Nokia’s official blog confirmed this morning that the N97 mini will in fact be shipping this week, world wide.

Peter Schneider, posted an update on the N900’s shipping date. Looks like the N900 should start shipping within the following weeks.

Due to “strong customer demand” Amazon has consolidated their new Kindle and Kindle International into a single, $259 model.

Mike Cooper of Nokia Conversations recently published a brief, 4 minute orientation video for the N900 setup process along with a getting started intro video.

The BGR has finally gotten their hands on Motorola’s upcoming Android 2.0 handset, the Droid, which has been engineered with close cooperation from Google.

Verizon has just debuted an aggressive advertisement campaign gunning at the iPhone, promoting Verizon’s upcoming Android flagship, the Motorola Droid.

The Palm Pre is continuing its invasion of Europe, hitting the Uk today. A two-year contract will land our UK readers a free Pre @ £34.26 per month.

The Pre has begun its European invasion! Germany’s O2 has secured exclusivity rights for the Pre, with today as launch date.

Paul O’Brien, of Engadget Mobile, reviews T-mobile’s Pulse. The Pulse is a European-bound phone aimed at bringing Android to the masses, on the cheap.

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet has recently found its way over to the Amazon. The tablet features a custom rolled version of Android along with a hefty Cortex A8 backing it.

Engadget got to take a cool tour of Nokia’s R&D lab at San Diego. The section of the lab demonstrated in the video is to test the lifetime of devices and quality of manufacturing.

Engadget received a tip from a “good authority” that both T-Mobile and AT&T will be announcing the Bold 2 on October 21st. Pricing or retail launch date is unknown.

Today Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle from $299 to $259, for the US version. Yes, the real news here is that the Kindle has gone international.

Nokia’s official blog shared a video this morning that highlights several of Maemo’s browser functionality and features. A true convergence device, browsing the web as you would on a normal desktop computer, and then store your N900 back in your pocket when you’re done.