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This is the new IcePhone, or rather a micro notebook, as dubbed by the manufacturer. The root Ice stands for In Case of Emergency, which means the device is definitely not targeted at the fashion-addicted market segment.

The IcePhone comes with three independent panels, which include a 3" touchscreen display, a full QWERTY keyboard, a mouse pad and game console controls.

ASUS’ P565 Windows Mobile 6.1-powered handset has finally been made official. While the pricing still remails under cover, we now have a detailed feature list of this handset:

• Weight: 120 g;
• 800MHz Marvell CPU;
• 2.8" VGA LCD display;
• Glide technology;
• HSDPA 3.6Mbps support;
• UMTS 2100, EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900 connectivity;
• 256MB flash memory;
• 128MB SDRAM;
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.

AT&T and Samsung announced today the SGH-a767 Propel, a QWERTY slider with a set of very decent features.

The phone is scheduled to be released in late October in blue, green, red, or white with red accents for $79.99 with a 2-year contract and mail-in rebate.

Specifications of the Samsung SGH-a767 Propel include:

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 850/1900MHz;
• GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA;
• QWERTY keyboard;
• 2.

Here are some new live shots of the upcoming LG KC910, now also known as Renoir. The phone comes with an 8Mpix camera (what, a new trend?) and is rumored to become available sometime next month.

Specs are as following:

• Quad-band GSM;
• UMTS (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps) data;
• 3" WQVGA 240x400 touchscreen display;
• 8Mpix camera with Xenon flash using a Schneider-Kreuznach optics;
• GPS with geo-tagging support;
• Bluetooth 2.

The new Asus P552w is a newly announced Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro powered smartphone. It will be the first handset to use the finger-friendly Glide UI, designed by ASUS.

The company didn't announce the pricing or launch date, but the specifications were made public:

• 624MHz CPU;
• 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM;
• Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz);
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FCC has approved the Android-based HTC Dream today. Unfortunately, they didn't show any photos of the device, only this scheme. The Dream should feature GSM/EDGE, UMTS (WCDMA) 1700MHz, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

Stay tuned for more info...

Motorola Atila is a new leaked handset from the manufacturer, a non-QWERTY counterpart to the recently unveiled Alexander. I must say it looks definitely better than the latter and has the potential to become popular once it's released.

Features include:

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE;
• Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA;
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g;
• 2.

This is the newly launched Samsung S7330. The device is pretty similar to the Soul model, and will be available next week for about $500 (unlocked).

Features include:

• Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz;
• UMTS 2100MHz, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA data;
• 2.2" 16M colors, QVGA 320×240 pixel LCD display;
• Interactive "Magical Touch" DaCP secondary display/touchpad;
• 3.

Sony Ericsson announced today its new T700 handset, which is probably the successor to the T610 model, combining some of the characteristics from both Cyber-Shot and Walkman series.

Sony Ericsson T700 features:

• 10mm thick;
• 3.2Mpix camera with option for geo-tagging (based on GSM cells);
• Stereo Speakers;
• 2" TFT display;
• Quad-band GSM phone;
• 2100 MHz UMTS 3G for Europe;
• Three colors: Black on Silver, Black on Red and Shining Silver

It should start selling in selected markets starting from Q4 2008.

UPDATED: Apple is ready to release its iPhone 3G in 20 new markets on August 22nd. The device will become available in:

• Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay on Telefonica
  
• India on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone
• The Czech Republic on O2
  
• Estonia on EMT
  
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