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The new Alltel Hue cell phone manufactured by Samsung is now available online and from independent retailers across the US. The phone uses Alltel's Celltop technology to help users organize the information stored on the device and supports exchangeable faceplates. In addition, if you purchase an Alltel Hue now, you will also get an Alltel Snap flip-phone for free.

Virgin Mobile has presented its new Cyclops mobile phone. The handset is comes equipped with 1.2Mpixl camera, a dual display screen, support for mobile web, and SMS/MMS messaging. It can also be used as a speakerphone.

The Cyclops phone costs just $59.99 ad is available from a Virgin Mobile authorized dealer.

PayPal Mobile Checkout is a new service that allows U.K., U.S. and Canada consumers to securely purchase items via the mobile web. It offers online stores a way to accept payments and allows merchants to sell items like DVDs, CDs, clothing, tickets, electronics, video games, books, athletic equipment, and other stuff directly through the Mobile Internet.

Xiao Jinpeng, a welder at the Yingpan Iron Ore Dressing Plant in Jinta county in western China's Gansu province, was killed on June 19 when the battery in his cell phone exploded. The phone was in the man's chest pocket and reportedly was exposed to high temperatures before it blew up. Motorola officials are working with Chinese authorities to figure out what caused the explosion.

Samsung has recently introduced its SGH-L760 Mobile Blog phone in Korea. The handset is compatible with Youtube.com, Ublog.com and Buzznet.com and allows users to upload photos and videos DIRECTLY from the phone.

The Mobile Blog comes with an embedded 2Mpix camera, media player and will first become available in Spain in July, and later in the rest of Europe.

According to the recent reports, the attempted car explosions in London were meant to be triggered by calls to mobile phones in the two vehicles but the bombs did not detonate due to technical problems. Police has managed to trace these calls to find the culprits.

Unfortunately, mobile connection these days is not only a mean of communication, but it also contributes to terrorists in their actions.

Back in February LG presented a new version of their Prada phone based on Windows Mobile 6. The characteristic details were very poor then, but now we know a little more about the upcoming Prada.

The final design of the phone will be very similar to the older model, only thicker. The device will support UMTS/HSDPA and Wi-Fi and will run on Windows Mobile 6 Pro.

Verizon Wireless is now offering unlimited mobile traffic, messaging, VZ Navigator, and basic V CAST video clips with 450 minutes for $79.99. Plans range up to 6,000 minutes for $239.99. In addition, for an extra $5 per month Verizon will also include its new mobile email service, which allows users to receive emails to 10 different inboxes sent to their phones from providers like Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL.

It has been a while since we last heard from Sagem. Well, now they came up with something interesting. Their new Sagem my850v 3G clamshell really deserves some attention.

Sagem my850v features:

•  GSM/EDGE/WCDMA
•  Internal QVGA screen, 262k colors
•  External screen
•  2Mpix photo/video camera
•  VGA camera for video calls
•  MP3 player
•  Support for 3D games
•  Bluetooth
•  microSD card slot

Sagem my850v will be available in the UK starting July 2007.

Samsung has developed a TV chipset that supports several different digital standards, like DVB-H/T, DAB-IP, ISDB-T, and terrestrial DMB. This chip converts analog signal (UHF, VHF, or L-band) into digital to make it compatible with the handset and offers users the ability to switch between different broadcasting services while running a single application.