smartphone

Dell will be entering the smartphone market in 2008.

And this seems to be the only way for the PC manufacturer to expand hits business. The company will officially announce its entrance at the Mobile World Congress early next year with a new WM6-based smartphone.

Palm has released an official Windows Mobile 6 update for the AT&T's Palm Treo 750 smartphone.

The new platform will offer users access to AT&T Cellular Video service, as well as functional Voice Command via Bluetooth headset, USB charging, and more.

The device supports UMTS and HSDPA networks.

BGR made a little review on the Wi-Fi-capable Motorola Q9 smartphone.

The phone they've received was AT&T branded and had with a chrome bezel instead of the dark silver one. Besides the 3G bands (HSDPA 850/1900 MHz) the device also supports Wi-Fi network, which appears to be the main difference of this model from the standard one.

T-Mobile announced that they will soon launch the HTC Touch Dual smartphone in the UK under a different name, the MDA Touch Plus.

So don't get confused, these are two similar handsets. And now let's see what the device has to offer:

• 16-key numeric keypad;
• TouchFLO interface;
• 400 MHz CPU;
• 2.

FCC has approved the successor to the Eten 600 smartphone, the new Eten 650.

The new model is a GSM handset, which runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS, operates on Samsung SC3 2442 500MHz processor, and features a VGA display, GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, FM wireless set, Bluetooth and an integrated digicam.

Microsoft has just released the latest version of Office Mobile application suite for Windows Mobile 6 based smartphones.

Version 6.1 fully supports Word and Excel documents, as well as Power Point presentations created in Microsoft Office 2007. Other improvements include enhanced viewing experience for charts in Excel Mobile and the ability to view and extract files from .

The Mexican carrier Iusacell started offering the Palm Treo 755p smartphone to its customers.

The 755p is a CDMA/3G handset featuring Microsoft Direct Push technology, as well as mobile Google Maps service. In addition, it supports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as PDF documents.

Google has released a new beta version of its Mobile Maps application for BlackBerries, Nokia S60 3rd Edition and Windows Mobile smartphones.

This version includes a service called location finder, which uses cell towers to pinpoint user's location. It consumes less power than GPS, works much faster, and can be used indoors.

It looks like Verizon finally plans to make the Palm Treo 755p smartphone available to its customers.

If you recall, the device is available for Sprint subscribers for more than 6 months now, and Verizon simply must launch it before Christmas if they intend to generate good sales.

Treo 755p operates on Garnet OS and features 64MB of on-board memory, a 320 x 320 screen, a QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, and a miniSD card slot.

Alltel announced it will soon release the BlackBerry 8130.

The smartphone should be available just in time for the holiday season. Its features include an integrated GPS receiver, a 2Mpix camera, media player, Bluetooth connectivity, a 3.5mm headphone jack, voice recognition, trackball navigation, SureType keyboard and an external SDHC card slot.