Samsung Electronics today announced two environment-friendly mobile handsets, W510 and F268 at World IT Show in Seoul.The SCH-W510, dubbed as ‘Bio Cover Phone’, uses its bioplastic material made from cornstarch while features environmentally friendly metal finishing process. It is expected to be available in the end of this month.

The SGH-F268 excludes Brominated flame retardants(BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride(PVC) that can be harmful to people. In particular, scheduled to be released in China market in this month, the F268 comes with eco-friendly handset accessories such as a headset and a charger.

Verizon announced to launch the Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition. Tied into the Dark Knight movie, the clamshell phone both comes with the title’s logo on the back as well as a preloaded trailer, backgrounds, ringtones, and screen savers. Buyers of the phone also get an opportunity to enter a contest to win $10,000 and other prizes linked to the movie. The phone itself is a mid-range device from Nokia and comes with a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash, a microSD slot to store images and music, and support for basic GPS navigation through the provider’s in-house VZ Navigator service.

Verizon starts selling the phone as an online-only model on the 15th for $70 after factoring in a two-year contract and an immediate discount. A standard silver-and-blue version will also go on sale in July.

AT&T has just opened a new webpage dedicated to the forthcoming BlackBerry Bold smart device which will be exclusive to the carrier in the US for an unspecified timeframe.

The device features a landscape half VGA (480×320) display, quadband GSM/EDGE access, triband W-CDMA access with support for UMTS and HSDPA high speed data access and full international 3G roaming, Wi-Fi radio with support for advanced WPA encryption, microSDHC slot, 1GB of internal memory, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, flash and zoom, speakerphone, media player, voice activated dialing, noise cancellation, document viewer/editor, GPS transceiver, and Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo audio support.

The provider is short on details and says only that the phone will be available later in the year as an exclusive for AT&T in the US. A launch date and price still haven’t been set, though the Bold may now clash with the iPhone 3G as both phones are now set to launch in July with a price topping out at approximately $300 after signing a contract.

Nokia today quietly unveiled the 1580, a candybar phone for CDMA carriers, most of which operate in the US. The phone sits just above Nokia’s most basic phones with an FM radio as its most advanced feature; the phone also supports using its micro USB connection both to charge and to supply legacy 1xRTT data access to a computer through tethering. A color display, a 2.5mm headset jack, and basic voice memo recording are its other standout features. The company doesn’t list price but says it will bring the 1508 to “select” CDMA carriers during the summer in black as well as silver/blue and silver/red two-tone versions.

Sprint has announced the addition of more than 40 markets that are now able to take advantage of QChat push to talk services when the service makes its general consumer launch on Sunday June 15th with the LX400 by LG, Z400 by Samsung, and PRO-200 and PRO-700 by Sanyo.

The four flip-phones include the LG LX400, which sports a 1.3-megapixel camera, noise-reduction, Bluetooth and GPS capabilities. The Samsung Z400 has the same camera and Bluetooth features, and uses Sprint Navigation instead of GPS, while adding Military 810F specification for dust, shock and vibration resistance. The Sanyo PRO-200 includes Bluetooth, messaging capabilities and email, with the PRO-700 being basically a more rugged version of that phone.

The phones will be available on June 15 in select markets, with Sprint expanding availability throughout 2008. With two-year contracts and a $50 mail-in rebate, the LX400 will cost nearly $80, the Z400 about $100, and the Pro-200 and Pro-700 priced at $50 and $80, respectively. Standalone Unlimited Direct Connect and Group Connect plans are available for $10 per month, or included as part of Everything plans that start at $70 or Talk/Message/Direct Connect plans that start at $50.

Samsung today launched the SCH-W480 called also Inner Zoom phone and looks like a digital camera. This camera phone has 5MP CCD camera module with a 3x optical inner zoom lens and a 4x digital zoom lens. The camera also features auto-focus and face detection functions. Other features include 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity, WCDMA/GSM global roaming, MP3 playback, Bluetooth connectivity and 8GB of external memory. The Samsung Inner Zoom is priced at $580

Apple’s announcement of a $200 iPhone has AT&T competitors looking to match the feature-packed device in price and expectations, with Sprint on Wednesday circulated internally a memo noting a $199 price point for the Samsung Access, after rebates. The phone normally costs $449, but will be subject to a $150 instant rebate for a two-year contract, as well as a $100 mail-in rebate for the Instinct. This provides Sprint with a high-end touch-screen competitor for the iPhone.

The Samsung Instinct is expected to be available from Sprint June 20th.

Motorola today announced two new Bluetooth enabled headsets, the Motorola H620 and Motorola H560.The H620  is specifically tailored for cars and is tuned to adjust its volume as speed and road noise increase; it also comes with standard anti-echo and anti-noise techniques to improve the quality of the call regardless of the situation. A dedicated on-dash holder and a car charger let users quickly reach for a fully-charged headset.

The H560 is a more conventional headset for use in many areas and is more general in its approach to adjusting volume and cancelling both echoes and noises. Few details are available other than an improved ear tip that funnels audio more directly into the ear canal than many headsets while offering multiple ear pads to remain comfortable.

Both headsets have yet to be given prices but are set to launch during the summer.