The update is scheduled for release on December 11th following Motorola’s own recent confirmation of such an update for the Droid’s camera issues this morning, which is a part of the same larger update.

The Droid Eris will also receive its oen update to address issues with the Sense UI as well as other general bugfixes.

The Omnia II features a 3.7 inch AMOLED widescreen resistive touch display at WVGA resolution, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSDHC expansion slot, speakerphone and a 5.0 megapixel camera with flash, autofocus and video recorder.

The update requires BlackBerry Desktop Manager to be installed on the host Windows or Mac computer in order to be completed.

The Behold 2 features a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, and video recording, a 3.2-inch AMOLED display at HVGA resolution, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth 2.1, and microSDHC expansion slot. The Behold II also features a variant of the TouchWiz UI common on its high-end lineup with a 3D cube as its home screen.

Pricing for the Behold 2 is set at $229.99 on Even More plans with new 2 year agreement and data plan, with pricing on Even More Plus set at $449.99 or 20 payments of $22/month.

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The Rock features a mil-spec rugged bodyshell that can withstand water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, high/low temperature storage and six different outdoors- oriented applications which include Earth Compass, Walking Counter, Thermometer, Astro Calendar (astrology/biorhythm readings), Sunrise/Sunset (sun cycle readings) and Tide (tide cycle readings).

The complete feature set of the Rock includes a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, stereo Bluetooth, touch-sensitive media player controls on the outer display, microSDHC expansion slot and a button that opens the phone. The Rock also offers push-to-talk inline with previous G’zOne models.

Pricing is set at $199.99 after new 2 year agreement and availability is set for Friday.

The service plans are also similar to the aformentioned carriers and T-Mobile’s own Even More Plus no-contract unlimited plans, but offers the first month of service for free and no credit check in line with regional flat rate carriers such as Cricket.

The plans consist of unlimited talk at $50/month; unlimited talk and text at $60/month or unlimited talk, text and Web access for $80/month with an option for unlimited text messaging bundled with 1,000 minutes, unlimited nights/weekends and unlimited in-network calling also available for $50 per month.

The service will also herald the debut of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 on a prepaid service in the US as the $80 unlimited talk/text/web plan includes BIS access along with the Samsung Gravity, Samsung t239 and the Samsung t229 being the first phones and devices sold under the new offering.

Package prices start at $59.99 for the t229 package and are now available at Best Buy and select Wal-Mart locations.

“There’s a rounding-error bug in the camera driver’s autofocus routine (which uses a timestamp) that causes autofocus to behave poorly on a 24.5-day cycle. That is, it’ll work for 24.5 days, then have poor performance for 24.5 days, then work again.”

This explains the seemingly inconsistent reviews of the camera functionality across the board before the commercial launch of the device, with the launch resulting in near universal complaints over the camera’s performance.

Verizon is currently working with Motorola on a permanent fix as part of a larger firmware update scheduled for December 11th according to internal documentation.

After the Microsoft/Danger data loss saga and subsequent data recovery two months back, T-Mobile has quietly resumed sales of the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 for $49.99 on Even More plans and $249.99 on Even More Plus and T-Mobile Sidekick LX for $149.99 on Even More/$349.99 on Even More Plus.

The Shine II will feature a 2.2 inch QVGA display with a mirror finish as in the previous model, quadband GSM/EDGE dualband HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth support, AT&T Navigator, 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and video recorder and dedicated media player button along with an onboard ringtone editor.

The LG Shine II will be available this Sunday for $169.99 before an $50 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $119.99.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be available on Sunday November 22 for $199.99 after rebate with new agreement and BlackBerry data plan and is identical to the T-Mobile version released today save for 850/1900/2100 3G band support.

The Curve 8520 will launch in the coming weeks and will also be priced identically to the recently released T-Mobile version at $99.99 after $100 mail-in rebate.