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Samsung U540 is a new clamshell handset available at Canadian Telus. The phone is fully compatible with the carrier's

SPARK multimedia service, and comes with the following features:

• External screen of 96x96 pixels;
• Internal screen of 220x176 pixels;
• 1.3Mpix camera;
• MicroSD slot;
• Bluetooth + A2DP;
• Weight: 80g;
• Battery: 160 min in talk mode and 144 hours in standby.

Samsung SGH-i560 is a new GPS-enabled slider phone available soon at Vodafone.

Running on Symbian OS, the device features GPRS/WCDMA/HSDPA connectivity, a 3.2Mpix camera with 16x digital zoom, and a 2.4" QVGA 262k color TFT display.

The handset is expected to be released sometime in Q4 2007 for around €415.

Here is a video of a yet unannounced Samsung smartphone looking similar to the popular SGH-i600 "Blackjack".

As far as we've managed to find out from the presentation, it is a WM6-based UMTS handset featuring a square-aspect touch-screen, mouse scroll, and a front camera for video conferencing.

T-Mobile started offering the new Samsung t429, a simple tri-bang GSM cell phone.

Measuring just 0.6" thickness, the handset features a VGA camera, Bluetooth connectivity, IM tools supporting AIM, ICQ, Windows Live, or Yahoo protocols, voice recording and a speakerphone.

The price is $50 after a 2-year service agreement.

The upcoming Samsung J610 is a stylish metallic slider cell phone, designed for the middle segment of the market.

Its features include GSM/GPRS support, 2Mpix camera, Bluetooth connectivity, mobile Internet, audio player (MP3, AAC), and more.

The release date hasn't been announced yet, but the J610 will cost around €235 when it ships.

Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have joined forces to develop a universal flash memory card that can be used in any digital device regardless of manufacturer.

It will use the Universal Flash Storage technology, which will make it a lot faster and more efficient, and should appear in 2009.

The new Samsung SGH-P520, once considered to be the next Prada phone, will be made for Armani.

The handset is very small, and measures just 8.9mm thickness, but this doesn't mean a 3Mpix camera won't fit in it. Also it comes with a large touch-screen, 50MB of internal memory, and microSD slot.

Good news for those waiting for the Samsung SGH-F700 to come out.

It will become available in Europe at Vodafone's 3G network this November, so get ready for the BIG release!

And for those unfamiliar with the device, the F700 is a 3G multimedia smartphone, featuring a large 3.

If you recall, recently we've mentioned the new Samsung U470 music-phone, but had no information about its specs and possible carrier. Well, now we know that it is a CDMA version of the SGH-F210 GSM and will soon be available from Verizon Wireless.

Here is a list of yet unconfirmed specs, taken from the GSM model:

• Camera: 2Mpix (MPEG4/H.

Samsung presents its newest Bluetooth headset, the WEP500. This is one of the smallest wireless headsets, measuring just 7.7mm thick.

The device supports the latest available Bluetooth v2.0, and delivers outstanding sound quality thanks to advanced noise reduction and echo cancellation technologies, as well as automatic volume control, which adjusts the volume depending on the level of background noise.