Good ol’ Expansys is always there to get us some solid info before other mobile phone stores or, in some, cases even handset makers themselves. This time around, their websites have information regarding the release dates and pricing of the two highly anticipated smartphones - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N97 and HTC Touch Diamond2.

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There's no denying that SMS text messaging has been a tremendous success. With hundreds of millions of SMS users worldwide, it makes sense that NEC is looking to cash in on what it hopes will be the next-generation of the short messaging service.

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NEC will release the NEC N905i for the Japanese market under NTT DoCoMo. The NEC N905i high-end keitai features a 5.2 megapixel camera with face-detection and auto-focus function, high-speed mobile web browsing along with HSDPA support and a 1-Seg TV tuner.The NEC N905i will be available in red, white, pink, and black.

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Still another in the line of NEC's new and first ever LiMo-compliant mobile phones along with NEC N905i and NEC N705iμ is NEC N095iµ, for the DoCoMo network. It boasts a super-thing (12.9 mm depth and 106 grams in weight) sophisticated design. The NEC N095iµ keitai has a flat-sheet keypad, 2-megapixel camera, HSDPA support, WORLD WING global roaming capability, and an illuminated lights play when shut on its clamshell form, whenever there are incoming calls and messages. The model will be available in four colors: opal white, graphite black, venus gold, and bourgogne red.

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LiMo seem to be doing well pulling in major manufacturers to use their open-source Linux mobile OS; after Panasonic’s P905i yesterday, today we have the NEC N705iμ. It might not be as mobile TV focused as the Panasonic, but the N705iμ is far more pocket-friendly: just 9.8mm thick yet still boasting a 3-inch 240 x 427 WQVGA display.

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NEC has launched the new FOMA N705i, a mobile phone included in DoCoMo's list of new handsets. The FOMA N705i will be commercially available starting February 1, 2008. The phone's design is called the "amadana." It features a 3-inch QVGA LCD, a 1.6-inch sub-LCD for the time and various animations, geo-tagged photos, a standby time of 580 hours, and 3G connection. The phone measures 104x49x14.5 mm and weighs 105 grams.

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In much of Europe, 3G data is traditionally as expensive as it is plentiful -- a safe haven of wireless email for businessfolk with a corporate card, yes, but that's about it. T-Mobile UK, for example, charges £29 (about $57) for its cheapest unlimited laptop data plan, likely keeping it out of reach of a good fraction of the otherwise interested masses. 3 may be changing the game next month, though, on rumors that it'll roll....

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We knew the BlackBerry Pearl's successor was on the way. We knew it would have some upgraded features. But, we didn't know that it would be such an amazing piece of kit! Boy Genius tells us that the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 2, codenamed the Komet, will sport...

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The NEC e636 mobile phone is a very sleek looking clamshell from NEC. The NEC e636 mobile phone was announced in March 2006 and works with UMTS and Tri band GSM networks. The phone weighs much more than what it appears to weigh which is 110 grams. The NEC e636 mobile phone measures about 102 x 48 x 13.9 mm. The NEC e636 mobile phone is feature packed with a 256k color TFT screen with a display resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The NEC e636 mobile phone comes with a beautiful 2 mega pixel camera which can take still photos at 1600 x 1200 pixels. The phone comes with supports of data networks like GPRS and 3G. The 3G capabilities of the phone enable you to send and receive data at 384 kbps which is the fastest nowadays of course behind the Wi-Fi option. The NEC e636 mobile phone has Bluetooth and an Usb port for connecting the phone to your computer. Additional features offered by the NEC e636 mobile phone are a Mp3 player, Java MIDP 2.0, SyncML, T9 and Voice memo. The battery of the NEC e636 mobile phone lasts for about 4 hours talk time and you can easily leave the phone for over 300 hours standby.

 

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NEC's N500 has a standard design for this class handsets, measuring 48 x 86 x 14 mm and 80 grams. Despite the weight it has a good feel in the hand, and the good shaped plastic body and styled highlights give it an attractive and nice look.The black and white display is ideal for text, messages and simple pictures like logos and picture massages.The display resolution 176 x 220 pixel ideal for small and smart phone. The left side of the unit holds a spacious volume rocker, while on the other side we find a dedicated camera button.There is nice LEDs which notify users of new messages, active network and missed calls. This is not common for all NEC handsets and is not necessary to pick up and activate the device to see whether any alerts are waiting. The N500 is not comfortable for hold in ones hand because it is too wide.Sporting a simple and user friendly menu in style with other recent NEC handsets.The plastic keypad has good placed keys, giving it a cheap feel while oddly designed buttons, with the comfortable center keys, make the phone easer to dial .....

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The NEC N344i mobile phone is a slightly better than an entry level candy bar phone. It works with GSM 900/ 1800/ 1900 networks. The phone weighs approximately 95 grams and measures about 109 x 47 x 11.9 mm. The screen of the NEC N344i mobile phone is a good 65k color TFT display with the resolution of 128 x 160 pixels. The phone is capable of supporting 40 channel polyphonic ringtones, but there is no room for mp3 tunes. There is no memory card slot and it has only 5 mb of shared memory. The phone has a VGA resolution camera which can also record short video clips. The purpose of videos and photos is beaten as there is no room to store them. A simple memory card slot would have made this phone a much better pick. There are other ....

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The NEC N411i mobile phone is a Tri-band GSM phone, it is named the NEC N850 for the China region. The phone was announced last year and is better than an entry-level phone. It has a 1.3 Megapixel camera which can take still photos at 1280×1024 pixels. The camera can also record video at VGA resolution. The internal screen of the clamshell is a 65k color TFT display with a 176×220 pixel resolution along with an external one which is an ordinary 4096 color display. You can keep polyphonic rintones (64 channels), and you can also download them. The number of ringtones you can store are fixed and you will have ....

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The NEC n940 is a 2005 model mobile phone which is compatible with European providers only. It operates on the frequencies of GSM Networks. N940 has 2.1 inches 260000 colors TFT the demonstration screen, the resolution is 176*220, the clear screen also guaranteed the television on handset broadcast, moreover N940 also supported the hand-written function......

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Philips 859 is clamshell GSM phone. It sports 65k color display, built-in VGA camera, TV Link, GPRS data, WAP browser, E-mail Client, J2ME, Infrared, speakerphone, voice recording and voice dialing. While the RAZRs claim to fame is its slimness, the NEC e949 is thinner then the RAZR (just 11.9 mm thick - its dimensions are 90.8 x 47.9 x 11.9 mm ; remember the RAZRs exact thickness was 13.9 mm in comparison). They have put in a megapixel camera (1.3 megapixels - remember technology was not so advanced at the time of the RAZR's debut that they could put in anything more than a simple VGA camera).

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Overall, the NEC e6161V mobile phone is good, as I only paid £45 for mine from Argos. It has Bluetooth, infrared, 2 cameras, memory card slot and video. It's not missing many features. I would recommend this to anyone, but beware the battery lasts no longer than 24 hours, and it can be quite complicated to do the littlest of things.

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