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The Glyde U940 is Samsung’s first touchscreen phone for Verizon and is in direct competition with the LG Voyager that was released almost 6 month earlier. It is based on the GSM Samsung F700, with similarities in style and form, yet the feature-set has changed. The Glyde is targeted to consumers that are looking for a touchscreen device, with a smaller footprint than the Voyager, while maintaining a mechanical QWERTY keyboard.

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Tag Heuer released details about their first mobile phone the Tag Heuer Meridiist which will be launching in September, reports I4U News. The Tag Heuer Meridiist will carry over the luxury materials Tag Heuer uses in its famous watches. The mobile phone will be hand assembled from 430 components and constructed from corrosion-resistant, watch making 316L steel. The displays are protected by scratch resistant 60.5 carats sapphire crystal.

Of course Tag Heuer found a way to feature a time display in a very cool way on the Meridiist. On the top of the handset a digital time display makes this phone unique. {Wristdreams}

A white XV6900 or HTC Touch is now available at Verizon Wireless. Keep in mind that you have to be under a contract. The HTC Touch is going for about $250 after rebate. {techfresh}

Nokia 6300i offers a fully integrated and easy-to-use VoIP client (via WLAN 802.11b/g) combined with a Tri-band GSM/EDGE mobile phone. The 6300i also sports a 2.0 megapixel camera, FM stereo radio, Media Player, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), and MicroSD expansion slot (TransFlash), 512 MB card included, 30 MB of user memory. Web broswsing is made easy with pre-installed Opera mini browser and 2.0 inch TFT QVGA display with 320 x 240 pixel resolution and up to 16.7 million colors. Coming soon expected release second quarter 2008.{Mobile88}

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The Edge phone is designed for those concerned with style, design and unique flavor. The Edge’s look is what captures you with its glowing glass keyboard.

To answer an incoming call, slide the glass keyboard out. An embedded LED illuminates the etched numerics via refraction creating a glowing effect. The only visible lines is the microphone wiring which designer Chris Owens has cleverly disguised as a keyboard border.

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Looks like Apple might release a clamshell iPhone in the near future. This is an illustration of what it might look like found in a recent Apple patent application.

In a closed position, this clamshell becomes an ordinary slate tablet computer, with a multi-touch touchscreen. If you open the flip to up-to 160 degree angle, it becomes a normal laptop computer. Interesting concept if you ask me.

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Alcatel OT-Sport is a tri-band handset for the sport oriented person. It has a built-in accelerometer with handy sort functions. These functions include a pedometer and a calorie counter. An accelerometer-based option mutes the alarm when you shake the handset. On top of that, the phone has an MP3 player, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP profile, 2MB memory, microSD card slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Not to shabby if you ask me. Expected release date is sometime in third quarter 2008. No price yet.

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As of the March 14th 2008 the Apple iPhone will be available in Austria and Ireland. In Austria, the exclusive carrier is T-Mobile, while in Ireland O2 is the network. The 8GB model will go for 399 EURO and 499 EURO for the 16GB iPhone.

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