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Samsung has quietly revealed its new S7220 Lucido candybar phone with attractive "premium metal" design and pretty solid features.

Specifications for the Samsung S7220 Lucido:

• Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 900/2100MHz;
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA;
• Size: 114mm x 56mm x 12mm (4.5" x 2.2" x 0.5");
• Battery: 960mAh;
• Main Display: 2.

A photo of the so called Samsung Instinct Mini has been spotted in the wild today. While it hasn't been officially announced yet, we expect this to happen any time now. And I think it's safe to say that the new handset is not just an upgrade on the original Sprint Instinct. Stay tuned for more details.

Yesterday Samsung and Cricket showcased their new creation - a gigantic working Messager cell phone, made of wood, plastic and lights. There's no doubt it's a good publicity for both companies, not to mention this beast has entered the Guinness Book of World Records. Hm, I wonder what battery it uses...

Hit the source link to see a video from the presentation.

Some sources report that AT&T will be getting a new QWERTY slider from Samsung at the end of this month. It's called Samsung A877 - one of the best looking QWERTY phones we've seen so far - and is rumored to be released on March 29th at a yet undisclosed price.

Features include:

• Quad-band EDGE/GSM;
• Dual-band HSDPA (1900 and 850);
• 3.

Vodafone UK has announced it will be offering the Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 starting March 19th for free with pay monthly plans starting at GBP30. Also known as the Tocco Ultra Edition in the UK, this phone features:

• Slide-out numeric keypad;
• 2.8" AMOLED touchscreen;
• 8Mpix came

Continuing the news about today's announcement by Samsung, the second unveiled handset is the S5230. Unlike the S5600, it comes with a 3" WQVGA touchscreen, but lacks HSDPA support. Other features include:

• Network: Quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz;
• EDGE / GPRS;
• Display: 3" WQVGA screen, 16M colors;
• 3Mpix camera;
• FM Radio;
• TouchWiz UI;
• “Find Music” service;
• Bluetooth, USB;
• 50MB internal memory;
• microSDHC card slot;
• Size: 104 x 53 x 11.

Samsung has announced two new touchphones with today. One of them is the S5600, a stylish mig-range full-touchscreen handset using the TouchWiz UI. Features include:

• Network: Quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz;
• HSDPA 7.2Mbps / EDGE / GPRS;
• Display: 2.8" QVGA screen, 16M colors;
• 3Mpix camera with SmileShot feature;
• FM Radio;
• TouchWiz UI;
• “Gesture Lock” feature;
• Bluetooth, USB;
• 80MB internal memory;
• microSDHC card slot;
• Size: 102.

The Verizon's new Samsung u350 Smooth doesn't really look all that smooth to us. Rather it's angular and ugly entry-level clamshell, which has nothing to offer besides the crappy VGA camera, not even a memory card slot. Good thing it'll cost you nothing, if you buy it from on contract after a $50 rebate.

Rogers will soon be releasing a new low-end cell phone, called the Samsung S366. The device comes with a 1.3Mpix camera (with video capabilities), a media player, Bluetooth, Quadband 850/900/1800/1900 and memory slot supporting up to to 4GB.

Pricing details weren't announced yet.

Cricket has added a new phone to its candybar line-up. The new Samsung SCH-r211 is rather small, and qute low-end, sporting a speakerphone, web access, messaging, game and ringtone downloads, and will be available for just $90.

So if you're on Cricket and are looking for a basic cell phone, the R211 migth just be what you need.