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Announced last month, the signature RAZR2 form factor is bathed in gold and clothed in snake-like skin, and includes a full suite of features and accessories for conscious consumers seeking a glamorous design. This special edition of RAZR2 comes complete with a black slate Motorola H680 Bluetooth headset with 18k gold-plated accents, included in-box.

When FCC site site first revealed the E-Ten Glofiish X800 Pocket PC Phone I checked the specs and really liked them. As I said then, “about the only thing missing about X800 is QWERTY keyboard.

Well, the powers that be must have been listening and produced another cool GPS Pocket PC Phone - E-ten Glofiish M800, with all the goodies that X800 had and QWERTY keyboard as well:

Specwise, Glofiish M800 is almost the same as X800, except that the keyboard ads some additional weight (~40 gr) and thickness (~3mm).

Full E-Ten Glofiish M800 specs include:

Well, it looks like we have one interesting phone on our hands, and it should be a serious competition to HTC TyTN II PDA phone.

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See also The HTC Polaris will be called HTC Touch Cruise

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We waited, and waited, and waited — no announcement from AT&T yet — but we secured a Pantech Duo, live and in the flesh! First off, the device is really small. The keyboard is worlds better than the Helio Ocean, and while it might not be fair to compare it to the Ocean, it is more or less the same concept. 3G on here is such a pleasure, and while we’re not talking about Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Standard works just fine for this little handset. Battery life is a concern, especially with a 3G radio, but since we just got it we don’t have a real gage on battery performance. Voice quality and sound quality sounded crisp and clear as well. Final note: if you saw the Pantech Duo dummy display unit, you’ll notice the device slide out both ways simultaneously. Not the case on the real unit because of the spring mechanism. Not too bad for a device we called out a year ago, right?

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I think it’s safe to say the cat is out of the bag now. According to Dutch website pocketinfo.nl, the HTC smartphone, we knew so far under its codename “HTC Polaris”, will hit the shops as “HTC Touch Cruise” and pocketinfo.net also got the specs confirmed. Therefore, the HTC Polaris will sports Windows Mobile 6 Professional and features a Qualcomm MSM7200 CPU at 400 MHz.

Furthermore, the Polaris will supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as triband UMTS/HSDPA and even HSUPA and for sure Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi b/g. The device is baked-up with 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of ROM and the 2.8″ touchscreen supports QVGA. On the back, we have - as seen before already - a 3 megapixel camera (which is said to be auto focus) plus the secondary 0.3 megapixel camera on the front.

Furthermore, someone at “What A Smart Idea” recently got his hands on a real HTC Polaris and posted a couple of high quality pictures:

The photos above confirms, that the HTC Polaris will indeed features HTC’s TouchFLO technology as expected.

According to pocketinfo.nl, the HTC Touch Cruise will be released in November.

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The Nokia N81 was announced a while ago, together with the new Ovi and Ngage platoform of Nokia. The Nokia N81 will soon reach the shops and that means it is time for Mobile Phone Helpdesk to thoroughly examine the possibilities of this slider.

Compact and no fumbling
The Nokia N81 feels very compact and can be named quite small for a device that has such a large display. The display offers 16 million colours and is very bright and clear. The trusted Nokia interface can clearly be seen in this and is, as always, very clarifying and userfriendly.

Some mobile phones are equipped with numerous quick keys at the side. The Nokia N81 does not fit this description, the Finnish manufacturer has namely kept everything easy with this slider. At the left side of the Nokia N81 there is not one single quick key to be found. However, this side of the slider is equipped with a speaker.

The right side of the Nokia N81 is equipped with some quick keys. Besides a second speaker, which forms stereo speakers with the other one, an extra quick key is placed here and a key to adjust the volume. Furthermore, a port for the memorycard or charger cannot be found at the side of the device, these are namely placed at the bottom of the slider.

Keyboard
When the Nokia N81 is opened, the comfortable keyboard is revealed. The keys that are used to type SMS messages, MMS messages and e-mails are large enough to type on quite a good speed.

Gaming
The Nokia N81 is made to play Ngage games with. Nokia will not bring any new Ngage phones on the market in the future, but they did cover Ngage with a new jacket. The real Ngage fans can use the N81, and of course also other future N-series devices, to try Ngage games, read reviews about them and buy them later on.

The Nokia N81 is designed in a way that playing games on the mobile phone brings an awesome experience with it. Special buttons are implemented into the device that make playing games even more fun and a lot easier. At the front, at the right side of the navigation key, we first find a small silver button, this button is needed with some games.

At the top of the device, but of cource on the right side of the device when it is held in landscape mode, some extra game keys can also be found. At the top we can find three different keys, which are all placed within one large key. The large key can be moved into two directions, which guarantee two different functions. Furthermore, in the middle of the large black key we find a small silver-coloured button which will can also be used to operate a different function in certain Ngage games. The large key feels quite losse and wobbly, maybe the Finnish manufacturer will adjust this in het final version of the Nokia N81, which will end up in the shops in a short time.

At the top of the device, but of cource on the right side of the device when it is held in landscape mode, some extra game keys can also be found. At the top we can find three different keys, which are all placed within one large key. The large key can be moved into two directions, which guarantee two different functions. Furthermore, in the middle of the large black key we find a small silver-coloured button which will can also be used to operate a different function in certain Ngage games. The large key feels quite losse and wobbly, maybe the Finnish manufacturer will adjust this in het final version of the Nokia N81, which will end up in the shops in a short time.

Further multimedia possibilities
The Nokia N81 is, just as every Nokia N-series device, packed with multimedia possibilities. The device has a musicplayer and an FM radio and Nokia standardly delivers a two gigabyte memorycard with her standard N81. With this, the owner can start storing music on his new phone right away. The Nokia N81 8GB will, as the name already predicts, be equipped with eight gigabyte internal memory capacity. Besides this, a stereo headset also comes along with the device, but the owner can also choose to use his own wireless stereo bluetooth headset, this because the Nokia N81 is equipped with stereo bluetooth support.

The Nokia N81 will probably reach the shops within a month, just in time for the christmas sales. Salesprices are not available yet. The full possibilities of the Nokia N81 can be viewed at her specifications page.
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- HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
- GSM 850/1800/1900 WCDMA
- 2 mega pixel AF camera
- measures 101.4×47.8×15.3 mm
- weighs 93 grams
- 2.2 inch 260K QVGA screen
- built in 50 MB memory
- microSD support

We all know that a 16 GB version of the iPhone will be shipping in the future but these are the first pics of the device provided they are real. I don’t think anyone would fabricate these pics…I see no point so I think that the pics are legit.

I guess pretty much confirms the existence of a 5710 (if that’s not the name), a slight improvement over the 5700. The pics here look legit and put the 5700 and 5710 against each other. I am quite surprised at the similarities in looks between these two devices…specswise, the 5710 will have a better cam, memory and will feature GPS.

Now this is an interesting comparison. Both are Walkman phones with the W580 being mid end and the W910 being the flagship (not including the W960). We can say the W580 is the little brother of the W910. Both are stylish and are of a slider form factor. They both feature the motion sensing shaker function for controlling your music. The W580 of course is cheaper and more for the youth and features light effects. The W910 doesn’t have light effects but has better specs like the larger screen, thinner construction and of course HSDPA. I would definitely take the W910 from here (even though it costs more). Enjoy the pics!