Research In Motion and Verizon Wireless have announced the new BlackBerry Storm2 9550 touchscreen smartphone, the anticipated follow-up to the Storm 9530 launched one year ago. The smartphone has a sleeker design with sloped edges, chrome accents and a stainless steel backplate. Its most marketable feature is an improved 3.25-inch capitative touchscreen with SurePress haptic feedback technology, the earlier version of which received a fair amount of criticism. The device also features the new BlackBerry OS version 5.0.

Combine the PEBL with a Linux-based OS and you get the stylish and capable Motorola ROKR U9. The ROKR U9 is a compact, but not cramped, flip with a feature set that includes a 2MP camera, voice dialing, expandable memory up to 4GB, and all the customization options you’ve come to expect. The internal screen has a 240 x 320 pixel resolution and measures two full inches.

Acer has announced the Acer A1 Liquid, the company’s first smartphone powered by Android 1.6. The Liquid features a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for snappy response, a Wide VGA (800 x 480 pixel) resolution capacitive touch screen display, and high-speed HSPA data connectivity.

Samsung has announced that its eco-friendly Blue Earth solar-powered touchscreen phone will become available in Sweden this month with additional regions to follow. It will launch in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal, and other European and Asian countries soon, according to a press release.

ant media Sprint has launched the Motorola Debut i856, a push-to-talk enabled iDEN slider phone, which includes basic functionality and features. The phone sports an MP3 player, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and Bluetooth technology. Threaded messaging lets users easily communicate on the i856. Users also have access to calendars, pictures, and location-based information. The Debut first launched with Boost, Sprint’s MVNO, in early September. Sprint’s Motorola Debut i856 is available for $99.99 after a two-year customer agreement and mail-in rebate.

Research In Motion (RIM) announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone which is also known as the Blackberry Bold 2. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers an extensive array of high-end communications and a compact refined design that will appeal to both men and women and for both professional and personal use.

Acer Mobile Division has announced three new beTouch Mobile Phone, the E100, E101 and E200. The Acer E200 which is the most advanced of the group features a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, a 3 Megapixel camera and a slide-out keypad. Then there is the Acer E100 and the Acer E101 which looks very similar expect they support different networks, however they both have a 3.2-inch touch display, a 2 Megapixel camera and Bluetooth Connectivity. All of these phones runs the new Windows Mobile 6.5 and also has 528MHz processor plus A-GPS with Google Maps. The beTouch...

Philips has announced the V808 Android Version on the China Market. The Philips V808 Android Mobile Phone features a 3.2-inch Touchscreen display with a 480×320 pixel resolution. There is also a 3.2 Megapixel camera and support for dual-band 900/1800Mhz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks. There is also a microSD slot for expansion on your storage. It will be priced at about 3299 Chinese Yuan which is approximately $484 United States.

The LG LX-160 is one of those “other” phones made by a company known for its sleek, thin brushed metal entries such as the Shine, LX 8700, Prada, etc. But while the LX-160 may not earn its own display booth at a consumer electronics show, it is nonetheless a competent entry that gets the job done.

If you are a daily reader of our sister blog, Loopy Cellphones then you might have read about the Vodafone 360 Service and the Samsung H1. Well if not the Vodafone 360 is a new mobile internet service which was announced by the UK carrier recently and the Samsung H1 will be one of the first phone available from Vodafone to carry the service. The Samsung H1 has a 3.5 inch OLED display along with 3G, GPRS Connectivity, HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for connectivity options. There is 16GB of internal memory which will give plenty of storage for photos captured...

So it is with the Samsung Instinct. This is another in a series of anxiously awaited devices, and like the HTC Touch, it does not disappoint.[...] The Instinct is a sleek powerhouse capable of satisfying the cell phone shopper of today. It has all the necessary ingredients, including a full and true touchscreen fascia, 3G speeds, 2.0MP camera and video recorder, able to send your email directly to your phone, haptic feedback to add certainty and assuredness to your every touch, etc. This phone is what cell phones have become: powerful, easy-to-use devices...

The Nokia 5310 is a music-focused phone that gets it right. Often, music phones lack some key feature or are too challenging to use easily. But the Nokia 5310 is a good example of a good quality phone that “does music good”. When you press the play button on the side of the phone, music starts playing. It’s just that simple. It’s refreshing. It’s easy.

Vodafone and Research In Motion have unveiled the BlackBerry Storm2 9520, a touchscreen smartphone device that builds on the success of the first iteration Storm 9500. The new Storm2 is a thinner and sleeker device with quad-band GSM support and high-speed 3G and WiFi data connectivity. The phone includes a 1400mAh battery for extended use.

Verizon Wireless launched its first Windows Mobile 6.5 powered smartphone, the multimedia-centric Imagio from HTC. As if being among the first Windows Mobile 6.5 devices to hit the market, the Imagio is also the first Verizon smartphone to include support for the

The enV 2 (aka Keybo or VX9100) doesn’t look at all like its prior incarnation. Its smaller, thinner (4” x 2.13” x .65”) and 30 percent lighter. Aside from the cosmetic changes however, the enV 2 is almost identical to the original. Closed, the face looks a bit strange, with a small rectangular screen at the top which looks squeezed, and the remaining exterior dominated by the keypad. Between the screen and alphanumeric keypad is a dedicated music button, “send”, “end” and “clear” buttons and just above the middle an “okay” button...