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Wirefly is now selling Verizon’s ZTE Salute. The Salute will be one of the first Verizon mobile device  for the Chinese manufacturer. The handset will be available on Verizon wireless retailer stores in a few weeks.

The Salute had a 2.4-inch touch-screen display (240×320 pixels; 65,000 colors), Bluetooth, speakerphone, a camera (1.3-megapixel) and a QWERTY keyboard. Also, the battery will last up to four hours of talk time and up to nine days of standby time. You can gets free ZTE Salute on Wirefly.com if you sign a new two years contract with Verizon.

Popularity: 7%

We’ve been following BELLPERRE for a couple of years now, starting off with their original phone in 2008. The 2010 cell phone is still called just “BELLPERRE”, but it now comes with a much more contemporary feature set.

This type of mobile phone is about exclusivity, style, engineering and craftsmanship. But too often we see beautiful handsets that underneath are incredibly basic.. and if you’ve just spent thousands on a phone, then you don’t want it to be bested by a bargain basement Nokia.

So although we liked the original BELLPERRE a lot, we would be the first to agree that it was a bit too basic as a phone. BELLPERRE’s 2010 model addresses this by making sure that the handset’s internals are much improved.

We will look at the insides in a moment, but the main selling point about a BELLPERRE handset is what’s on the outside. These are handmade, bespoke handsets that feature a variety of metal and leather finishes. There are 125 different leather options, and you can have your BELLPERRE with a steel case or a rose or yellow gold finish if you like. You can add gemstones and diamonds to the finished design, allowing you to create whatever tasteful or over-the-top design you wish.

BELLPERRE seem to be reluctant to give out pricing, but their old model started at just €1200 for the basic specification, up to €21,000 for a solid gold model with diamonds. We should imagine that a couple of thousand euro should get you something quite nice, and surprisingly BELLPERRE do call themselves “affordable”, which is true when you consider the overpriced madness of Vertu and Mobiado, and that the new Versace Unique comes in at over €5000.

The phone itself is a slim device, measuring 111 x 45 x 11.2mm and weighing 135 grams. This model of BELLPERRE is a tri-band 3.5G handset with maximum download speeds of up to 10 Mbps. It comes with GPS navigation, a multimedia player, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash that can record VGA resolution video at up to 30 frames per second. The display is a 2.2″ 240 x 320 pixel panel covered by a sapphire crystal to prevent scratching. Software includes a web browser and the ability to synchronise with Microsoft Outlook.

What we have here is a beautifully crafted device, if you were to buy one you would very rarely meet another owner.. and if you did, then the handset’s unique design would still leave you both feeling special. Underneath is a phone that can do most of the things that you will want of a mobile device. And as for the price.. well, it’s likely to be expensive but not insanely so.

Popularity: 11%

Altek put on quite a show at CommunicAsia 2010, producing the Leo 14 megapixel concept phone in action. This handset features a 1/2.3 inch CCD and LED flash, plus a wide angle lens with 3x optical zoom. HD Video recording is also supported (at 30 fps) in the H.264 format and ISO 3200 sensitivity as well.

Altek Leo packs a 3.2 inch touchscreen TFT display with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution, a microSD card slot, WiFi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. The device operates in GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA networks, this smartphone runs Android 2.1 OS and it’ll support Android 2.2.

Popularity: 18%

Olive Telecommunications has recently stated that they have appointed Kapil Dev, an ace cricketer as their Goodwill Ambassador for their range of mobile phones in country. The Chairman of Olive Telecommunications, Arun Khanna stated that “Kapil is the epitome of cricket in India and regarded as the greatest all-rounder the sport has ever seen. Somewhat like the Olive devices, completely all round in their usability, devices ranging from the entry level to sophisticated offerings for the digitally connected. Olive products are designed keeping in mind the extensive usage of mobile phones countrywide. We are confident that our association with Kapil will definitely lend an edge to the positioning of our offerings.”

Kapil Dev on being associated with Olive said that it is pleasure for him to be associated with a brand which has created an innovative cutting edge technology and has created a niche for itself. Olive is one of the latest company which has entered the booming market of mobile phones in Indian and along with other domestic manufacturers like Zen, Lemon and Micromax it is giving tough competition to MNC’s like Samsung and Nokia.

Popularity: 13%

The ICE Mobile Network Systems Limited is eyeing on the upper crust of the ultra low cost(ULC) segment and has tied up with TCT Mobile Limited in order to co brand and market the Alcatel ICE3 mobile phones and is also planning to launch the handset.

As for now the company will be offering single model but by November ICE Mobile plans to launch 5 more handsets in the low price. The Managing Director of ICE Mobile Network Systems Limited, Mohinder Singh Malik, stated that they wanted to launch quality products in the mobile segment and thus they have tied up with Alcatel who are known all over the globe for their quality equipment in the telecom market. Alcatel ICE3 OT 808 mobile phone comes equipped with features like QWERTY keyboard, email POP3, IMAP4, access to social networking sites, instant messaging and others.

Malik also stated that the company aims to sell around 35,000 to 40,000 handsets in the state of Gujarat by December 2010.

Popularity: 18%

Luxury phone maker Mobiado announced that it has extended its Classic 712 ZAF series – unveiled earlier this year – with three new colors, dubbed “dream colors.” Reportedly conveying “a sensation of brightness and inspiration”, the new color versions are Sky Blue, Aurora Pink and Porcelain White. These concept phones available in these colors combine “aluminum, sapphire crystal, and stainless steel”, and feature quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA (2100/1900/900 MHz) connectivity, 2.2 inch QVGA display, GPS, email, web browser, music player, and 5MP camera with flash and video recording.

Mobiado intros Classic 712 ZAF Specifications

Popularity: 16%

Acer has long been known as Ferrari’s partner. The Taiwanese company released quite a few notebooks branded with the famous prancing horse. Now, Acer and Ferrari announced the first Android-powered Ferrari smartphone – Acer Liquid E Ferrari Edition. The exact release date for this concept device is unknown and the same goes for pricing. We, however, know that the specs will remain identical to the original Liquid E. These include a WVGA capacitive touchscreen, HSPA and WiFi connectivity, GPS, 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and Snapdragon processor. The difference is in the color (Ferrari Edition is red, obviously) and the presence of the Ferrari logo on the phone’s back. In addition, the Ferrari smartphone comes pre-loaded with exclusive content like wallpapers, video clips and ringtones. Finally, there’s the ultra chic Ferrari case made out of high-quality materials to “safeguard the handset from shocks and dust” while at the same time being a “pleasure for the eye and touch.”

Sure, the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition features the same underclocked 768MHz Snapdragon and Android 2.1 as the original Liquid E that launched in February, but, well, this model comes with a flashy Ferrari F1 Red paint job and matching Elite Bluetooth earpiece. Can’t say no to that, can you? You know the rest of the drill: 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, five megapixel camera with autofocus, geotagging, and adjustable ISO, included 8GB microSD card, and the Acer Sync app that syncs changes across your handset and PC.

Popularity: 19%

The McLovin, a china mobile device that has everything todays power user demands from their handset including dual SIM, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, large 3.2 inch touch display, unlocked, and works everywhere in the world – you will be McLovin it!

This tasty china cell phone gives you one of the best user experiences you have ever had from a quad-band worldphone. Navigate icon menus using your finger like you would with an iPhone and then type messages and emails to your friends and colleagues using the sliding QWERTY keyboard just like on a Nokia N97. With 15 languages to choose from, you can be sending a text message to your friend in Paris saying “bon jour”, a message to your cousin in St Petersburg saying “добрый день”, and a message to your business associate in Sao Paulo saying “boa noite”

A smartphone in every sense of the word! The design philosophy behind the McLovin is Innovation Intelligence. In practical terms this means adapting the best technologies from today’s hottest cellphones and incorporating it into one china handset with the ability to power its owner to new heights! Imagine one phone that can do all this;

- Surf the internet (wifi)
- Keep in touch with your home and work contacts (dual-sim)
- Travel the world (quad band GSM)
- Capture photos and videos (picture and video camera)
- Type text messages and email (QWERTY keyboard)
- Play tons of games (Java)
- Listen to the radio or watch TV (FM and analog TV receiver)
- Read eBooks (PDF, DOC, and TXT readers)
- And so much more…

This touchscreen phone embodies the functional core excellence of mobile communication demanded from todays high performance handy mobile phones along with the extra media features today’s power users like college students and mobile professionals prefer from their unlocked GSM handset . In practical terms, the McLovin is a China Mobile Phone that does everything the “name brand” phones does, but comes with a low China Wholesale Price.

So if you are in the market for an unlocked, full-featured, worldphone for work or play, then the McLovin is the concept phone for you! As a matter of fact, if Batman owned a phone it would no doubt be the McLovin. Don’t wait, order your samples today to see how good this China Mobile is for yourself. You and your customers are going to simply love the McLovin!

At a Glance…

• 3.2 inch Touchscreen
• WiFi
• Quad Band
• Dual SIM w/ Dual Standby
• Unlocked
• Radio and TV
• Plenty of built-in apps like Facebook, Ebuddy, Yahoo Messenger, Google Maps, Opera Mini Web Browser and Java Games
• Interactive icon menus
• Plays all your favorite digital media files (ebooks, pictures, audio and video)
• Sliding + tiltable QWERTY keyboard
• FREE 2GB TF/microSD card included

Popularity: 69%

mobile manufacturer has introduced is first slider mobile phone “Zen S10″.  Its  a stylish metallic body dual SIM mobile phone that supports both GSM SIM cards.

Zen S 10 comes with  a 2.2 inch TFT QVGA screen, an expandable memory of up to 4 GB, Bluetooth and in built FM radio and a 2 MP camera with 1600 x 1200 pixels resolution and flash, digital zoom and video recording feature. Not only is the phone feature rich but also beautiful and sleek to carry. Its metallic body delivers much of a style statement easily comparable to any other high end phone in the market.

The Zen S 10 concept phone also come with full MP4/MP3 playback system that comes handy to professionals always on the move and who wants to enjoy audio and video features via their phones.

Zen S10 Features in Detail:

• Dual SIM Mobile ( GSM+GSM )
• Metallic Finish
• 2.2” inch QVGA Color Display
• 2 Mega Pixel Camera
• LED Flash
• Slider Mobile Phone (slider a little closer and be charmed by its won derful metallic finish)
• Mp3 Player
• Video Player with Recording
• FM Radio
• Speaker phone
• Bluetooth Connectivity
• MicroSD Card Support
• Free 2 GB Memory Card

Popularity: 57%

We’ve seen solar-powered handsets in the past before, but this time round we have a concept phone that would certainly be a hoot to check out if it were to be released. We’re talking about the Aeolus Phone concept by industrial designer Cyrene Quiamco, where it can be juiced not only via solar energy, but using wind power as well. The latter is made possible thanks to a power generating fan which can capture even the slightest breeze to produce energy. In order to maximize its juice, you get a simple, single color and an energy-efficient LCD display. Keeping in line with the overall green theme, it sports renewable materials as the construction material of choice. Imagine cycling around the neighborhood with the Aeolus phone docked on the bicycle’s handlebars in order to capture even more energy while you’re on the go, although the image above seems to suggest that bad breath works equally well.

Popularity: 11%

This is the Loop, a concept mobile phone in development by Autodesk and LG, and made for the blind.

Apparently, you wear it on a clip to be put on your clothing, and get info on the OLED display that apparently works via Braille, somehow.

I’m not certain why the visually impaired would need something like this, except perhaps to dial a number. I know that the buttons on my mobile  phone don’t have Braille, but they have a standard order on the phone.

Popularity: 19%

Mi-Phone has recently rolled out their 3 new mobile devices under its Mi-Q brand and these are known as Mi-Q+, Mi-Q1 and Mi-Q5. The company claims that these phones with QWERTY Keyboard are stylish, affordable and are competitive to Blackberry handsets. Mi-Q+  besides QWERTY keypad comes preloaded with features like WAP 2.0, FM Radio, GPRS Class 10 and MMS facility. The Mi-Q1 comes loaded with GPRS, WAP, MMS, memory capacity of up to 1 GB, MP3 and video capabilities. The top most model amongst all is Mi-Q5 which includes features like WAP, GPRS, FM Radio, Bluetooth, Java applications, social applications like Facebook and MSN, push email, MP3 and video capabilities and others. This mobile phone also allows you to watch analogue television.

All these 3 concept phones from Mi- Phone have some common features as well which include 2.2 inches of screen that supports 65K colors with resolution count of 220 X 176 pixels and a basic camera to capture images of all your special moments. Mi-Q+, Mi-Q1 and Mi-Q5 are available at Aditya Birla Stores and Home Shop 18 networks.

Popularity: 11%

This concept phone is trying dreadfully to stare like a Vertu but traits one of the most enormous pico projectors you’ve ever seen. The NCBC 888 handset by a built in pico projector takes media on a mobile device to the next level. Anyone who has ever had to gaze at a smallish screen (even if it is up to 4 inches) knows that after a while there eyes will begin to fatigue. Not with the NCBC though, as you are talking a mini projector with you wherever you go. Anything from watching movies with friends on the bus, to giving quick media presentations to colleges is possible. This Chinese phone also has a TFT 2.4 inch screen with responsive touchscreen control, a 1.9MP camera, allows WAP and GRPS internet connection, comes with up to 8GB of memory civility of a microSDHC card, and can act as two mobile phones in one by use of dual SIM ports with dual standby.

Popularity: 52%

Just 5 is a brand name that caters to the elderly who want a concept phone which is extremely easy to use, and their newest iteration comes in the form of the CP11, where you get large buttons as well as an easy to read poping up display – this might just cause the older folks to panic since it is a form factor that they are not used to, which might just cause them to press the emergency SOS button when figuring out how to use it. Features include a larger 2.2″ LCD display compared to its predecessor, and don’t expect 3G connectivity built in with all the bells and whistles of modern, advanced handsets.

Popularity: 12%

Spice Mobiles has justproduced  its latest touch screen cellphone named Spice S7000 for Indian users. It comes with an array of features that comprise of a 3.2 inch WQVGA screen, a 3.2 megapixel digital camera and practically unlimited phone book entries. The arrival of this smartphone happened just a few months after the company launched its high resolution 12 megapixel camera phone in India, popular as the S-1200. As for the S7000, it is loaded with 19MB of internal memory which can be upgraded up to 16GB with by using a T-Flash memory card. The cell  phone is equipped with video recording features at 15fps – although the resolution of the video recording is not known yet.Moreover, the camera doesn’t have a flash. Have a look at the advantages of this gadjet; it has got a range of video formats that contains RMVB, FLV, WMV, AVI, MP4, 3GP, MOV, DAT and RM. It supports 720P videos too. The owner can enjoy easy texting facilities with the Zi predictive text software incorporated into the phone. In large internal memory you can save up to 1000 phone book entries, and take the benefit of email facility and social networking via Spice S7000 phones. The owner can access various websites any time as this mobile device has got Yahoo, Wapedia, VuClip, Nimbuzz, Facebook, Reuters, OperaMini, Ibibo, and Snaptu applications preinstalled in it.

Popularity: 14%