The hype surrounding the forthcoming Google Android OS is immense and so it is that Google’s own Andy Rubin sat down with the BBC to demo Google Maps Street View.

Running on Qualcomm MSM7200 with a 300Mhz processor, with half the processing power of the iPhone, the Android OS looks fluid and responsive. No doubt benefitting from Qualcomm’s 2D/3D accelerator that allows him to play Quake at 30fps.

This is the first of Google Street View on a mobile device, but certainly not the last. Enjoy the video…

Even the iphone is investing in gold these days… This new 24-carat 8GB iPhone will retail for around $1,770USD , not a conscious budget, but its definitely the fit for those who want to bling-bling their cell phones. According to goldstriker , It will be availlable by mid-october of this year

UBS analysts have started whispers that iPhone will be running on the HSDPA 3G network from the second half 2008.

Speculation by UBS suggest current iPhone baseband provider Infineon will ramp down production of their EDGE chips and ramp up HSDPA production including a digital baseband controller, power management unit and radio frequency module.

Long overdue, but exciting none-the-less, the new 3G Apple iPhone could be here sooner than you think.

Yahoo just can’t win a trick lately. Having avoided the takeover by Microsoft they’ve had to sit back and watch themselves be over-taken by Google on Opera’s mobile web browser.

When a company reachs such ubiquity that the verb of using their product is synonymous with the product name, Googling on Opera mobiles seems pretty inescapable.

Riding the crest of a recent wave which has seen Googling integrated in Nokia Search App and the move from integration in Opera’s desktop software slide into their mobile alternatives Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, Google seems unstoppable.

The move adds nearly 100 million people using relevant Opera products to the Google empire. It’s good to be Google, Yahoo - not so much.

Apple’s COO Tim Cook speaking at an investment conference suggested he has “really good confidence” the company will reach their 10 Million iPhone benchmark.

With the long awaited SDK to be released March 6th with “exciting new enterprise features”, indications that Apple may consider expanding beyond single carrier model “we’re not married to any business model”, unlocking becoming much easier and expansion into markets such as Ireland (March 14th?) and Italy, it’s not hard to see why the future of the iPhone is bright and getting brighter.

Long accused of ‘borrowing’ technology China has responded with a little techonlogical marvel, the WP812, their first waterproof handset.

Not entirely dissimilar to Nokia in design the touchscreen equipped handset’s waterproof functionality is just the thing for forgetful types who err…put their phones through the wash, shower fully clothed or repair underwater cabling.

The days of considering Korea’s LG low end manufacturer’s seems to be at an end with the savvy company following up on the success of their Prada and Viewty with three new handsets aimed squarely at the fashion crowd.

The LG KF750 (pictured) reportedly features 5 megapixel camera and secondary VGA video calling camera and a microSD slot. The LG KF240 is aimed at emerging markets such as Latin America and Asia and may release its 2 megapixel goodness as early as next week.

The KF300 is till somewhat of a mystery, but the triumvirate of fashionista goodness is expected to get an airing at CeBIT in Germany next week, so stay tuned for updates.