...along with Windows powered handset

Samsung has revealed two new mobile phones, one based upon Android and branded with the Google logo and the other to be run on the Windows Mobile operating system.

The Android-powered design is to be known as the Samsung i6500 Saturn and is a smartphone. Rumours have it that it will run on version 1.5 of the operating system, at least initially. The phone may also be based upon a 800Mhz CPU and may feature a 3.2in touchscreen. The chassis also appears to hold a built in camera of an unknown specification along with a Wi-Fi capability, according to the Samsung Hub website

The other handset is known as the Samsung i899 and will include a 3.5in AMOLED touchscreen packing in 320 x 480 pixels, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, a microSD card to boost the internal memory and a 3-megapixel camera.

Source: http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Samsung+to+release+Google+branded+phone.../4344

Android 2.1 confirmed OS

More images of the forthcoming Motorola Sholes mobile phone have been spotted, via a Chinese website, which has confirmed that the new design will be running on the latest iteration of the Android operating system - version 2.1.

The most interesting aspect of the handset, in a physical sense, is the rather odd chassis design that, seen here next to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, offers the user an asymmetrical layout. Other confirmed features for the new phone include the squashing of the 8-megapixel camera rumour. This now appears to be nothing more than a 5-megapixel model. Still a good specification, nevertheless.

According to the Engadget website, the new Sholes will feature a large screen spanning 3.7in plus GPS for location finding and a built in FM radio for entertainment. No distribution, price or release details are forthcoming yet. However, obersevers believe that the phone will be released during 2010.

Source: http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Motorola+Sholes+-+more+pictures+revealed/4339

New design to include both Maps and GPS

Amongst the glamour of the 3G Booklet and the announcement of the new Symbian^3 OS, Nokia has announced the forthcoming launch of a new mobile phone that is being slated as its most affordable navigation phone from the company - it will include both GPS and the Maps service.

To be known as the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, the new handset includes turn by turn driving navigation complete with an attendant voice guidance system as well as straight line navigation plus an integrated digital compass to boot. The Maps that you need will be resident on the phone which means that, if you cannot access the Internet, then the phone will still be usable.

Other features available on the new design will include a 2.2in QVGA display plus a 3.5mm headphone port for music fans and Bluetooth 2.1 for the wireless connection of accessories.

A stereo FM radio will be available for entertainment purposes along with RDS plus a built in camera rated at a basic 2-megapixels. A 2GB memory card will be made available in the box.

Source: http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Nokia%27s+affordable+navigation+phone/4345

Budget handset will have the look of a smartphone

Source: http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/Mobile_Exec/ZTE_to_launch_Vodafone_545_device.aspx

Five new Android devices and three new Windows devices revealed

New design to feature capacitive touch-screen display

Nokia is working on a new mobile phone that will not only feature a capacitive touch-screen, but a high-spec 12-megapixel camera too.

The successor to the Nokai's flagship camera phone, the N86 8MP, this new design has been labelled as the Nokia N87 12MP, is also a dual slider that opens to reveal a standard number keypad, and at the other end, a set of media buttons. The capacitive touch-screen clocks in at 3.2 inches with a wide-screen 800x480 resolution.

According the Phone Arena, the camera is a high-quality Carl Zeiss lens with both a LED and Xenon flash, meaning it should trounce much of its competition at those lowlight snaps.

Operating system wise, it's likely Nokia has gone with Symbian for the N87, as the company has already announced it will only release one device on its powerful Linux-based Maemo OS, and that device is meant to be a 'mobile computer' like the N900.

Source: http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Nokia+working+on+new+12-megapixel+phone/4324

Fashion phone also racks up some social networking points

If you're a female mobile phone user, you must be wishing your phone had a white embossed cover, or some crystal buttons, or at the very least, was pink.

Well, wish no more - last week Samsung announced its Diva Collection, a series of fashion phones aimed at the ladies (and metrosexuals?), and the first one, the S7070 is ready to launch. It's not pink, but it does have a pearly white quilted back cover, and its 'OK' button is made of crystal and diamond shaped for that opulent look.

Under its pretty lil bonnet, it's packing a 2.8-inch LCD touch-screen, and a 3.2-megapixel camera with beauty shot (smooth out those imperfections) and the 'Lomo effect' filter to turn your plebian snapshots all arty like. It'll also sport Samsung's icon-heavy TouchWiz interface with plenty of widgets in stock, from the useful (weather) to the cute-but-slightly-useless (birthday reminder).

Social networking wise, the Diva will support push notifications for Facebook and MySpace events, and a multi-account instant messenger that can aggregate contacts from Hotmail, Gtalk and more. It's also preloaded with some cute extras we've seen from Samsung before, like Etiquette Mode and Fake Call.

The rest is pretty basic - Bluetooth, 40MB with microSD slot to expand memory, and a standard music player. The Diva clocks in at 101 x 54.8 x 13.4mm and 94 grams, with an impressive talktime up to 600 minutes, and standby of 800 hours.

Available in the UK in January 2010

Source: http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Samsung+Diva+launches+next+month/4313

Nokia today announced the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, an entertainment hub that combines mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), social networking, music and gaming in one compact 3G device. With mobile broadcast TV consumption on the rise - by 2012 there will be over 300 million people worldwide watching TV on their mobile phones - this handset offers easy access to anyone wanting to enjoy an exceptional live, on-the-move TV experience.

Nokia today unveiled two new 3G slider phones, the Nokia 6700 slide and Nokia 7230, made for the design-conscious consumer and optimized for socializing and sharing with those closest to you. 

New smartphone details leaked

Details have been leaked regarding a new smartphone from Research in Motion. The new handset will be the latest in the Pearl line of designs and will hope to succeed the Pearl 8100 / 8110 and 8120 mobile phones. The new phone is to be known as the Blackberry Pearl 9100 and, according to observers, is either codenamed as the Blackberry Striker or the Blackberry Stratus.

Featuring a Suretype keypad that appears to be larger than the current 81xx-series of handsets, the new design will arrive with an optical trackpad instead of the older style trackball, according to the Crackberry website.

Other features for the new 9100 design will include 3G for fast data transfer plus a built in camera of unknown specification. However, observers say that it will include a LED flash.

There are no details on the price or the release date as yet.

Source: http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Blackberry+ready+Pearl+successor/4276