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Google Phone is coming soon... for real!

An HTC "insider" has confirmed that information and said they're still working on the device, but we can expect the official announcement in about 2 weeks from now. The Gphone will be packed with all kings of Google apps and services, including Google Maps (internal GPS), Google Talk with VoIP (integrated Wi-Fi), Gmail, Google Calendar, and more.

Rumor has it that Palm plans to launch the new Treo 500 WM6-based smartphone on September 12th.

Here a list of its yet unconfirmed specs:

• Size: 61 x 110 x 16mm;
• OS: Windows Mobile 6;
• Network: UTMS;
• Screen: 320 x 240 TFT;
• Camera: 2Mpix;
• Connectivity: Bluetooth;
• Memory: 150MB on-board + microSD card slot.

Some new details about the forthcoming Palm Centro leaked in the Web.

It will be the company's slimmest smartphone, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3Mpix camera, SprintSpeed (EVDO), SprintTV, On Demand, SMS/MMS/IM/Email, and Google Maps integration.

The release is scheduled on Q4 2007.

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For those unfamiliar with the device, this handset comes with the same features as its predecessor, the 8800 GPS, but integrates Wi-Fi connectivity, lacking on other BlackBerries available in the U.S.

It'll cost you $199.

Palm will announce its latest smartphone on September 12th and for this reason has opened an email notification page, so that anyone could be the first to know about their newest release.

The company also intends to give away five handsets to five lucky participants from Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain or UK.

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The UBiQUiO, mostly known as a UMPC producer, seems to becoming a serious smartphone manufacturer as well.

Check out its latest 503G handset, a powerful and multifunctional device which may interest many of you. UBiQUiO 503G is a Windows Mobile 6 based 3G smartphone, operating on a 520MHz Marvell XScale PXA 270 processor and featuring a Qualcomm 6280 3G/HSDPA chip.

Sprint presented several new handsets recently, including CDMA versions of the HTC Touch and Blackberry Pearl, and also the smallest Palm smartphone to date, codenamed Centro.

Palm Centro has all the same features as the Treo 755p model, but is much smaller.

It will be available exclusively from Sprint for $99 with a contract.

The new HTC P5500 "Nike" smartphone will most likely be launched sometime in September, though it is still unknown, whether the device will appear in Asia or Europe.

HTC Nike specs:

• WCDMA network;
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS;
• TouchFLO touch-screen;
• Automatic sliding keyboard;
• Samsung CPU;
• 128MB of ROM;
• 64MB of RAM;
• microSD memory card slot;
• 2Mpix camera;
• Bluetooth connectivity;
• Wi-Fi (yet unconfirmed).

The Pharos GPS Phone 600 is a new full-featured WM6-based smartphone that combines GPS and cell phone functionality in a single device. It allows users to navigate to their destinations while staying in touch. The handset is compatible with most GSM operators, but if you are a T-mobile subscriber, you'll get a $200 discount on purchase.

Connectivity features include support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi networks for teal time traffic, email and web access, and Bluetooth technology for data interchange.

The new powerful HTC IRIS S640 CDMA smartphone awaits its approval from FCC . It runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Standard, supports EVDO Rev. A, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB (miniUSB 1.1) connectivity and comes with integrated GPS (gpsOne).

More HTC IRIS specs below:

• OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Standard;
• Display: 2.