Vodafone UK has just announced 3 fresh releases today: Sony Ericsson Satio, LG GM750 and HTC Tattoo. The phones are all available now, for free with a 2 year contract with different monthly rates for each handset. Satio will have you spending £35 a month, while LG GM750 and HTC Tattoo will put a £25-worth hole in your pocket each month.

Buying the handsets online gets you 300 minutes per month extra, courtesy of Vodafone, certainly a neat deal, if you ask me. LG GM750 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 handset packing a 5 megapixel camera, GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, the S-Class use interface and a 3 inch QVGA display.

HTC Tattoo is an Android device, that packs a 2.8 inch touchscreen display, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headset jack, GPS and a microSD card slot. FM radio and Android 1.6 are also on board.

[via mobilewhack]

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Vodafone UK seems to be gearing up for a BlackBerry Storm 2 announcement this week, or so claim the folks of The Guardian. Also dubbed Storm 9520, the device might be available for free with over £30 tarrifs ($47.40), with either an 18 months or 24 months contract.

Also, it seems plausible that Vodafone UK wants to counter O2′s Palm Pre offer, by offering the BlackBerry Storm 2 for free, with a contract. The smartphone features a 3.2 megapixel camera with support for video recording, a light sensor, a touchscreen display (360 x 480 pixels) and you’ll also find GSM quad band connectivity on its specs, CDMA dual band and UMTS (European/Asian 3G).

Storm 2′s specs list also includes a microSDHC card slot, BlackBerry OS 5.0, predictive text input, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 3.5mm audio jack.

[via BGR]

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Verizon just brought on the market a new handset called Motorola Entice W766. The American carrier is having an intense activity, since this is not their first release this month, as Samsung Intensity, Samsung Rogue and Nokia Twist just joined the family.

It is good to know from the start that this is a cheap phone with reasonable features that may satisfy only a part of the public. We are talking about a clamshell phone that is meant to replace the now-aged Motorola W755 from the carrier’s range. As mentioned before, the device’s specifications are moderate, the handset being equipped with a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities and a 2.2 inch display with a 176×220 pixels resolution.

The handset is 1x/EV-DO capable and it supports all of Verizon’s services (Chaperone, Verizon Navigator, V Cast etc). The cellphone also features Bluetooth, an internal music player plus a microSD expansion slot, to store all of your favorite music since the maximum memory capacity is 8GB.

You will be able to purchase this phone online starting September 22, but you will not be able to see it on the store’s shelves sooner than the moment when all the W755s are sold out. The device’s price is $39.99 with a 2-year contract, $109.99 for 1 year and $219.99 outright.

[via BGR]

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T-Mobile USA has just made available a new music phone, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, that packs dedicated external music keys, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth. This handset features a 3.5mm audio jack, a 2 megapixel camera at the back with support for video capture and a WAP browser.

IM and e-mail are also on board, together with the Series 40 platform. As far as design is concerned, you can see in the picture above that we’re dealing with a thin candybar, available in either black red or pearl white.

You can visit a T-Mobile retail store right now and purchase a 5130 XpressMusic unit for $29.99 with a 2 year contract and after a $20 mail in rebate.

[via GSM Dome]

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Sprint will start selling HTC Touch Pro2 on September 8th for $349.99, after a $100 mail in rebate, after T-Mobile USA has already been selling the device for the same price, on contract.

This is the EV-DO Rev. A version of the smartphone we’re talking about and we learn that HTC Touch Pro2 comes with Sprint TV access and NFL Mobile Live, plus NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile apps. Sprint will also bundle this device with a 2 year contract and in case you’re looking for an appealing factor of the phone, have a look at the 3.6 inch WVGA tilting screen.

Also, if you’re looking for a cheaper handset, keep your eyes open for Palm Pre, going for $150 on the same Sprint network.

[via Engadget Mobile]

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Verizon is getting ready to launch two hot new Samsung handsets that will hit the market in September: Rogue and Intensity. These models are aimed at a young audience and they’ll debut on September 8th, two days before Motorola reveals its Android phones.

Samsung u960 Rogue features a touchscreen display, a 3 megapixel camera, GPS, EV-DO connectivity and comes in landscape form factor, also packing a full QWERTY keypad. Samsung u450 Intensity uses a sliding QWERTY keyboard, supports Bluetooth and uses a 1.3 megapixel camera.

Both phones comes with 2 year contracts and we found out that Rogue will retail for $99.99 (after $100 mail in rebate), as for Intensity, it’ll cost $29.99 (after $50 mail in rebate).

[via BGR]

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Alltel has started selling two new handsets, Samsung Glint and BlackBerry Tour 9630, the latter being already part of bigger brother Verizon’s portofolio ever since last month. The CDMA handset is pictured below and it’s available right now in Alltel stores.

You can buy it for $199 with a 1 year contract, after a $100 mail in rebate, but the Smart Choice plan (that you’ll have to choose) can reach $69.99 or more. Quite a pricey offer, right?

Tour supports Alltel’s My Circle calling feature and comes with a 1400 mAh battery, that should last for 5 hours in talk mode and 14 days in standby mode. The new handset also features BlackBerry Maps, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 256MB of internal memory and 3G connectivity.

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Vodafone UK have just listed BlackBerry 8520 as available on their page and the handset is available for free with Pay Monthly Plans starting from 25GPB. You can pick an 18 month or a 24 month contract, bundled with this device that sadly lacks 3G connectivity.

In case you’re missing the advanced connectivity options, there’s always Wi-Fi and GPS to use as consolation, both features being included on the new BlackBerry. There’s also a 2.6 inch display on board and a 2 megapixel camera, but the interesting thing about BlackBerry Curve 8520 is the fact that it supports iTunes syncing with computers that run Mac.

Actually, this is the first RIM device that syncs iTunes playlists, memos, personal info and much more with Mac PCs. Expect this feature to reach all BlackBerries thanks to the new version of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, coming in September.

[via GSM Arena]

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Telus has just made LG Keybo 2 available and this handset can be yours for $99.99, with a 3 year contract. Also, you can purchase it for $199.99 with a 2 year contract or for $249.99 with a 1 year commitment. A contract-free Keybo 2 is also available, for $299.99.

LG Keybo 2 packs a 1.56 inch external screen, a 2.6 inch internal display, a 3 megapixel camera (with video recording) and a brand new directional pad. As you can see, there’s also a full QWERTY keyboard incorporated and we found out that the phone is available in black and pink color versions.

[via GSM Dome]

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TELUS just released a new candybar phone known as LG Masterpiece. This device is the Canadian market version of Glance, traded by Verizon in US. The specifications are rather poor, the handset being equipped with a 1.3-megapixels camera, for example.

Another shortcoming of this handset is the lack of 3G connectivity. Although the cell phone has some inconveniences it is worth to be mentioned, because it’s one of the few LG candybars in North America.

Its 11 mm thickness makes the device good-looking and it would have been more than interesting if it had a 3.2 megapixels camera and EV. We’re hoping these specs will emerge on a future version.

Although we would have expected the phone to be free on contract, the Canadian carrier demands about $46 with a 3-years contract.

[via Engadget Mobile]

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