Last.fm recently announced the launch of of its internet radio application for the Google Android mobile platform. The application is available for download through the Android Market. The Sprint-branded Palm’s CDMA Treo Pro now on sale at Best Buy’s website. The phone looks good, but the price is too bad: $699.99 without contract.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 just got a firmware update which contain a bunch of language options, the U.S. version update, etc. T-Mobile has announced the new Shadow, by HTC, a compact smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 and a 2-megapixel camera and the Nokia 7510, a flip-phone with a 2-megapixel camera and WiFi.

Samsung Propel Pro brings Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, an optical joystick and 3G. This AT&T device (yeah, this is a T-Mobile Shadow competitor) has pretty decent QWERTY keyboard. Dell is getting ready now on entering the smartphone market. According to WSJ, a dedicated group of engineers is producing prototypes built on Google’s Android operating system and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile software.

Seems mobile developers are getting more interested in developing Apple’s iPhone- and Google’s Android mobile platforms-based applications rather than Microsoft’s Windows Mobile apps.

Virgin Mobile USA plans to launch its new Ocean 2 multimedia device.
The new Helio Ocean 2 is a dual slider phone, come comes with 1GB internal storage, microSDHC card slot, 3 megapixel camera (its video recording ability bumped to 30 frames per second) and an web browser that support flash video. It also has a touch sensitive navigation pad, too.

Yeah, going head to head against Apple’s iPhone 3G isn’t easy and cheap. According to market research firm iSuppli, the RIM’s BlackBerry Storm parts pricier than iPhone’s.  Components used to build new Research In Motion smartphone cost about $203, meanwhile, the total cost of components in Apple’s 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G, is $174.