It has been reported that the Milestone, which is an Android based smartphone from Motorola, is all set to begin its debut in South Africa. It has been announced to be one among the tiniest sliding devices with a QWERTY keyboard and it has a lot of features that might make it a huge hit.

Motorola has been bashed by the UK's advertising regulator over an advertisement for its DEXT smartphone.

A complaint was lodged by INQ mobile, a phone company and Motorola's competitor, with the ASA. In its complaint, INQ challenged the advertisement on the basis that they previously released a phone with strikingly similar features to the DEXT smartphone.

In Las Vegas, Motorola launched its new technology driven i1 push to talk Android phone in the market to delight its consumers. The price of the phone has not been announced yet, but there is a likely possibility of the phone being tagged with a competitive price to give tough competition to the other smartphones in the market.

The World's first Android powered i1 smartphone, which will run on push-to-talk iDEN networks from Sprint Nextel and Southern Linc., has been introduced by Motorola. IDEN is a proprietary technology invented by Motorola which gives phone users an immediate talk feature, which is akin to walkie talkies.

Initially thought to be coming under brand name of Motorola, i890 device has been reported to be coming under Sprint Nextel.

i890 is a phone with an external display of 1.8 inch 65,000 color. The internal display of the device is 2.2 inch QVG.

On Tuesday, Motorola Inc. said that it has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp.

According to the deal, the software maker will provide search and map functions on Motorola's new smart phones.

A new Android-based handset had been made public by Motorola last month, in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The new Motorola QUENCH / CLIQ XT can be seen on the shelves very soon. Motorola says that it will be put to sale before the end of this month under the name of CLIQ XT in the U. S. A series of hands-on photos have emerged with it.

AT&T has welcomed Android platform with the release of Motorola's Backflip, but it seems it is not capable of providing full Android experience to its users.

With the Motorola Backflip, it is AT&T's first trip into Android area. Equipped with an exclusive back-flipping QWERTY keypad and back-of-display touchpad, the Backflip is unlike most of Android cell phones.

Motorola has released yet another smartphone to the US market, and this one promises to be better than the previous popular handsets that the company had introduced. The Motorola Backflip, a unique phone as far as the design goes, has now been made available at the official AT&T website, for a mere $99 after rebate.

Following the latest Android operating system, AT&T’s Motorola Backflip is ready to hit the market on March 07 with a price tag of $99.99 USD after a $100 USD mail-in rebate.