If you follow the Google Android operating system scene, you will probably have heard about the new, web-based Android Market store which was launched a few days ago.

The Android Market website allows the user to browse, search and install Android apps using an alternative to the standard device Android Market app that comes on smartphones.

The user is simply required to sign in with their standard Google credentials and the application will retrieve the details of Android devices registered in your name as well as the details of all the Market applications you have already installed.

Once the user signs in to Android Market the application install is available at the click of a button.

Sophos is working on a management console that will allow enterprises to apply security policies to mobile devices, the company announced Feb. 7.

Enterprises can use the Sophos Mobile Control console to handle password management or to restrict certain functions, such as cameras, and to control which applications can access the corporate network, Sophos said. The platform would secure all mobile devices, including Apple’s iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone, Android phones and tablets, Windows Mobile products and Symbian devices, according to the Sophos.

Over the past couple of days several major mobile blogs have received news from well trusted sources who have come through accurately in the past, corroborating that HTC is working on a dual core device that could be headed to Magenta as early as Q2  If these tipsters are correct, then it’s possible that HTC and T-Mobile are getting ready to release the device T-Mo customers have been waiting for, for quite some time.  It looks like my age old question is about to be answered, hopefully, and that is, where the heck is my “T-Mobile Evo-like device?”

T-Mobile has given more in-depth info about their latest Honeycomb-based Android tablet, and its been announced that the device will be 3D friendly. It’s known as the “G-slate,” and it has arrived courtesy of LG Electronics. The device will come with required red and blue glasses for seeing in 3D.

Cupcake. Donut. Eclair. Froyo. What’s up next? Why, it’s Gingerbread and Honeycomb of course. These future Google Android updates may posses sweet nicknames, but they also pack a lot of power and continue to improve the still quite youthful Android operating system, hopefully adding both function and performance.

When can we expect these updates? A lot depends on the mobile carriers and the device manufacturers themselves. With a huge number of devices (both smartphones and tablets) on different networks, some old, some new, there’s no uniform rollout like Apple iPhone users see. You take your chances with the device you buy, and the staggered rollout of these updates continues to be a large bone of contention with many Android owners.

It appears that a pre-order date has been set for the Samsung Galaxy Player, aka the Samsung equivalent of, you guessed it, the iPod Touch. This device is based on the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones and will feature a 4-inch Super LCD screen, 1GHz CPU, 3.2 megapixel camera, front facing video camera, T-DMB, GPS, HD video playback, Wifi, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, and a 1200mAh battery.

The pre-release date is set for February 4th in South Korea, and is expected to be replicated in the rest of the world at a date also soon approaching. The release date for this device is an always seems to have been in the middle of February, pointing toward a definite Mobile World Congress 2011 full reveal. You know what that means? It means we’ll be there to show it to you the moment we get our claws on it.

[Via Samsung Hub]

Just as we were hearing rumors that the Sidekick 4G would be manufactured by Samsung, TmoNews has caught the device in the wild. In addition to the Samsung logo etched on the back of the device, we see what looks to be a front-facing camera.

The device is keeping the same loved form factor as the original Sidekick and is running Android 2.2.1. Hopefully we will be seeing more of the device here in the coming weeks as we near a launch date.

Are you excited about the Samsung Sidekick 4G? Is it something you would be interesting in picking up? Let us know!

[Via TmoNews]