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T-Mobile, the largest US carrier will soon releasing the hot-looking Sony Ericsson Equinox clamshell… You must’ve known why I said on this article title that this phone will surely please the fashion-concerned people. Just look at the design. I am personally in love with this clamshell phone design..

Anyway, the Sony Ericsson Equinox is basically a 3G clamshell phone featuring “eye-catching light effects” that let you associate up to five contacts with a unique effect.

If you didn’t follow the news, the Sony Ericsson Equinox is actually the US version of Sony Ericsson T707, the Equinox also features a 2.2 inch QVGA internal display, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio, YouTube access and a 3.2MP camera.

About the price, the T-Mobile priced the Sony Ericsson Equinox for $50 with a 2-yr contract agreement.

So what do you think about this babe?

Sorry for the late update, guys…. Anyway, here is a news update on the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G. Finally T-Mobile has officially made myTouch 3G available for purchase, online and offline. And as I told you before, what makes MyTouch 3G special is the personalization. Therefore the Android device would not be released in an ordinary manner…There are bunch of accessories and customized shells to choose from.

So the phone itself has a pretty nice design, and when you buy one of these, you’ll be able to design your own MyTouch 3G shells. When you’re satisfied with the design, you can print it on the MyTouch 3G and got it shipped to your home. Besides the outside personalization, the inside also got the same treatment. You can put new widgets, icons and wallpapers that are added straight onto the home screen.


Moreover, users can also use the power of Android Market to find the right app for their MyTouch 3G. Added with T-Mobile’s ever expanding 3G network, this phone is a promising one

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G will retail for a relatively affordable $199.99 with a two-year agreement, where you can choose from black, white and merlot colors.

GSM phones is the most popular product of Nokia, but this time the biggest manufacture wants to penetrate another market for CDMA phone. FCC has given them an approval for CDMA distribution in United States. Not sure, whether Nokia will distribute the devices in North American for retail.

The talked CDMA phone is Nokia 8202. Its dual slide of mechanism is like what found on N85 and N96. Regarding its Operating System, we are not sure too what will be used. But it has possibility to be S60 based phone, considering that almost all Nokia products nowadays like Nseries and Eseries use S60 as their Operating System.

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Did you remember the first generation of the Samsung Alias? Yes, it was back then in 2007 when the Alias was introduced for the first time. This time, in the competitive time of mobile phones, Verizon Wireless and Samsung will reveal the Samsung Alias2. They have 2 secret unique features in the new Samsung Alias2 to make it differ from other phones. But what are those?

So the two secret unique features are the dual hinge design and a dynamic keyboard. These features are really making some attraction, at least for me So allow me to explain a bit about these hinge design and dynamic keyboard:

So if you open the clamshell in landscape mode, you have a QWERTY keyboard and if portrait mode, you have a traditional numeric keys. Nice isn’t it? Remember that not everyone are used to use QWERTY, some of them even prefer to use a traditional numeric keys. There’s no information if the keyboard is customizable by users manually.

There’s more, people. There’s a camera on top of the external LCD screen, and you can directly access the music player from the external LCD, without even opening the clamshell.

Checkout the keyboard features of the Samsung Alias2 from the image below:

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LG Cookie KP500 specifications details and all other stuff related to it have been around since months ago, but now the LG has finally added the LG Cookie KP500 to it’s phone list, as the electronics manufacturer have officially released the LG Cookie KP500. The LG Cookie KP500 have a decent specifications and some interesting features, some even said that the LG Cookie KP500 is very similar with the LG Renoir, in terms of its high-end technologies and great features.

The LG Cookie phone has a 3 inch TFT screen bundled with 262k colors. The Touchscreen is bright that enables clear view of text, images and watching videos. The LG KP500 has a slide QWERTY keyboard for better internet access. The auto rotate function allows you to turn the phone’s screen horizontally or vertically. The Cookie phone Touchscreen can be controlled with sets of virtual buttons, stylus and icons. The LG Cookie KP500 incorporates a 3.2 megapixel camera with digital zooming capability. It is integrated with a media player and a FM radio and handwriting recognition feature, this allows users to send text messages without using the keypad.

The LG phone comes packed in with a wireless Bluetooth and USB connectivity. The users can view their documents in DOC, PDF, XLS, and PPT formats. The Cookie’s phone battery has the capability of providing 3.3 hours of talktime and 350 hours of standby time.

The LG KP500 Cookie phone is available in many colors like black, brown gold and silver. There are no details on its price and availability of the Cookie phone.

LG Cookie KP500 specifications:

• Air Interface : GSM
• Band : Quad
• Dimensions : 55 x 107 x 12mm
• Weight : 89 gr
• Talk Time : Up to 4 hours
• Standby Time : Up to 350 Hours
• Connectivity : GPRS, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB, GPS
• Imaging : Camera 3.2 Megapixel with Flash, Digital zoomVideo Camera 12 fps
• Messaging : E-mail, Push e-mail, T9, MMS
• Display : TFT Touchscreen 262k colors
• Keypad : Slide out QWERTY on Screen QWERTY keypad
• Storage : Internal Memory 48MB, Memory Card microSD (Transflash) up to 8GB

Other features of the LG Cookie KP500 are:

• Audio Player MP3/WMA/AAC audio and MPEG4/3gp video
• FM Radio with RDS
• Ringtones MP3 and Polyphonic
• Headphone Jack
• Games 4 + downloadable
• Touchscreen 000 colours, 256, 3″ 240 x 400 TFT touchscreen, accelerometer for auto-rotate, Flash UI, and handwriting recognition

So what do you think, guys? Is it a worthy alternative for the LG Renoir?

There’s a new flip phone from Samsung. This one is called the Samsung SCH-W690 and is a mid-end handset that soon be available in South Korea via SK-Telecom. There are two color variants available for the Ssamsung W690, and both of them have an elegant looks. At a glance, it seems that the phone is very user friendly.

The spotlight goes to the 2.6 inch internal AMOLED screen that supports 240 x 320 pixels and 262K colors. Nokia’s N85 Nseries smartphone packs a similar display, with the difference that the N85 one supports 16 million colors.

Anyway, here are the other features of Samsung W690:

• GSM and HSDPA connectivity
• GPS
• 1.5 inch OLED external display with 128 x 128 pixels and 65K colors
• MP3 player
• Bluetooth
• 2MP camera
• 800 mAh battery
• 123 grams
• 101 x 51.6 x 16.95 millimeters

There’s no word yet if Samsung SCH-W690 will be released outside South Korea too.

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As you all might have known, the N97 have got it’s official debut in the 2008 Nokiaworld in Barcelona. And now, just several days after the big event, suddenly there’s a leaked pictures of the next Nokia Touchscreen phone, or so what they said over at the internet. However, I personally still have no clue about the originality of the leaked picture… Oh, by the way, here’s the picture of the rumored device:

Before you dismiss this as a complete fake, we would just like to inform you that the N97’s QWERTY and touchscreen design was actually leaked just a few moments after the 5800 XpressMusic phone was unveiled. The likelihood that this could be legit or at least close to the real thing is actually pretty high. However, we’re likewise not discounting the possibility that this is just a fancy rendering of someone’s wild imagination.

Unless Nokia’s planning another big announcement in this merry month of December, we’ll probably hear from them early next year if indeed this will be the next in line for their touchscreen-equipped offerings.

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It’s been a while since I updated the news here Let’s go with the first news, shall we?

Recently the Giant Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia have officially launched their new breed, called the 6260 slide. This handset is said to be the first phone from Nokia which have GPS in the Series 40 software platform. Users will enjoy high speed internet with HSDPA 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. In terms of camera, the freshly launched 6260 packed a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with flash and 360&degree; navigation key for easy navigation when use internet. Pictures taken can be easily shared and upload to Nokia’s Share on Ovi service or other picture and video sharing site. Nokia 6260 slide is equipped with the latest 3G technology plus high speed uploads (HSUPA) and downloads (HSDPA). There’s quick access to search engine and other interests direct from the home screen so you don’t have to browse through you phone all the time. The Nokia 6260 slide will be available when the New Year starts with an estimated price of EUR 299, before taxes and subsidies.

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Recently Verizon Wireless have officially announced two new phones from South Korean handset manufacturer, Samsung. There are two new phones that will arrived, the Samsung Saga and Samsung Renown. According to my source, Samsung Saga should be available in stores in 1st Dec, while Samsung Renown should be available in stores in the same date. However, the Renown will also be available in business sales channels, online and telesales on Nov. 19. What are these phones offering? Checkout the Samsung Saga and Samsung Renown Features under:

Samsung Saga:
This Windows Smartphone is a monoblock with a built-QWERTY keyboard, 2.55-inch touch screen, built-optical mouse, Wi-Fi access, support for work in CDMA and 4-band GSM / GPRS networks and Bluetooth technology. Samsung Saga is based on operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and supports all of its key features. In addition, owners of the device will be available to take advantage of built-2 MP camera and microSD cards up to 16 GB.

Samsung Saga features:

• Support for CDMA / EVDO, and GSM / GPRS networks
• Support for Bluetooth profiles including HSP, HFP, SPP, DUN, A2DP (stereo audio), AVRCP, OBEX (OPP, BPP, PBAP), GAVDP, AVDTP, AVCTP, HID
• Support for WLAN networking (802.11b / g)
• SDIO slot that supports microSD / microSDHC memory cards
• Display: 2.55-inch, touch-sensitive, permission 320h320 pixels, TFT, displaying more than 65 thousand colors
• Messaging: SMS / MMS / E-Mail
• Camera: 2 MP
• colorful LED indicates different modes of operation smartphone
• voice control
• Navigation Services
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Dimensions: 62h124h13, 5 mm
• Weight: 130 gr.

Samsung Renown:
This model is a stylish camp-cot with a built-2 MP camera support for Bluetooth wireless technology and advanced operator services, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody and V CAST Video.

Samsung Renown Features:

• Support for CDMA / EVDO, and GSM / GPRS networks
• Support for Bluetooth profiles including A2DP (stereo audio)
• Support microSD / microSDHC memory cards
• Main display: permission 240h320 pixels, TFT, displaying more than 260 thousand colors
• External display: 96h96-resolution pixels, TFT, displaying more than 260 thousand colors
• Messaging: SMS / MMS / E-Mail
• Camera: 2 MP
• Organizer: Alarm clock, world time, calendar, calculator, stopwatch, Notes
• Dimensions: 49.5 h98, 3h17, 5 mm
• Weight: 115 gr.

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Many people think that ASUS will have a hard, rough road if they want to be a leading phone manufacturer. I guess they’re right, for now. It seems that ASUS is trying to shake the mobile phone industry with their latest phone, so called Asus P565. And what’s so special about this handset anyway? Well, as a start it is the fastest business PDA phone ever created on the globe with its 800Mhz Marvell CPU. Or so Asus said.

The fastest phone that is now listed at the Asus site has a Glide UI toting HSDPA, and it will run on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. It also brings the user a 2.8 inch touch-screen, 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, 256MB flash memory and 128MB DDR SDRAM, and microSD slot with SFHC support. Nothing really new here but at least the P565 is now official even though there is still a lack of availability and price.

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