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Nokia has announced the Nokia 6260 Slide, as the name suggests is a slider form factor handset that packs a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, GPS, WiFi, and runs the latest S40 6th edition interface.

Spec wise the Nokia 6260 Slide offers up a 2.4 inch one off 320 x 480 pixels HVGA resolution, quad-band GSM, HSDPA A-GPS, 200MB internal memory, Bluetooth 2.1, Nokia WebKit Open Source Bro

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2008/11/26/nokia-6260-... 

Asus made its P565, the fastest business PDA phone in the world, official. The Asus P565 is powered by a Marvell TavorP 800 MHz mobile processor, 256MB flash and 128MB SDRAM. It supports HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100, EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900 networks.

The phone features a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with 480×640 resolution, integrated SiRF Star III GPS chipset with InstantFix, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR and a microSD/SDHC card slot.

http://www.itechnews.net/2008/11/17/asus-p565-fastes... 

European wireless network provider 3 has launched the world’s most advanced social networking mobile phone INQ¹. The phone brings Facebook to your mobile by delivering alerts directly on your cellphone. Not only that, the handset automatically synchronizes contacts with Facebook. Pairing existing contacts with one’s respective Skype and Windows Live Messenger accounts, the device allows a user to see who is on Skype or Windows Live Messenger anytime so that one doesn’t lose contact with his/her mates.

http://www.cellphonebeat.com/entry/3-launches-inq%C2... 

Those iPhone holdouts who were waiting for Sony’s vaunted Xperia X1 to come stateside can finally take a breath – and take out their wallets. On Wednesday, Sony revealed that it would make the phone available for the first time to U.S. consumers through its Web site on Black Friday, and also slipped out the asking price of $800.

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/18390/son... 

Apple's iPhone 3G topped the sales charts in the third quarter, according to market research group NPD.

The hot, new phone, which went on sale in July, displaced Motorola's Razr as the most purchased handset among consumers, NPD added.

Motorola's Razr, first introduced in 2004, has been the No. 1 ranked handset for 12 straight quarters. According to NPD, the Razr V3 fell to second place behind the iPhone 3G. RIM BlackBerry Curve was third; LG Rumor was fourth; and the LG enV2 came in fifth.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10092629-94.html?ta... 

Everybody's talking about tethering, which is the use of a cell phone to connect a laptop to the Internet. Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Palm phones have done it for years. Soon, iPhone and Android-based G1 phones will, too. But tethering is slow, awkward and lame. We have to do it for one reason only: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and other carriers are greedy, and have no vision.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/why_tethering_is_stup... 

Vertu has announced the release of three new editions to the Vertu stable of handcrafted, Ferrari branded, mobile phones.

The Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero will comprise of 2009 limited edition handsets in sleek black leather, while the Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari Rosso and Giallo will be produced in vibrant red and yellow respectively. Each edition is available worldwide.

Vertu and Ferrari have worked closely to enable the material and design cues from the cars to be integrated seamlessly into the Vertu Ascent Ti.

http://tech2.in.com/india/news/mobile-phones/vertu-l... 

AT&T's mobile boss lets imagination run riot

We all know the iPhone is a nifty piece of hardware, even if it's not perfect, but what does one of Apple's leading network partners see in its future? AT&T's mobile chief laid out a few crazy plans for the Jesus phone.

Ralph de la Vega, an AT&T CEO, was speaking at the Web 2.0 conference held this week in San Francisco, where he mused on what he'd like to see the iPhone become.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communicatio... 

China's ZTE is stepping up its assault on the U.S. market. In February the maker of wireless gear introduced the C88, its first U.S. cell phone (BusinessWeek.com, 2/15/08). In August, ZTE and its U.S. carrier partner, MetroPCS (PCS), rolled out a second handset, the more capable ZTE C79.

I tested the C79 for several days and found it to be a capable, no-frills phone that may help ZTE increase its minuscule share of the U.S. market, which, according to IDC, is less than 1%. The model has been selling so well that MetroPCS has upped its orders, says Drew Wilkens, a handset director at ZTE.

http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content... 

With almost an endless choice of cordless phones for your home, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the good from the bad. 2008 saw the release of some fantastic home phones from Siemens and Panasonic. There were problems for Philips and BT did its best to keep up with several new models.So whether you are looking to buy a new phone or perhaps you need some Christmas gift ideas, here is our much coveted top 10 cordless phones of 2008 to help you make the right choice.

http://www.cordless-phones.uk.com/blog/ligo/reviews/...