Samsung Highlight For T-Mobile

The Highlight is the latest entry-level smartphone from Samsung that is now available via T-Mobile. Available in fire (red and orange) and ice (almost a turquoise), the phone is also known as the Samsung SGH-T749. Measuring 4.27-inch x 2.11-inch x 0.54-inch and weighting 3.7-ounces, the handset comes jam packed with a 3-inch touchscreen display with a brilliant 16 million-color resolution, a 3-megapixel camera, a music player, stereo Bluetooth, voice dialing and commands, instant messaging and Web-based POP3 e-mail, a 2,000-contact phone book, GPS, a microSD slot (up to 16 GB), and a full HTML browser. The Samsung Highlight is priced at $149 with a two-year contract. [CNet via Upcoming Cell Phones]

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LG GW550 Windows Mobile Smartphone

LG has announced a new business-oriented smartphone at CommunicAsia 2009. Dubbed as the GW550, the phone comes in a candybar form-factor and features front-facing QWERTY keyboard, that reminds me of the Nokia E71x. The LG GW550 also has a non-touch-sensitive 2.4-inch display with QVGA resolution, a 3MP camera, stereo speakers, HSDPA 7.2Mbps (HSUPA 2.0Mbps) connectivity and 1300mAh battery. Sadly, there is no word on pricing or availability at this time.

[BoyGenius via Upcoming Cell Phones]

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Samsung B7610 Officially Released in Singapore

Samsung Korea today released in Singapore the B7610 smartphone. It is a WinMo PocketPC with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, an FM radio, and a microSD slot (with support for up to 32GB). The company also released the Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 12MP camera phone, the Samsung Jackie B7320, and the Android powered Samsung I7500. Unfortunately, there is no word on pricing so far.

[GSMArena via Upcoming Cell Phones]

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