First posted by Antonio Wells on Technorati Android Channel: Nearly 8 Million Android Phones Sold in 2009

According to a Canalys report of worldwide smart phone sales in 2009, Android has made a tiny

Skyfire announced that it has purchased kolbysoft, the company that develops the Steel browser for Android. Skyfire also plans to release a "Skyfire Android edition" browser in the future.

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We officially know that Sprint is planning to update both the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment with Android 2.1 “sometime in the first half of 2010.” Well, aside from that time period getting slightly shorter than the last time we heard the news, we now have another little bit coming in the form of a [...]

The Legend still hasn't been officially announced by HTC, but that hasn't stopped it from appearing on Dutch retailer KPN's Web site. And the picture, while small, definitely appears to be of the official variety, lending even further credence to the phone.

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.

Not as crazy as it sounds. It looks there's now a way to enable USB Host mode on the Motorola Droid.  In a nutshell, this is the first step towards using a USB memory stick or printer right from the miniUSB port on your Droid. It's not the first phone to do this, but it's a welcome step on an Android device.

Earlier this week Motorola made an announcement stating that it would start to roll out 2.1 to all Droid users. They even went as far as saying that all Droid users will have the update by the end of this week. Looks like someone made a mistake and jumped the gun a bit.