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AT & T intends to release on 26 February the LG ARENA (GT950) touchscreen mobile phone. As one of LG’s flagship, the arena features the company’s 3D S-Class UI, and comes with a 3-inch touchscreen display and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera.

The LG Arena supports GPS and geotagging as well as WiFi connectivity. It offers access to popular social networking sites and DVD-quality video recording. It also supports AT & T’s Mobile TV service and 7.2Mbps HSPA 3G technology.

The LG Arena is available for or $ 200 after $ 50 main-in rebate with two year contract.

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Toshiba shows at the MWC 2010 its K01 powered by Windows Mobile Phone SnapDragon 1GHz processor, like the Toshiba TG01. The K01 features a large 4.1-inch OLED capative touchscreen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a microSD / SDHC card slot for up to 32GB cards.

Toshiba’s K01 is just 12.9mm thick. It runs Windows Mobile 6.5.

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BackFlip MOTOBLUR with Motorola’s Android smartphone will be available from AT & T beginning 7 March. As one of the Motorola’s Android phone, the Backlip includes the MOTOBLUR platform that helps consumers keep a tap on what’s happening on their social and news networks.

The BackFlip is the first Motorola phone to feature the BackTrack touchpad for easy navigation. It has a 3.1-inch touchscreen display, WiFi and support for 7.2Mbps HSPA network. The Motorola BackFlip is pricd at $ 99.99 after $ 100 mail-in rebate with two-year contract.

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Samsung revealed more details of its Diva Diva Folder S7070 and S5150 mobile phones, both designed for female users. The Diva is a bar-type touchscreen phone with a 2.8-inch 240 × 320 touchscreen Diva folder while the clamshell has a 2.2-inch screen.

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Toshiba introduces the TG02 smartphone at the MWC 2010, which is basically the QWERTY-less version of the K01. As the successor to the TG01, the TG02 gets the same Qualcomm SnapDragon 1GHz processor. At just 9.9mm thick, the Toshiba TG02 features a 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, a 3D menu system and a stylish design.

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Motorola unveiled at the MWC 2010 the latest addition to its portfolio Android, the quench with MOTOBLUR social platform. The quench will be called CLIQ XT and be available in March through T-Mobile USA.

The touchscreen Motorola quench features a 3.1 inch, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, a touchpad, Bluetooth, aGPS support and WiFi connectivity. Motorola’s new Android phone supports’ pinch and zoom “and has built-in FM tuner. Unlike the CLIQ with physical QWERTY keyboard, the quench, but lacks that comes with the Swype text input method.

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Acer announced at the MWC 2010 the new Liquid s Android smartphone running the latest OS 2.1 Eclair. The Liquid e serves as a minor update to the original liquid, getting the same Qualcomm SnapDragon underclocked processor running at 768MHz and 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen.

Excpet the new version of Android, the liquid e is identical to the liquid. It sports a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11b / g, support for HSDPA 7.2Mbps.

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At the MWC 2010, Sony Ericsson introduces the Xperia X10 mini (aka Robyn) and the Xperia X10 mini pro with a side-slide QWERTY keyboard, both are mini versions of the Xperia X10. Based on the Android OS 1.6, the two sister phones feature the company’s UX platform UI.
The X10 and X10 mini mini pro include the signature application for Sony Ericsson Timescape which brings together all communication in one place so users can see at a glance text messages, missed calls, and Facebook and Twitter updates, and the four corner control. They sport a 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, a 2.55-inch 240 × 320 QVGA touchscreen scratch resistant, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, A-GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and microSD card slot.

Sony Ericsson’s X10 and X10 mini mini pro support WCDMA / HSPA 3G and quad-band GSM / EDGE networks and will be available in Q2. The former will come in Pearl White, Black, Pink, Lime, Red and Silver colors while the latter in Black and Red.

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Samsung officially announced its S5620 Monte touchscreen mobile phone at the MWC 2010th Designed for style-conscious mobile users, the Mount has a sleek, organinc design with a sophisticated and glossy look.

The Samsung Mount features a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 3.2 Megpaixel camera with video record, geo-tagging, A-GPS wth Google Map and Google Latitude, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The S5620 includes the 2.0 Plus TouchWiz UI and offers native Social Networking services applications. It has 200MB of internal memory and supports microSD up to 16GB.

The Monte Samsung S5620 supports dual-band UMTS / HSDPA and quad-band GSM / EDGE networks.

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The Wave is powered by a 1GHz processor and features a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, Touch AF, geotagging, A-GPS support, Bluetooth and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. It’s camera sports face / blink detection, Smile Shot, Panorama Shot, Beauty Shot functions and is able to record 720p HD video. The smartphone has built-in HD video player and music player and FM tuner.

The Wave S8500 gets the TouchWiz UI and supports Samsung 3.0 Apps. It has 2GB internal memory and a microSD card slot. It will be available in May 2010.

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