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A new Sprint rebate form that is in effect until October 31st has leaked online and it states that the Samsung Intrepid and Samsung Moment will be coming soon. The Samsung Intrepid is actually the Ace II, so I believe it will have a full QWERTY keypad. The Intrepid and the Moment will both have $100 mail-in rebates attached to them.

If the rumoured specs are true, the Intrepid will have: a 2.6-inch QVGA display, a 528MHz CPU, a 3MP camera, WiFi / aGPS support, a microSDHC card slot, and CDMA / EV-DO Rev. A / GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity. The Intrepid seems to be a Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, so we'll see it sometime after October 6th. On the other hand, we know nothing about the Samsung Moment right now.

[Boy Genius, Phone Arena]

The Samsung SPH-i350 handset has just passed the FCC and it looks like it will be the Sprint-bound Samsung Ace II. This CDMA handset has WiFi / EVDO support and single-band HSDPA / quad-band GSM support. This handset ha a 3MP camera and runs Windows Mobile 6.1. If what we heard in March was true, then we should also expect: a 2.6-inch display with a 320 x 240 resolution, an FM radio, a microSD card slot, a QWERTY keypad, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS support. You can check out the official FCC filing here.

Update on August 22nd: Thanks to an anonymous tipster the FCC link above now works.

[WMPowerUser]

The Samsung Ace II is expected to be released by Sprint in Q3 of this year, so it's not too far away. If you're waiting for this phone, you have come to the right place. The specs are as follows: a 2.6-inch TFT display with a 320 x 240 resolution, a 3 megapixel camera, FM radio, a microSD slot, a QWERTY keypad (obviously), Bluetooth, 3G, WiFi, and GPS. Sad news? It will be running on Windows Mobile 6.1 which, everyone should know by now, is god-awful. Price is unknown, but you should see it in Q3 this year, after the Palm Pre's launch.

[Phone Arena]