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T-Mobile got all official today with the pricing and launch month for the HTC myTouch3G, the second phone to hit the carrier sporting the Android OS. Expect it sometime early August for $199.99 after a 2-year contract signing, but you can preorder it come July8th. The phone will be available in white, black and distinctive merlot (red). Features include WiFi, Quad-band EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA (1700MHz/2100MHz)…

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LG made their Viewty Smart phone official today.  If you recall, earlier this week they posted the phone on their German blog, but due to unknown reasons removed it.  In any case, it looks like the cat was completely out of the bag and all the specs mentioned were official: 3-inch WVGA touchscreen, S-class interface, 8 megapixel camera with a 1600 ISO and video mode, LED flash, WiFi, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, a-GPS, and 1.5GB of storage expandable via microSD card slot.

The LG Viewty Smart will be available in Europe this May and then hit select markets sometime after.

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Remember the LG GD900 that we saw at MWC 2009?  Well, an official demo video has been launched and we now know complete specs.  Packed inside the first cell phone to sport a transparent keypad is GSM/HSDPA connectivity, an 8MP camera with video capabilities, Bluetooth with A2DP and a 3-inch touchscreen.  Oh, and that transparent keypad, it supports hand writing recognition and gesture controls via a finger.  Video after the ‘leap’. …Continue reading: LG GD900 Specs And Official Demo Video (video)

HTC announced the ‘Snap’ today, a full QWERTY keyboard phone running the Windows Mobile 6.1 OS.  When it arrives State side this quarter it will be called the S522 but its feature set should largely remain the same.  Taking some of its form factor from the HTC Dash (built for T-Mobile) and Blackberry phones, the Snap features a 528MHz Qualcomm core processor, 128MB of RAM, 2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, aGPS, Bluetooth, QVGA display, WiFi and HDSDPA data connectivity.  That Blackberry Pearl like mouse thing is not only a nav button, but a shortcut to user selected email address when pressed.  No word on a price or official street date.

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