Verizon Wireless’s version of the BlackBerry-maker’s touch-screen Storm2 device comes with a Microsoft Bing BlackBerry application.

The new BlackBerry application provides local search, mapping and Web search features that are available on the mobile version Bing.com, but in an easy-access package.

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Samsung B7300 OmniaLITE is the next Budget PocketPC, OmniaLITE carries the WinMo 6.5. The compact full-touch handset has all the efficient features as listed below.

• 3″ 65K-color resistive touchscreen of WQVGA resolution
• Quad-band GSM support
• 3G with 3.6 Mbps HSDPA
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS with TouchWiz UI
• Samsung ARM 1176 667MHz CPU and 256 MB of RAM
• 3 megapixel autofocus camera with smile detection and VGA@15fps video
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
• Wi-Fi with DLNA
• FM radio with RDS
• DivX and XviD video support right out of the box
• Stereo Bluetooth 2.1, standard microUSB port
• Office document viewer and editor
• Excellent response and performance
• Above average audio quality

Omnia has produced an impressive handset, once again. And the strong lineup is so segmented buyers can enjoy high-end feature set at a midrange price

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The Motorola DROID for Verizon Wireless is the very first Android 2.0 “Eclair” device to be launched, and is only Motorola’s second Android phone ever (its well-received CLIQ for T-Mobile goes on sale today).

The DROID features a huge, high-resolution touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera, and a full QWERTY keyboard. Good specs all around, and an impressive first Android effort for Verizon. I spend some time with the DROID to see if it is everything its amusing advertising campaign claims it is.

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Verizon’s latest BlackBerry smartphone, Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry Storm2 9550. Here it is!

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Verizon is advertising heavily.  The Droid Eris features some pretty impressive specifications, the handset runs Google’s Android OS, it also features a 5 megapixel camera, and a display resolution of 320×480 pixels, other specifications include built-in WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD memory card slot.

Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris are launching this November 6th on Verizon. The HTC Droid Eris was formally known as the HTC Desire and will become available on the Verizon network commanding a price tag of $99 based on a 2 year agreement.

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Popular Blackberry website CrackBerry has again showcased (below is the screenshot from their video) another unreleased BlackBerry. Amazing! It is the new BlackBerry Tour2 9650, also termed as essex, is nothing special, and is just the same Tour 9630 with a newer trackpad and WiFi.

Blackberry 9630 buyers, don’t feel bad!!

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Sony Ericsson is now selling an unlocked variant of the Aino touchscreen handset in the U.S., the sleek, stylish slider device features a 3.0-inch touchscreen display on its front face that slides to reveal a dialing keypad.

Aino supports 8.1 megapixel autofocus camera, which makes it very very desirable. The phone includes quad-band GSM and tri-band UMTS connectivity along with a WiFi chipset for local connections. The Aino also features PlayStation 3 media synchronization and the phone acts as a remote for the popular gaming console, too.

The Sony Ericsson Aino is available now in Sony Style retail locations and online for $600 unlocked.

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Research In Motion (RIM) launched their second full touch-screen handset earlier this month, the BlackBerry Storm2 9520. The device is the successor to the original BlackBerry Storm, with new touch-screen technology, an updated operating system and, most importantly, Wi-Fi, which was sadly missing from the first handset.

Blackberry Storm 2 Vs Original Storm
The new and old models look very same with their large screens, same form factor, and the same core email and text messaging functionality. The Storm2 touch-screen is the significant change from the original Storm. Underlying the surface of the 3.25in display is an electro-mechanical mechanism for interpreting the touch-screen requests, whereas the previous handset had a purely mechanical mechanism.

Selecting an application or any item on both the original Storm and the Storm2 is still performed by just touching the display, while launching that item is done by pressing down on the moveable screen, which retracts slightly and then returns back to its starting position.

RIM has done away with the large plate under the screen and has replaced it with four smaller sensors. These are located under each corner of the display for a more accurate reading and interpretation of the user’s touch request as compared to the earlier single large plate.

This new SurePress technology in Storm 2 also allows faster typing. You are now able to press down on the screen in rapid succession, while in the past you really couldn’t mimic typing on a real keyboard. These four sensors also offer the capability of multi-press on the virtual keyboard, with the combination of holding down the shift or alt key plus another, which also wasn’t possible with last year’s Storm. We’ve seen multi-touch used on the Storm2 to zoom in and out of images. It’s not the iPhone’s ‘pinch to zoom in and out’, but it’s still a move in the right direction for RIM.

On the previous handset, the screen also moved in and out whether the phone was powered on or not. As the new SurePress technology isn’t just mechanical but is electro-mechanical, the screen doesn’t move with the handset powered down or even in standby. This should help in preventing wear and tear in the long run, or even help avoid general faults with the movable part of the screen in everyday use.

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