RIM’s BlackBerry Onyx has yet to settle down on a carrier but it seems that someone has gotten their hands on some pre-release devices and decided to throw them on eBay. The starting bid is currently at just $1 but the seller says you can buy the phone now for $1,299.99.

Sure, the phone is unlocked and has GPS, WiFi, a QWERTY keyboard, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA but is anyone actually going to pay over $1,200 for this? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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Make way for another slim and stylish phone in the HTC S621 Smartphone. The HTC S621 is a messaging-centric smartphone that is slim, stylish, and compact. With Windows Mobile 6.0 Direct Push technology, you have instant access to your e-mails, Calendar, Tasks and Contacts.

This sleek-looking phone supports quad-band GSM/EDGE/GPRS and has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities giving you a wide-range of connection possibilities. With the HTC JOGGR, viewing documents, browsing Web pages or going through menus is fast and simple on the HTC S620.

Throw in a fully-integrated QWERTY keyboard and a large 2.4-inch screen display and you have one smartphone that packs a lot for its size.

Features:

• Windows Mobile 6.0 Direct Push for instant access to e-mails, Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks
• Large 2.4 inch QVGA display with landscape mode
• Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0
• One-handed operation with HTC JOGGR
• Integrated QWERTY keyboard for easy text input
• PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint viewers
• 1.3 megapixel camera for taking photos and video clips

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ZTE has announced that it will be launching a touchscreen mobile device in the Vairy Touchscreen Phone under a prepaid scheme. Among the features of this new handset include:

• PDA-style touch screen
• Dual-band GSM GPRS on 900/1800 bands
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth
• FM radio function
• Voice, SMS, MMS and Multimedia Entertainment features.

“The T-Mobile Vairy Touch, with its elegant mini PDA design, touch screen, and FM radio, is bringing a style and affordable pre-paid phones to our customers” said Daniel Meredith, Head of Device and Handset Marketing at T-Mobile UK.

The Vairy Touch handset is now available in T-Mobile shops for £59.99 on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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Nokia unveils a new mobile phone in the Nokia 6303 Classic. If you enjoyed the Nokia 6300, chances are you are bound to love this successor model. The Nokia 6303 is a tri-band handset and is pre-loaded Nokia Maps for turn-by-turn GPS navigation.

Among the striking features that the Nokia 6303 has to offer includes a large 2.2-inch screen and a built-in 3.2-megapixel auto-focus camera with dual LED flash and 8x zoom to capture photos and videos.

The Nokia 6303 combines a long list of features with excellent battery performance. Added to everything else, people can plug any music accessory into the standard 3.5 mm audio jack and have a fully fledged mobile music player able to carry thousands of their favorite tracks.

The expected price for the Nokia 6303 Classic is 135 Euros

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Magellan is getting ready to present the Magellan Maestro Elite 5340+GPRS at the upcoming CES 2008. The Maestro is the first GPS with GPRS facilitating two-way connectivity, which means the users not only get accurate GPS readings but also enjoy up-to-date information about their current location, thanks to its Google Local Search feature. GPRS enables customers to send information directly from any web-connected device to the navigation unit.

The Maestro Elite will come with a hefty price tag of $1299 and will be available starting in March 2008. There will also be an extra charge for GPRS services, which is not yet disclosed.

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Taking the meaning of the word “portable” to new heights, Turtle Wireless will unleash its new tri-band GSM phone, the TWP-800, which can be worn like a wristwatch. The phone boasts Bluetooth capabilities (including support for stereo), MP3/MP4 playback, a touch screen and WAP/GPRS for network data. It is targeted at the Latin American market starting January 13, 2008.

Other items that will be showcased at the CES 2008 include the Turtle Wireless B-Dazzle, a flashy line of phone and iPod accessories - the whole slew of pouches, protective covers, lanyards and Bluetooth headsets. Designed with the fashion-conscious user in mind, the B-Dazzle lineup includes flashing protective covers in the Snap’N'Flash range.

The Turtle Wireless TWP-800 GSM phone is priced at US $199.95.

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AT&T announced that the new BlackBerry 8820 Wi-Fi mobile phone will be available to its customers starting September 20. The BlackBerry 8820 lets you not only connect to your corporate or home network but also take advantage of 10,000 AT&T-owned or branded Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the U.S. (which requires an additional fee, of course). As the BlackBerry 8820 is EDGE compatible as well, you are also covered in AT&T’s network.

The BlackBerry 8820 supports WLAN 802.11 a/b/g and features enterprise-level security. There’s also built-in GPS with support for solutions such as TeleNav GPS Navigator and TeleNav Track and AT&T’s PTT (push-to-talk) service. The phone is compatible with Bluetooth 2.0, and offers a microSD card slot for expanding memory. Users can also access AT&T Mobile Music, a one-stop-shop for music content from eMusic, XM Satellite Radio and more.

As with any BlackBerry, the 8820 offers a QWERTY keyboard, trackball navigation and a big 320×240 pixels resolution display.

Priced at US $299.99 (after rebates and a 2-year service agreement), the BlackBerry 8820 will be available starting September 20, 2007.

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A new Nokia cell phone was approved recently by the almighty FCC. While no details were made available (Nokia had requested short term confidentiality), it appears to be a Nokia 661X series device - at least from the FCC label anyway.

The only information available as of this writing is that it is a GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz quad-band phone that also supports WCDMA, and is compatible with EGPRS and GPRS. Bluetooth is also available on the phone. The phone also supports a micro-USB data cable for data sync.

As usual, no word on the pricing or availability of this phone, but thanks to the FCC seal, it should be on its way soon.

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