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Improving upon the Samsung Gravity that was released last November, the Korean manufacturer has now announced the availability of Gravity 2 (SGH-t469) on T-Mobile USA’s network. Like its predecessor, the Gravity 2 also sports a horizontal slide-out QWERTY keypad, although in a much slimmer body than the original. Being a messaging phone, you may not find much in there other than the QWERTY keypad, but you should know that it has a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, an mp3 player, and a microSD slot that supports 16GB cards. Still, if your life depended on messaging, you can take your pick between the t349, the Comeback, and the Gravity 2, which will be available next month at an undisclosed price and in a choice of berry mauve and metallic pumpkin

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We’ve just told you about the full specs of HTC Leo, and now we’re going to talk a bit about another Taiwan-made handset: the HTC Click.

As mentioned before, HTC Click will be a low-cost Android smartphone.

Two live pictures of it have appeared at the French website PointGPhone, so we can see that the Click looks like a smaller HTC Magic (already available for purchase in Europe).

Most of the features included by HTC into the Click are not known, but it seems that the smartphone has a 3.5mm headset jack and a photo camera (well, that’s not a surprise).

Details about the release date and price of HTC Click are not available, but they’ll probably appear soon

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Remember the Sony Ericsson Rachael – SE’s first Android smartphone? Its official name might be Sony Ericsson Xperia X3, and not Xperia X5, as we previously guessed.

A few weeks ago, when the first images of Rachael were leaked, we didn’t know too much about its features.

But now, thanks to the online retailer Expansys, we have an almost complete list of its specs.

The 8MP camera we already knew about is obviously confirmed, coming with autofocus, image stabilization, face detection, smile shutter, LED flash and VGA video recording.

The rest of the smartphone’s specs reportedly include:

* Quad-band GSM connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
* Dual-band 3G (900/2100 MHz) with HSDPA 10Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps
* 4 inches touchscreen display with 800 x 400 pixels
* Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11g
* A-GPS
* Bluetooth 2.1
* 3.5mm audio jack
* E-mail (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, MS Exchange)
* MiniUSB
* MicroSDHC card support

Sony Ericsson could announce the Rachael X3 soon – perhaps the same time with the Xperia X2 (which we saw a few hours ago in new live pictures).

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Not long after it was launched in the US by AT&T (as Nokia Surge), the Nokia 6760 has now been announced for Europe too, as Nokia 6760 slide.

Looking similar to the Surge, the Nokia 6760 slide comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard and access to Google Talk, Windows Live Instant Messaging, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.

Running on Symbian S60, the 6760 slide also features support for several email services, plus Mail for Exchange and Message Reader.

* 2.4-inch QVGA display
* A-GPS
* 3.2MP camera (unlike the Surge, which only has a 2MP camera)
* 2GB card in the box
* Talk time: up to 5 hours
* Stand-by time: up to 500 hours

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Here are a few new pictures of the Motorola W7. You can also find some photos taken with the W7 2MP camera at the end of this article.

The MOTO W7 Active Edition is designed with people on-the-go in mind, as it sports a pedometer to count your steps, the Personal Trainer application to compile training programs and so on. The W7 also features the fun gesture control technology, allowing you to silence the sound of an incoming call, your alarm or pause the music by simply turning your phone turtle. The phone also has a 2.2-inch display, 2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth and 3G connectivity. Enjoy the pictures…

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If you’re anxious to get a new BlackBerry Curve 8520 from T-Mobile USA, it looks like you’ll be able to do so starting August 5.

According to BlackBerry Rocks, T-Mo will launch the 8520 (also known as BlackBerry Gemini) on this date via retail stores, RPS and Wallmart. The smartphone will also be available to employees and for upgrades.

Replacing the Curve 8320, the new Curve 8520 is the first BlackBerry device to come with optical trackpad navigation instead of the traditional trackball. It also features a full QWERTY keyboard (obviously), Wi-Fi, GSM/EDGE connectivity, a 2MP camera and access to BlackBerry App World.

The price of T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Curve 8520 is not known yet. Let’s hope it won’t be a high one on contract.

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The Samsung S5230 is a quad-band GSM candybar phone. It features touch WQVGA display, 3MP camera, FM Radio, Bluetooth, HTML browser, Organizer and Speakerphone. Enjoy…

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We haven’t gotten to see too many A series cellphones from Motorola, except for the A455, which was released last month on Verizon Wireless. We now have news of a new handset in that segment, the A45 Murano, which surfaced on a Brazilian website recently. We don’t have many details on this pudgy guy as of now, but what we do know is that the A45 is a non-3G, QWERTY-toting (pretty obvious from the picture of course) messaging phone, that should feel right at home among Motorola’s other low-end messaging phones such as the QA1 or even the A455. There is also a 2-megapixel camera tucked in, but that’s all the dirt we have on this new entrant. We will get you the info on it as it emerges, so don’t go nowhere!

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Samsung C3050 pictures – The Samsung C3050 is a quad-band GSM slider phone. It features 65k color TFT display, VGA camera, MP3 player, FM Radio and microSD slot for memory. Enjoy!

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Pink LG KM900 Pictures – The LG KM900 aka LG ARENA is a mid-level touch phone, featuring 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G. It will also come with LG’s new S-CLASS 3D user interface.

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Not one but two unboxing videos of the HTC Hero aka the G2, for your viewing pleasure. One more after the jump.

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Here are some cool videos of the LG GD900 aka LG Crystal. This phone is probably the best looking phone ever made! Its almost that i should buy one just for the fun of it. Check out the rest of the videos after the break.

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Nokia’s only 8 Megapixel camera phone, the N86 8MP dual-slider, will be available in the US starting the next few weeks, coming to compete with the likes of Samsung Memoir and Sony Ericsson C905a.

Running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Nokia N86 8MP is basically an upgraded N85.

Its 8MP camera features Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, variable aperture, dual LED flash and video recording.

The N86 8MP also comes with a 2.6 inch QVGA AMOLED display, GPS, Wi-Fi, digital compass, 3.5mm audio jack, 8GB of internal memory and – of course – US HSDPA connectivity.

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O2 UK has just launched a new smartphone from its Xda series – the Xda Venn.

The Venn is actually a rebranded version of the Pantech Matrix Pro, which is already available in the US, via AT&T.

Coming with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard on board, O2 Xda Venn features two sliding keypads: an alphanumeric and a full QWERTY one.

The smartphone is a bit bulky, measuring 21mm in thickness, but at least it looks pretty good:

Its main specs include

* GSM and HSDPA connectivity
* 2.4 inch QVGA display
* GPS
* Wi-Fi
* Bluetooth
* 2MP camera

The price of Xda Venn is not known, but it looks like you can buy one from O2 UK’s website.

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Leaked at the same forum as the LG BL40 black label, it looks like LG is producing a smaller size of its new chocolate series with LG BL42. It will feature a similar specs with a 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, HSDPA connection but has a touch sensor buttons and sliding keypad.

LG has previously announced that it will reveal the next chocolate series in August,

“We’re returning to an all-time favourite to re-create the original experience,” said Jeremy Newing, head of marketing, LG Mobile UK. “Over 21 million LG Chocolate handsets have been sold to date, spanning across 54 countries. We believe LG Chocolate’s successor will have a tremendous impact on the market, while adding to the growth that LG has experienced during the first half of this year.”

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