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According to the recent reports, Vodafone UK will be selling the entry-level QWERTY-based BlackBerry 8520 in August (same as T-Mobile USA) at an "affordable price." Are you excited?

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Starting Tuesday Boost Mobile will be offering the Motorola i465 Clutch in the new "Graphite" (black) color option for those who dislike the original maroon hue. The phone will be available for $129.99 without any commitments.

Palm has released a new update for its megapopular Pre. The new webOS 1.1.0. build "resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1)", and adds a number of new features. Here are soe of them, according to the source:

• Added NFL Mobile Live application for watching games and audio from the handset;
• Scrolling through long lists (like contacts) seems improved;
• Push email now seems to actively delete (and represent the count properly) in the background;
• Folder orders for IMAP Gmail accounts are now correct;
• The email alert sound is softer;
• App load times seem a bit snappier;
• There seems to be a new animation for the drop-down menus

In addition, PreCentral has an extensive list of undocumented features.

The original Motorola RAZR V3 just refuses to die. Behold the new LuK Hot Pink edition, an obvious follow-up to the LuK launched back in February 2009 with 7.2Mbps HSDPA, video call support, and Bluetooth connectivity. It is available now for 500,000 won (about $400) on SKT in Korea.

Just in case you've missed this, Sprint's Palm Pre smartphone is now available online for $199.99 after a 2-year contract and mail-in rebate.

The upcoming Telus' version of the HTC Snap is now available at just CAD $29.99 (about $27) on a three-year contract from Best Buy Canada. Think about it: WinMo smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and global roaming capability - that's quite a steal!

Here's a new photo of the HTC Click, a leaked low-end Android handset, taken from a Vietnamese forum. The HTC Click should feature the new Sense UI like the HTC Hero, a D-pad instead of a trackball, and could be released by Q4 2009.

Samsung has announced the upcoming release of the WiMAX-capable MID called Mondi on Sprint’s Clearwire network in Atlanta, Las Vegas and Portland. As the first U.S. device to take advantage of WiMAX, the Mondi is sure to grab a lot of attention, despite being limited geographically. It will be available at Best Buy at $349 on a 2-year Clearwire contract, or $449 outright starting August 1st.

It looks like the upcoming Motorola Morrison will be Android-powered. At least that's what we see on this photo. Apparenly, it runs the vanilla Android build, though it might be a custom one, and we can clearly see some of the soft keys. The phone's specifications remain unknown, but we’ll keep you up to date on that.

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