T-Mobile USA announced the Android 1.6 “Donut” upgrade for users of the G1 and MyTouch 3G phones. They’ve just begun the delivery so expect the Android 1.6 official build to be rolled out gradually over the air. So I guess it’s time to check your phone every half hour all you T-Mobile fans…I know I would, but I’m neurotic like that.

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AT&T has begun enabling 850MHz 3G in San Francisco, California, right on the heels of Atlanta. This is great news for all you Franciscans as you should be noticing increased network performance, particularly inside buildings. Next stop? The Big Apple, New York City.

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Sony Ericsson announced the Jalou, their newest mobile phone featuring the latest in fashionable design. The typical technical specs are all there including 3G, 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, etc; but what sets this clamshell phone apart is a highly fashionable “bling” design, as one can see from the facet-cut diamond face. Not only that but a Dolce & Gabbana special edition will be available, featuring 24carat gold plating.

Guys, judging from the pics, buy this for your lady friend and score BIG brownie points. Available near the end of this year in deep amethyst, aquamarine blue, and onyx black.

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A clever hacker who goes by the name “Cleanser” managed to coax the Sprint-only Palm Pre to work on the Verizon network. No details on how it was done but the Cleanser’s got voice and SMS working on the phone. No data, yet, but it’s a great start to what will hopefully become a full blown unlockable Pre. Check the vid after the ‘leap’.

Apple released their iPhone OS 3.1 update to developers. So what’s new in this release? Not much for you consumers as this seems to be a developer oriented update. Check out what’s new:

• Around 15 new OpenGL toys for handling 3D models
• VideoEditorController API, which should let third party apps call up the video editing UI
• Video picker API, goes hand-in-hand with the above
• Plenty of obligatory “It seems faster!” reports
• Some are claiming that MMS is now enabled by default, though still not functioning properly on AT&T. Seems strange to us that this would come via an OS update and not a carrier file update

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According to reports, AT&T is beginning trials of their 3G MicroCell HSPA-enabled femtocell this week. MicroHUH? FemtoWHAT?? Yah, sounds a bit weird but basically you connect a femtocell device to your broadband connection and presto-chango your normally weak cell signal is boosted to five bars of no-drop bliss.

Google today announced a new and improved version of Gmail for iPhone and Android-powered devices. The slew of improvements include faster performance, working offline, and interface improvements made possible by technologies such as aggressive caching, HTML5, and Gears.

There’s a bunch of other stuff so to summarize, the update includes:

• Improved performance when opening email, navigating, searching
• Ability to work even when data network drops
• New browser technologies-HTML5 and Gears-which allow quick feature rollouts and performance upgrades
• Easier inbox navigation: select a message and a floaty bar appears on top of screen with options to archive, delete, and more
• Improved look and feel of messages: labels are easier to read, search menu moved to the top header
• Supports only iPhone/iPod Touch OS 2.2.1 or above
• All Android phones supported

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Ever had aspirations of controlling your G1 phone with a Wii Nunchuck? Yeah, me neither but you sorta can with the Zeemote JS1 Wireless controller. It kinda looks like a nunchuck but it has a few more buttons and comes in a black/blue color scheme. So what can you do with it? Well, you can dial a number really, really slowly or perhaps play a game of pacman.

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