We've known for quite some time the LG Vortex was going to be arriving on Verizon and it seems it's coming sooner rather than later. That is, at least, according to a flier sent out by Verizon itself. As posted in the Android Central Forums, the fliers clearly show off the LG Vortex as coming soon. As noted previously, Verizon customers will be able to scoop up the Bing'd out Vortex for free when it finally does arrive in stores and online. Thanks DroidEye22!

Let's just throw this one out there and see if it sticks to the wall tomorrow: Reader Steve (hi, Steve!) Points out that Google CEO Eric Schmidt opens up the Web 2.0 Summit on Monday in San Francisco, speaking alongside Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media Inc. and John Battelle of Federated Media Publishing.

It's labeled as "A Conversation with Eric Schmidt," and no topics are specifically mentioned. Nikesh Arora, Google's president of Global Sales Operations and Business Development, speaks later in the day, So maybe we'll get Gingerbread, and maybe we won't. But there are worse venues at which to make such an announcement, eh?

Venus Pro, the new Windows Mobile 7 Phone from Dell is already available as a pre-order for only 99.99 (8GB) with 2 years contract with T-Mobile in the USA. There is also the 16Gb version for only 149.99 same, with 2 years contract. Dell promising to ship the phone this December 9th.

Some features:

* The stunning 4.1-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive, multitouch display enables easier navigation.
* With Office Mobile built in, you can operate on-the-go as seamlessly as you would at the office.
* Take your gaming experience on the road with the phone that lets you play games on Xbox LIVE.

Yes guys, The new Google phone, the Nexus S, is finally here. Today Google announced its new and more advance Android phone running the latest Android OS, 2.3 Gingerbread. According to the Official Google Blog, the Nexus S will be available for purchase after December 16th “online and in-store from all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores,” Dec 16th either unlocked or with a T-Mobile plan. Price?. : $199 with a two-year T-Mobile contract or $529 unlocked.

Here some specifications by probably you already know :

* Carrier: T-Mobile
* OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
* Screen: 4-inches @800×480
* Processor 1GHz Samsung Cortex A8
* 512MB RAM, 16GB ROM
* Wifi 802.11 b/g/n
* Bluetooth 2.1
* GPS
* Near-field communications
* Size: 63mm x 123.9mm x 10.8mm
* Weight: 129 grams
* Camera: 5MP

The Google Nexus S is available to Pre-Order in UK

Consumer Reports is out with its latest survey of cell phone service by its members, and AT&T is now ranked as the worst in the country, as well as the worst in Houston. T-Mobile is in 4th place.. what happened with you T-Mo?

“We take this seriously and we continually look for new ways to improve the customer experience. The fact is wireless customers have choices and a record number of them chose AT&T in the third quarter, significantly more than our competitors. Hard data from independent drive tests confirms AT&T has the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network with our nearest competitor 20 percent slower on average nationwide and our largest competitor 60 percent slower on average nationwide. And, our dropped call rate is within 1/10 of a percent – the equivalent of just one call in a thousand – of the industry leader.”

What about cellphone:

The January issue also ranks smartphones and traditional cell phones, sorted by carrier. At the top of the list for smartphones:

• Apple’s iPhone 4 and Samsung’s Captivate tie for first place at AT&T with 76 points

• Motorola’s Droid X and Samsung’s Fascinate tie for tops at Verizon with 75 points

• Samsung’s Epic 4G for Sprint, with 76 points

• Samsung’s Vibrant for T-Mobile, 76 points