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Looks like the eagerly anticipated Android 2.2 update is now rolling onto o2-branded HTC Desire handsets. Ryan has just grabbed his 87.21MB update and has snapped this shot of it downloading. Let us know if you’re getting your update and your experiences with it.

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o2 Desires getting Android 2.2

The Orange and T-Mobile networks will merge on October 5th but, due to tha amount of handsets, you’ll at first have to sign-up to be part of the new shared networks. This, we presume, is because some phones may have been heavily tested for T-Mobile but not for Orange and vice-versa. Now, we covered the announcement last week but now there’s an official press release from the new merged company – Everything Everywhere .

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Orange and T-Mobile – Sign up to join the new network

o2 have rolled out an update for Dell Streak owners. The 2.1 update is fairly chunky, so we’d advise downloading via WiFi.

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Dell Streak 2.1 Update for o2

This HTC QWERTY device, emblazened with the Verizon logo, has just popped up on the FCC. At a guess this will no doubt be an Android device (no Windows flag in sight) and the keyboard, as you can see, is a lovely shade of red. Known as the “HTC PD42100″ it’ll be arriving on Verizon pretty soon and, we can only hope, to a European network in a slightly different guise soon

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HTC Sliding QWERTY spotted on FCC

Vodafone have updated their Coming Soon section of the website to include information on the Samsung Galaxy Tab which will be available on their network soon here in the UK. The Tab is an Android based tablet running 2.2 FroYo so you get the latest version of the OS right out of the box, it also offers a 7 inch touch screen and features like a front facing camera for video calling

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Register At Vodafone For Galaxy Tab

In the last few minutes it seems that HTC Peep is starting to burst back into life. The HTC Twitter client, which packed up on September 1st , got apparently fixed by Twitter. However, after another “we’ve fixed some login issues” message from Twitter this afternoon it seems that the Peep client is back

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HTC Peep – The bird is back

In a blog post today Andy Lees, Senior VP for Mobile Communications at Microsoft, has followed up on the earlier RTM announcement .

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We know we are playing catch-up – Microsoft

Angry Birds is now available in a Beta form on the Android Market. It’s a highly addictive game which was only meant to be in “closed beta” this week but, due to massive demand, the developers have put it out today for everyone. I’d love to tell you a bit more about it, but unfortunately my wife hasn’t let go of the game yet so I’ve resorted to filming a clip ver her shoulder

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Angry Birds. Download. This. Now.

The new joint venture company combining Orange and T-Mobile UK, Everything Everywhere today announced the launch date of the combined network roaming agreement which will allow customers of both groups roam on each other’s network. From the 5th October customers will be able to ‘opt-in’ to the service which will mean if their existing network has no coverage where you are but the other network does you will be able to use your phone as normal. This is a big step in moving the new company forward and what better way to start than giving customers access to 2 massive networks for the price of one!.

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T-Mobile/Orange Roaming From 5th October

There’s a good video on the BBC website which takes a look at the new 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab we covered yesterday. There’s a hands-on and a wry smile from Carey McGregor (Senior Product Manager at Samsung) when BBC reporter Rory Cellan-Jones states, “It looks lovely, but it looks just like a shrunken iPad though”. The Folio 100, from Toshiba, is also shown and comes with Android 2.2, Flash 10.1 support and a miniHDMI port.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab and Toshiba Folio 100 handled