Nexus One owners have been griping about the device’s 3G connectivity issue since its release, and Google felt your pain and came to the rescue (even though they did sorta blame T-Mobile’s small 3G footprint for this). Or so we thought. After releasing an over-the-air update which was intended to resolve this problem, users are still reporting bugs.

Now that the “buzz” is dying down for the Google’s new Buzz service, its reality checks time. Currently only 2.0 and higher devices can take full advantage of the new features.

Currently there is only an estimated 28% of Android devices in use that are capable of taking full advantage of these services. This is due to the fact that lower Android versions browser does not support HTML5, although the gears requirement is meet.

Earlier this week we reported that Motorola would be gearing up for an Android 2.1 update for the DROID. Oops! It turns out that it might not be coming that soon after all. And here we were etching notches into the wall as we counted down the days.

Motorola recently updated what’s going to be included in their 2.1 update. Some of the highlights are listed after the break.

Google is testing a new fiber optic network in a select few locations. There was a rumor floating around that the Nexus One would have the ability to use VOIP to make calls without the need for a wireless carrier. Looks like Google has bigger plans in the making.

Here’s a statement from Google on this matter.

A little tidbit from Brian Swetland, an employee of Google who works on the Linux kernel, tells us that the iteration of Android beyond Froyo will be called Gingerbread.  Looks like we hit it pretty dead on with our guess back in mid January when trying to come up with clever “G” names that hit [...]

Rumor: Successor to Froyo to be called Gingerbread was written by the team at Android Authority.

We have been waiting for Flash on our non Sense UI Androids since it was demoed way back when on the G1. It was supposed to be released early this year but that might not happen.

According to Adrian Ludwig, group product marketing manager for Flash Platform:

First there was Cupcake, then Donut,  Éclair, then Froyo.  And now hopes for “Gelatin” being the name of the next version of Android have been dashed, as Google’s “G” codename turns out to be “Gingerbread”.

Over-sharing the minutiae of your life is already difficult, so why complicate things with Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare when you only need one service to rule them all? That’s where Google Buzz comes in and makes annoying your friends with news about your snacking habits that much easier.

A new announcement by Goggle brings a new product called Google Buzz. Google Buzz builds upon Gmail’s messaging, IM and in-browser video chat, and focuses on in-Gmail sharing with other users.

This was taken from our slashgear.com:

Auto-following – Buzz takes advantage of Gmail’s record of frequent contacts, automatically setting up contacts based on who you email with regularly.

We are all now familiar with text-to-speech or TTS, as it has been implemented in some fashion ever since the G1 days. Now Google wants to add another innovative idea to the arsenal. Speech-to-speech will attempt to translate your voice input to output your native language into a foreign language.

This is great news for our European viewers. You now can put in your order for the very sexy and powerful 1GHZ Sony X10.

This equates to roughly $682.54 USD’s. This is still a high priced phone but at least it is less than the rumored $900. Unfortunately, this phone probably can’t be shipped to the US although I can not verify this at this time. So if you live in the UK head over and put in your order. This ships to most of Europe. Also, Sony has announced that they are planning on upgrading this phone to Android 2.1 shortly after it is released. Here’s some specs:

Early-termination fees are standard practice in the mobile phone contract world, but the Nexus One’s “equipment recovery fee” was a new and arguably exorbiant fee. Google required that anyone buying a subsidized Nexus One pay $350 if the contract was canceled within the first 120 days, and that was on top of the $200 fee [...]

No one likes early termination fees, but for one reason or another they can sometimes become a necessary evil. When Google introduced a new channel for buying the Nexus One, I was excited at the thought of grabbing a phone without being hassled by a retail sales rep. The only downside was that if I bought it at the subsidized price and wanted to cancel within 120 days, Google would charge a $350 device recovery fee… on top of the carrier’s cancelation fees!

When the Nexus One was announced, many folks were questioning Google’s game plan and why it would release such an amazing device shortly after the Motorola DROID’s release. If that wasn’t enough to make some DROID owners envious, the Nexus One received a multitouch update last week which allowed pinch-to-zoom gestures within Google Maps, the Android browser and photo gallery. What could possibly quell all this Nexus One envy?