BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for T-Mobile, moving to increase its fast-growing share of the U.S. market with its first clamshell phone, the most popular format in North America. The Pearl Flip 8220 features a chrome-finished frame surrounding its smooth, luminescent face. It features a high-resolution display on the outside, so users can preview emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the phone. A larger display on the inside let...

Finnish cell phone maker Nokia has opened up its media sharing site and games offering on Facebook. Nokia's "Share on Ovi" media sharing service was opened as a Facebook application last month, and members of the network can play Nokia's "Reset Generation," linking cell phone and PC gamers allowing them to play against each other. Nokia was talking to many large social networking firms, including Facebook, to ease access to their sites from Nokia phones. Nokia made about 40 percent of all cell p...

Sony Ericsson today announced the September 30 launch date of the Xperia X1, initially available in the UK, Germany and Sweden. The handset will be available in other markets across Europe, Asia and Latin America throughout Q4 2008. - Asia-Pacific - Indonesia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam - Western Europe - Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal - Central Europe - Poland, Hungary, ...

Sprint today announced the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, both Windows Mobile 6.1 devices that use a new customized web browser for easy viewing and navigation. Both handsets offer TouchFLO 3D, a touch screen user interface that controls with the flick of a finger. Users can zoom and pan websites with one hand. With gravity-sensor technology, turning the device sideways rotates the webpage from a portrait to landscape view. Windows Mobile 6.1 includes Outlook Mobile for email integration, Offi...

Sprint today unveiled the LG Lotus, a stylish square-shaped full QWERTY clamshell. The LG Lotus is one of the first Sprint devices to offer One Click, a customizable user interface. Users personalize their home screen by selecting features like text messaging, web access, email, Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store and other features easier to access. The Lotus offers a full QWERTY keyboard for quick text messaging, email or instant messaging. It also features stereo Bluetooth, a 2.0...

Sprint today unveiled the Samsung Highnote, a slider with One Click customizable menus. The Highnote has a unique dual-slide design. It slides up to reveal a dial pad and slides down to showcase its stereo speakers. Featuring Sprint's new One Click user interface, users can quickly access Sprint Music Store, Sprint Navigation, web surfing, email, texting and more. The Highnote offers One Click, a customizable user interface to personalize the home screen. Consumers select commonly used features ...

Sprint today unveiled the Samsung Rant, a fast broadband device in a popular messaging form factor. The Rant has a smooth horizontal slide with a full QWERTY keyboard. It provides access to Sprint Navigation, Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV with live and on-demand content through Sprint's new One Click customizable user interface. With One Click, the Rant has customizable user interface to personalize the home screen. Users can select commonly used features such as text messaging, web access, e...

Sprint today displayed the Motorola i576, a new rugged iDEN push-to-talk clamshell. Certified to military specification 810F for dust, shock and vibration, the i576 is a stylish clamshell with rich features. It delivers Nextel Direct Connect services for one-to-one and group communication, as well as Bluetooth and GPS navigation so employees can get work done. With Direct Connect, consumers can use push-to-talk to call other customers with set-up times of less than one second. Using Group Connec...

Today Sony Ericsson provided launch date information for the Xperia X1, its first Windows Mobile powered smartphone. Read the full story here.

Today Research In Motion took the wraps off of its first folder style smartphone, the Pearl Flip 8220 for T-Mobile USA. Read the full story here.

Today Nokia announced that it is making Microsoft's Exchange Activesync support available on all of its S60 3rd Edition smartphones, not just on its Eseries devices. Read the full story here. <

RIM and AOL have announced the availability of AIM and ICQ instant messaging apps for BlackBerry devices as well as new support for AOL Mail. Read the full story here.

Sprint today announced the BlackBerry Curve 8350i, the newest Nextel Direct Connect-capable BlackBerry smartphone. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the latest BlackBerry smartphone to use push-to-talk technology. With Direct Connect, customers can connect within the US and to users in countries including Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is also be the first BlackBerry to offer Group Connect, allowing users to set up group conversations with up to 20 peop...

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The HTC Touch Diamond smartphone will be landing on Sprint's shelves soon. This Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-based smartphone sports a large 2.8" VGA resolution touchscreen display and a sleek, stylized look. Read the full story here.

Sprint has officially announced that it will be offering the HTC Touch Pro, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-powered smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Read the full story here.

Today Sprint and LG announced the new LG LX600 Lotus, a square shaped QWERTY keyboard equipped messaging phone. Read the full story here.

Sprint has announced the Samsung M540 Highnote, a new dual-slider cell phone with a focus on music enjoyment, thanks to a large built-in speaker. Read the full story here. <

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