The rumors of PayPal coming to Android as a payment option started getting heavy at the beginning of the month with the most recent word suggesting that it would go live after their developer conference this week in San Francisco.  How close are we to that happening?  Really close if you take the screenshot above to mean what we think it means.  

Another milestone for the Android platform!

In celebration, how about we all list out our favorite apps?  

One of our favorite new Android games Reckless Racing, has reportedly been pulled from the market due to in-game server overload which its creator Polarbit, is blaming partially on piracy.  In a recent news post, they went into detail on some multiplayer server issues they were having, but then made sure to publicly announce their dissatisfaction with a growing number of pirated copies of their game…  

The holidays are creeping up and we were starting to wonder if we would actually see any major Android devices landing on store shelves or if this year’s shopping season would be uneventful, while we all look forward to CES in January.  Up until now, we had only heard a few rumors, but we’re thinking Samsung is prepping something major as they have just invited media members to a special event on November 8th.

Update:  Reader Endisky suggests it will be the Continuum and we’re pretty sure he’s right.

Samsung just announced a Twitter contest that will give 7 lucky Android enthusiasts the chance to win a Galaxy Tab from the carrier of their choice.  The contest will run from today through November 8th and all you have to do is follow them on Twitter, tweet your response to a question they have posted (like this one), and make sure to include the hashtag #WINGALAXYTAB along with it.  Simple right?  

The Powermat receiver door for the Droid X has been released for $39.99 and should ease the charging worries of thousands of battery obsessed individuals.  While I personally have yet to use a Powermat, the concept is something that should be considered, especially with a variety of devices always fighting for an open USB slot on my computer.  Although, I’m not sure I’m super thrilled about the squared protrusion off the side of the phone with this new back attached, I’d love to hear some readers’ thoughts.  

Google launched “Instant” back in September for non-mobile devices, but it looks like they’ve released a “beta” into the wild for Android.  One of our forum members (marc11284) tipped us after noticing his Google search page had an interesting note attached to it referencing “Instant (beta)” being turned off.  So far we’re only hearing of it landing on the original Droid, although ours doesn’t have the instant option yet.  We’ll be digging for answers as to when we can all expect the “Instant” feature to mysteriously show up. Check your phones now!

Update:   Readers are reporting it on their Droid X, Incredible and OG.