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Samsung came up with a pretty original design for its new phone. This is the Samsung Betty Boop, a limited-edition slider handset dedicated to the famous cartoon character. It is now available online at a price of €129, or for €1 if you buy it from Bouygues Telecom (France) along with a 2-year contract.

Some of the features:

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Samsung has announced a successor to its Alias U740 phone, released about two years ago. The new upcoming model called U750 Alias2 will feature a similar dual-hinge design, and a dynamic keypad that switches between numeric and QWERTY modes depending on its position (portrait/landscape).

Stay tuned for more details.

Check out the new Samsung SCH-W740 codenamed “Haptic 8M”, the company's latest 8 megapixel touchscreen cameraphone with a unique face tagging feature, destined for the Korean market. Its features include:

• 3.3" 480×800 touchscreen display;
• TouchWiz user interface;
• GPS;
• Bluetooth;
• 3.5G HSDPA;
• DMB tuner;
• 8Mpix camera with auto focus and face tagging (make a call or send a text message directly from your captured image)

The Haptic 8M will be available soon in Korea for 900,000₩ ($645).

King Mobile came up with some leaked photos of a new Samsung full touchscreen handset called Samsung S8000. It is basically the same Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch, but with a 5Mpix camera instead of an 8Mpix one. And of course it's cheaper than the S8300.

Detailed specifications haven't been revealed yet. Stay tuned.

Behold the new pictures of the upcoming Samsung U490 Trance, a mid-range slider phone headed for Verizon Wireless. As you see it will be offered in a combination of red and black colors, and will feature:

• Slider form factor, hidden touch-sensitive keypad;
• 1.3Mpix camera;
• 1GB of internal memory;
• microSDHC support (up to 16GB);
• 3.

The new Samsung Anycall C3310 is almost as low-end as a phone can get. It offers basic features such as a basic camera (probably VGA), FM tuner, an MP3 player, USB connectivity, microSD card slot and quad-band GSM support. It wioll be available soon in China and select European markets at an undisclosed price in silver, black or blue hues. Any takers?

According to a leaked document from BrightPoint, the rumored Instinct M810 Mini and a red version of the LG Lotus will both be available on April 19th. The Instinct Mini will come in graphite and bronze colors at a price of $449.99, while the red LG Lotus will be going for $299.99.

That's not officially confirmed however, but is very likely.

Samsung Xplorer B2100 is a new rugged candybar phone, compliant with mil-spec 810F for rain, salt, ambient moisture, and extreme temperatures. It may not be high-end, but atleast you know it's durable. Look for it across Europe starting next month.

Specifications:

• Quad-band EDGE data;
• 160 x 128 display;
• FM radio;
• Bluetooth 2.

Some sources report that Bell will be launching the popular Samsung Omnia for its customers sometime between April 9th and 12th. Unfortunately, the price is unknown at the moment, but it shouldn't be more than $200, as this is the highest the price for a smartphone goes in Canada.

Features:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional;
• 3.2" 240x400 touchscreen display;
• GPS;
• Wi-Fi;
• EV-DO Rev.

The upcoming Samsung SCH-U490 slider for Verizon now has an official name - "Samsung Trance". It shold be released sometime this spring, and will feature:

• Navigation touchscreen;
• Bang & Olufsen speaker;
• 1GB of internal memory for music;
• 128MB for other data;
• 1.3Mpix CMOS camera