by Johan on February 9, 2010

Samsung has finally and officially announced the Monte (S5620). The phone features a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen LCD with 16:9 aspect ratio, a 3.2MP camera with face recognition, a smile shot, a GPS with geotag, Wi-Fi, 3G, a 3.5mm audio jack, Smart Unlock, Exchange ActiveSync, and Google Sync. Samsung will showcase the device at MWC 2010 next week. [Engadget]

Philips has rolled out their latest dual SIM phone in Russia namely the Xenium X100. This candybar phone offers a 1.8-inch 128 x 160 TFT display, dual SIM card slots, a microSD card slot, an MP3 player, an FM radio, a WAP browser, a built-in flashlight and a 1,150 mAh Lithium-ion battery that provides up to 7.5 in talk-time or up to one month in stand-by mode. The Xenium X100 is now available in Russia for a retail price of 1,999 Rubles (about $65). [JustAMP]

The Nokia X6 smartphone will be available soon in the UK via Vodafone network. As a reminder, the handset comes jam packed with a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash, a music player, HSDPA, WiFi and a 3.5mm audio jack. This phone is part of Nokia’s Comes With Music Series and features a pre-installed video Gavin and Stacy series 3. Its battery delivers up to 8.5-hour of talk time or up to 35-hour of music playback. Measuring 111mm x 51mm x 13.8mm and weighing 122 grams, the X6 runs on Symbian S60 operating system. [PhonesReview]

RIM has recently added a new color option ‘Violet’ to its BlackBerry Curve 8530. You’ll be able to pick one up starting today via Verizon Wireless for as little as $0.01 with a new service plan. To refresh your memory, the 8530 offers a 2.46-inch QVGA display, a 2MP camera, a full QWERTY keyboard, a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, a microSD card slot, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and provides access to BlackBerry App World, Facebook and MySpace integration. [Product Page via ChipChick]

According to rumors, T-Mobile will release Moto CLIQ XT, HTC HD2, Nokia Nuron next month as part of its Q1 2010 line-up. The HTC HD2 will be launched on March 24th, meanwhile the Moto Cliq XT (aka Zeppelin) will be launched on Mach 10th. The highly anticipated Nokia Nuron will be released on March 17th. Stay tuned for more updates. [PhoneFav via TmoNews]

Still remember the LG Arena Max LU9400 that we mentioned last year? The phone will feature a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, WiFi, GPS, a 5MP camera and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Word has it the the LG Arena Max LU9400 will be released in March 2010 in South Korea. We will keep you posted. [UnwiredView]