The HTC Touch Dual is finally out in the market, following closely the launch of its predecessor, the HTC Touch. The phone comes with 3.5G wireless/HSDPA connectivity, sliding keypad and touchFLO. This feature, seen earlier in the Touch, enables finger-touch scrolling, panning and photo zooming, and also gives easy access to the music player.

The HTC Touch Dual features a Qualcomm MSM7200 chip running at 400MHz with Windows Mobile software that allows users to stay connected with people and access information and entertainment by a single, personalized device. The phone also comes equipped with a 2MP camera, a second camera for video calls, worldwide connectivity (HSDPA, 3G, and GPRS/EDGE/GSM), Direct Push Outlook e-mail, Live HTC Home featuring time and weather display, quick launcher, and one-touch ring tone settings.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider and innovator of mobile phones, launches a terrestrial Digital Media Broadcasting phone (Model: SPH-B5800) that supports Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) feature. TPEG feature is a transportation information service based on terrestrial DMB data broadcasting. Personal Media Players or navigation devices that support the TPEG service have been released in the past, but SPH-B5800 is the first mobile phone to support the TPEG service.

The Samsung SPH-B5800 provides users with traffic information updated every five minutes, as well as information about famous local restaurants and travel guides via terrestrial DMB channels. Existing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are limited to guiding drivers on a specific route using an embedded map, but Samsung’s B5800 shows current traffic conditions as “cleared”, “sluggish” or “congested,” and guides drivers with the optimal route to their destinations. Users can also compare routes that reflect traffic conditions.

Moreover, unlike GPS in the past, there is no longer a need to access servers: Traffic information received via terrestrial broadcasting can be used to determine routes. The B5800 supports a feature that allows users to view all channel lists while viewing DMB programs and thus, enables users to easily browse and find desired programs. Users can also enjoy User Created Contents (UCC) via ‘Photo Movie Maker’, which saves picture slides as videos, and can send and receive text messages while playing a MP3. It also includes a 2-mega-pixel camera, a 330,000 word electronic dictionary, ‘My Pet’ function, file viewer, and audio book.

Today announced the availability of the MOTO Z6c world edition, an eye-catching slider sensation that holiday shoppers can now get exclusively from Verizon Wireless. The stunningly slim and sophisticated Z6c adds global connectivity¹, comes with advanced mobile phone technology.

For customers traveling within the GSM network coverage area outside of the U.S. provided by Verizon Wireless’ global roaming partners, the Z6c gives customers on-the-go connectivity to the people that matter most to them¹. Verizon Wireless’s high-speed CDMA network supports the Z6c while it’s in the U.S. and in over 22 other countries that use CDMA technology. The Z6c features fast and intuitive multimedia capabilities and its espresso casing with a high-gloss front and soft-touch back, makes it stylish for all jet setters.

For video and music enthusiasts, the Z6c is equipped with the ability to access V CAST Video, Verizon Wireless’ multimedia service with news, sports and entertainment video clips, 3D games and more; and V CAST Music, which offers access to more than 2.4 million songs that can be purchased and downloaded over-the-air, directly from the phone, while in the V CAST coverage area.² In addition, to fully-enhance the music experience, the Z6c supports stereo Bluetooth wireless technology and can be paired with a compatible Bluetooth enabled headset like the MOTOROKR™ S9.³ The Z6c also features a 2.0 megapixel camera, a 2-inch QVGA display, and supports up to 4GB of optional removable memory – making the Z6c an essential carry-on for the budding photographer capturing and sharing photos and videos of international journeys.

Nokia’s to the Xpressmusic series are finally here. The 5610 and 5310 Xpressmusic phones have a variety of features to users not including the obvious fact of having an apparently better music player than some of the previous models. Let’s not forget that Nokia has also decided to take on a rather edgy look with these phones with a black finish with either Blue or Red portions.

The 5610 is a slider phone that comes equipped with Aluminum side panels, a 2.2 inch display with 16 million colors and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The company says that it offers up to 22 hours of music playback. We’ll have to wait and see after the review to confirm that of course. It supports external memory with microSD cards up to 4GB. The 5610 Xpressmusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash. The handset uses 3G technology, Bluetooth with A2DP, the new standardized microUSB v2.0 and also has an FM radio with RDS. It supports MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAc, and WMA formats.

It’s been a week of major profits and the occasional loss in the cellular world, with and Apple both announcing strong Q4 2007 performance and celebrating with a new bevy of for the iPhone (although some are pointing out that their figures for the Jesus phone. Meanwhile, LG celebrated 550,000 European sales of their 5-megapixel-toting Viewty with a new that packs not only the fresh suit but UI improvements too. Sadly not everyone has been celebrating; Palm announced on Wednesday that, by the end of January.

Critics are blaming the frankly uninspiring range of handsets they’ve got on offer, and looking at the- apparently hitting the shelves in April - you can’t really disagree. Biggest industry news, however, was the FCC’s 700MHz wireless spectrum auction with the first round of bidding clocking up $2.4bn. So far bidders identities have been kept secret, so there’s no telling whether Google have opened their wallet or left the open-access Block C to mainstream rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

Samsung is out with a new flip phone called the J400. This lightweight handset weighs in at just 99.5g and has dimensions of 99×49.5×15.9 mm. The J400 is a 3G-ready GSM handset that supports EDGE, Bluetooth v2.0, external memory via microSD cards, Java, and USB v2.0This handset has a 2 inch internal display with a resolution of 128 x 220 pixels and sports 262K colors. There’s an external display which is monochrome. It’s equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera. Other features include a dictaphone, world clock, calculator, converter, timer, stopwatch and an alarm clock. The official price hasn’t been disclosed, and unfortunately it’s not yet known whether it’ll make it to our side of the planet. Stay tuned.

LG has launched the KF600 EDGE which is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera and new InteractPad touch screen system. The InteractPad is what they’re calling the lower portion of the display that is touch sensitive. This will allow users to navigate various menus in the handset. The KF600 actually has a slide out keypad, so it’s not fully touch sensitive. It’s equipped with Bluetooth, presumably with an A2DP profile as well. The KF600 is apparently the GSM version of the LG Venus VX8800.There’s no official price linked to it yet but it should be out in certain Asian countries soon. Hopefully India will be one of them. Stay Tuned.

Today, the Tech lifted the curtain to unveil the new T-Mobile Samsung t819 cellular phone. Equipped with wireless, stereo Bluetooth technology, the t819 sings its own praises with features like a 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture capability, an MP3 player and a micro SD slot for a maximum of 2-gigabytes (GB) of removable memory. A slider phone that weighs in just shy of 3.5 ounces, the latest T-Mobile device has numerous messaging options, including AOL, SMS, MMS, ICQ, Windows Live and Yahoo. Furthermore, it is compatible with T-Mobile Address Book and offers the T-Mobile myFaves calling plan.

The cellular phone’s full moniker is the Samsung SGH-t819. It is available in a two-toned brown hue, with a frame that measures approximately 4″x 2″ x .5″, which makes it one of the smaller slider-phones out there. The phone should be available over the next few days and weeks at T-Mobile retail stores, as well as online at t-mobile.com. Check out the gallery below for images.

Vodafone announces today that seven of its European operators now offer visiting Vodafone customers the ability to top up their pre-paid mobile phones when abroad. More than 44 million Vodafone customers are now able to use local Vodafone vouchers to top up abroad. Additional Vodafone operators will offer this service in the near future. Vodafone pre-paid customers who run out of credit whilst abroad now have the security of knowing that they can purchase vouchers to top up their phone in any one of over a quarter of a million retail outlets across seven countries: Germany, Greece*, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK.

The top up method is the same as the home experience: customers simply buy a voucher with cash locally and dial the same top up number as they would at home. Furthermore, the free top up call will take place in the customer’s own language. Travelling or holidaying Vodafone pre-paid customers can already use their mobiles to talk and text seamlessly in up to 19 Vodafone and affiliated networks with more networks being added all the time. Thomas Geitner, Chief Executive, Global Products and Services, Vodafone, said: “Being able to top up your pre-paid phone with cash whilst abroad demonstrates how Vodafone is leading the market in continually expanding mobile services which address the desires of our customers. “All of our services are designed to be easy to use in a borderless world. Our pre-paid customers can already use their mobiles when abroad as if they’re using them at home. Now they can top up just as easily, enabling them to stay connected while on holiday.”

China’s Legend Group Limited today announced 6 mobile handsets with multi-functions in Beijing. Since the announcement of the joint venture in February this year for the development of mobile handset business, Legend is launching mobile handsets under its own brand name for the first time. Legend announced 5 GSM mobile handsets - Legend G808, Legend G601, Legend G608, Legend G007 and Xoceco G678 together with 1 CDMA mobile handset - Xoceco C8000, 6 in total.

They are either manufactured through OEM or self-developed models. Among these models, Legend G808 is the main focus for this initial promotion, with a retail price of RMB 3,580.Yang Yuanqing, CEO and President of Legend said, “Exploring the mobile handset business is entirely fitting into the Group’s 3 criteria for new business development - with strong users’ demand, tremendous earnings potential and synergetic with existing businesses. The mobile handset business will be a new growth driver for the Group.”With its advanced technology, Legend launched the first dual band mobile handset Legend G808, with 40 chord ring tones.

Legend G808 applies GPRS Class 10 standard, which is able to support 53.6K downloading speed. It is equipped with a 128 x 128 pixels super-large screen and vibrating game function. The introduction of PC technology to mobile handsets make games more interesting. Additionally, Legend G808 only weighs 85g with a size of 84mm (length) x 44.5mm (width) x 21mm (thickness). It is the smallest and lightest dual LCD mobile handset available in the market.