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Nokia has finally announced their first two phones, the 710 and 800, running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS. The 710 is set to hit Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan later this year. They plan to launch their first batch of WP7 handsets in early 2012 so don't expect these anytime soon. The 710 features a 3.7-inch display, a 1.4GHz CPU, a 5MP camera, 8GB of storage, WiFi / Bluetooth 2.1 support, HSDPA connectivity, aGPS, and a 1,300mAh battery. This will be launching for €270 ($375 USD).

The Nokia 800 is the higher-end one of the two. This one features a 3.7-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, a 1.4GHz CPU, 16GB of storage, an 8MP camera, quad-band GSM connectivity, a 12.1mm thin body, and a 1,450mAh battery. This will be priced at €420 ($580 USD) and you can actually pre-order it right now in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Nokia 710: This Is My Next
Nokia 800: This Is My Next

If you're interested in the Dell XPS 14z then there's some good news for you today. The company has just announced that this notebook will be available in the US and Europe sometime this Fall for an unknown price. The notebook will feature a slot-loading optical drive, USB 3.0 / HDMI ports, Intel Core 2011 CPU options, Nvidia Optimus graphics, and a bunch of HDD / RAM options. It's a pretty darn good notebook so you might want to give it a look.

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LG has just unveiled their latest and greatest Android smartphone to date. They're calling this one the Optimus Q2 and it packs a 4-inch IPS LCD display with 700-nits of brightness. It's also pretty powerful since it packs a 1.2GHz dual-core Tegra 2 CPU. Other specs include a slide-out qWERTY keyboard, a 5MP camera, a front-facing VGA camera, WiFi / Bluetooth, and Android 2.3. This one's expected to hit Europe next weekend and we have no clue if it's going to hit North America.

[Electronista]

Looks like the successor to the LG Optimus One has just been announced. It's the LG Optimus Hub, which was codenamed the Univa. This handset features a 3.5-inch display with a 320 x 480 resolution, a 5MP camera, an 800MHz CPU, and Android 2.3.4. This phone will be available this October if you want to pick one up for €200.

[IntoMobile]

Samsung hasn't mentioned the price for the upcoming Galaxy Note smartphone but now we know not to expect it this year. The gargantuan smartphone is expected to hit Europe in Q1 2012 and it's going to be hitting the US afterwards. Who knows which carriers have signed up for it right now.

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Motorola has just announced their latest Android phone with a QWERTY keyboard, dubbed the Motorola Pro+. This one reportedly features a 3.1-inch VGA display and should be packing AWS support for T-Mobile USA and a few Canadian carriers. Motorola has mentioned that it will be hitting Europe and Asia this October so they should be quite happy.

[This Is My Next]

Samsung has officially announced the smartphone that we've known for a while. It's a variant of the Galaxy S II called the Galaxy R and it's going to hit parts of Europe and Asia in the near future. This smartphone packs a 4.2-inch WVGA Super Clear LCD display, a Tegra 2 CPU, a 5MP camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, and Android 2.3 with the Touchwiz UI. The price is unknown for this one right now so we'll have to wait for that.

[Engadget]

Like your devices in white? Well, today the white Samsung Galaxy S II has leaked and it's reportedly headed to Europe on August 15th. Specs for this one remain beastly so there's no new surprises in this one. I know a lot of folks in the US are still waiting for this one but I doubt that white model will launch alongside the black one.

[Android and Me]

Sony has just unveiled their Vaio Z in Europe and it's exactly like the shots we saw yesterday. This time the specs are clearly outlined for everyone to love. The ultraportable notebook features a 13.1-inch display (1,600 x 900 resolution, an Intel Core i7 CPU, a 256GB SSD, up to 8GB of RAM, Intel's HD 3000 graphics, WiFi a/b/g/n / Bluetooth 2.1 support, a 1.3MP webcam, Light Peak (aka Thunderbolt), USB 3.0 ports, a 0.86-inch thin and 2.6 pound body, and up to 7 hours of battery life. There's also an optional sheet battery which will give you up to 14 hours of life if you need that.

As rumoured, there'll be an external dock that you can puchase, dubbed the Power Media Dock. The dock packs AMD Radeon 6650M graphics, USB 3.0, VGA, HDMI outputs, and even an optical drive. The notebook is said to be available in Europe this July so you might want to wait around for it. Unfortunately, the price is unknown right now.

[Engadget]

PocketNow got a hold of new photos regarding upcoming HTC devices and there's 4 of them. The first device is pictured above which is a tablet being called the "Puccini", while the other three are below and should be looking quite familiar. First of all, the tablet above is said to be sporting a 10-inch display so it should be sporting Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" along with 4G connectivity - possibly HSPA+ but they're saying it'll be for AT&T's future LTE network.

Moving along we have the smartphones: Holiday, Rider, and Glacier. The Holiday's specs are unknown right now but it looks like very other HTC phone that has been announced / released. To me, this looks like the Inspire 4G but that can't be it since they already released that smartphone a few months ago. This one sports a front-facing camera and could have 4G support.

Next up is the Rider which is reportedly the EVO 3D for carriers overseas - without the ugly circle around the four capacitive buttons. This one should feature a 4.3-inch qHD 3D display, 1GB of RAM, a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, and 1080p Full HD video recording. This one's reportedly headed to Korea via KT.

Last, but not least, there's the HTC Glacier which is reportedly the myTouch 4G scheduled for a launch in Europe. In case you forgot, this one features a 3.8-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 1GHz CPU, 768MB of RAM, and a 5MP camera.

[Pocket-Lint]

The title really says it all. In February, we heard that HTC planned to release their 7-inch Flyer tablet globally sometime in Q2 and at their event today they announced that Europe will be getting it on May 9th. Not much left to tell you but before you pick one up you should remember that HTC has "Honeycomb" tablets in the works. Just saying.

[Engadget]

HTC has made their new flagship phone official today and I was totally wrong about this being a Nexus device. The "Pyramid" has been officially announced as the HTC Sensation and after Vodafone and Qualcomm gave us hints as to what the smartphone would offer we now know everything. The Sensation packs a 4.3-inch qHD (960 x 540 resolution) Gorilla Glass (Super LCD) display, a dual-core Qualcomm MSM 8260 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB of internal storage, an 8MP AF camera with a dual-LED flash and 1080p Full HD video recording, a front-facing camera, a microSD card slot (8GB in the box), 768MB of ROM, an aluminum unibody, a 3.5mm headphone jack, WiFi b/g/n / Bluetooth 3.0 support, DLNA, a 1,520mAh battery, an HDMI output, and Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" with the Sense 3.0 UI.

Yeah, that's quite the spec sheet and it's sounding like one of the best smartphones on the market right now. This smartphone will be hitting the UK, Germany, and other European markets in mid-May and, of course, Vodafone will be getting a short exclusive for the device. The company also announced the 4G model which will have HSPA+ and will hit T-Mobile USA later this Summer. If you're interested then there's a promo video below.


[Engadget]

A bunch of upcoming tablets for Europe has just been priced. It's everything you see above so that includes the €349 Acer Iconia A100, €399 Asus Eee Pad, €699 Motorola XOOM, and €849 LG Optimus Pad. It's actually pretty surprising that the A100 will be so inexpensive since it's running Android "Honeycomb" which means that the price could actually be right. The one that surprised me the most is that the 3D-capable Optimus Pad will cost so much money so I doubt that'll be flying off of the shelves. The unknown Eee Pad could actually be the Transformer so that's a decent price for a Tegra 2 tablet.

Of course, what we're missing here is the release dates which are still unknown right now. Some of these were supposed to be available in March but that's looking doubtful. Expect a Q2 launch; yes, I'm being vague.

The title really says it all. The Motorola XOOM was already made official at CES so they didn't need to announce the spec sheet. Motorola briefly stated that the XOOM will be hitting Europe sometime in Q2 and they even made their WiFi-only along with the silver model official. It might not sound exciting but it is; trust me. This tablet is going to be sweet!

[Engadget]

At MWC, Motorola announced a new handset for Europe but people in America know it as the DROID Pro. The European model will be called the Motorola Pro and it features pretty much the same spec sheet so it features a 3.1-inch touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard, a 1GHz CPU, 2GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, WiFi / Bluetooth support, a 5MP AF camera with a dual-LED flash, and Android 2.2 with the Blur UI. This is the BlackBerry of Android phones in case that's what you've been looking for. It's pretty awesome.

[Slash Gear]

Motorola will probably be announced some high-end Android phones at MWC in a few days but it looks like they still have some feature phones in the pipe. The one you see above is reportedly the Motorola Gleam which is expected to be unveiled at the event. This flip phone is said to sport a 2.-inch QVGA display, a microSD card slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a 2MP camera. This should be available in Europe in the first half of this year and it should have a cheap price tag as well.


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Looks like a European e-tailer has just let Sony's latest notebooks slip. It's going to reportedly be the Vaio SA and SB. They're both sporting 13.3-inch displays along with Intel's new "Sandy Bridge" Core 2011 CPUs. The former will be packing Intel's new Core i7-2620M CPU, while the latter will have the new Core i5 CPU as a standard. There's a model, the SA1X9E/XI, which will actually feature a 1,600 x 900 resolution, the aforementioned CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 128GB SSD, and AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics. According to the e-tailer, you'll be able to get this one for £1,571 (almost $2,000 USD). The release dates are still unknown right now but it could be available within the next month or so.

[Engadget]

Nintendo held their conference this morning and they've unveiled a few good details regarding their 3DS launch. The Nintendo 3DS will be available in the US on March 27th for $249.99 - I don't know if this includes Canada as well. Also, the European release wasn't announced so that's really the only new date and price that the company mentioned. At launch, Nintendo says that 30+ games will be available including: Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Madden, and Kid Icarus. Of course, the 3DS will also have a Virtual Console so they're working on remaking classic GameBoy and GameBoy Color titles as well so Nintendo's working pretty hard. Will you picking one up on launch day?

Update: According to Kotaku, the 3DS will be available in Europe starting on March 25th. The price is unknown for them right now but it could be £249.99 (almost $400 USD) which is way more expensive than the US model. Remember that this gaming handheld will be region-locked.

[Engadget]