the identity of the company's suppliers.

HTC today said its second-quarter profit rose 33 percent on strong sales of its devices, underscoring the company's success as smartphone powerhouse.

Today Nokia announced that it is selling its modem business to Renesas Electronics for $200 million as part of a new business alliance. Nokia's modem business consists of Nokia's wireless modem technologies for LTE, HSPA, and GSM standards, modem patents, and 1,100 research and development employees from Finland, India, the U.K., and Denmark. The agreement is pending regulatory approval and should be completed during the fourth quarter of 2010. Read the full story here.

Today TweetUp announced that is has purchased the Android Twitter application Twidroid. The company will rename it Twidroyd to avoid confusion with Lucas Film' trademark "droid." Twidroyd will now come packaged on Android handsets from 5 manufacturers. Read the full story here.

HTC's Wildfire is a low-cost Android smartphone that tries to offer most of the feature of higher-end devices like the Desire. It sports only a QVGA touchscreen, but comes with all of the HTC sense user interface goodies that users want. Watch the video here.

Hallmark Low Energy Feature Opens Doors to New Applications in Health Care, Fitness, Security and Home Entertainment Read the full story here.

Today Motorola announced that there is an over-the-air update rolling out to Motorola Milestone owners in Greece. The update originally landed on a few Milestone devices in other countries, but was quickly pulled. Motorola said that the update improves stability, the alarm, music player functionality, and more. It will roll out to Poland, the Netherlands, and other European countries in the near future. Read the full story here.

According to recent study completed by Distimo, a company that offers analytical data regarding app ecosystems, more than half of all Android apps are free to its users. The report shows that fifty seven percent of the apps currently in the Google Android Market are free and forty three percent are offered as paid. In comparison, its closest competitor, the Apple App Store, globally offers only twenty eight percent of its apps for free to its users. Read the full story here.

The white HTC EVO 4G Android smartphone for Sprint, exclusive to Best Buy first, has begun to arrive in stores according to sources speaking to Engadget. Read the full story here.