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GW620 ANDROID PHONE FROM LG

We haven't heard much from LG about its new GW620 Android phone since it got official with it back in mid-September (and at IFA before that), but it looks like it's now made an official outing in France, where plenty of folks were on hand to get an up-close look at it. As expected, LG hasn't followed the route of HTC or Motorola with some heavy Android customizations, but the handset itself should still turn a few heads nonetheless with its brushed aluminum look, and what appears to be a better...

MOTOROLA FOR MILITARY

Certified to military specs, Verizon's latest Push to Talk flip-phone is ruggedized against shock/vibration, dust, high or low temperatures, and altitude. It's also waterproof in up to one meter of water for about 30 minutes. The Barrage has a large 1170maH battery, but otherwise seems like a tough-as-nuts version of Verizon's Motorola Entice. That means you get archaic clamshell specs like a 2-megapixel camera (with video recording), dual speakers, dedicated music controls, blah, blah. It'll...

SAMSUNG’S SCH-W880

In a welcome reversal of trends, Samsung just stuffed a 3G cellphone into a 12 megapixel camera making this M8920 / SCH-W880 more of a camera than most 12 megapixel cameraphones can claim. While this presumed follow-up to Samsung's Pixon 12 (M8910) isn't official, the announcement looks imminent based on the leaked collateral above and the spyshots that emerged over the weekend. What's impressive here is that extending 3x optical zoom something carried over from the SCH-B600 and dedicated...

SAMSUNG CORBYTXT PHONE

The Samsung B3210, also known as the CorbyTXT phone, is a message-centric handset that targets those who are constantly typing out a flurry of text messages as well as emails and instant messages. This is made possible thanks to the a full QWERTY keyboard located right on the phone's face, where quick launch buttons on the handset's front offer fast access to key features such as a music player, camera and messaging application. Nice to see a 3.5mm earphone jack being retained, making it...

COMPARING PALM TO IPHONE 3GS

Market research firm Interpret recently made some discoveries about public perception of smartphones that should shock, surprise, and amaze you. The just released report, dubbed "Signature Smartphones: Gaining Mindshare in Order to Gain Market Share," reveals that despite being massively disadvantaged in the marketplace, Palm managed to nab a huge chunk of mindshare with the Pre in fact, the report suggests that the Pre is number two only to the iPhone 3GS in the metric. The study looks at the...