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Samsung is seriously about taking the first spot from Nokia for global market share in the phone space and they're doing so with the help of Google's Android OS. They have a bunch of form factors right now and here's a new one. The handset you see above and below is the W899 which is going to be running Android 2.2 "Froyo" when it hits the market. Yes, it's a flip phone.

Don't call it a feature phone though because it has external / internal 3.3-inch AMOLED multitouch displays, a 5MP rear-facing camera, a front-facing VGA camera, a 1GHz CPU, a microSD card slot, and 512MB of internal storage. If you still love flip phones then this one's definitely raising the standards. Sadly, it'll only be available on China Telecom.

[Android Central]

A new Motorola handset has just hit China Telecom and it's the XT800+, which is an upgrade over the original XT800. This one features a 3.7-inch touchscreen display with a 480 x 854 resolution, 512MB of RAM, a 1GHz CPU, a 5MP AF camera with 720p HD video recording, and Android 2.2 "Froyo". This is available right now all over China so you might want to give this one a look before the dual-core Android onslaught starts in early 2011.

[GSM Arena Blog]

So the Bada-based Samsung Wave has just hit a couple of places in Europe, well there's some good news. The Samsung SCH-F859 is going to be a Samsung Wave as well, but this one will have CDMA (EVDO Rev. A) connectivity. All of the other specs, of course, stay the same so you won't be missing out on anything. This model is expected to hit China Telecom in the future but who knows exactly when.

[Samsung Hub]

Huawei has just unveiled their latest Android phone, the C8600. It'll be running Android 2.1 with a custom UI (called Dynamic Desktop) and it packs a 3.5-inch capacitive multitouch display, CDMA2000 connectivity, and a 1,500mAh battery. This handset should hit China Telecom in May (next month), but the price wasn't mentioned. This is probably the best handset that Huawei has announced to date.

[Pocketables]

It's now official. What you see above is the Philips D908 and it's headed to China soon (on China Telecom) with Windows Mobile 6.5. The spec sheet is looking pretty good, since it's packing: a 3.2-inch WVGA touchscreen display, GSM / CDMA / EV-DO connectivity, WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth 2.1 support, a 5MP camera, 2GB of ROM, and a microSD card slot. But that's not all it's packing. Somehow Philips managed to pack in 1GB of RAM into this high-end handset, so that will improve the performance. We don't know how much this handset will launch for yet.

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Motorola has finally been kind enough to clear all of the Sholes tablet rumours. They have officially announced three new Android handsets and they're all pretty damn amazing. The Motorola XT701 is headed to China Unicom, the Motorola MT710 is headed to China Mobile (possibly on December 28th), and the Motorola XT800 is headed to China Telecom. The specs are pretty damn strong, so you shouldn't be disappointed by anything here. The specs are below, courtesy of Slash Gear. Clearly the Motorola MT710's official spec sheet is missing, but we already know most of it (here).

• WCDMA / HSDPA 10.2M / HSUPA 5.76M
• 3.7-inch-wide touch-screen , 854X480 resolution
• 5 million pixel auto-focus camera, Xenon flash , high-quality image capture
• Strong CortexTM-A8 quad-core processor, multi-tasking at the same time smooth collaboration, high-speed operation
• Built-in gravity sensor, infrared proximity sensors, ambient light sensor
• GPS / aGPS navigation
• WLAN: 802.11 b / g, WAPI / WIFI
• Video capture / playback / streaming media
• Maximum support 32GB Micro-SD (HC) expansion cards
• FM Stereo FM radio
• OMTP standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, while supporting the traditional 3.5 mm headphone
• Support MP3/AAC/AACv1/AACv2/AMR-NB/AMR-WB/MIDI/MIDI/WAV/Ogg Vorbis /
• PCM music formats, etc.
• Supported video formats MPEG4/H.263/H.264
• Support SMS, MMS, e-mail (POP3/IMAP4) and enterprise-class e-mail
• USB 2.0 high-speed data transfer
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR High-speed transmission / Wireless Bluetooth Stereo

• Android 2.0 with full suite of Google applications
• CDMA EVDO / GSM dual-network
• 3G network support, WIFI / WAPI free switching
• 3.7-inch high-definition resolution of 854×480
• HDMI high-definition (720p) output
• 5 million pixel digital camera, auto focus, dual LED flash
• Cortex TM – A8 multi-core processor
• MOTO-specific Nicam -professional intelligent noise reduction
• GPS
• 32GB Micro-SD
• Electronic Compass & Support for gravity sensing
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• FM Stereo FM radio
• Standard 3.5 mm headphone jack

[Slash Gear, Boy Genius]

So, we know about the Motorola Zeppelin already and it should be running Android. It looks like China Telecom will be getting this handset as the Motorola XT800. Fortunately, it'll be capable of running on their upcoming new 3G network since this handset features GSM and CDMA connectivity.

Engadget also mentions that the US could be getting this handset sometime in 2010 on either Sprint or Verizon's network, of course.

[Engadget]

We heard about it 4 days ago and Samsung has just made it official. Samsung will be launching the F839 handset in China. This handset has: a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 resolution, a 3MP camera, GPS / Bluetooth 2.0 support, 100MB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, an FM radio, Office docs support, DivX video playback, and a 1,000mAh battery. This handset also comes with 3G bands and is set to launch on China Telecom pretty soon. Unfortunately, the price hasn't been mentioned yet, but it shouldn't cost a whole lot.

[Samsung Hub]

Philips has just gone out and mentioned two new touchscreen handsets, the X806 (above) and the C702 (below) and they've also announced more specs of their Android-based handset, the V900.

The Philips X806 looks like it could be a part of their Xenium line-up and it features: a 3.5-inch touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 resolution, a 5MP camera, quad-band GSM/GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth support, an FM radio, 47MB of internal storage, and a microSD card slot. The launch details haven't been mentioned yet.

What you see below is the Philips C702 which has: a 3.4-inch touchscreen QVGA display, GPS support, a 1.3MP camera, 70MB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, and Bluetooth support. This handset looks like it will be launched on China Telecom for an undisclosed price.

In addition to all of this news, the Philips V900 handset that we saw back in August running Android looks like it will have: a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, a 3MP camera, GPS / WiFi support, 256MB of internal memory, and a microSD card slot. This handset will launch on China Mobile, but the price hasn't been mentioned yet.

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Optima has just shown off their latest netbook, the Optima OP3W, and it has integrated 3G connectivity. Other specs include: a 10.1-inch matte display with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, three USB 2.0 ports, an integrated 1.3MP webcam, VGA / Ethernet port, a 4-in-1 card reader, audio jacks, and a 3-cell 2,200 mAh battery that should last 3 hours. Since this appears to be a netbook with standard specs, don't be surprised to find an Intel Atom 1.6GHz N270, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB HDD. This netbook should be launching on China Telecom, but we haven't heard of a price tag or release date yet. You can take a look at a hands-on video below.



[Liliputing]

Finally, this handset has been officially confirmed. We saw this handset earlier this month and it looks pretty decent - for a Motorola phone. This handset has: a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, a 5MP camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, WiFi / GPS support, and Windows Mobile 6.1. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's headed to US, since it's being labelled as the Motorola A3300c. It's headed to China Telecom.

[Engadget Mobile, WMPowerUser]

Above is the Huawei C7300 and below is the Huawei T550+. Since the Huawei C7300 is on top let's talk about it first. The C7300 will probably be launched on China Telecom, since it has CDMA2000 support. The C7300 also comes with: a 2.5-inch QVGA touchscreen display, GPS support, a 2MP camera, a microSD card slot, and handwriting recognition.

The phone on the bottom is the Huawei T550+ and not much is known about it yet. It does have a 2MP camera and GSM / TD-SCDMA support, which means that it will be released via China Mobile.

The price and release date for both of these handset have not been mentioned yet.

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As you may or may not know, the HTC Touch Diamond 2 is going to be launched by Verizon as the HTC XV6975 - or could this actually be the Whitestone? Whatever it is, above is the new rendered form of it. It looks quite different from the Touch Diamond 2 that we all know and love, but it looks sexy. Like I said, this could be the Whitestone, since the specs are a little bit different from the Touch Diamond 2. This handset has: a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, aGPS support, a 5MP AF camera, a Qualcomm 7600 528MHz CPU, 512MB of ROM, 256MB of RAM, GSM / CDMA connectivity, and it will also run WinMo 6.1. It will, of course, be upgradeable to WinMo 6.5. If you remember, the Touch Diamond 2 has a smaller 3.2-inch touchscreen display. Anyways, the release date for the Touch Diamond 2 / Whitestone / XV6975 on Verizon is said to be September / October.

I've talked about the HTC Mega before and what you see above is what it will supposedly look like. The HTC Mega has: a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, GSM / HSDPA connectivity, GPS support, a 3MP camera, a Qualcomm 7225 528MHz CPU, and 256MB of ROM and RAM. It will be running on WinMo 6.5 and will have the new Touch FLO2D UI that we saw just over a week ago.

Last, but not least, is a picture of the HTC Tachi. This phone will be sold in China via China Telecom, under the Dopod brand name. It'll be running Windows Mobile.

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The Motorola W562 is a CDMA handset that will be released by China Telecom.This handset has: a 2.4-inch display with a 176 x 220 resolution, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 2MP camera, Bluetooth 2.0, and 64MB of on-board storage. Unfortunately, the price and the release date for the W562 has not been mentioned yet.

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