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Samsung has announced the launch of a new full touch screen phone, the Samsung F490 TODAY at the CES show. This powerful multimedia phone with a 16:9 wide full touch screen and intuitive user interface is available now for the European market.

From listening to music to snapping photos and video with the embedded 5 Mega pixel camera, Samsung F490 will satisfy users with the latest audio and video functions such as the combination of standard 3.5mm audio jack, and support for compatible microSD cards plus 130MB internal memory. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile betting company betNOW said it has raised $5 million round in capital from the VC firm formerly known as Benchmark Capital Europe. From now on any british with a cell phone can use betNow to start betting on a variety of events like : horse racing, greyhounds, football, golf, auto racing, and tennis.

Those who want to use the service simply have to send a text to 89808 with their lucky team or event and upon receiving the follow-up text message, they can bet by selecting A,B, or C up to option K .

Bets are charged to the user’s phone bill or a special betNOW account that allows for credit card and debit card deposits and users can collect their winnings at a local post office after verifying their age online.

The Korean brand SKY, has launched a new cell phone called IM-S3000 Romantic Wave Slimphone. A device exclusive for the korean market. It has a wave-shape design and light violet LED lighting for the front keypad.

Other Features of the Romantic Wave Slimphone are:

• 2.2-inch screen
• 1.3 megapixels camera
• Mp3 Player
• Electronic dictionary
• File Viewer
• Multitasking capability

It comes in two different colors, black and white. Its estimated price is between $425 and $500.

Swiss manufacturer GoldVish has produced only 3 handsets, one of them is the GoldVish Le Million, which is now available in Russia. Imported by Euroset Russia this exclusive cell phone is the most expensive, valued at 1 million euros. But this is not a cell phone made for mass production, it’s going to be only 3 units available. this phone is a very rare means of proving your social standards. The phone itself is made of 18K gold (pink, yellow and white) with the highest quality of diamonds.

The ultra-expensive handset recorded in the Guinness Books of Records as the world’s most expensive cell phone.

The spanish fashion designer Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada has designed a Special Edition of the Sony Ericsson Z310. The Style and special details of the designer are everywhere in this sweet cell phone. With a renovated and fresh look the Z310 has the same features and specs of the normal edition, but Hey! image matters, design matters!

Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada uses vibrant colors and shapes in all of her designs, and this phone is not an exception. It is available at Vodafone Europe, it features interchangeable faceplates and wallpapers designed by Ágatha. This phone is the perfect gift for a girl, you can purchase it for $132.

Successor of the legendary but forgotten Nokia N-Gage. The Nokia N81 is revolutionary, stylish, and fun, a really strong player of the mobile gaming industry. As you can see the N81 is slider based and looks like it’s also going to be the N91’s successor. With it’s huge 8GB memory and its 2.4? QVGA display, The Nokia N81 will become one of the standards of the mobile gaming industry, that only if Nokia knows how to play the game.

Other features include: 16.7 million colors in display, a 2.0 megapixel camera, integrated GPS, FM tuner, and a device hold key.

The Samsung SCH-r500 has an awful name, we know; but it’s absolutely an amazing cell phone. It offers stylish interchangeable faceplates availble in Lemon Green, Pearl White, Sweet Pink, Scarlet Red , and Indigo Blue, one color for every mood.

Some of the main features of the SCH-r500 are mp3 player, bluetooth, up to 2GB micro-SD capacity and 1.3 megapixel camera among others. This clamshell phone has a lot of similarities with other cell phones, but still it maintains it’s own identity. The buttons are very similar like the ones from the Motorola Razr, but you actually can feel when you are pushing one of th buttons.

This cell phone is solid, with an excellent call quality and a very good speakerphone. We love the customizable face and battery plates, it also has a LED outside panel that actually turns out to be pretty sleek.