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Motorola has released the new Q9e phone in the U.S. - the same Q9 model, only without 3G and Wi-Fi.

Features include quad-band GSM/EDGE, Windows Mobile 6.0, and a 2Mpix camera with LED flash. Available now.

HTC has officially announced its Touch Pro (former Raphael) today.

It's a QWERTY slider similar to the Touch Diamond, which will be available in Europe in late summer with the U.S. market to follow up shortly after.HTC Touch Pro features:

• Quad-band GSM/EDGE/3G 900/2100MHz;
• HSPA with a solid 7.2Mbps;
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth;
• 2.

E-TEN has officially announced three new glofiish Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphones, which it plans to showcase at Computex this week. They are:

• DX900 - a dual-SIM handset very similar in design to the TV-friendly V900 (this model wa also announced) today;
• X900 - a quad-band GSM smartphone with HSDPA support, as well as Windows Mobile 6.

RoverPC P7 is a new smartphone that was just released in Russia. The device is a successor to the P6 model and has the following features:

• Windows Mobile 6.1;
• Marvell PCA270 416MHz processor;
• 2.8" QVGA touchscreen;
• Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi;
• Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz);
• GPRS/EDGE data;
• 2Mpix camera;
• Size: 112×61x13.

According to DigiTimes, Hong Kong CSL is about to get the first batch of over 10,000 HTC Touch Diamond smartphones.

Next in line are European / Asia-Pacific operators, which should be receiving the device in June.

But that's all that was mentioned in the report - no info on the availability in the U.S., sorry...

T-Mobile brings new HTC smartphone to Europe under the name "MDA Compact IV".It has the latest version of HTC's 3D touch interface. Main features are:

• Windows Mobile 6.1;
• HSDPA/HSUPA at speeds of 7.2 Mbps;
• 3.2 Mpix camera with autofocus;
• VGA touch screen;
• GPS;
• 4GB of internal memory;
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.

Previously HTC planned to have 2 millions of Touch Diamond smartphones sold by the end of the year.

But now Chinese "Commercial Times" reports that according to HTC's CEO Peter Chou, the company expects to sell 3 million units in the next 7 months starting June.

Samsung has announced the upcoming availability of its new SGH-F480 TouchWiz touchscreen smartphone.

The device will be released in the European market on June 2008, with other regions to follow. Here's the official set of its specs:

SGH-F480 Specification:

• Network: GPRS / EDGE /3G/ HSDPA 7.2 mbps;
• Band: GSM (900/1800/1900).

HTC plans to release a Windows Mobile 6.1 update for its TyTN II smartphone in the near future, but if you can't wait you can get it now from MoDaCo.

There are some insignificant video performance tweaks, apart from the updated system, but nothing revolutionary to mention.

We recommend you to update the device anyway.

For a "very limited time" Helio offers its Ocean smartphone for just $99 after rebate.

While the price seems very reasonable, we wouldn't rush, as this could mean that a new device is coming soon...

So, you can either buy the handset now, or continue to wait for the second Ocean to appear - the choice is yours.