I wouldn’t mind trying out one of these babies. It looks sweet. LG’s official German blog confirmed today** the first official info on the Viewty II, which also apparently now goes by the Viewty Smart.

So what do we have? The GC900 (the official model number) is less than a half inch thick, and weighs in at only 3.17 ounces. The screen is decent sized at a 3 inch WVGA for your viewing pleasure, with a touchscreen display. The phone uses LG’s 3D S-Class User Interface, and will offer what the manufacturer informs us to be “personalization options that will be taken to a new level here.” Guess we will have to wait and see just what that means.

The 8 megapixel camera (Schneider-Kreuznach) with a (purported) Xenon flash (although it looks a tad small to be a Xenon) is obviously the big draw for this phone. It also features an on-screen slider key which allows switching back and forth between still images and video (720 x 480 pixel resolution). You’ve also got geotagging GPS for fun with all those photos.

The Viewty II (or Viewty Smart–take your pick) has 32 GB of storage, DivX playback, Quad-band GSM, HSPA, and Wi-Fi. And by the way, some of the pictures floating around out there have the Orange logo on them, so it looks like they are probably a carrier.

So, while it is a little weird that the company popped some information on their blog page and then pulled it the same day…apparently it was a bit of a “oops, that wasn’t supposed to be announced yet” sort of thing, since now they are saying that more info will be coming soon.

No word on availability or pricing yet, but keep it here for more details as they come in.

** The blog apparently confirmed, then pulled the confirmation a few hours later.

Hit the break for more photos of this sweet thang.

Samsung is expected to introduce its new entry-level sliding handset, the S3500 soon. The quad-band GSM handset would be under the companies Anycall brand in European and Asian markets and would feature a 320×240 screen resolution, 2-megapixel camera, digital audio playback capabilities, and a built-in FM tuner.

The phone is expected to have 35MB of internal memory that users can transfer audio files to the device on via USB, but it will also have microSD expansion so you can add addition tracks that might not fit on the internal memory supplied with the phone.

The handset will also inevitably make it’s way to the United States once it is approved by the FCC and is able to support the 850MHz band.

The XPERIA X1, another long awaited handset, will be available here in the US very shortly. That’s right, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will make a US debut on Black Friday (November 28), but sadly it will not be coming with any of the typical Black Friday savings that we have come to expect. Instead more »

Today we’ve got a guest post by Scott McGrath. Scott has worked in the IT industry as a consultant and Sysadmin for 12 years, and has enjoyed communications gadgets since he got his Fisher Price telephone at 2 years of age. Like what he said? Hate what he said? Go over to Scott’s blog at www.scamwagon.com and let him know.

Believe it or not, I’m in the market for a cordless phone. Before you laugh, there’s actually plenty of reasons I maintain a land line, not the least of which is the fact that I have poor cell coverage at my home, and not the most of which is the fact that cellular usually can not hold a candle to the real deal PSTN or good VoIP line, in terms of quality. Cordless phones still have life since some can pair to your cell phone so you don’t have to rush to find that tiny handheld when it rings. If you’re a Skype user, you can be untethered with some cordless phones.

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Usually, MP3 players serve only a few purposes such as playing audio and probably video. It is pretty rare to find good Bluetooth embedded in an MP3 player. However, Philips has recently announced their new MP3 player that incorporates Bluetooth 2.1 technology for hands free calling.

The GoGear LUXE is a MP3 player that pairs to your handset via Bluetooth. If you play a lot of music on your phone, you know what a battery drain that can be — the LUXE would alleviate that problem.

Better start writing to Santa folks because this one doesn’t come cheap. Introduced on Tuesday, Motorola’s new AURA might even make Hugh proud.

It sports the “world’s first circular display” and certainly doesn’t lack colors, it has 16 million of them with a 300 dpi resolution. That cyclops display is covered with Grade 1, 62-carat sapphire crystal lens. What does that mean to you? The lens is made of one of the most scratch resistant materials on the earth.

Find out more details about this phone including the unbelievable price after the break.

Orange had to suspend their sale of the Blackberry Bold, listing their reason as “software issues” in an internal memo to employees. It seems that AT&T wasn’t the only company having issues with this one. At least they chose to hold off and try to sort things out instead of rushing a release date.

In the meantime, RIM is attempting fix the situation. This came as a result of issues starting in the UK, where the Bold was pulled off the shelves. As a result, shipments in the US have been repeatedly delayed and it now looks like we know why.

The latest low-cost, practically disposable handset to hit the market comes courtesy of Hop-On in the form of the $10 HOP1800. The handset will be available to use worldwide as it will come in two models, the dual-band 850/1900MHz or the 900/1800MHz for Europe and Asia. The HOP1800 is just the handset and will require more »

It looks like our earlier report pertaining to Nokia’s plans of working more closely with US operators is still under way. According to the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia’s chief designer, Alastair Curtis, said design cooperation with US operators are now close to bearing fruition. His exact words were, “In the next few months (U.S.) more »