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Sharp came up with a new sophisticated TV phone for japanese KDDI, the Aquos W64SH. It will be available in earth green, mars red, and galaxy black skins and will feature:

• 3.5" screen;
• DMB capability;
• 5.2Mpix camera;
• Mobile ASV;
• High color rendering backlight;
• 2,000:1 contrast ratio;
• SV engine + and smooth mode;
• Bluetooth;
• FM transmitter;
• Stereo speakers;
• Dictionary;
• Size: 116×53×16.

Yes, this is the name of a new Chinese touchscreen phone available on ChinaVasion.

The CVSCD-8500 comes with a 3" touchscreen, dual SIM slots (Chinese love dual-SIMs), Bluetooth support, DVB-TV tuner, and a digital camera with optical zoom.

Included with the handset are the 512MB memory card, extra battery and earphones.

Pantech announced a new slim HSDPA slider phone in Korea, the Sky IM-S350 Hush. It will be available for about 500,000 won in the second-half of September. Features include:

• 9.9mm thickness;
• HSDPA data;
• DMB TV;
• Noise cancellation technology;
• 2Mpix camera;
• microSD card slot;
• MP3 playback;<

Mobile Gazette has written about the new LG KB770 cell phone with built-in DVB-T tuner, which makes it a cheap Mobile TV. Apart from that it it sports a number of other nice features:

• HSDPA data;
• 3″ touchscreen;
• 3Mpix camera;
• Video capture: 320 x 240 pixels at 15 fps;
• MicroSD slot;
• Stereo Bluetooth;
• Weight: 109 grams

The LG KB770 will be available in Germany SIM-free for about 440 Euro.

AT&T and LG introduced the Invision - a new mobile handset with TV functionality.

The Invision specs:

• quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band 850/1900 HSDPA, 3G-enabled;
• 1.3 megapixel camera;
• Bluetooth 2.0 + stereo Bluetooth;
• XM radio;
• microSD slot up to 8GB.

It also supports AT&T's video share service and preloaded with Napster to Go.

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.

The LG CB630 Invision is a new TV-enabled cell phone that should be released on AT&T's network on August 13th for $99.99 on contract with a $50 rebate. This model will join AT&T Mobile TV line with handsets like the Sony Ericsson Z750 and the Samsung SLM, and will apparently replace the Samsung Access, which reportedly will be eliminated from the line on August 24th.

Next month three Singaporean MNOs, M1, SingTel and StarHub in colaboration with the national broadcaster MediaCorp, plan to conduct a consumber Mobile TV trial using DVB-H.

For a limited time 300 customers (across the MNOs) will be able to see six dedicated channels.

The handset selected for the trial is the Samsung P960.

The LG's new CB630 "Invision" is the latest phone to join the AT&T's Mobile TV family.

Basically, it is a clone of the Samsung Access, and will be available for $99.99 on contract with a $50 rebate starting August 13th.

Here's a little update for you: the LG Secret slider has just been released in Korea and is now available for purchase under the name of LG-SU600 / KU6000 / LU6000.

Some of the phone's features include:

• 11.8mm ;
• HSDPA;
• 5Mpix camera capable of shooting DivX video at 120 fps;
• 2.4" touch-screen with haptic feedback;

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