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I know many of you will be really happy to know that FCC has approved the new Nokia E72 for the North American market. It supports HSPA on the 850 and 1900MHz bands in addition to quadband EDGE and HSPA 2100, and will apparently be available through Nokia flagship stores, since it's unbranded.

If you have a developer account with Apple, the new beta 2 of iPhone OS 3.1 is now available through, and you can pick it up right away. Go to http://developer.apple.com for more info.

A new phone from LG called GW600 has been spotted on the FCC site. Below we listed its known features. Neither LG nor AT&T, which will be carrying the device have confirmed this information.

• Windows Mobile OS;
• GSM/WCDMA 850/1900;
• Wi-Fi;
• Bluetooth;
• microSD card slot;
• GPS;
• 3.

It looks like T-Mobile G2 Touch (aka HTC Hero) won't be arriving in Germany in July, as originally announced. The release date was pushed back till August, and apparently the UK launch will also be delayed. But who cares, a couple of weeks of wait won't kill anyone, and the phone will still be selling like hot cakes. I mean - Sense UI, excellent on-screen keyboard, Android 1.

The Bluetooth SIG group has leaked specs of the upoming luxurious Samsung B7620, which the company's Twitter feed labels as the Giorgio Armani 2. According to the product page, it willm have the following features:

• 800MHz processor;
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional;
• A-GPS;
• Stereo FM Radio;
• Wi-Fi;
• Business card scanner;
• Multiple audio / video codecs

Unfortunately, there are no photos of it available just yet.

This is the the Samsung Comeback T559, a new entry-level clamshell for T-Mobile. It's definitely not a looker, and lacks many of the necessary features, but it's good enough if we consider it's pricing that was revealed today. The phone wil be available for $129.99 after $50 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract and a Data or Messaging Bundle. 1-year contract price is set at $179.

AT&T has officially confirmed the upcoming release of the Sony Ericsson C905a on their network. The phone will be available starting July 19th at a price of $179.99 after rebate on a 2-year contract. Some of its key specs are as follows:

• 8.1Mpix camera with a xenon flash, auto-focus and video capture;
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dual-ba

T-Mobile and Samsung have announced today the new Highlight SGH-T749, a mid-end full touchscreen cellphone for the carrier. It is already available in two colors for or $149.99 on contract after rebates. Check out its features below, as well as an unboxing video and hands on photo gallery at PhoneMag.

Samsung Highlight Features & Specs:

• Quad-band GSM/HSDPA support;
• Touchscreen display, thin-profile design;
• Landscape QWERTY keyboard;
  
• 3Mpix camera with 3x digital zoom and video capture;
• Stereo Bluetooth;
• microSD slot for up to 16 GB of optional removable memory;
• Music player supports MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+;
• Support for SMS, MMS, instant messaging (IM) and e-mail;
• IM support: AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger;
• E-mail support: AOL, Yahoo!, additional POP3 accounts;
• Complete Web access through T-Mobile web2go;
• A-GPS with TeleNav;
• Quad-band GSM world phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz);
• UMTS/HSDPA-capable (1700/2100 – AWS Band IV);
• Display: 1.

Philips has once again came up with yet another addition to its Xenium line-up of handsets. The new stylish X630, like other phones in the series, offers unbelievably long battery life: up to 12 hours of talk time and/or up to 50 days in standby mode. Nice! Other features include:

• 2.4" QVGA screen;
• 3.2Mpix camera;
• Stereo Bluetooth;
• FM radio;
• Media player;
• microSD slot;
• 111.

It looks like the Samsung InstinctQ isn't the only phone that's got the WiFi Alliance certification this week. There's also the new Samsung "Behold2", apparently the successor to T-Mobile's Behold. According to CellPhoneSignal, the model will be labeled as SGH-T939 and will come with an Android Browser, which is an indirect proof it will also be running Android. We'll wait for the official confirmation on that.