
Cricket has just announced the availability of Kyocera’s newest touchscreen phone ‘Rio‘ on their network. First introduced back in August, the Kyocera Rio packs a 2.8-inch 240 x 320 touchscreen display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), an optical trackpad, a music player, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and supports for tri-band CDMA 1x network. The Kyocera Rio retails for $129.99 with no-contract. [Cricket]

Orange UK has listed the all new Nokia X3-02 on their product page as ‘coming soon’. The handset will be sold on Pay As You Go scheme, however, the company hasn’t given any information yet concerning its price. In case you didn’t know, the X3-02 offers a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera with VGA video recording, a 50MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), an FM radio, Facebook and Twitter integration, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and runs on Symbian S40 OS. [Orange]

Russian-based mobile operator has rolled out their first touchscreen phone in Russia namely the MTS 540 Touch. The handset packs a 2.4-inch 320 x 240 touchscreen display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a 5MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 4GB), a media player, an FM radio, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 750mAh battery. The MTS 540 Touch is sold for 2,490 Rubles (about $82) with contract or 2,990 Rubles (about $98) without contract. [MTS]

LG has recently announced the availability of their new touchscreen phone ‘Cookie Lite T300′ in Russia. Coming in two different color options: black and pink, the Cookie Lite T300 packs a 2.4-inch 320 x 240 touchscreen display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a 20MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 4GB), an FM radio, social networking services integration, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 1000mAh battery. For more details please check out LG’s official website. [LG]

Cricket Wireless is reportedly planning on launching a new touchscreen phone from Kyocera namely the E3100 Rio. The handset is said to feature a 2.8-inch 320 x 240 resistive touchscreen display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), a music player, GPS, a WAP 2.0 browser, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and support tri-band CDMA 1x network. Sadly, there’s no info on pricing and release date yet. [Phone Scoop]

Samsung has dropped another touchscreen phone in South Korea namely the Nori (SHW-A220). Targeted towards users who like to customize their phones with accessories, the Nori can be customized with eight unique characters adhesive films that help to create a distinct identity. As for the specs itself, the phone offers a 3-inch 240 x 400 touchscreen display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), T-DMB, GPS, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 1000mAh battery. Coming in Beige, Pink and Blue color options, the Samsung Nori (SHW-A220) sells for 600,000 Won (about $511). [SamsungHub]