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Bell Canada is ready to release two cool cell phones in the near future.

• The first is the Samsung Ace, a simple but good looking handset, which features dual-band GSM and EV-DO connectivity, Windows Mobile 6 Standard OS, 1.3Mpix camera, and a microSD slot. It should be available on May 12 for an unknown price.
• The second phone is the LG Vantage, a stylish and touchscreen slider with a 2Mpix camera, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot supporting up to 4GB of additional storage.

Samsung has launched its mid-end SGH-i200 smartphone, announced back at the MWC show in Barcelona earlier this year.

Below you can find a list of its features. The phone should first become available across Europe in June 2008, followed by other regions.

Samsung i200 specifications:

• Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1;
• Band: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA 2100MHz;
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA;
• Size: 116.

Verizon has finally officially announced the Samsung Glyde smartphone for its CDMA network.

In fact, the phone needs no introduction, we know enough about it. It is a CDMA slider that has a 2Mpix camera with flash and autofocus, GPS, full range of Bluetooth profiles, microSD slot, a true HTML browser, and no support for VCAST TV service (like anyone cares).

The new Samsung SCH-430, most likely the successor to the Samsung SCH-410, has just been approved by the FCC for Verizon.

Specifications are kept secret, but we definitely shouldn't expect much from a phone that comes for free with a 2 year agreement.

FCC unveiled the Samsung i770, the global version of the i760, bound for Verizon.

We've first heard about it back in November, some of you might recall.

The phone comes with GSM and CDMA radios, as well as WiFi and Bluetooth, and probably even HSDPA. That's fine.

Just one observation: they could really change the design, if you ask me.

[Continue reading Samsung i770 Appears at FCC]

Samsung Slash is a new upcoming handset for Virgin Mobile.

According to the carrier's website, the phone weighs in just 3 ounces, measures 3.8" x 1.8" x 0.7" and features Bluetooth connectivity, a color display, voice dialing, web access and a talk time of 3.5-hours.

Unfortunately, these are all the details revealed by now. No word on pricing or availability.

It's official. AT&T Mobile TV will be launched on May 4th in 58 markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C, and others.

The new service will include 10 channels, two of which will be AT&T's exclusive (PIX and CNN Mobile Live). Moreover, there will be a bonus music channel, CNCRT, available just for the first 60 days.

According to a trusted source, Samsung U940 Glyde will be available from Verizon starting May 9th.

There were many photos published over the past couple of weeks, but the exact release date was unveiled only now.

The phone will cost $299.99 with a 2-year contract, $369.99 with a 1-year subscription, and $419.99 contract free.

Samsung announced the SGH-P960, the first DVB-H enabled phone for Europe.

We have already mentioned this handset in the past, but todaywe also know its features.

Check'em out:

• Slider form factor;
• DVB-H TV tuner;
• 262k color, 2.6" DNIe display;
• DVR-like time shifting function (pause live broadcast on an incoming call);
• Picture-in-picture viewing and an on-screen electronic service guide;
• Music player;
• FM radio with RDS;
• 3Mpix camera with LED flash;
• Bang & Olufsen's ICEPower audio processing system;
• 90MB of internal storage;
• microSD memory card slot;
• Size: 102 x 53 x 16.

Samsung has recently launched in Hong Kong a new phone in the Anycall series, the J708.

This follows the last month's release of the Anycall Haptic in Korea. The J708 is a premium, shiny-black slider handset with the following features:

• Band: Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz);
• Dimension: 99.5(L) x 47(W) x 14.8(D) mm;
• Weight: 92 g;
• Display: 2” (128 x 160) 65K TFT;
• Camera: 1.