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The new Samsung Gravity 2, also known as SGH-T469 has appeared at the FCC's website. This in some way confirms the previous rumors that the said handset would be released sometime between July 15 (most likely) and August 19.

According to what is written in the FCC profile, the phone will have AWS 3G band, and a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. That's all we have to tell you for now.

FCC has recently revealed a new low-end Motorola-branded cell phone called W165/W172. However, we're not sure if it's actually manufactured by Motorola, since the producer listed in the FCC documents is Cheng Uei Precision Industry of Taiwan is, and the company applying for FCC approval is Brightstar. Furthermore, Motorola has not announced this phone yet.

Specwise is't a simple GSM 850/1900 monoblock phone with FM radio (on W172), 2.

The FCC has revealed more details about the upcoming Casio Exilim NX-9250 clamshell for Verizon. According to the draft user manual, the phone comes in a moisture, dust and shock resistant casing, and its features are as follows:

• Dual-band CDMA/EVDO Rev. A;
• Bluetooth;
• 5.1Mpix camera with optical zoom, video capture and flash;
• Dedicated media playback keys;
• microSD cards;
• TV out;
• Support for VZW services, such as V CAST

Neither Verizon nor Casio have announced this handset.

The FCC has recently approved a new unannounced CDMA slider from ZTE. The C70 supports tri-band CDMA bands, including AWS, and according to the draft user manual is headed to MetroPCS.

Other features include Bluetooth, embedded camera, and ChatLINK walkie-talkie service.

The Motorola A4500 Napoleon “World Edition” has finally received the FCC approval and is now due to land on Verizon. This model is a successor to the Motorola Q series handsets, and is pretty decent in terms of specs:

• World-roaming, quad-band GSM, EV-DO;
• Wi-Fi, GPS, Stereo Bluetooth;
• Windows Mobile 6.1;
• 2Mpix camera;
• Fingerprint scanner

There was no word form Moto or Verizon, though.

Apparently the LG Arena will soon be coming to the U.S. market, too, as the FCC has approved the LG KM900QA, which is a variant of the LG Arena supporting 850 and 1900 MHz U.S. HSPA bands.

The unannounced Motorola QA4 has has been approved  by the FCC yesterday. According to the draft user manual the phone offers video capture, aGPS, EVDO, stereo Bluetooth, YouTube and Picasa features, and, of course, a touchscreen. It can operate on the wireless networks offered by Sprint, Verizon and MetroPCS, though there was no official word from those carriers yet.

FCC site revealed a CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip, which we thought didn't exist. It supports CDMA and EV-DO on the 850 and 1900 MHz bands, and will probably be available via Verizon and Telus when it's approved.

 

The European variant of the recently announced Nokia 5630 XpressMusic smartphone has passed through the FCC today. Unfortunately, pricing and availability details weren't given.

Features:

• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz);
• Dual-band 3G (900/2100MHz) support;
• Wi-Fi;
• 3.2Mpix camera;
• microSD card slot;
• Dedicated music playback keys;
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The FCC has approved the Pharos Traveler 117 smartphone for the U.S. market. The device has been released is other countries a while ago, and now is available stateside for $529.95 outright.

Features include:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional;
• Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE;
• Tri band (850/1900/2100 MHz) GSM/UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA;
• 400MHz Qualcomm MSM7201 processor;
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