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RIM Blackberry Kickstart 8120 / 8220 specifications:

• Quad-band GSM;
• GPRS;
• 2.6 inch QVGA display and 160 x 128 pixel External display;
• 2Mpix camera, 5x digital zoom and LED flash;
• Multimedia player (oa. MP3, AAC, MP4, 3GPP);
• 3.5mm audio headset jack;
• 75 MB of built-in memory;
• MicroSD memory card option;
• Bluetooth 2.

A brand new fashion luxury phone called Lucido was introduced by Mobiado.
It is made of combination of stainless steel, aircraft aluminium and sapphire crystal. Mobiado produced just 2 hundreds of these phones, so Mobiado Lucido is a great symbol of exclusivity.

The phone supports tri-band GSM and WCDMA 2100 (GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900).

T-Mobile UK started offering the new Nokia 6650, a clamshell handset equipped with a 2Mpix camera with LED flash, Mobile TV support, integrated GPS receiver, and running on Symbian S60 OS.

The phone will cost you £30 monthly for the next 18 months, and then it's free.

Russian CDMA carrier Sky Link announced the AnyDATA ASP-505, its own Pocket PC phone presented recently at the Moscow premiere of the"X-Files: I Want to Believe" movie.

Specifications of the AnyDATA ASP-505 include:

• Networks: CDMA 450/800 MHz, EV-DO Rev.A (3.1Mbps/1.8Mbps);
• CPU: Qualcomm / Samsung SC32442AL43, 400MHz;
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.

LG Electronics announced the release of the Wine Phone (LG-KF300/L706ie) for the Japanese and European markets. The phone was first unveiled back in March, and is aimed at 30-40 year-old users.

Features include:

• 1.8" external screen;
• 2.4" internal display;
• Tri-band GSM/EDGE;
• HSDPA 3.6Mbps;
  
• 2Mpix camera;
• FM radio;
• microSD slot;
• Media playback;
• Bluetooth 2.

As expected, T-Mobile UK has released the Nokia 6650 clamshell smartphone that was unveiled back at the CeBIT 2008 show in Germany. It should be already available for purchase.

Features of the Nokia 6650 include:

• Size: 99.7mm x 47.3mm x 16.2mm (3.9" x 1.9" x 0.6");
• Weight: 112g (4oz);
• OS: Nokia's S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2;
• Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 850/2100MHz;
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA;
• Battery Life: 1500mAh, up to 14.

MWg (former O2 Asia) announced the Zinc II, a new high-eng touchscreen smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard. Here's what it offers:

• Size 109.5mm x 59mm x 18mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 0.7");
• Weight 185g (6.5oz);
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional;
• Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz;
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/WiFi;
• Battery: 1530mAh; up to 10.

FCC has unveiled yet another Motorola clamshell called Vegas VE20. This one is bound for Sprint and looks lika a RAZR/KRZR hybrid with a plastic/aluminium body, microSD slot, 2Mpix camera with no flash, and touch-sensitive music keys. Unfortunately, that's all we know for now. Stay tuned for more details...

Following some of the other big brands like Nokia, Apple and Sony Ericsson, Samsung has also decided to equip one its own handsets with an accelerometer.

I mean, the new Samsung M3510, a mid-range phone with shake-and-twist gesture support, which should be available in the near future for $350-400. Not likely to appear in the U.S., though.

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The upcoming Philips X800 all-touchscreen has already passed the FCC and is nearing its launch. Overall, its features are pretty decent, but the lack of 3G, Wi-Fi and even EDGE connectivity is a deal breaker for most users, including me. But if they make the phone cheap, you know, I can always reconsider.

• 2.9" 240×400 touchscreen;