Many Chinese companies have been making rip offs of numerous devices, but this one is surely worth mentioning. The NokiPhone N3000i is basically a combination of iPhone and Nokia’s N95. It has the looks of an iPhone and sliding features borrowed from Nokia N95.

It is a Tri-Band GSM 900/1800/1900MHz phone with 3.2-inch screen. It comes with a 2MP camera too. Here are its full specs:

• Screen : 16:9 wide screen, 260k QVGA
• Dual sim cards work at the same time – Dual Standby
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Key input
• Dual speakers
• Language : English/ French/ Vietnamese/ Arabic/ Russian/ Thailand
• T-Flash Card Supporting, 256 TF included
• Camera : factory print 5.0 mega pixels(2MP actually), max output is 1280*960, support video with sound, the time depended on storage
• Stereo Loud speaker, 64 chord ring tone
• MP4, AVI, Support to play in full screen, speed/pause and play AVI film
• GPRS & WAP connectivity, MMS Transceiver
• U disk support function to keep the information storage
• Calendar, To do list, Alarm, World Clock, Spotwatch
• Caller picture, caller Ring Tone, Caller Video
• Video Recorder, photo Editor, Audio Player, Sound Recorder
• Telephone directories : 300 groups of contacts, support MP3 ring, can use downloaded MP3 as SMS rings, 200 SMS, support MMS; can use downloaded MP3 as SMS rings
• Games : 1 common games
• More information : MP3, MP4, Handsfree, SMS group sending, Voice recorder, WAP, Handwritten input, Bluetooth, GPRS download, MMS, Memory extended

It costs $129.99 and chinnagrabber claims that you get best of both worlds. Well, kinda..

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The C903 Cyber-shot™ is made for taking memorable pictures – just slide down the protective lens cover and shoot! The slim slider has dedicated camera keys and an impressive five megapixel camera to create big pictures with rich details and true colours.

Packed full of features the C903 Cyber-shot™ will give you the best picture possible with Face Detection, finding up to three people in the frame at a time and Smile Shutter™ which automatically picks out beaming smiles. Snap up to nine images in quick succession using BestPic™, pick your best and delete the rest.

“The C903 Cyber-shot™ adds a creative and stylish mobile phone to our mid-range segment.” said Daniel Sandblom Global Business Marketing Manager at Sony Ericsson. “The C903 Cyber-shot™ furthers Sony Ericsson’s digital camera heritage and makes capturing special images even more memorable.”

Show off your images with the crystal clear, auto rotating 2.4” display, send them to your blog or connect to your TV screen using the TV-out function and get up close and personal.
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The W715 Walkman phone features the same superior sound quality as the W980 Walkman phone, which was rated ‘best audio experience’ in independent tests. On the top of premium music experience with crystal clear sound, the W715 includes popular Walkman features such as the music recognition application TrackID, SensMe for matching your mood to the music, and Shake Control to change tracks with the flick of a wrist. All this provides for a premium Music experience, fully integrated with Vodafone Music, allowing easy access to single and album downloads.

The W715 Walkman phone is much more than a music phone. Its metal finish combines with a large screen in an elegant and compact slider for a professional feel. The inclusion of a 3.2 Megapixel camera and Wi-Fi connectivity allows users to snap photos of friends, and quickly upload them to social networking sites for all to see.
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Sony Ericsson today introduces the C510 Cyber-shot, its most affordable Cyber-shot phone to date, and an application upgrade to the C905 Cyber-shot phone, currently at the top of the charts across the globe. Here is more info on this Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot phone:

More consumers can now enjoy the Cyber-shot experience, without compromising on quality. Sony Ericsson continues to push design and innovation, as well as work with the best partners in the industry, to provide existing consumers and consumers in new markets the chance to enjoy the benefits of mobile photography.

The accessible C510 Cyber-shot handset is jammed packed with the highest quality imaging technology and encased in a stylish handset design expected from Sony Ericsson.

Sony Ericsson today announced the W508 Walkman phone with new technologies such as Shake and Gesture control, SenseMe and TrackID, as well as one extra Style-Up cover with the W508. The Sony Ericsson W508a version will come to the US with 3G support. Here is more info about this Sony Ericsson Walkman phone:

Shake control and Gesture control allows you to become your own DJ with just a flick of your wrist – raise the volume or set the shuffle function by giving your phone a quick shake. Is that alarm getting to you? Switch it to snooze or mute the volume with a sweep of your palm without having to fumble for the off button.

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The Samsung TwoStep (SCH-r470) is designed for the user wanting quick access to numerous multimedia features. The handset’s music player is equipped with easy-to-use music controls, stereo speakers, and external microSD card, which supports up to 8GB, making it a great handset for the multimedia enthusiast.

The 1.3 megapixel camera gives users the ability to snap photos, while the text and picture messaging keeps users in touch with their family and friends on-the-go. The Samsung TwoStep allows users to get around town with ease with Bluetooth wireless technology that provides hands-free communication. The multiple color options of the Samsung TwoStep include Burnt Orange, Red and Purple allowing the user to choose the color that matches their personal style.

ENTERTAINMENT

· Music Player with External Controls
· External Stereo Speakers
· 1.3 Megapixel Camera
· Up to 8 GB of microSD support
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LG Electronics has launched a touch screen phone, the LG KS660. A successor of the LG KP500, the phone features 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and 720×480 pixels video recording capability.

The LG KS660 phone measures 105 × 55 × 14.9mm and weights 115g. It comes with a 3.0 inches WQVGA (240 × 400 pixels) touch screen TFT with 260,000 color support. The screen will have accelerometer support and haptic feedback, according to ITnews World Asia’s report. Those who are fond of the Flash UI should be happy to hear that the phone also supports that, like the LG Dare. The LG KS660 comes with built-in multimedia player, 50MB of internal memory, microSDHC memory card expansion, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth and USB 2.0 connectivity.

The LG KS660 Asia version is a triband GSM phone with EDGE support for data. No word yet on if and when it will come to the US market.

I’ve just come to know that the Opera mini 4.2 has just been released.

New in Opera Mini 4.2 beta

Skins

Personalize Opera Mini by choosing a new colorful skin. We have reintroduced the popular skinning feature from Opera Mini 3.

Performance

Opera Mini 4.2 can use our newly established server park in the US. This means significantly faster page downloads for our users in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region. Users in the rest of the world will also experience faster page downloads since we’ve reduced the load on our other servers.
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