Cell phones & smartphones

Cell phones and smartphones

Motorola Rokr E8	Music phone	TBA Second quarter; 2008	The Motorola Rokr E8 features an innovative keypad-morphing technology. As you move between different applications, the backlight on the control changes to illuminate only the relevant buttons for your current function. The candy bar phone also features Bluetooth, a media player, a 2-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
Motorola Z10	Camera phone	TBA Second quarter, 2008	The Motorola Z10's 3.2 megapixel camera offers a high-end video experience by recording and playing clips at a full 30 frames per second, which is equal to your television set's frame rate. It also offers a unique "kick-slide" design, and its feature set includes world phone support, Bluetooth and a music player.
Sony Ericsson W760	Music phone	TBA Second quarter, 2008	The Sony Ericsson W760 is one of the first handsets to support both European and North American wireless broadband networks. And as a quad-band GSM world phone, it will make calls in most countries. The slider phone also offers a Walkman music player, Bluetooth, and a 3.2-megapixel camera.
Sony Ericsson Z555a	Design-centric phone	TBA Second quarter, 2008	The Sony Ericsson Z555a offers a new "gesture control" feature that will allow you to control a few functions with a wave of your hand. According to Sony Ericsson, you'll be able to mute a ringtone when you receive a call by moving your hand back and forth over the handset's front face. The Z555 also offers a stylish design and midrange features.
Nokia 6220 Classic	Midrange phone	TBA Second quarter, 2008	The Nokia 6220 is one of the first cell phones to package such a 5-megapixel camera into a midrange candy bar handset. Other features include stereo Bluetooth, and a digital music player.
Samsung Soul	Design-centric phone	TBA Second quarter, 2008	The slim Samsung Soul may look like an ordinary slider phone, but its innovative navigation touchpad features icons that change according to which feature you're using. You'll also find a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a music player.
Nokia N96	Smartphone	$780 unlocked Third quarter, 2008	People love the Nokia N95, so we're sure its successor will do just fine, especially with double the memory as well as enhanced video capabilities.
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1	Smartphone	TBA Second half 2008	Sony Ericsson made headlines at GSMA with the announcement of its first Windows Mobile smartphone. And judging by the crowd swarming around the phone at the show, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will have plenty of takers.
Garmin Nuvifone	Smartphone	TBA Third quarter 2008	The Garmin Nuvifone is already drawing a lot of comparisons to the Apple iPhone with its touch-screen interface. Still, this is the first smartphone from the GPS manufacturer, so we're just as curious as you are to see how it will fare against competitors.
Nokia N78	Smartphone	$500 unlocked Second quarter 2008	It's not much of a stretch to say that all of the smartphones in the Nokia N series have been hits. With their advanced multimedia capabilities, gadget hounds just eat them up, and we're thinking it will be the same case with the geotagging Nokia N78.

RUMOR MILL:

LG Vu
The LG Vu has been in the rumor mill for ages, but it's practically a reality. We first spotted it at CES this year, and even though we couldn't actually touch it, we did notice that it is a touch-screen device similar to the LG Prada. To fuel the fire even further, the LG Vu is apparently the launch device for AT&T's new mobile TV service, courtesy of Qualcomm's MediaFLO. It's expected to have HSDPA support and may run to as much as $200, but we don't have much more information about it at this point.

LG Glimmer
The LG Glimmer is a new LG handset reportedly heading for Alltel. It has a slider form factor similar to the LG Shine's, a 2.8-inch touch-screen display, a 2.0-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, and EV-DO support.

Pantech Breeze
There's really nothing much to say about the Pantech Breeze at this point, except that it looks to be a basic flip phone headed for AT&T.