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The VE465 is one of Moto’s new semi-rugged entry-level clamshells that we first saw a few months ago in some leaked images.

Meanwhile, the phone appeared on Motorola’s official website, but with no details about where it will be launched. 

Now we’ve spotted the VE465 on Alltel’s website, hence the Verizon-owned carrier will probably start selling it pretty soon – although pricing details are not known for the moment.

Also, Mobile Syrup quotes an inside source from Motorola Canada, saying that the handset will soon land on Telus, the second largest Canadian CDMA carrier. Apparently, Telus will name the phone “Motorola VE465 Active Edition”.

The official specs of VE465 include:

• CDMA 800/1900/1700/2100 connectivity
• 1.9 inch TFT internal display with 176 x 220 pixels and 65k colors
• 1.05 inch CSTN external display with 96 x 80 pixels
• Brew OS
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Music player
• Video player
• MMS, SMS, Instant Messaging, E-mail
• 1.3MP camera
• USB 2.0
• MicroSD card support, up to 4GB
• Talk time: up to 4.5 hours
• Standby time: up to 12 days
• 1.8 x 3.9 x 0.7 inches
• 3.8 ounces

Motorola VE465 may not be as cool as the QA4 Evoke, but it should be a good choice for users who only need a simple and affordable flip phone.

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Xenium X530 is the latest flip phone to bear the Philips name – although it’s actually manufactured by a Chinese company that bought the mobile division of Philips Electronics. 

Since it’s from the Xenium series, the X530 comes with a long-lasting battery capable of providing up to 8 hours of talk-time or up to 850 hours of stand-by time.

The rest of its specs are pretty much on the entry-level side, but at least the phone looks good, both when closed and when flipped.   

The full spec-list of Philips Xenium X530 includes:

• Tri-band GSM/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz)
• 2.2 inch internal TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels and 262K colors
• 1 inch OLED external display
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• Music player
• FM radio with RDS
• 2MP camera
• NXP 5210 chipset
• 99.1 x 47.1 x 18 millimeters 

The handset was recently approved by the FCC, but it will probably be commercialized only in Asia and Europe. No word yet on pricing.

Via Mobile-review

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By Andrew Liszewski

While it’s not a name-brand phone by any stretch of the imagination, the Cool8800C handset available from Solomobi has a few features that might make the purchase worth the risk. Not only does it support dual-SIM cards that work at the same time, but it’s also got an analog TV tuner and pretty much every other feature you’d expect to find in a modern cellphone like ebook reader, FM radio, MP3/MP4 support etc.

But the most obvious and unique feature is the flip out screen and keypad which reveal another screen underneath and a set of dedicated gaming controls. Now you’re limited to only playing classic NES titles, but it comes with 3 already built-in and you can load other ROMS via a trans-flash memory card. I’m almost tempted to shell out the $140 to pick one up, except for the fact that it only supports GSM 900/1800 frequencies.

[ Solomobi - Cool8800C Flip-Phone ] VIA [ Boing Boing Gadgets ]

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Yep, we’re all gonna get squeezed for accessories again as the member companies of the GSM Association begin standardizing on micro-USB chargers, and while we’re happy that the madness is over, we can’t help but feel the decision to use micro-USB over the already-ubiquitous mini-USB was purely greed-driven — sure, micro-USB’s supposedly more robust connector can handle something like 10x more disconnects, but if mini is good enough for everything from pro-level DSLRs to rugged portable hard drives, it’s probably good enough for your average flip phone, don’t you think? Sigh.

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We’ll hand it to Moto here — it truly is admirable that it didn’t use all caps and no vowels to name a phone that’s so strikingly similar to the original RAZR, but we can’t help but doubt this thing’s ability to sell. The Motorola Ruby (or VE1), will reportedly boast a 5 megapixel camera, a standard flip phone design and… well, that’s about it. Or, at least that’s all we know of. For those still agile enough to mouse to the read link after the massive facepalm you surely just initiated, there are a few more images down there for your perusal. “Enjoy.”