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Orange, the UK wireless provider, has released a tiny, cheap touch-screen cellphone in the UK. It’s only dual-band and can  play back MP3 files and FM radio broadcasts via connected headphones or its built-in speaker.The Vegas has a 2.4-inch touch display. There’s a standard 1.3-megapixel camera,  a microSD memory card slot with 64MB of built-in storage, and Bluetooth .
Verizon got the Samsung Smooth today, a fairly entry-level phone. The Samsung U-350 or the Smooth is a flip phone scheduled to arrive on April 1 from Verizon Wireless. Some of the Smooth’s features include Bluetooth, speakerphone, a VGA camera that sports a nighttime mode and more.The dual-band CDMA handset has access to the provider’s VZ Navigator service, and is capable of browsing the web, checking e-mail and accessing instant-messaging programs.
Detailed spec:
*VGA Camera with Night Shot
*Speakerphone
*Bluetooth Enabled for Wireless Headset Support
*VZ Navigator with turn–by–turn directions
*Chaperone Parent/Child
*Games, Ringtones, and Wallpaper
*Mobile Email
*Mobile Web
Nokia has just announced its newest handset to support Near Field Communications (NFC). NFC on the Nokia 6212 Â allows it to pair and exchange contents (music, video, calendar data etc) by tapping it with another NFC-enabled device such as a NFC-enabled photo frame, cellphone, speaker etc. Now, it has been extended to the classic 6216, to allow contactless payment via NFC. “The launch of the Nokia 6216 classic SIM-based NFC handset is a great step forward for payment and ticketing services“, says Alex Sinclair, the chief technology officer of the GSM Association.
The spec includes : Quad-band GSM, dual-band 3G (850/2100 MHz), 2-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, microSDHC support, Bluetooth and 22MB of user-accessible memory.
Verizon Wireless announced the Samsung Trance. The Verizon branded Samsung Trance offers everything that one would expect from the leaked info on the Samsung Trance. Â With sound technology provided by Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower amplifier, a music player with support for V CAST Music with Rhapsody.Along with that are 1GB of internal storage, a 1.3-megapixel camera with NightShot.
The rest of the specs are as follows:
*2.1-inch display with 176 x 220 resolution
*CDMA 1X 800/1900mHz Digital Only
*1.3 megapixel camera
*1GB of Internal memory dedicated to Music, up to 16GB microSD expansion
*3.5mm headset jack
*Bluetooth
*Mobile email, mobile web, VZ Navigator, Chaperone Parent and chat capable
*V CAST music with Rhapsody support
*Music Player for MP3, WMA & unprotected AAC & unprotected AAC+ Formats
*One touch access to music and ability to create & manage playlists and to multitask while listening to music
*Sync music from PC to phone (over the air music downloads are not supported)
*Text, Picture, and Voice Messaging with threaded messaging feature
*Tools: Alarm Clock, World Clock, Calculator with Converter, Stop Watch
Motorola Korea announced it has launcheda 2G flipper in Korea, called MOTO V10. The company adopted Tandem Display technology for the Moto V10, with a handset featuring two displays, one embedded on either side of the flip. This clamshell handset is also designed with a unique gradation of black and red.
Spec of the MOTO V10 are:
• Support networks: CDMA 1X/EV-DO Release 0
• Dimensions: 53h103, 7h11, 9 mm
• Weight: 123 gr.
• Main display: 2.2-inch, TFT, permission 240h320 points
• External Display: 2-inch, resolution 240h320 points
• Camera: 2 MP
• Memory: 256 MB, expandable memory card microSD (up to 2 GB)
• Communication: Bluetooth 1.2 Class 2, microUSB GPS navigation (sGPS / aGPS)
• Battery: 740 mA / h
• Media Player: 64-s tone polyphony, playback AAC +, AAC, H.263, H.264, MPEG-4, MP3, MIDI; MOD / VOD
• Other applications: Calculator, Alarm clock, Notes, Recorder, World Clock
