With the closing of Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this week, talk of the possibilities for Android in the enterprise has spiked.

While Android has taken the consumer market by storm — the OS runs 59% of smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012 — IT managers remain wary that maintaining security and control of consumer Android devices devices used by workers may be difficult if not impossible, according to various surveys.

Technology giant Microsoft claimed victory as the International Trade Commission issued its final determination in Microsoft’s Android infringement case against Motorola, ruling Motorola violated a Microsoft patent related to ActiveSync, a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. The technology is licensed to a number of mobile device companies, including Apple for iOS.

When it comes to Android 4.0 upgrades, Motorola hasn’t exactly been leading the pack.

The manufacturer scored a big fat “D” in my Android 4.0 report card for the first quarter of 2012, and from the looks of it, its second-quarter score may not be a heck of a lot better.

Sprint Premier customers can snag it July 28. Sprint just dropped word that the long-awaited Motorola Photon 4G — the first Wimax device from Moto — will be available on July 31 for $199 on contract.

The Triumph was first announced back in June. The Triumph looks like an extremely capable device and the Virgin Mobile faithful have been buzzing about it ever since the announcement. As they should. The Triumph is an extremely thin, 3G Android device that will be coming to the market without the need for a contract.

New releases of Android smartphones are happening each week. All four major carriers in the United States are going to launch at least one unit in the weeks to come (that’s a lot of phones IMO). With 4G right around the corner and mobile hardware and software getting better and better, you should take a look at what’s coming down the pike in the next couple of months before you buy. Here are some of the upcoming Android phones this summer and I hope that you will like some of my choices.

1. Motorola DROID Bionic

The DROID Bionic was one of Motorola’s darlings at CES this year. After that, news on the powerful device fell flat. Rumors suggest Motorola went back to the drawing board and redesigned the phone. That seems to be the case as this leaked Best Buy ad for the Bionic shows.

Key Specs: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HDMI mirroring, dual-core processor, runs on Verizon’s 4G network

Release date: Likely by this fall

Android will command 40 percent market share through 2011, with growth tapering off to 44 percent by 2015. Apple iOS currently has 18 percent, RIM nets 14 percent and Nokia Symbian is at 20.6 percent and falling.

Google’s Android mobile-operating system should exceed 40 percent share of smartphones worldwide, with Samsung, HTC and Motorola leading the way with handsets based on the open-source platform, said IDC.