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The new yet unannounced BenQ E55 was recently certified by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

While there is no official information about it, we were able to find out some of its rumored specifications:

• Clamshell form factor;
• GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz;
• 3G WCDMA 2100 MHz;
• GPRS/EDGE data;
• Bluetooth (Headset, Hands-Free 1.

The following info is nothing but speculation, but according to what people over at Engadget found out, the launch of the anticipated 3G iPhone may be closer than we thought.

It looks like AT&T plans "an exciting Summer Promotional Launch" between June 15 and July 12, and asks its retail store employees not to take any vacations during this period.

Heating things up is the fact that, if you recall, on June 29th iPhone will celebrate its one year anniversary.

T-Mobile USA has finally launched its UMTS/HSDPA network in the U.S.

Well, actually only in New York, but as the company claims there are more major cities to be covered by the end of the year. In spite of what we recently heard about the lack of data support on the new 3G network, today we can assure you that's not true, according to T-Mobile's official announcement.

Apparently NTT DoCoMo has licensed the Far EasTone Telecommunications to offer its i-mode service in Taiwan.

The latter has also partnered with Nokia to bring the service on a customized version of the 3G Nokia 6124 classic smartphone.

This is the first Nokia handset compatible i-mode.

Some of the phone's features include: S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 OS, HSDPA support, a QVGA display, and a 2Mpix camera.

According to TmoNews.com, T-Mobile is about to launch the promised AWS 3G 1700 MHz spectrum in New York.

The released date is May 1, that is today! Great! While New York is the only city to take advantage of the new network (New Jersey and Long Island not included), more major cities like Los Angeles, Detroit, San Diego, Austin, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Miami, and other will be covered in 2008 (see the list below).

Orange France will be the exclusive carrier of the new Levi Strauss 3G slider handset, scheduled for the release in April 2008.

It will be available for EUR279 (US$444) without contract, or just EUR 9 (US $14) with a service agreement.

• Bands: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 2100MHz
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA
• Size: 125mm x 46mm x 17mm (4.

According to TmoNews, T-Mobile plans to launch its 3G mobile network in the NY City first in May, as you can see in the list below. Also they say that there's an important announcement coming next week.

The given information is not yet confirmed, but anyway that's what TMO reports:

• New York City
• Austin
• NJ and Long Islan

Thanks to the SEMC Blog, we now know that Sony Ericson is about to announce the new Z780 phone, a Z770i twin with an updated keypad.

XML profiles found on Sony Ericsson's WAP site indicate there will be two versions: Z780i for Europe and Z780a for North America. The latter will support 3G frequencies.

We also know that the handset will feature a 240×320 QVGA display, NetFront 3.

Update on the previous info: TG Daily reports, that the upcoming 3G iPhone will indeed launch at WWDC 2008 on June 6th at San Francisco.

The 8GB and 16GB models will definitely be available, but the 32GB version with a thinner body still remains under question.

Stay tuned for more details...

You all have probably already heard about the recently announced Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Tube, the iPhone-like handset with the similar multi-touch interface. It should be released in the end of the year, much later than the 3G iPhone, but this won't reduce our interest in it. Today we have a decent list of its specifications, check them out below.
Nokia 5800 XpressMediaTube specs:

• S60 platform;
• 3.