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LG's long-awaited 3G touch screen smartphone LG-KS20 has finally been released in Europe.

The handset comes with a variety of high-end features, including a touch-sensitive display, rich multimedia experience and Web browsing via the HSDPA network providing lightning fast data speeds of up to 3.

LG has prepared three new cell phones for the European market, including the KE590, KG291 and KU830. The first two have much in common.

• The KE590 comes with a 2Mpix camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and USB connectivity, MP3 audio playback, 56MB of on-board memory, and a microSD memory card slot.

Samsung's upcoming SGH-G800 is yet another cell phone with a full-functional 5Mpix AF camera, as well as Bluetooth support, FM Radio, multimedia player, TV out, microSD port, etc.

The phone will be available in Europe in November.

The new Motorola RIZR Z10 will be soon available in Europe.

It is a UIQ 3.1 powered handset featuring quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G connectivity, a 2.2" 320x240 16M color display, a 3.2Mpix camera with AF and video recording capability at 30fps 320x240 resolution.

The Z10 will be released in December with a price tag of 400 Euros.

Meet the new E-Ten Glofiish M800 smartphone, the successor of the X800 model, now featuring a QWERTY keyboard. Apart from that there are no more changes. Other features include:

• Quad-band GSM/UMTS/HSDPA networks
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• VGA (480 x 640) touch-screen
• SiRF Star III GPS receiver
• 2.5-mm audio jack
• 500MHz processor
• 1530mAh battery

The device will be available in Europe in late November or early December for about €599 (approximately $850) before subsidies.

Samsung presents its first dual SIM cell phone, the D880 Duos, targeted at the European market.

There are various situations when two SIMs can come in handy. Both cards can work at the same time for calls, messages, mobile browsing, email, and carrier specific services, you just have to select which card you want to use at the time.

European Union has opened an antitrust case against Qualcomm after six companies, including Broadcom, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic Mobile and Texas Instruments, filed a complaint regarding Qualcomm's unfair and abusive business activities.

According to the complaint, Qualcomm refused to share licensing terms of its mobile technology and has infringed on the EU's competition rules by not offering its intellectual property at competitive rates.

France Telecom's Orange will offer the Apple iPhone in France.

Thus, now we know all the official carriers to offer the popular handset in Europe. The 8GB iPhone will become available on November 9th in three major countries: in the UK from O2 for £ 269 ($536) , in Germany from Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) for € 399 ($553) and in France from France Telecom (Orange) for a yet undisclosed price.

The forthcoming LG Viewty is a cool looking mobile phone, one of the very few handsets to support DivX playback.

This means that users will be able to watch their favorite DivX movies directly on the phones.

Viewty is DivX certified, so there will be no compatibility problems.

T-Mobile will be the official carrier to offer Apple's iPhone in Germany.

The device will feature GSM/EDGE and Wi-Fi connectivity and Apple's iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

The iPhone's German debut is scheduled on November 9th, then it will be available in Deutsche Telekom's shops and in T-Mobile's online shop at a price of €399 (VAT included) after a 2-year contract.