It looks like Virgin Mobile in the US will have a couple of new Android smartphones, one of those is the new LG Optimus Slider which we heard about recently, and it comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The LG Optimus Slider features a full slide out QWERTY keyboard plus a 3.2 inch multi-touch touchscreen display, and a 3.2 megapixel camera, plus WiFi and Bluetooth, and a microSD card slot.

The LG Optimus Slider will be available from Virgin Mobile from the 17th of October for $199.99 on Virgin Mobile’s pre-paid contracts.

Source Gotta Be Mobile

We know that the next Android smartphone from Google, will be the Google Nexus Prime, which is being made by Samsung for Google, and we have already heard some of the specifications on the Google Nexus Prime.

The Google Nexus Prime is rumored to feature a dual core TI OMAP 4460 processor, plus a 8 megapixel camera on the back and a 2 megapixel camera on the front for video chat, we don’t as yet have any official pictures of the Nexus Prime, but these concepts look amazing.

We have no idea if the Google Nexus Prime will look anything like these concept designs which were designed by the guys over at Ciccaresedesign, but we do know that it will come with Android Ice Cream Sandwich and it is expected to launch either this month or next month.

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