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.

True to the Cyber-shot branding on its backside, the newly announced Sony Ericsson C902 has a definite focus on digital photography, thanks largely to its 5 megapixel camera. And this isn’t just any regular five-megapixel image capturer either. Revealed at Mobile World Congress (previously known as 3GSM), the Sony Ericsson C902 has a camera with face detection, auto focus, photoflash, and BestPic technology. This last bit enables the candybar handset to snap 9 pictures in quick succession.

Thankfully, part of the back plate acts as a lens cover too. Other features on the Sony Ericsson C902 mobile phone include a music player with Mega Bass, TrackID, FM radio, music tones, Access NetFront browser, and RSS feed support. Expected launch date for this phone is sometime in the middle of this year. No word on pricing.

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.

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.

For companies in the CDMA market without expertise or experience in GSM, the Wavecom product affords the opportunity to slap this module into a handset, complete with IP indemnification licensing, carrier approval on the GSM network, and the necessary chips and other licensing, and offer up a GSM phone just like that. These companies would otherwise have to approach a dozen or more organizations for licensing of essential IP for GSM and get those licenses within the typical two-year time frame.

Wavecom offers a CDMA module as well. Everything is included in the price of the modules. Wavecom’s approach circumvents individual license negotiations for OEMs like Gateway, HP, and Handspring that are entering the wireless space without these relationships. With Wavecom’s MUSE Platform Open MMI (Man Machine Interface), customers can develop unique user interfaces. “Developing MMI used to take a huge team of resources, 20-30 people working on MMI development. We now offer that as part of our module package,” says David McCartney, vice president of marketing and business development, Wavecom.

Wavecom brings its own GPRS protocol stack, the Wavecom stack. “You don’t have to have half a million dollars up front and a dollar a unit included in the price [to get a GPRS stack or licensing],” says McCartney. Wavecom has a license from Sun to include J2ME in its WISMO chipset module’s software packaging. Wavecom has developed its own baseband to control new baseband features like AMR technology (Adaptive Multi-Rate) for U.S.-based GSM networks and EDGE phones.

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.

A leading innovator in personal communications and hand held computing, today introduced Treo 270, a compact, full-color wireless communicator that integrates a mobile phone, wireless applications like email and Internet browsing, and a Palm OS organizer all in one. Treo 270 also has a built-in, backlit QWERTY keyboard and enhanced battery life. Treo 270 is available for $499 with GSM service activation or $699 without a service plan. In a separate announcement today, Handspring also introduced its first Treo that is not a wireless communicator: the Treo 90, a sleek, lightweight organizer with a built-in keyboard and a full-color display. Treo 270 is available now from Handspring’s Web site and will become available through authorized Handspring retailers in the coming weeks. In addition, Treo 270 will be available throughout Europe and Asia where Treo 180 and 180g are already sold. Handspring expects to announce availability in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Latin America in the months to come.

The LG Viewty’s unprecedented multimedia capabilities reflect the extensive partnership between LG Electronics and DivX. The LG Viewty enables consumers to easily playback a wide range of DivX files from the PC on the go or output to a TV monitor without converting to another format.

Consumers can also view DivX files from popular online video communities such at ten times the speed of WCDMA through the HSDPA 3.6 high speed internet access capability. DivX is a widely popular digital media format that enables consumers to create, share and play back high-quality video content across an ecosystem of platforms and devices.

The super sleek and stylish LG Viewty is the first in LG’s new line of high technology handsets and boasts a number of ‘world first’ features never seen before on a mobile handset, including 120 fps video recording as well as unique camera functionality such as manual focus, image stabilizer and handwriting recognition that makes editing easy on the Viewty’s 3-inch wide LCD touch screen.

“Our aim is to provide the highest quality images to users of the LG Viewty and have made every effort to ensure cutting-edge technology is applied to meet this vision,” said Skott Ahn, CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Our partnership with DivX and the Viewty’s support for DivX video is an important feature in creating a state-of-the-art media experience for our consumers.” DivX is working to build a common digital media language that offers real interoperability across products and platforms, and innovative devices like the LG Viewty are an important piece of that ecosystem,” said Kevin Hell, Acting CEO at DivX, Inc. “Our goal is to enable consumers to enjoy their media content on any device or platform, from the PC to the living room and on the go. We’re excited to further our strong relationship with LG in pursuit of that vision.”