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Nokia has announced yesterday that the N86 8MP will be coming to Nokia's US flagship stores in New York and Chicago along with nokiausa.com in the "coming weeks", and will be available at a price of $558. Don't rush to buy it though, as there will probably be more appealing deals (read: prices) from other retailers.

MobileSyrup reported that the new LG "Bliss" will be launched on Canada's Bell on August 7 for CAD $79.95 (about $72) on a 3 year contract, $129.95 on 2 year, $229.95 on a 1 year, and outright for $279.95.

The phone has a QWERTY touch screen with 4 customisable home screens, a 2Mpix camera with video capture, Bluetooth, music player, and microSD slot supporting up to 16GB of additional storage.

LG is known to be working on a few Android handsets, and we’re pretty excited to learn that the GW620 Eve may be the first LG device to run Android. The official announcement is closing fast, and we can't wait for it to happen. Details are still scarce for now, but we do know the handset will have the Android browser, HVGA touchscreen display, full-QWERTY keypad, Wi-Fi and UMTS/HSDPA support.

The FCC has just approved the GSM version of the upcoming LG BL40. It will only support GSM 850 / 1900 alone, which means there will be no US 3G support on that model. The first carrier to offer the device will be Verizon, so there's no doubt we'll see a CDMA version of it, but what if I wanted to get an unlocked GSM handset with HSDPA?

Good news, Samsung Omnia owners! You can now download and install the new software update from Verizon, which will disable the annoying GPS lock on your device.

The LG LX290 is a new basic cell phone for Sprint, which offers "compact and sleek productivity" at a laughable price of $29.99 on contract after rebates. Yes, for that amount you'll get AGPS support, as well as other features, such as:

• 1.3Mpix camera;
• instant messaging capability;
• AGPS;
• Sprint Navigation;
• 320 x 240 display;
• 2.

These pictures of the AT&T's Sony Ericsson C905a were taken right before the phone had to rush off to AT&T stores. Before you ask, the handset is still scheduled to be released July 19th on AT&T at a price of $179.99 after rebate on a 2-year contract.

I'm pretty sure you're wondering what was that second handset pictured alongside the LG BL40 on the second photo. Well, that stylish looking slider is the BL 40's little sibling, dubbed the LG BL42. As you can see, it comes with a crimson slide-out keypad, light-up nav buttons, a 240 x 320 screen, and the same 5Mpix camera. Overall, it's a fine addition to the Chocolate lineup.

A couple live pictures of the beautiful LG BL40 Chocolate have surfaced over on a German forum today. The handset looks awesome, I mean really, everytime I see these photos, I want to touch this handset thoroughly. In addition, here's what we found out about the phone's specifications:

• S-Class-based UI;
• 800 x 345 touchscreen;
• 5Mpix camera with Schneider Kreuznach optics;
• Wi-Fi;
• FM transmitter;
• 335MB of free onboard storage;
• microSD card slot

Are you excited? We know we are.

The upcoming 12Mpix Samsung Pixon12 cameraphone is going to be launched August 1st at Phones4U in the UK. All willing can pre-order it now here.