“The WiFi + TV phone is the best HiPhone yet. Fortunately, it also clones one of the best looking phones around, and I don’t mean it’s an iPhone clone. The BlackBerry Storm form factor is a breath of fresh air on the HiPhone F06-Slim WiFi TV phone. You heard right, TV and WiFi (we rechecked [...]

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Designer Zhenwei You has come up with this conceptual cellphone known as B-Touch that aims to help the blind communicate more effectively in a mobile manner with family and friends. It will feature a touchscreen display that caters for Braille, thanks to blind touchscreen technology and a combination of voice systems as well as programs [...]

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Today Alltel announced the addition of the LG AX840 Tritan to its roster of messaging devices. The Tritan is a sideways slide with a full QWERTY keyboard. Stand-out features include a 3 megapixel camera with flash and video capture, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, microSD support and a three-inch touch display. It will cost $100 with contract [...]

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Alternatively dubbed the G88i, the $120 Imobile phoneV588 unfortunately does not actually contain makeup and even more unfortunate, the mirror does not double as an LCD display. What you have instead is a compct mirror with a 2.6-inch display where the makeup should be. But, then again, you might be tempted by the inlaid diamonds [...]

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In an economy like this one, where budget gadgets are soaring and luxury gadgets are failing, it boggles the mind how a mobile phone company like Gresso can stay afloat. Yet, they have two new handsets to release, and these seem to be aimed at the female audience. The Lady Diamond Collection includes Lady [...]

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The latest Hello Kitty branded phone is the Hello Kitty OKWAP A316. This pink flip is the perfect addition to your Hello Kitty collection. This officially branded Sanrio Hello Kitty cellphone is the first to offer 3G as well as GSM Tri-band 900/1800/1900. The phone also comes with a Hello Kitty handbag and Crystal Gem [...]

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Today a design company called Pilotfish unveiled a concept phone, called the Ondo. The phone’s main features will be aimed at music enthusiasts, and will include the ability to record three separate audio tracks and edit them by twisting and bending the phone. The Ondo will have three detachable microphones, which are also part of [...]

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Wanted our attention, Casio? Well, good, because you’ve definitely got it. This isn’t necessarily full disclosure of the phone’s existence, but for all practical purposes, this… uh, “promotional video” finally fesses up that the Exilim C721 is coming to Verizon (you can catch a glimpse of the carrier’s logo if you look closely — no, [...]

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A new phone from PCD (formerly UTStarcom) was seen this week at the CTIA trade show. The TXT8030 is a bar-style phone that is unique in that it twists in the middle. On one side of the bottom is an angled, full QWERTY keyboard for messaging, and on the other side is speakers and music [...]

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Sascha Segan writing for PC Mag, explains why the Japanese love waterproof phones from what he learned at the the Fujits booth at CTIA.
“Apparently, in Japan, folks spend a lot of time in the bath. Japanese bathtubs are much deeper and larger than American tubs, and they’re more conducive to lounging around. Japanese folks swear [...]

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Watchmaker Ulysse Nardin and SCI Innovations have teamed up to create the world’s first hybrid luxury smartphone called The Chairman. The phone is made from the finest metals and is hand assembled. The rear of the phone has an Ulysse Nardin winding rotor and a screw mounted pusher.
The winding rotor is integrated into the design [...]

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Alright, we have no idea why Lenovo’s phone division is suddenly pumping out copycat handsets, but these supposed shots of the Android-based oPhone’s UI look awfully familiar, don’t you think? Combine that with the equally-fishy rip of Samsung’s TouchWiz UI found in the recently-announced X1, and it more or less seems like Lenovo’s running a [...]

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Better known as LG-SV800/KH8000/LH8000, the Lollipop phones are your average Korean phones with the usual functions and a nice 2.8” WQVGA LCD, 3Mpix Camera, 1.3Mpix Sub Camera, MicroSD, Lecteur Multimedia and a nice LED display under the phone lid allowing you to display almost any kind of dot like picture you wish to create.

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Today Samsung announced a new highly rugged phone that can withstand shock, vibration, and is certified at IP57 for ingress protection against dust, water (up to 30 minutes at 1 meter), salt fog, and hot and cold temperature extremes. The B2100 Xplorer is a quad-band GSM/EDGE bar style phone that also has a loud speakerphone, [...]

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Today Cricket announced that it is adding the Samsung SCH-r211 to its roster of bar-style devices. The r211 is a small phone that has a simple feature set, including speakerphone, web access, messaging, and game and ringtone downloads. Because the r211 supports AWS, it will work in all of Cricket’s markets. It costs $90 and [...]

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