Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition S8300 8MP Slider Phone

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition S8300 8MP Slider Phone Available in a range of damn funky colours is Samsung’s natty new Ultra Touch S8300 slider phone (called the Ultra Touch everywhere but Britain).

The two tone handset sports a 2.8 inch scratch-resistant screen AMOLED touchscreen supporting a smaller-than-expected 240×400 pixels resolution capable of showing 16 million colours.

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Smartphone Sales to Soar With ‘300 Million Sales By 2013’

Smartphone Sales to Soar With '300 Million Sales By 2013'Analysts at Juniper reckon we’re all going to go smartphone crazy in the coming years, with sales hitting 300 million plus by 2013.

This may well run against the Private Fraser doom and gloom predictions of falling mobile sales during the credit crunch, but Juniper believes that sales of smarter and more expensive handsets will prove to be a major factor in the recovery.

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T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break Free

T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break FreePhotos claiming to show the new T-Mobile G2 have appeared on the web, with a release date set for the first half of the year.

Although the T-Mobile G1 impressed us immensely, there were a few issues with the phone, least of all its rather chunky appearance. Compared to the sleek likes of Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone, we have to say found the Android powered contender looked rather lardy.

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Insiders View of Palm Pre (Video)

Insiders View of Palm Pre (Video)Are you looking for an inside view on the highly impressive Palm Pre, beyond our Full Palm Pre review?

Roger McNamee — his Elevation Partners invested 20% ($425m) of their fund in Palm two years ago when the WebOS and the Palm Pre were taking shape — spills the beans on how they got involved and importantly how Palm turned itself around from the dark days when even hard-bitten Palm fans struggled to find good news about them.

It’s an interesting interview with great quotes like … “The important things to realise is that this is just the first product.”

Well worth watching.
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Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Smartphone: Details Leaked

Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Smartphone: Details LeakedCurrently slipping under doorways and out through cracks in the wall are shots of the new Nokia 5730 XpressMusic handset.

According to a comprehensive pre-release preview on the Mobile Review website, the mid-market Nokia 5730 will pack a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a two inch QVGA screen (240×320 pixels, 31×42 mm), 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, EDGE data and Bluetooth v2.0 with support for EDR running on Symbian S60.

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Nokia N97 Touchscreen Smartphone Set For March Release?

Nokia N97 Touchscreen Smartphone Set For March Release?Nokia’s keenly awaited N97 touchscreen handset looks to have its UK launch date confirmed, with the e-retailer Play.com posting up a pre-order page on their site.

The site lists a release date of March 31st, 2009 for the Nokia N97 with a decidedly upmarket unlocked.sin free price of GBP 479.99 (US$707), with free shipping.

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