by Johan on October 17, 2008

Alltel offers the new LG Rhythm slider handset in the US market. It is a music-centric phone that features 1 inch circular touchscreen with interactive UI, a 1.3MP shooter with video recording capability, an integrated music player, FM transmitter, Bluetooth connectivity and SMS threads support. The LG Rhythm comes in black or white and retails for $119.99 after you sign up for a 2-year agreement with a $50 mail-in rebate. [intomobile]

Nokia’s new 5800 XpressMusic cellphone appears in Britney Spears’ Womanizer video clip. This new touchscreen phone gets a 4-second nearly full-screen appearance as the video’s lead male character pulls up the device’s calendar. In case you forget, the handset comes jam packed with the S60 5th Edition operating system, a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with stylus input, Wi-Fi connectivity, HSDPA (North American), GPS navigation, 8GB internal memory and a microSDHC memory card slot. Its 3.2MP digital camera comes equipped with autofocus Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash. [MocoNews] More

The Almighty FCC has recently approved the highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Unfortunately, the handset is not the HSDPA 850/1900 MHz model. As we mentioned before, this music phone features the S60 5th Edition operating system, a 3.2 inch 640 x 360 (resistive) touchscreen with stylus input, Wi-Fi connectivity, HSDPA (North American), GPS navigation, 8GB internal memory and a microSDHC memory card slot. Its 3.2MP digital camera comes equipped with autofocus Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash. [Engadget]

The highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now official. Priced at €279 ($392) unlocked, the handset comes with the S60 5th Edition operating system and provides a 3.2 inch 640 x 360 (resistive) touchscreen with stylus input, Wi-Fi connectivity, HSDPA (North American), GPS navigation, 8GB internal memory and a microSDHC memory card slot. Its 3.2MP digital camera comes equipped with autofocus Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash. [Nokia]

According to rumors, Sony Ericsson will release new model in the near future. This new walkman phone is called Rika. It is actually the walkman phone version of the previously released G705 slider phone. It is said that the Sony Ericsson Rika will be announced in October and will be released in December 2008. [Sony Ericsson Blog] More