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The new Motorola Deluxe ic902 uses Sprint network for voice and data services and the Nextel National Network (iDEN) for walkie-talkie services.

The walkie-Talkie service allows users to instantly connect with more than 20 million Nextel Walkie-Talkie users across 5 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and Peru.

Sony Ericsson announced their new HSDPA Walkman slider, the W910i. It comes in Hearty Red and Noble Black colors and has some interesting features and functions, which are:

• Shake control - control games or skip and shuffle between tracks by flicking the phone.
• SensMe - organizes the music by tempo and style rather than by artist or album.

There are rumors saying that Sony Ericsson plans to launch at least three new handsets on June 14. There were no official announcements made, but if the rumors are right, tomorrow we will finally see the 5Mpix camera-phone called Sofia, which will replace the K800 and K810 models; Maria/Mooi with 8GB of storage capacity, the replacement of the W950; and finally the Shinobu Walkman slider.

All those awaiting the LG Shine will have to wait a bit longer.

The new LG VX8550, which was considered the Shine slider, turned out to be an updated version of the LG Chocolate. There were some cosmetic changes made on the keypad and new colors were added.

Pricing and availability details are yet unknown, but the phone will probably be released on the VX8500's one-year anniversary.

Samsung's latest U600 is currently the world's slimmest slider phone at only 10.9mm. The U600 is the successor of the old Samsung D900 .

Being so thin, it is much more stylish then the previous model and is packed with a multitude of cool features, like a 2.2" 262K-color display, 3.

Kodak and Motorola are developing a new 5Mpix camera-phone, which should appear the end of 2007.

The new Motorola-Kodak handset is expected to become at least an equal match to camera-phones from other well-known manufacturers, such as Nokia, LG, Sony Ericsson, or Casio.

The device must have high-end features and a qualitative camera to be competitive.

Vodafone Group, the world's biggest cellular operator, has presented their two new entry-level phones meant primarily for developing economies of Asia and Africa.

The Vodafone 125 and the Vodafone 225 are second generation (2G) phones that will sell for between $25.00 - $45.00, depending on the market and the model number. The handsets will be shipped to Egypt, Romania and South Africa with 15 more countries in the coming months and will compete with other low cost phones.

Motorola has just patented their new "Smellophone" that features a scent pack, which releases different aromas while the user is talking.

Now not only does the phone's battery power the handset, it also heats the scent pouch, so it looks like a stand-by time reduction is inevitable here

KTF has just introduced two new products available in Korea: the EV-W200 and the EV-K200.

The EV-W200 features a 2MPix digital camera, MP3 player, video phone, e-dictionary, Bluetooth, Flash Album.
The EV-K200 comes with a 1.3Mpix camera, MP3 player, Collins English Dictionary, Cinema menu, Bluetooth.

These two are only available in Korea.

Palm has recently presented the new Treo 755p full-featured smartphone for Sprint, the first Treo to feature built-in Microsoft Direct Push Technology e-mail support and Google Maps service for mobile. Starting from mid-May the device will be available online and in Palm and Sprint stores for $279.99.

Other Treo 755p features are listed below.

• Dial-up networking via USB or Bluetooth
• Support for EV-DO (Rev.