Palm has finally announced its second WebOS smartphone, officially called Palm Pixi (previously known as Palm Eos or Palm Pixie). Measuring 4.37-inch x 2.17-inch x 0.43-inch and weighing at just 99.5 grams, the Palm Pixi is claimed as the slimmest Palm smartpone. The candy-bar handset comes equipped with a 2.63-inch (320×400) touchscreen display, a 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash, a full QWERTY keypad, and access to the Palm Beta App Catalog, which includes entertainment and social networking applications like Yelp and Local Concerts by iLike. The back cover of Palm Pixi is rubberized, which makes the phone scratch-resistant and durable. The Palm Pixi comes with Palm Synergy, which links your information from Google, Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Yahoo! and LinkedIn. Other features include a GPS receiver, a Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP, a 8GB of storage, and a 3.5mm Jack. Unfortunately, the handset doesn’t have Wi-Fi. Sprint is offering the Palm Pre for only $149.99 (after a $150 instant rebate, a $100 mail-in rebate and with a 2-years contract agreement). Read more
It seems that HTC will release a new smartphone in the near future, which is knows as the HTC Touch HD2. It is actually a successor to the famous HTC Touch HD. The smartphone will use Google Android as its OS and will come with a faster 628MHz processor. Sadly, we can’t find picture of the new handset so far. Stay tuned for more updates. [BoyGenius via Upcoming Cell Phones]
The Highlight is the latest entry-level smartphone from Samsung that is now available via T-Mobile. Available in fire (red and orange) and ice (almost a turquoise), the phone is also known as the Samsung SGH-T749. Measuring 4.27-inch x 2.11-inch x 0.54-inch and weighting 3.7-ounces, the handset comes jam packed with a 3-inch touchscreen display with a brilliant 16 million-color resolution, a 3-megapixel camera, a music player, stereo Bluetooth, voice dialing and commands, instant messaging and Web-based POP3 e-mail, a 2,000-contact phone book, GPS, a microSD slot (up to 16 GB), and a full HTML browser. The Samsung Highlight is priced at $149 with a two-year contract. [CNet via Upcoming Cell Phones]
O2 online shop has launched the Samsung i7500 Galaxy, which is claimed to be the highest-end Android device in the market today. The smartphone supports for 7.2Mbps HSDPA, an 8GB of internal storage, and a 3.2-inch AMOLED display. The Galaxy is priced at 69,99 Euro or approx. $98. [O2 online shop via Upcoming Cell Phones]
LG has announced a new business-oriented smartphone at CommunicAsia 2009. Dubbed as the GW550, the phone comes in a candybar form-factor and features front-facing QWERTY keyboard, that reminds me of the Nokia E71x. The LG GW550 also has a non-touch-sensitive 2.4-inch display with QVGA resolution, a 3MP camera, stereo speakers, HSDPA 7.2Mbps (HSUPA 2.0Mbps) connectivity and 1300mAh battery. Sadly, there is no word on pricing or availability at this time. Read more
Samsung Korea today released in Singapore the B7610 smartphone. It is a WinMo PocketPC with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, an FM radio, and a microSD slot (with support for up to 32GB). The company also released the Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 12MP camera phone, the Samsung Jackie B7320, and the Android powered Samsung I7500. Unfortunately, there is no word on pricing so far. Read more
Acer has showed off its latest smartphone at Computex 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. The Acer M900 comes equipped with a finger recognition function, a 3.8-inch touchscreen display, and a QWERTY keyboard. The handset also supports e-mail and internet access. Read more
The unlocked version of HTC Touch Pro2 is now available in the States. The phone comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2MP digicam with auto-focus, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a microSD (HC) card slot, an FM radio with RDS and a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU. You can also get the speakerphone system called “HTC Straight Talk” for conference calls. [CoolSmartphone via Upcoming Cell Phones]
If you are living in the UK, then you are lucky because Samsung has recently released the famous Samsung i8910 HD or also known as the Omnia HD. This Symbian S60-powered smartphone is available via Orange for a reasonable £97.50($151) on a £35($54) monthly plan. The cell phone has a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen (640 x 360 pixels) LCD display, a superb 8MP camera, and an modified TouchWiz 3D implementation that works in the S60 environment. [allaboutsymbian via Upcoming Cell Phones]
The Samsung B7300 touchscreen handset will be released very soon. The cell phone supports Quad-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE connectivity, a 3.2-inch (320×400px) TFT LCD touchsreen display, a 3.2MP camera, an integrated FM Radio, a built-in GPS, and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. However, this Windows Mobile-powered smartphone lacks of Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. No word on pricing at this time. [UnWiredView via Upcoming Cell Phones]
