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The Samsung Finesse (SCH-r810) is available from MetroPCS for a while now, and last week has been released on another regional carrier - Cellular South. The company offers it for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a new 2-year contract.

Features:

• 3.2" touchscreen;
• Samsung’s TouchWIZ UI;
• 2Mpix camera;
• 3G radio;
• Full HTML web browser;
• Media player;
• Bluetooth connectivity support;
• 150 MB of internal memory;
• microSD (up to 16 GB);
• Measures 4.

Cricket has recently released the new Samsung r460 MyShot II. It is a low-end clamshell with a 1.3Mpix camera, Bluetooth, messaging, web and music player, and microSD slot (up to 8GB). It supports tri-band CMDA radios, including Cricket's AWS 1700MHz band, but the data speeds are limited to 1x.

The price is $140.

Samsung has recently announced a new solar-powered cell phone called the E1107 Crest Solar. The entire back of the phone is covered the with the solar panel that charges the battery when in the sunlight, and each hour of charging can provide from 5 to 10 minutes of talk time. Sweet.

Features of the E1107 include support for dual-band 800/1900 GSM/EDGE and FM radios, as well as an MP3 player, GPS, a torch light and Mobile Tracker application.

The Samsung Ultra S S7350, a recent addition to the company's Ultra line has been spotted in pink. That's definitely good news for some people, and if you're one of those who detest pink paint jobs, there's always the silver option.

The specs of the phone didn't change. It still features:

• 5Mpix camera;
• WQVGA screen;
• GPS;
• FM

Samsung has recently published some information about its new m340 Mantra clamshell for Virgin Mobile. The phone comes with a VGA camera, Bluetooth, dual-displays and basic messaging features, and is now available for $60 via the Virgin Mobile USA web site.

Apparently U.S. Cellular has plans on releasing a couple of new phones for its customers later this month. Someone has digged up dedicated pages for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 and Samsung Code i220 on the company's site, and don't try to find them yourself, it's hard work. For full specs of each handset hit the following links:

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We expected someone would post it... Here's video preview of the upcoming Samsung I8000 Omnia 2 that we've mentioned yesterday, and it looks like a prototype model:

Meet another S60-based handset from Samsung, the B5100. It's not bad specwise - it's got a 3Mpix camera and non-US HSDPA  - but pales in the shadow of the mighty i8910 HD. Anyway, this phone hasn't been announced yet, there are just some pictures of it and a user's manual at the FCC.

We'll keep an eye on it.

The phone you see in the pic is apparently the new Samsung GT-I8000, which was first spotted about half a month ago at the FCC site. Well, according to the source, it has another name - the Samsung OMNIA II. Yes, this could be the successor to the all-so-popular Omnia handset. Here are some of its confirmed specifications:

• 3.7" 480x800 AMOLED touchscreen;
• 8.

Samsung's S8300 Ultra Touch handset will soon be available in a new Onyx Gold color scheme. The new color will give the phone a luxurious feel and look, but the price won't change, as it will not include any pretious metals. Specifications will remain the same:

• 240x400 AMOLED touchscreen;
• HSDPA, accelerometer;
• 8Mpix camera with auto-focus;
• Video recording capability at 30fps;
• GPS;
• Bluetooth;
• microSD memory card slot;
• TouchWIZ UI

Stay tuned for more info.