The Glyde is Samsung's first haptic touchscreen phone to hit the U.S. market, just ahead of the Samsung Instinct, and it's expected on Sprint later this summer. At $249, it's priced $50 below the LG Voyager and is chock-full of multimedia and messaging capabilities. However, you'll miss out on V CAST Mobile TV and the directional pad the Voyager offers. Text-heavy users will appreciate the responsive keyboard, but most will be put off by its slow and sometimes unresponsive UI. Glyde Design The midnight blue Samsung Glyde is reminiscent of the LG Voyager for its touchscreen capability and its full QWERTY keyboard. But the Voyager, while also on Verizon's network, is more expensive and has a second display with a full on-screen QWERTY keypad. The Glyde doesn't have a second display o... Read more

  Palm has announced a new Windows Mobile smartphone aimed at business professionals, designed to give users easy access to common functions while integrating better with corporate infrastructure, according to the firm.   Available in the UK from September through Vodafone and O2, the Palm Treo Pro is based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, but has Palm customisations such as one-touch access to Wi-Fi and a prominent indicator for new voicemails.   "It's small and compact, but a very, very capable device with great battery life," said John Walker, product marketing manager for Palm Europe.   In specification, the new Treo matches other high-end handsets with a Qwerty keypad for messaging, HSDPA network capability, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi support and built... Read more

  When Sony Ericsson first unveiled the Xperia X1, the company was somewhat hampered by the fact that this upcoming device will run Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, an operating system that had not yet been officially announced at that time.   Fortunately for Sony Ericsson, the announcement it had been waiting for was made yesterday, so it is now allowed to show off this device in all its glory.   Kevin O'Brien and I are at the CTIA tradeshow in Las Vegas, and we got some hands-on time with the Xperia X1, and recorded some video of it in action.   Video Overview       An Overview of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1Sony Ericsson Xperia X1   (view large image)   This smartphone will include a 3-inch WVGA (800 by 480 pixel) touchscreen ... Read more

Looks like the Nokia 5800 will be part of the XpressMusic line of phones, which include luminaries like the 5310. At least according to the leak by the Chinese peeps, though why the new moniker "XpressMedia" wasn't used will be a question. According to the source, The upcoming Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone feature: * A 640 x 360 (16:9) 3.2″ 16-million color display * the Symbian S60 "5th Edition" OS * An accelerometer for auto screen rotation * A 3 megapixel camera with Carl-Zeiss lens dual LED flash * some GPS, WiFi (b/g), and Bluetooth 2.0 * a 3.5mm jack for audio and video output (includes TV-out!) * 140MB of internal memory * a microSD that accepts up to 8GB (SDHC) * 1320mAh of battery power via the Nokia BL-5J. W00t! * a length of 115mm, width of 52mm, thickness of 14.55mm, a... Read more