Isaiah's Tech

Back in May, we saw a Nokia handset that had a swivel to it. Well, Nokia has just announced that the Twist 7705 will be hitting Verizon in "select NYC locations" on September 13th, and everyone else nation-wide will get their hands on it on the 21st of this month. The Twist 7705 has: a 2.4-inch QVGA display, a 3MP AF camera with a flash, a microSDHC card slot, Bluetooth, a full HTML browser, and a QWERTY keypad. This handset is expected to launch for $99.99 USD on a 2-year contract after a $50 rebate, $169.99 on a 1-year contract after rebates, and $279.99 off-contract.

[Phone Arena, Engadget Mobile]

Cell Passion really has the knack of getting the scoop on trademarks and such and today is no exception. They have just spotted a trademark that was actually filed way back in September of last year. It's a trademark filed by Microsoft for the name "Swivel." Unfortunately, this actually might not be that important. It could simply be a codename for either WinMo 6.5 or WinMo 7, so if you're interested, Microsoft might utilize this word somewhere in one of their future mobile OS.

[Cell Passion]