According to Wirefly, the upcoming “PlayStation Phone” aka the Xperia Play from Sony Ericsson will be sold by Verizon when it arrives in the US. If that is accurate, Verizon customers have some tough choices to make. There’s the iPhone 4, Thunderbolt and now the Xperia Play all arriving on their network.

Decisions, decisions. This one does have a slide out gamepad, Android 2.3 and the PlayStation Suite. Which one do you get?

The BBC has made its iPlayer app plans a bit more official by announcing that iPad and Android-specific versions of its software will be arriving by the end of this week. The iPlayer is a free TV catchup service hosting the best and most popular from the BBC’s catalog of recent programming, and the new native apps will let you watch on your portable device in a touchscreen-optimized format.

The finishing touches are being applied to the app right now and the apps should be available before the end of the week.

Huawei is showing off two of the mobile devices it will bring to the Mobile World Congress show in Spain next week. The Ideos X3 smartphone and a new Ideos S7 Slim tablet. Both use the Android operating system. It looks like the hardware button from the face is gone, replaced with touch buttons. Otherwise, the seven-inch tablet looks nearly the same as the current one. The preloaded OS should be Android 2.2 or maybe even 3.0 rather than 2.1.

We don’t yet have any specs to go with the photos, but we do know that the Ideos X3 smartphone will also sport front and rear cameras and be available in at least four colors: red, blue, silver and black.

Among the Android tablets that will be shown at MWC 2011, Huawei will be releasing an updated version of their S7 tablet, the Huawei S7 Slim. Huawei was nice enough to release some photos of the S7 Slim Android tablet, but we don’t yet have any specs.

But judging by the image, it looks like it has a front facing video camera, and will probably feature a 7 inch display like the previous model. It won’t be long before we get more info at any rate.

Here’s another Android tablet from Pioneer Computers Australia. The DreamBook ePad 7 Pro features a 1.2GHz ARM dual-core processor, a 7-inch 480 x 800 multi-touch display, and a 0.3-megapixel camera.

Other features include 256MB RAM, 2GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), an accelerometer sensor, 3G (optional), GPS (optional), WiFi, 2x USB 2.0 ports and Android 2.2 Froyo is running the show.

Have you been waiting for the Archos 70b color e-reader? The Android 2.1-powered ebook reader with the 7-inch 800 x 480 TFT display is now available for pre-order on JR.com. There’s no picture, but we can be pretty sure that it’s the same as the 70b.

The price is $149.99, but we don’t have a release date yet. It features a resistive touch screen, 600MHz CPU, 4GB Storage, WiFi, SD slot, and a 10-hour battery life.

Google has launched its official Blogger App and released it to the Android Market. It allows you to easily publish posts with pictures, labels and location information directly to your Blogger blog from your Android device. It requires Android 2.1 and up.

The app also makes it easier to manage several websites with support for multiple sites allowing you to easily switch between blogs within the app when you need. There’s also an offline feature that lets you write posts even when a data connection isn’t available. Photos taken on your smartphone camera can be imported directly to your posts as well and uploaded straight from your Android phone.

Want a quick way to mute your Android smartphone? Well, a new Android App called RD Mute mutes your smartphone when you place it facedown on a surface. It also has some other features to notify callers you are driving.

The application is free to download and can be started by flipping the phone on its face or when the GPS registers a traveling speed of 31 mph. It will automatically SMS anyone who calls you while driving to notify them that your at the wheel and will call them back later. Pretty handy app.

The Nook Color has apparently been pulled from store shelves, but only temporarily. The ereader is backordered at Best Buy, and the Barnes & Noble site says that the device is not shipping for two weeks. They gave no reason, but several outlets are reporting that Barnes & Noble wants to make the Nook Color hack proof.

You might remember that the Nook Color was rooted and new unofficial Android OS firmware was available to turn it into a full blown Android tablet. It’s possible that Barnes & Noble feels that custom firmware allows users to download competing e-reading apps like Kindle. But who is going to want it after they “fix” it?

AT&T will begin pre-sales for the Froyo-powered Motorola Atrix 4G Android superphone on February 13th, for the usual $199.99 with a two-year contract. It should be available on March 6th “or earlier,”. The Laptop Dock bundle will get you an Atrix 4G and a dock for $499.99 on contract. If you opt to buy the dock at a later time it will cost you $499.99, but on day one it will also include the phone.

The bundle only applies if you also sign up for a Data Pro plan and tethering add-on. The carrier is also offering an Entertainment Access Kit for Atrix 4G customers that includes the Motorola HD Multimedia Dock, a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and a remote control for $189.99. Have you spent enough money yet?

A TV commercial for the Xperia Play from Sony Ericsson has surfaced online. It shows the Android mascot getting some stitched on thumbs so he can game with the PSP-style controls. It’s a bit creepy. This Playstation phone is expected to debut at Mobile World Congress later this month if you have thumbs with which to check it out.

Unofficial specs include a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, a backside touchpad and the PlayStation buttons and the ability to play PlayStation Suite games made for Android. Other specs may include a five-megapixel camera with 720p recording and a four-inch touchscreen that has technology from Sony’s Bravia HDTVs.

If you have been waiting for the Cowon D3 Plenue PMP, we have some good news for you. Amazon has now started taking pre-orders for this new Android PMP.

The Cowon D3 Plenue features a 3.7 inch ALOMED display with a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels, comes with Android 2.2, and has a microSD card slot that can support up to 32GB of storage. It also packs 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, a gravity sensor, a DMB TV tuner, FM Radio, and even comes with several apps built in, like Twitter, an eBook reader and a photo album.

Tablets are for fun right? Well, sometimes they are for education and fancy book-learnin. Err, non book learning I mean. Brainchild has a new Android tablet for students called the Kineo. It’s kid friendly, so it can be dropped, kicked, drooled on, thrown across the room etc.

The Kineo features a touchscreen display good for up to 500,000 impressions and has a 12-hour battery life. It also sports Wi-Fi, a 800 x 480 screen resolution, a 800MHz dual core CPU, 2GB of internal memory and Google Android 2.1. You can pre-order the Kineo from Brainchild for $299. It will ship in March 2011.

Yo G. Check this. T-Mobile and LG have unveiled their first Android tablet called the G-Slate. The device is powered by Android 3.0 and features a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, an 8.9″ display, 32GB of internal storage, a stereoscopic camera that can do 1080p 3D capture, a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, and a front-facing camera for your video call needs.

It supports 720p HD playback on the tablet itself and HDMI output for 1080p content on 3D and HD displays. The G-Slate’s 3D capabilities will also let users experience 3D HD content on the tablet itself if you wear 3D glasses.

Verizon has hinted that the HTC Thunderbolt might arrive early. It reminded users that the iPhone is coming soon and also said that the Android-based 4G phone might come “sooner than expected.” No exact date was given.

Previous leaks from Verizon’s retail system have the Android flagship’s launch on February 14 and that could be the date Verizon is teasing, but it also might be moved up.