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<-234x60 Half Banner - left->LG LX260 Rumor should have been a success already but unfortunately Sprint, the telecommunication company that should have shipped the units to stores, has halted the transport.



The specialists have discovered some important issues at the contact links between the keyboard and the rest of the internal parts of this phone.
As certain keys were pressed, the firmware can be completely erased.



The company recommends to those that already got the phone to avoid pressing any key until the phone’s startup process is completely finished.
LG is currently working to solve this problem and is developing a new firmware that will be available for download over-the-air once it’ll be finalized and approved, while the halted units will restart to ship once they will be fixed.



This is not the first time such a thing happens with an LG phone available through Sprint, and the previous problem was fixed relatively-fast with the phones being replaced for free by the company.

Samsung Telecommunications America has launched a special limited edition of its Beyonce Special Edition B'Phone, Sprint having the exclusivity.

The model has a unique design, two sides, one of which is an MP3 player and the other one a phone, while covered with gold and burgundy colors to suit with Beyonce’s glamorous image on the phone’s display.

Sprint offers customers exclusive access to music content and premium videos including Beyonce’s picture and videos gallery, for their handsets, on its official website.

Who will own this phone that is operating on the Sprint Mobile Broadband network, will have access also to 50 TV channels and Sprint Music Store.
For the music experience, the B’Phone will have features like Sprint Music Manager for uploading music from PC to the handset via USB; Advanced Stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with Bluetooth caller ID for identifying calls with a voice sample; and not at last, there will be also multitasking capabilities for playing songs in background mode and using the phone for other functions such as surfing the Internet, in the same time.

Other features include a 1.3MP camera/camcorder, a MicroSD card slot for up to 2GB memory, a key guard switch to prevent accidental dialing, and Wireless Backup to easy restore the contact information in case if your phone is stolen or lost.
The stylish B'Phone is measuring only 4.07" x 1.73" x 0.37" and is weighting just 2.57 ounces.

Peter Skarzynski, Senior Vice President at Samsung Telecommunications America describes the phone: "Samsung is excited to support an iconic performer like Beyonce with this new and vibrant device. The B'Phone offers an attractive and glamorous update to our music-centric lineup, along with content you can't find anywhere else on a mobile phone."

This limited edition will be available on Sprint’s official website and in Wal-Mart stores on November 4.

Palm company is soon to release its new Centro Smartphone, a small phone offered at a starting price of $99, with the Wireless Plan.

<-234x60 Half Banner - left->Small, cheap but full featured.
Through the new Centro the communication is very simple.
It has features from text messaging to IM and e-mail.

When you have to look for information about an unknown location, just use the touchscreen or the Qwerty keyboard to access the Blazer mobile web browser or go on Google Maps.

Take pictures on your road with its 1.3MP camera or shoot with the video camera, storing up to 64MB of the Smartphone’s memory.
If you want to add MP3s to play them with the built-in MP3 player, then use a 4GB miscoSD card.

The Sprint TV offers you the possibility to watch CNN mobile, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel, Disney Channel, and E! Entertainment.

More specifications here:

- The Centro has a 320x320 pixel Transflective color touchscreen and supports 16-bit color (up to 65K colors);
- It has a radio incorporated with dual-band CDMA2000 EvDO backward compatible
with 1XRTT and IS95;
- The platform is a Palm OS 5.4.9;
- Has support for Bluetooth v1.2;
- The battery is of 1150mAh, li-ion allowing up to
3.5 hours talk time (300 hours in standby);
- It comes in two colors: ruby and onyx;
- As system requirements you need to have: Windows XP/Vista or Mac OS X v10.2-10.4;
- The Smartphone measures only 4.22"x 2.11"x 0.73";

The software on the phone are: Calculator, Camcorder, Camera, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memos, Documents to Go Professional Edition 10, Downloads, Google Mobile Maps, HotSync, Instant Messaging, Nuance Voice Control, My Centro, On Demand, Phone, Pics and Video, PocketTunes Deluxe, Quick Tour, Sprint Mobile Email, Sprint Store, Sprint TV, Sudoku, VersaMail 4.0, Voice Memo, Web (Blazer 4.5), and World Clock.

Included in the price are: a removable battery, the AC charger, a USB sync cable, the user documentation and the software installation CD.
Pre-orders are available here.

Today US carrier Sprint Nextel and Samsung introduced two new entry-level clamshells, the Sprint Vision M300 and the Sprint Power Vision M510.

The M300 comes equipped with a 1.2" TFT (128 x 160 pixels) main display and a 65k color CSTN (96 x 96 pixels) external display, a VGA camera with digital zoom, modem capable, wireless backup and Bluetooth.

The M510 features a 2.1" TFT (176 x 220 pixels) internal display and a CSTN (96 x 96 pixels) external screen, 1.3 megapixel camera and video camcorder, stereo Bluetooth, podcast recording and playback.

The Samsung M300 will cost $29.99 with a two-year contract, while the M510 by Samsung will be priced at $129.99 also with a 2-year contract.

Source [mobileburn]

Samsung W531 is dual-mode phone working in CDMA and capable of roaming in GSM networks (probably only European/Asian frequencies are supported). This makes a successor of the already old Samsung A790. It is clamshell phone with internal antenna and 1.3-megapixel camera. The SCH-W531 has already scored the FCC approval.

Via engadget.