Bell has recently announced that they will be the exclusive carriers of the official handset of the 2010 Winter Olympics which is none other than the Samsung Omnia II.

The Omnia II features Windows Mobile 6.5, a 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5mp camera, WiFi, GPS and 7.2Mbps UMTS/HSPA.

Unfortunately a release date and price have yet to be announced but we’ll keep you posted.

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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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It’s always good to start the day with a minty fresh flip mobile phone from Sony Ericsson. The Sony Ericsson Z750 phone has now gained FCC approval and is on its way to the world markets. The Z750 is a UMTS/HSDPA quad-band GSM mobile phone and boasts a number of features including Bluetooth, MusicDJ/PhotoDJ/VideoDJ and external memory card support. It also supports flight mode, allowing you to use it as a music player on a plane. The phone offers a USB connectivity for data sync with your PC or laptop. There are two cameras on-board, one for video telephony in the front and another 2 megapixel one at the back.

On the side, it has volume control, play/pause and digital zoom control keys. The Sony Ericsson Z750i takes in M2 memory sticks. The phone also features voice control and voice dialing of your contacts for convenience, especially when you are driving and don’t want to be bothered with such mundane things as dialing a number on the keypad. The phone is MMS-capable as well.

There’s also a radio integrated into the phone. It was targeted for a Q3 2007 release, and might have just made it. No word on the pricing or exact date of availability yet.

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Palm afficianados (and Vodafone customers) can look forward to the new Palm Treo 500v smartphone unveiled at London today, boasting 3G/UMTS high-speed internet access on the mobile phone. Based on Windows Mobile 6, the Treo 500v features a full-fledged keyboard, support for streaming videos - that’s right, YouTube comes to your Palm now - a large screen and apps for IM. Initially available for Vodafone customers in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK and South Africa, the Treo 500v is bundled with the usual slew of Microsoft office applications including Outlook. There’s also Windows Live for Windows Mobile.

One of the niceties of the Treo 500v is that it allows your laptop to share data access with the mobile phone, effectively letting you stay online within Vodafon’s coverage area. There’s also Vodafone live!, a portal for news, sports and entertainment. Palm has also thrown in a 2.0 megapixel camera. On board, there’s 150 megs of memory, with support for microSD memory cards. Bluetooth support rounds up the feature list.

Available in two colors: glacier white and charcoal gray.

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