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We have a list of specifications for the upcoming Samsung i7110, which was first seen in August. The phone will probably be launched during Symbian Smartphone Show that will take place in London within 20 days from now, then we'll find out the exact release date.

Ok, the Samsung i7110 specs will include:

• 3G (HSDPA) support, GSM/EDGE;
• Symbian S60 9.

Check this out: according to Magnus Andersson, product manager of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the device isn't actually tied to any specific technical platform, such as Windows Mobile, which means in the future we could see it run Symbian or even Android.

How do you feel about it? :)

This is the picture of the new Samsung i7110, a nice S60-powered 5Mpix camraphone. It is unannounced yet, but we expect it to become official in the near future. Some of its specs include:

• 5Mpix camera;
• Symbian S60 OS;
• microSD slot;
• 3G/HSDPA data;
• Front-mounted camera

T-Mobile UK started offering the new Nokia 6650, a clamshell handset equipped with a 2Mpix camera with LED flash, Mobile TV support, integrated GPS receiver, and running on Symbian S60 OS.

The phone will cost you £30 monthly for the next 18 months, and then it's free.

If you live in the U.S. and happen to own a Nokia Symbian S60 (3rd Edition) smartphone, then dont miss your chance to be one of the first users to try the second beta of the world's fastest mobile browser from Skyfire.

The software is now available for selected private beta testers, and if you're willing to join them, sign up at the Skyfire's website now.

J. Gold Associates predict that in the near fufure, three to six months from now, Google and Nokia will combine their Android and Symbian platforms "to provide a single open source OS". Although there are no signs that somehow prove the aforementioned statement, the source is positively convinced that will happen very soon.

"A combination of the Android and Symbian efforts would be good for the industry, good for Google and good for Symbian", - say analysts.

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo in partnership with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone have formed the Symbian Foundation, a non-profit organization with the aim of merging Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP to build one unified open source mobile software platform.

Nokia 6210 Navigator has passed the FCC hurdle.

The phone is basically the same as its predecessor, the 6110 Navigator, but has a better 3.2Mpix camera with dual-LED flash, Wi-Fi and runs the new version of Symbian S60 OS (3.2). Expect the 6210 Navigator to hit Nokia's Flagship stores in New York and Chicago later this the year.

No word on carrier partners as of yet.

Well, judging by the photo, the upcoming Sony Ericsson P5 "Paris" is a slider handset with a large display and a P1-type keypad running Symbian UIQ 3.3 platform.

They say it will be officially announced in May and will start shipping in September. Unfortunately, that's all we can tell you now.

Stay tuned...

UIQ Technologies announced the availability of a new version of their Symbian-based UIQ platform. The latest UIQ 3.3 build is now available to phone manufacturers and developers, and is targeted at a broader market segment. Some of the new features include:

• Integrated Opera Mobile 9 Browser;
• UIQ Dashboard with (Opera) widgets support;
• Unified messaging (SMS and MMS);
• Java JSR 248 MSA Fullset - Mobile Services Architecture (MSA) support;

The UIQ 3.