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LG SH470, also known as the Edge, has been recently released in S. Korea. It is a stylish entry-level cell phone that many of you would find rather attractive. Here's what it features:

LED touch pad;
2.2" QVGA TFT LCD display;
Dual cameras (2Mpix and VGA);
Mobile messaging support

LG presents a downgraded version of the LG KU990 Viewty for the Chinese market.

The new KE990 model offers support for EDGE data instead of 3G HSDPA, but other features seem to have remained the same.

Replacing HSDPA with EDGE will reduce the price and increase battery life.

Nokia Siemens Networks have doubled the speed of the existing EDGE network using a software-based solution to 592Kbps.

The so-called EDGE Evolution will be available in the third quarter of this year.

In addition, Nokia Siemens Networks is working on the new EGPRS 2 technology that will deliver uplink and downlink speeds of up to 1.2Mbps and 472Kbps, respectively.

Although there were no official announcements made, AT&T is busy refining the EDGE network. Looks like the company wants to attract more subscribers by the time the long-awaited Apple iPhone launches.

Also AT&T has been adding additional T1 connections to their slowest performing towers in order to boost their speeds up to 80kbps.

After 3GPP industry standardization of EDGE Evolution, Ericsson has planned the achievement of data speeds of up to 1Mbps in current GSM networks by 2009. EDGE Evolution is going to increase data speeds by up to 300 percent, thus improving latency, coverage, and spectrum efficiency. This optimization will serve as an important complement to high-speed WCDMA/HSPA networks.

Ulf Ewaldsson, Vice President and Head of Product Area Radio at Ericsson, says: "Ericsson EDGE Evolution builds on 3GPP's industry standardization of agreed technology improvements and reflects Ericsson's prediction that the current trend towards EDGE-capable GSM networks and terminals is set to continue.

Motorola presented several phones last week at CES, and we would like to mentiom MOTOMING with Edge. The MING is a stylish new phone with Linux-based software, and a large transparent window. the MOTOMING is a communications and entertainment powerhouse by means of the EDGE technology. It gives users the possibility to synchronize their music collections with RealPlayer and download music from their favorite online stores.