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July 15th will be a great day for T-Mobile customers, as besides the release of its updated Dash (aka HTC Snap), the carrier also plans to launch an entry-level full touchscreen handset called the Samsung Highlight. And here are its "highlights":

• 3.1Mpix camera with auto-focus;
• Video recording support;
• Bluetooth;
• GPS;
• multimedia player;
• integrated IM;
• microSD slot

Pricing hasn't been announced so far.

Huawei has officially launched its new U8230 handset, which was first shown at MWC earlier this year. Full mspecs weren't announced, but we do know it will feature a 3.5" touchscreen display and a 1500mAH battery, which is said to be the largest battery "among Android-powered handsets currently available." Well, that's logical, since the only Android handset that exists for quite a while now is the G1, and it's battery is far from perfect.

The recently released Samsung Jet is currently available in the UK for free, literally. Of course, this deal is only available if you get the phone along with a 2-year contract and a minimum £20 per month plan. But it still sounds good, doesn't it?

Here are some of its specs:

• 3.1" AMOLED display;
• 5Mpix camera;
• Built-in GPS;
• 800MHz processor;
• WebKit-based browser;
• TouchWiz 2.

Just to let you know, Nokia Flagship store in London will be getting the new Nokia N86 8MP tomorrow, on Friday, June 19th. The U.S. release shouldn't take long as well, give it a week or so.

According to BGR, this is one of the Android smartphones from Dell that will be launched later this year. Yes, there will be several handsets of both 2G and 3G classes. Unfortunately, we can't give you the name of the device on the pic just yet, but stay tuned for more details.

Since there will be a CDMA BlackBerry Tour 9630 (from Verizon), Sprint didn't take it's time to announce the same handset for its network. It was expected, really. The company will start selling it "later this summer" at a price of $199.99 after $150 worth of rebates and a 2-year agreement.

Verizon has confirmed the upcoming release of the BlackBerry Tour on its network by unveiling a teaser page for the smartphone. There's just a fancy product shot and a newsletter sign up, but this could only mean that the official launch is nearing fast.

A live shot of the upcoming T-Mobile-branded BlackBerry 8520 was posed at the Crackberry forum a couple of days ago. The poster didn't mention anything regarding pricing, and if the previous rumors are true, we can expect it to be released sometime during Q4 2009.

With the upcoming release of the MyTouch 3G (Magic), T-Mobile has decided to drop the price for its popular G1. The smartphone is available now for $149.99 with a 2-year contract. So if you need an Android 1.5 based handset with a QWERTY keyboard, this sounds like a good deal.

Android fans who didn't manage to get the Google Ion (a.k.a. HTC Magic) will be happy to know that the said handset will also be available from T-Mobile sometime this summer as the myTouch 3G. According to the Wall Street Journal, the details on that matter will be announced next week.