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And too bad it’s only a concept because this would get rid of yet one more device to carry around. This concept is called “Moon+” and it’s designed by Sunman Kwon.

Via Gizmodo

• 1.5 inch OLED touchscreen.
• GSM
• SMS and MMS.
• MP3 and video player.
• Bluetooth.
• Voice recorder.
• 128MB of built memory.
• Available 2Q of 2008 (not in the states of course).
• €599 (approx. $915.39).

Via AVING

• Small touchscreen PDA phone.
• 1.3 MP camera.
• EDGE (booo!!!).
• Bluetooth 1.2.
• microSd slot.
• AT&T’s push to talk
• 100 bucks!!

Via infoSync

• 3.5″ touchscreen.
• HSDPA (presumably compatible with AT&T’s 3G).
• Video and still camera with geotagging (resolution currently unknown).
• MP3/MPEG4/AAC support.
• GPS (obviously).
• Google maps with Google local search for online services such as traffic, weather, fuel prices and hotel discounts.
• Out Q3 of this year.

Official site

The rumors were true, Motorola just issued a press release talking about they’re cellphone division:

“…exploring the structural and strategic realignment of its businesses to better equip its Mobile Devices business to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value. The company’s alternatives may include the separation of Mobile Devices from its other businesses in order to permit each business to grow and better serve its customers.”

Click through for the full press release.

“There is a possibility that Motorola, Inc. may exit the handset business and concentrate on becoming an enterprise and government company, Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International, told clients a in note published on Tuesday. He added that speculation about Chinese vendors buying the company has risen again, but said a deal is unlikely as those vendors don’t have much of an idea how to fix Motorola’s problems, which he believes are related to platform and software more than hardware.”

Via MarketWatch

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“In its first full quarter of sales, the iPhone has already climbed past Microsoft’s entire lineup of Windows Mobile smartphones in North America, according to figures compiled by Canalys and published by Symbian. That puts the iPhone ahead of smartphones running Symbian, Linux, and the Palm OS, but behind the first place RIM BlackBerry. The figures mesh with retail sales data already reported by NPD, which similarly described the size of the US market with a 27% chunk bit out by Apple’s iPhone.”

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