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Sleek and stylish, the Samsung AnyCall Haptic phone line is perfect for business and casual users alike. It features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, 2.0-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth 2.0. Click more for a video.

Haptic feedback in the form of vibrations help out with the UI, and home screen is customizable with widgets. The feature set seems to be squarely targeted at the consumer, but the price sure ain’t — the phone is launching in Korea starting at 700,000 KRW and ramping up to 800,000 KRW ($700 to $800 US).

[via Engadget]

The LG LH2300 features a “3-megapixel camera at the back (plus front camera for video calls), a T-DMB tuner for picking up digital over-the-air TV in its native country, and a microSD card slot for media storage.”

“Grape Wine” and “Navy Blue” versions of the LH2300 will be available in early April through LG’s own carrier LG TeleCom, where it will sell for between $594 and $694 in local currency

[via Electronista]

The Meizu M8 features a “667MHz CPU, 128MB of RAM, GSM connectivity, 3.4-inch VGA touchscreen, video output, and built-in Bluetooth 2.0 / WiFi.” Click more to watch a video.

Sure hope you weren’t counting on getting your palms around Meizu’s oh-so-familiar M8 anytime soon, as it now looks like the handset may not even be available to purchase until mid-next year…those still willing to wait this one out will apparently be paying even more than previously expected

[via engadget]

Measuring 110 x 53 x 17 mm, the Sony XPERIA X1 boasts a tilting 3-inch touchscreen. 3.15-megapixel camera, Qualcomm MSM7200 processor (528-MHz), 400MB of built-in memory, 256MB storage memory, 128MB RAM, microSD card slot, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, and HSPDA. Click “more” to watch a video.

The Nokia Morph concept uses nanotechnology “based flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces.” No word yet on pricing and availability.

These materials should enable Nokia to produce a mobile device that “…might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes”.

[via UnwiredView]

SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone will use the phone’s accelerometer to control the gameplay. It is set for a June release, when the iPhone Firmware 2.0 is released to the public. Click “more” to watch a video.

“This is not a cellphone game. This is a full console game. And we underestimated the power of the device. We had to fly in a developer to upscale the art for the iPhone.”

[via Gizmodo]

The Softbank 920SH features a 3.2-inch display and 3.2-megapixel camera. Best of all, its screen tilts for easy web browsing. No word yet on pricing or availability.

As you may have noticed we’re getting screwed by major economical glitches… If you’re wondering how your personal finances are doing, or if you’re a Japanese broker… you may want to run and get the latest 920SH from SoftBank. It acquires all the latest stock information and displays it any time on a wide 3.2” VGA screen using Sharp’s ASV panel technology

[via Akihabara]

Apple could quite possibly be working on a clamshell iPhone, according to this patent, which gives “the user three touchpads to play around with, depending on what the phone is being used for.”

The clamshell design allows the entire phone to be shrunk without sacrificing any functionality, although you will loose some screen space. Perfect for an iPhone Nano, perhaps? Your guess is as good as mine, but whatever this technology ends up it

[via OhGizmo]

Yes, a sharp eyed consumer managed to snap a picture of this Sony Ericsson K850 poster at “an actual retail location, not deep in an AT&T workshop somewhere .”

Several sources at AT&T stores have told us that they’ve been commanded by corporate to toss their K850 promotional materials in the trash. Doesn’t sound like a good sign, and if the device is indeed canceled, we think it’s a tragedy both for AT&T and for Sony Ericsson’s North American presence

[via Engadget]