A recent article by The Wall Street Journal reports that HP will soon release a new smartphone. It isn’t clear whether the new phone will be iPaq-branded; what’s clear is that the new phone will be sold in retail stores to consumers rather than just to corporate users like before.

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The world’s been waiting with bated breath for months now for the launch date of a formidable contender in the smartphone arena, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. Just recently, we’ve reported that the handset will be released on October this year, but we slipped by a day because the XPERIA X1’s official release will be on 30th of September.

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The Palm Treo Pro came off as a surprise for Palm users and non-users alike, not only because it looked a lot different than other older Palm handsets but because according to some early reviews, it worked a lot faster than other systems.

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When Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 was announced, the tech communities are abuzz with how great it would be. Unfortunately, the delayed release date and the entry of other touch screen handsets effaced the XPERIA X1 into the background.

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The yet-to-be-released new Palm device, the Palm Treo Pro, recently got a hands-on over at Wired Gadgets Lab and results are a little mixed. Everybody was amazed to see a new touch screen Palm phone, but there are some slip-ups Palm could fine-tune before the device’s release that’s rumored to be on 2009 (late September 2008 for Australia, exclusively on Telstra).

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While the HTC Touch Diamond was devoid of a keyboard to compete with similar touchscreen handsets, this one’s got one keyboard too many. The recently announced HTC S740 is a new handset by the company that’s equipped with both alphanumeric and slide-out QWERTY keyboards.

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Palm Treo Pro

I guess it’s to be expected, what with the number of leaks that came out recently. Probably the sleekest phone Palm’s ever come out with to date, the Palm Treo Pro has just been officially announced. While it’ll be released unlocked in the USA, in Australia, it’ll be available through Telstra.

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I’ve taken a liking to the Sony Ericsson G900 ever since it was announced. The simple candybar phone with 3G connectivity and touch screen capability has a certain charm that entices people to buy it instead of other fancier and more expensive touch screen devices.

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Wow! Things are moving fast when it comes to the new Palm handset. It might be due to the fact that we haven’t seen anything from Palm for a while and that the Palm Treo Pro seems promising and looks like a smartphone a lot of people would love to get their hands on.

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You know one leak can only lead to more, right? The original tipster for the first leak came back for even more info on the Palm Treo Pro, this time detailing whatever could be found, whether it was hardware or software details.

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