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First seen last month, when Pantech announced its new TruEmotion 3D User Interface, the IM-R470S touchscreen phone is now available in South Korea, via SK Telecom.

Launched under Pantech’s Sky brand, the IM-R470S seems to be a great multimedia device.

It can play unconverted video files (H.264, MPEG4, DivX, XviD) and display them on the 3.2 inch WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) Sharp LCD screen, which has a 160 degree viewing angle.

The phone also features the already-mentioned TruEmotion 3D Cube UI, accelerometer, proximity sensor, DMB TV tuner, Back Ground Play, Picture in Picture, GPS, Bluetooth, a 3MP autofocus camera, and 4GB of internal memory.

The IM-R470S is a Korea-only handset, but let’s hope that Pantech will launch similar phones (with the TrueEmotion UI) outside its home country soon.

Via Press release

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Nokia 3720 classic, the company’s “most rugged mobile handset to date”, is now finally official, coming with entry-level features and a very attractive retail price.

According to Nokia, the 3720 classic will be available starting this summer, for only €125 (about $175).

As we previously said, the new phone is IP-54 certified, thus it can resist water, dust and shock. Its battery cover is locked with a screw, this bringing a plus of safety.

The main specs and features of Nokia 3720 classic include:

• 2.2 inch TFT display with 16 million colors and 240 x 320 pixels
• S40 UI
• Tri-band GSM connectivity (900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
• Music & Video players
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• 2.5mm headset jack
• 2MP camera with LED flash
• 20MB of internal memory
• 1GB MicroSD card in the box
• Talk time: up to 7 hours
• Stand-by time: up to 408 hours
• 115 x 47 x 15.3 mm
• 94 grams

“Whether using it at the beach or in a dusty construction site, the Nokia 3720 classic has been specifically engineered to withstand the splashes, bumps and drops that come with the terrain. While the Nokia 3720 classic is tough on the outside, it is equally functional on the inside – a perfect choice for people who want a long-lasting and reliable mobile phone for any environment,” declared Markku Suomi, vice president, Nokia Connect devices.

Nokia 3720 classic will have two color versions: grey and grey/yellow.

Via Press release

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Samsung Galaxy i7500, the first Android phone announced by Samsung, will be available next month (August) in the UK via O2.

It’s not clear yet if O2 will be the only British mobile operator to offer the Galaxy i7500, but one thing’s certain: the carrier will have an impressive line-up of smartphones this summer, including the iPhone 3G S, the Palm Pre and possibly the Toshiba TG01 too.

Coming with Android 1.5 OS on board, Samsung Galaxy has a nice set of features, including: a 3.2 inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixels, quad-band GSM and tri-band HSPA connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headset jack, a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 8GB of internal memory and MicroSD card support.

The price of Samsung Galaxy i7500 from O2 is not known, but the carrier might offer it even for free on select plans.

Via TechRadar

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By Andrew Liszewski

I doubt anyone will realize this innocuous-looking keychain is actually capable of recording 640×480, 29fps videos or 1280×960 stills while it’s hanging from your keys. But something tells me they might get suspicious when you’re constantly holding it at weird angles trying to get the lens pointed in the right direction. The keychain’s got 4GB of internal memory, which is enough to store 65 minutes of video or about 3,000 photos from the 1.3MP CMOS sensor, and it charges and syncs to your PC via a simple USB cable. However, I think the $177 price tag from Geek Stuff 4 U is a bit steep.

[ Key Holder Spy Camera ] VIA [ Akihabara News ]

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Picking a rather unusual day to announce new phones, Samsung officially came out with four low-to-mid-range handsets to balance out the recent emphasis the company has had on smartphones (Samsung Jet, for instance).

All of these phones we’ve seen before, either at trade shows or through leaked live pics. The S6700 and C5510 are two sliders; we’ve also seen the Samsung M2310 and the  Samsung M2510.

Please feel free to check out the above links for detailed pics and information on each announced phone, but let’s recap and go over what we know about them.

Samsung M2310

Music oriented, much like BeatDJ.

• Slider
• GPRS/EDGE – No 3G connectivity announced yet
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Bluetooth
• FM Radio
• “Mobile Tracker” which tracks down the phone if lost/stolen
• 2 MP camera
• MicroSD
• Accelerometer

Samsung M2510

The M2510 comes with dedicated music keys, a small alphanumeric keypad and a 2.2 inch QVGA display. Also, it has MP3 player, FM radio, Bluetooth, USB and 1.3 MP camera. It will not have 3G connectivity.

Samsung S6700

• Quad-band GSM connectivity
• HSDPA
• Bluetooth 2.1
• FM radio with RDS
• 3.2MP camera
• GPS
• 120MB of internal memory
• MicroSDHC card support

Samsung C5510

The C5510 has a 2.2 inch screen with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and can support as much as 16GB in added memory with its microSD slot, and offers a 2MP fixed-focus camera.

The C5510 also offers:

• Quad-band GSM connectivity
• Music player
• FM radio with RDS

So, not much in the shocker category, but these could be some great phones to consider if you’re not in the market for a smartphone. No word on pricing or availability yet, but we assume sometime later this summer.

via PhoneScoop

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Announced by Samsung not long ago, the Omnia II i8000 might hit Verizon Wireless as early as July.

Moreover, it looks like the brand new Windows Mobile smartphone will come to Verizon in a white color version – Samsung has only announced a black one.

Phone Arena – the source of this rumor (because it’s a rumor after all) – doesn’t have further details, but let’s hope Verizon will soon come with something official about all this.

As you may already know, Samsung Omnia II i8000 is a high-end handset that has many cool features, including: a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels, TouchWiz 2.0 UI, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, at least 2GB of internal memory, and a 5MP autofocus camera with dual power LED flash and 720 x 480 pixels video recording.

The first-generation Samsung Omnia, launched by Verizon in November 2008, is currently available for $200 on contract.

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Sony Ericsson has just announced a new slider phone, called T715 and looking quite different from what the company has offered until now.

The new phone will be offered in two versions: Sony Ericsson T715 (with quad-band GSM and 2100 HSPA), and Sony Ericsson T715a for the Americas (with quad-band GSM and 850/1900/2100 HSPA).

The T715 has a metallic appearance, thanks to its “high-class finish”, and comes with a new UI feature, dubbed “smart desktop”. This should enable you to “organize your life in an intuitive way”.

The specs of T715 are on the mid-end side, including:

• 2.2 inch QVGA display with 256K colors
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• Music player
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Google Maps
• 3.2MP camera with Photo light
• 90MB of internal memory
• MicroSD card support
• 91.5 x 48.0 x 14.9 mm (3.6 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches)
• 96.5 grams (3.4 oz)

Sony Ericsson T715 and T715a will be available starting the third quarter of 2009, in two color versions: Galaxy Silver and Rouge Pink. The phone’s price was not announced.

Sony Ericsson has also unveiled a new Bluetooth headset, the VH310 (pictured above), bit it didn’t say when it will be available.

Via Press release

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A few weeks ago, when Samsung unveiled the new Pixon12 M8910 camera phone, it didn’t announce the handset’s price.

Now we’re hearing that, in Spain, the Samsung Pixon 12 will retail for €639 ($897) – probably slightly more than you’d want to pay for an unlocked phone, even if it’s the first in the world to have a 12MP camera.

Most probably, the price of the unlocked Pixon 12 will be similar in other European markets.

Customers in Spain should be able to buy the Samsung Pixon 12 starting late August. In September, the phone will be offered through at least one carrier, so it will cost less when bought with a contract agreement.

Apart from the 12MP camera with autofocus, Xenon flash and 720 x 480 pixels video recording, the Pixon 12 also features HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity, a 3.1 inch AMOLED WVGA touchscreen display, GPS, Wi-Fi and 150MB of internal memory.

Via Gizmos

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Unveiled last week as a handset that’s “smarter than a smartphone”, the Samsung Jet S8000 will apparently be one of Sammy’s most successful devices of 2009.

The company has announced that it received more than 2 million pre-orders for the Jet.

We’re not sure if this includes the units that can already be purchased from Vodafone UK, but, either way, it’s an impressive number.

The new phone has a set of very nice features, including a 3.1 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, TouchWiz UI 2.0, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, 5MP camera, 800 MHz processor and 2GB of internal memory.

Starting this month, Samsung Jet S8000 should be available worldwide, in no less than 50 countries.

Via Telecoms Korea

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Motorola and AT&T have just announced a new quick messaging phone, the Karma QA1 – which is actually not that new, since we first saw it back in February.

Targeted at teenagers and young adults, Motorola Karma is an oval-shaped phone that features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3G (dual-band, 850/1900 MHz), threaded messaging, and a homescreen with one-click-access icons for Facebook and MySpace.

The Karma QA1 will be available in AT&T’s stores and online, starting June 28.

Until then, here’s what the handset looks like:

The full specs list of Moto Karma QA1 includes

• 2.5 inch QVGA display
• GPS
• Stereo Bluetooth
• 3.5mm headset jack
• 2MP camera with flash and video recording
• 100MB internal memory
• MicroSD card support, up to 16 GB
• 1170 mAh battery

But what about the phone’s price? Well, AT&T will sell the Karma for as low as $79.99, but only of you sign a 2-yr contract agreement and choose a plan of at least $60 per month.

Here’s the Moto Karma in a video preview:

Via Motorola

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