The BlackBerry Curve 8900, has surfaced today through a product page posted at T-Mobile Germany ahead of any official launch. T-Mobile doesn’t supply pricing for the 8900 but lists the device as shipping in November for its German subscribers. North American carriers are certain to get the new Curve, though whether this will appear at the same time is still an unknown.

Motorola revealed on their site the MOTO Q11 smartphone. The slim MOTO Q11 comes with integrated WiFi, is ideal for people who want a high-speed connection for Internet browsing. Just like other Q-series Motorola smartphone, it has a QWERTY keyboard for fast and easy messaging on-the-go and the integrated GPS for navigation support for popular applications like Google Maps. Equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1, the Q11 enables users to personalize their homescreen and synchronize all contacts, calendar items and email, just like being on a computer.

MOTO Q11 Specifications:

• Talk Time: Up to approximately 450 minutes;
• Standby Time: Up to approximately 195 hours
• Bands/Modes: Quad-band GPRS/EDGE Class 10
• Camera: 3 megapixel, LED Flash
• Memory: 128MB Flash, 64 MB RAM, optional microSD card up to 32GB
• Weight: 115g
• Dimensions: 117 x 64 x 11.7 mm
• Battery: 1170 mAH
• MicroUSB/USB 1.1, Bluetooth Class 1 v2.1 wireless technology
• Display: 2.4″ 320 x 240 TFT 262K
• GPS, aGPS, WiFi
• Windows Mobile 6.1

LG announced today the launch of its LG-KC780, a slim 8 megapixel camera phone with special features that make it ideal for shooting portraits. The LG-KC780 has about the same thickness as Samsung Pixon at around 13.9 mm, comes with a 2.4-inch display screen and a slider form factor phone body. A Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens is used with a maximum of 8 megapixel resolution and 1600 ISO.

The KC780 offers an image stabilizer, and the ability to take DVD-quality video. Users can also operate the camera over a Bluetooth connection with a computer to use as a web cam, and use Bluetooth to send and receive text messages through a computer as well. An integrated motion sensor also functions with games for the phone.

LG currently only has plans to release the device in Europe this November, with the CIS and Asia to follow thereafter. No plans have been revealed for a North American launch.

TELUS will be touch-Clicking their way to a BlackBerry Storm pretty soon. No launch date, no pricing at the moment. We had heard $199 for Verizon with a 2-year agreement, but the Mounties would stop us if we tried to predict a price for TELUS. Press release after the jump, enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

Digia today announced the shipping of @Web, their Webkit based UIQ 3 browser. This application, which has been in fairly open beta testing for the last few months, brings full S60, iPhone & Google Android style browsing to the UIQ 3 platform.

@Web is designed to run on touchscreen UIQ 3 phones, so does not support the Motorola Z8 or Z10 handsets (which is a pity), but it’s a great advance over the built-in Opera based browser included in most UIQ 3 phones and will work for those of you with Sony Ericsson P, M, or W series phones. @Web uses an intuitive, almost gesture based interface, which in some ways resembles what Apple have done on the iPhone’s version of Sefari.

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If you are locking for a new Bluetooth headset that can connect to the AT&T’s VoiceInfo news and information service at the press of a button,here is one. Known as the SouthWing SH241, this Bluetooth headset allows you to listen to the latest in headlines, travel info, sports news, and weather information. Just remember that you must connect to the AT&T Bluetooth-capable cell phone to enjoy this feature. You can purchase the SouthWing SH241 for just $40.

Sharp revealed a new handset, the Softbank 9225H, during CEATEC 2008. The cool factor of the handset is that it comes equipped with a QWERTY keyboard just like in PCs or laptops. The phone also features a 3.5-inch full-wide VGA display, 1-Seg, music playback, email functionality and expandable micro SDHC slot. No info on pricing at this time.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the first phone to feature a touchscreen while running on a Symbian S60 operating system. This is the new S60 5th Edition. Otherwise it is a mid-level phone featuring 3.2-inch 640×360 pixels display, 3.2MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3.5mm jack.

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Samsung OMNIA is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone with 3.2″ WQVGA display and TouchWiz personalization for the interface. It is designed as both high-end smartphone and multimedia-friendly device, supporting DivX and XviD straight out of the box and featuring a 5-megapixel camera with face and smile detection. It is quad-band GSM with HSDPA support and integrated WiFi and GPS. Read the rest of this entry »

We are still waiting on Verizon, but Vodafone just announced the  BlackBerry Storm 950. As if you didn’t know already, Vodafone is confirming a 3.25-inch 480 x 360 touchscreen, 3.2 megapixle camera, automatic orientation flipping, 1GB of built-in storage and a host of multimedia capabilities, including iTunes sync.

This self-branded slider packs in an auto-focus 3.2MP camera, MP3 player and a 2.4-inch screen. Couple the latter with the VF830’s HSDPA connectivity and you’re good for accessing the likes of Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook, general web browsing and checking your emails. Although all of that could be lethal without an ‘all you can eat’ allowance.

Your choice of colour is limited to this rather sleek black and the price is £80.