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T-Mobile Sidekick LX Arriving In Stores On May 13th

Gadgets 'N Gear Staff — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:53:41 +0000

The new version of the T-Mobile Sidekick will be arriving in stores on May 13th. It has been a while before these screen-flipping phones had a new model come out. Below are some of the specs of the new phone:

- 3.2″ 854×480 resolution WVGA screen
- Facebook/MySpace/Twitter/YouTube integration
- GPS powered by Live Search
- 3.2 megapixel camera

All of this will be available for $199 with two year agreement with T-Mobile. There are two color options, carbon and orchid. Anyone out there planning on buying it? Comment away.

[via BGR]

Rong Zun 758 Razor Phone Has An Actual Shaver

Gadgets 'N Gear Staff — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:35:12 +0000

Remember the Motorola phones called the RAZR? They were popular, but they did not actually have a built-in shaver like the Rong Zun 758 has. The bottom plate contains a working shaver and dual SIM card slots along with a 2.6″ touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera, MP3/MP4/FM music player, and Bluetooth. The memory on the microSD slot can be expanded.

About 2 Million LG Arena Phones Ordered Around The World

Gadgets 'N Gear Staff — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:24:10 +0000

This past March, LG announced that about 1 million LG Arena phones were ordered around the world. This was one month after the handset was originally introduced to the market. The phone retails for €399 in Europe. Now the company has made another milestone announcement. About 2 million LG Arena phones have been ordered around the world.

This makes the Arena one of the most popular phones in 2009 along with the Apple iPhone 3G and Samsung OMNIAHD. Since 2005, LG has shipped about 20 million QWERTY handsets.

[via UnwiredView]

Apple Patent Reveals Front-Facing Video Camera

Gadgets 'N Gear Staff — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:17:51 +0000

Apple has received a new patent for a motion-aware iPhone interface that points out the possibility for a front-face camera. This potentially may be used for video chatting. The patent describes that the interface will adapt to a moving motion of an object or user. Perhaps this video on the phone will be able to communicate with people using iChat as well. Not bad, Mr. Jobs. Not bad.

Best Buy Selling Samsung Instinct S30 For $49.99

Gadgets 'N Gear Staff — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:56:44 +0000

If you go to the mobile phone section at Best Buy, you will notice that they have started selling the Samsung Instinct S30 phone for $49.99. Of course this price comes at a two-year contract. The Insinct S30 has touch screen, e-mail, calendar, etc. Other features of the phone include Opera Mini browser, IM, 32GB card support, 2 megapixel camera, and video capture.

[Engadget]