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A new Nokia prototype was presented on the web recently in a 4 minutes clips. The main dilemma is whether the presented handset is a N series or a E Series from Nokia.

According speculations the smartphone could be a Nokia N9, that appeared on the web in a video teaser a few weeks ago, but the handset may also be a Nokia E7 phone. In this cleep we can see a slim smartphone with sliding QWERTY keyboard and name code known as "Co". Although the terminal specifications are not known, the screen might have 3.5 inches or higher and the OS of the handset is Symbian 3. What do you think?

After we learned that Motorola will launch the first smartphone with a 2GHz processor this year, here we see a handset concept under the same brand that apparently has a dual core ARM A9 processor.

The handset integrates a AMOLED display of 4.78 inches with multitouch support, an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and support for 720p HD video capture at 30 fps, plus an NVIDIA Tegra 250 processor. The new Motorola concept is designed by DaQueen Freeman.

Will this concept be the the long awaited Moto Droid 3?

Altek has presented at CommunicAsia 2010, the first mobile phone with a 14 megapixel camera.

The Altek Leo incorporates a 14 megapixel camera with LED flash, 3x optical zoom and wide angle lens. The handset support HD video capture (1280 x 720 at 30 fps) in H.264 format and ISO 3200 sensitivity. Altek Leo has al 3.2 inches display TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 800, a microSD slot card, WiFi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR.

The handset will operate on GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA and uses Android 2.1 upgraded to 2.2 version. The cameraphone will be available from the third trimester in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong at a price of 499 $.

BlackBerry 9800 Slider is the much-awaited smartphone produced by RIM, which would combine successfully a touch screen with a sliding QWERTY keyboard.

Berrytimes.cn has provided some pictures, which show a phone with a user-friendly sliding keyboard and the BlackBerry OS 6.0 promising platform. The new BlackBerry 9800 Slider will have 512 MB of RAM on plus a capacitive touch display, WiFi 802, and 4GB internal memory.
The SurePress input system is also supported, and the camera  will have a 5 megapixels sensor, although this information was not confirmed yet.

The PhoneDog editor, Noah has analyzed recently the LG Fathom handset. The LG Fathom is sold in the US by Verzion and the reviewer praised the fast processor, the resistive touch screen and the QWERTY quality keyboard.

The handset comes with a 1500 mAh battery, which provides 7 hours of talk time and the previously mentioned screen is a 3.2 inch TFT touch display. The LG Fathom also has  a 3.2 mega pixels  camera with auto focus, digital zoom, macro mode, night mode captures and multi shot. The handset runs with Windows Mobile Professional 6.5.3, based on a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor.
In addition, the LG Fathom comes with 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, a microSD card slot/microSDHC, and Internet Explorer Mobile 6, WiFi  802.11 b/g/n support and Bluetooth 2.1 (Stereo Bluetooth). 

HTC announced today the launch date of Wildfire, a smaller version of HTC Desire, equipped with an 3.2 inch touch display and with a lower price.

The new HTC Wildfire will be launched in Great Britain and will have a 5 megapixel camera and a QVGA resolution on the display. HTC Wildfire will also have WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, a micro SD memory card, 3 G connectivity and HTC Sense.

Wildfire will have the same trackpad as HTC Desire and HTC Legend and will be available in black, white red and brown at a price of 180 euros.

LG is presenting the new QWERTY smartphone. The phone is named Ally. The new LG Ally runs on Android 2.1 OS. The Ally phone has been featured in an Iron Man 2-themed TV commercial and it has now it’s own site. The phone comes with a nice 3.2-inch touchscreen and a side-side QWERTY keyboard. You can expect the Ally to pack a 1GHz processor and GPS support, plus 3G and WiFi. No word yet on pricing but it will be launched on 20 May.

Nokia presents the latest Xseries addition. The new Nokia X2 (aka X2-00) slim music candybar that measures just 13mm thin and weighs 81g. It comes with a 2.2-inch QVGA screen, 5 Megapixel camera, FM stereo, USB 2.0 connection and Bluetooth 2.1. As a music phone, the X2 has dedicated music keys and supports up to 16GB microSD/SDHC for storing music. It includes also FM stereo. You can use Ovi Player 11 or Windows Media Player 11. The Nokia X2 will be available for Euro 85.

RIM is now bringing the Bold 9650 smartphone that supports CDMA EVDO 3G network. The new Bold has a very stylish design with glossy black finish and chrome highlights. The trackpad is now optical. The phone features a 2.24-inch 480×360 LCD display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera with flash, auto focus, image stabilization and video recording. It comes with full QWERTY keyboard, built-in GPS, Maps, a microSD/SDHC card slot, Bluetooth, and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. Of course you get access to Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger. In addition to EVDO Rev.A CDMA 3G network, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 also supports also UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks.

In the continuously fight to take competition down, Dell will release a new series of Smartphones. One of these smartphones is called Flash. Flash will run using Android 2.2 Froyo OS. This device is boosted by Qualcomm MSM7230 800MHz processor, and gets 512MB RAM and 512MB ROM.  Also, this phone features a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, Bluetooth 3.0, AGPS, and WiFi connectivity. The phone spports quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA networks. No news on the price.