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Nokia and T-Mobile USA are presenting the new Nokia 5230 Nuron smartphone. The phone is based on the 5230 and T-Mobile is the first U.S. carrier-supported for this phone. It comes with Ovi Maps, offering free turn-by-turn navigation. The affordable phone has support for T-Mobile USA’s 3G network. It has a 3-inch touchscreen, 2 Megapixel camera, A-GPS, FM radio, Bluetooth and support for microSD card up to 16GB. It has a 3.5mm jack. The Nuron costs $69.99 with a 2-year contract.

Intel and Nokia decided to be partners and to combine their Moblin and Maemo into a new Linux platform called the MeeGo. LG’s GW990 is probably the first device to based on the MeeGo. The GW990 has a long form factor packing a nice touchscreen. In terms of specs, it comes with 16GB of built-in flash memory and 512MB of RAM, with 720p video output possible should the 1020 x 480 screen resolution not be enough for you. The phone is sturdy and curved in all the right places, it’s an appealing device even if it suffers from a bit of an identity crisis.

Nokia has released in Poland the N97 mini Gold Edition that gets a 18-carat gold housing. This impressive edition will be available in Q2 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The phone is exactly like the original N97 mini with 3.2 touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash, QWERTY keyboard, and 8GB internal memory. It supports Bluetooth and WiFi and there is no idea on the pricing yet.

Acer makes a lot of cellphones and now they are offering Liquid telephone in North America. They will release it during spring and Rogers will be the carrier for it. They are also the first carrier in Canada that offers Android 2.1 phone (not counting the upgradable Milestone, of course). In case you missed the its debut at MWC, the Liquid e packs a 3.5-inch touchscreen, along with a slightly underclocked 768MHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera, 7.2Mbps 3G and Wi-Fi and, of course, a basic implementation of Android 2.1. Still no indication of a price or exact release date, but Rogers is promising to say more as that approaches.

A few weeks ago we say Toshiba’s new TG02 handset. The SPB Software has now gotten fully official with SPB Mobile Shell 5.0. This will now be available to consumers and OEMs alike. The big news is that SPB has added support for both Android and Symbian in addition to Windows Mobile. This means the consumers will now be able to take full advantage of a spiffy new 3D engine and a new “natural interaction engine” with full multitouch support. Besides this, other additions include some 3D widgets, and an array of tightly integrated social networking features like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. Still no indication of a price or release date.

AnyDATA is releasing two new Windows Mobile smartphones: the ASP-318 with quad-band GSM/EDGE support and the ASP-518 with support for 3G EVDO and GSM/CDMA dual mode. They use Windows mobile 6.5 Professional OS. The AnyDATA ASP-318 is features a ARM 416Mhz processor, 1GB of RAM and 2GB ROM. It has  3.2-inch 320×400 LCD touchscreen, a 3.2 Megapixel camera with auto focus, integrated GPS/A-GPS support, Bluetooth and WiFi. The ASP-318 will be sold under Philips brand, sports MSM7627 600MHz processor, 2GB RAM and 2GB ROM. It has support for GSM900/1800MHz and CDMA 1800MHz as well as EVDO Rev.A 3G networks. The phone features a 3.2-inch 480×800 touchscreen, Bluetooth, WiFi, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera and a 0.3 Megapixel front camera.

Just when you thought that phones can not get any more hipe than they already are, Stuart Hughes of Liverpool and David De Nizza of Milan are teaming up to create the luxurious python iPhone 3GS, available in hundreds of colour choices. The Pink Python iPhone comes with a 24ct gold bezel with Swarovski crystals and there is also other version will be finished with Sapphires and Diamonds. Stuart Hughes says the python rear sections are not cases, they have been expertly furnished by hand over the original casing using genuine snakeskin from the Python originating from Indonesia. The models in the line have prices ranging from GBP1695 to GBP6495.

Motorola is releasing the Backflip ME600 Android phone on the Chinese market. The Backflip comes with the MOTOBLUR platform, joining the DEXT/CLIQ and MOTOROI. Just like the name suggests, the phone has  a special form factor. It provides a QWERTY keyboard, a 3.1-inch 320×480 LCD touchscreen and also a BACKTRACK touchpad on the back. It offers support for GPS navigation and WAPI/WiFi connectivity, plus Bluetooth. You will also get the CrystalTalk voice enhancement technology and also a 3.5mm jack and a microSD card slot. It supports quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSDPA networks. You will be able to buy it for about 4298 Chinese Yuan (US$630).

Robot is a name we have seen being placed on many things: movies, children toys, cars, electric gadgets and much more. Now the name “The Robot” will get Android as OS, plus a Storm knockoff design. This is mostly due to the fact that it has a nice resistive 2.8-inch QVGA display and a mere dual-band 900 / 1800 3G-free GSM radio (North Americans do not apply). But before you write this phone off you should know that the phone has a generous stack of “more than 25″ apps in ROM. You must admit that this detail draws your attention. You can now get the interesting phone for about $179.

Alltel Wireless is launching Blackberry Curve 8530 smartphone. You can also get this beautiful and intelligent phone at Sprint and Verizon. The 8530 features an interesting 320×240 display, a trackpad for easy navigation, full QWERTY keyboard, a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording, Stereo Bluetooth, built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps and geo-tagging functionality, plus WiFi conectivity. The Blackberry Curve 8530 has 256MB internal flash memory and supports microSD/SDHC cards up to 32GB. You can not get it at Alltel for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with 1-year contract.