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According to the FCC, Motorola Z10 will soon be available for purchase in the U.S.

Currently there was no word from the US carriers who would like to pick up this phone, but considering that it supports quad-band GSM/EDGE networks, AT&T and T-Mobile are the most likely candidates.

Motorola Z10 features include:

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Nokia hopes to launch 6 to 12 new phones customized for North American carriers in 2008, versus three in 2007, as the company aims to improve its No. 4 U.S. market share, the president of its North American business said on Wednesday.

Nokia leads the global cell phone market but has struggled to compete in the United States, where it had an 11 percent market share in the third quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.

Nokia has finally announced the launch of their flagship N95 8GB handset in the U.S.

This Symbian S60 based 3G HSDPA-enabled smartphone should be available in Nokia flagship stores in New York and Chicago and from online retailers during this quarter.

You can get one unlocked for $749, or if you think the phone is too pricy wait until AT&T picks it up.

Huawei in partnership with MetroPCS has entered the U.S. market with its new M318 entry-level mobile phone.

Don't expect much from this handset: it operates on CDMA network, has WAP browser and BREW client application, but lacks most of the usual features like camera and Bluetooth.

LG KS20 will soon be available in the U.S. under a different name, the MS25.

Also known as "smart Prada phone" and LG Dominator, it is a dual-band GSM/EDGE handset (no word on 3G frequencies) with a large touch-screen, supporting Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless connectivity.

The phone has just been approved by the FCC so we can expect it to appear stateside in early 2008.

Now customers of Virgin Mobile USA will be able to activate their newly acquired handsets over the air.

The activation is done automatically and doesn't require users to enter any information or to call customer service. Virgin Mobile USA expects that this will speed up the activation process and reduce customer support costs.

Microsoft began its mobile advertising campaign in the US.

The first ads from Bank of America, Jaguar, and Paramount Pictures have been placed on US MSN Mobile. But this is just the beginning: the company's ad-strategy presupposes expansion from mobile environment to the XBOX Live service.

Until now Microsoft's mobile ads could be seen in Belgium, France, Spain, Japan, and the UK.

US cellular provider MetroPCS announced today it will implement EV-DO-based 3G network in seven of its markets, including three existing ones, that is Detroit, Dallas and Los Angeles, and four new ones, which are Boston, Las Vegas, New York and Philadelphia.

The wireless network in the first three will be upgraded from 1xRTT to EV-DO.

Here are two good news from LG.

First, the company's Shine phone has reached the U.S. and will soon be available from AT&T.

The second is that LG has managed to sell over 5 million Shines in a span of a year, beginning from October 2006.

Apparently, Meizu M8 MiniOne has good chances to be launched in the US, as it will soon debut at the CES convention in Las Vegas.

The device is very similar to the iPhone, and we kno Apple certainly won't like this.

So beware Meizu, Apple won't tolerate any iPhone clones in their home market.