If high-fashion isn’t your thing, and baby tree urban camo doesn’t cut it with you, but you still want to get in on some of this Limited Edition Sidekick 3 action, then you might be interested in T-Mobile’s upcoming D-Wade edition. Apparently "Flash" has been an avid Sidekick user since 2004, and was personally involved in the new design, drawing on styles from luxury cars and Miami’s South Beach. Turns out the number 3 is a big thing for Dwayne as well, given that whole jersey number thing and years-in-the-NBA thing, so he’s made sure to highlight the numeral in gold. The back of the limited edition has "realistic basketball texturing" for increased comfort, grip and sexay, but like always with these limited editions, there isn’t really a whole lot else going on here. No word on a release date, the current info we have was leaked onto the internets in PDF, but we’re guessing we’ll be seeing this thing hit retail sooner rather than later. Check some more pics after the break.

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SOURCE: ENGADGET

Kyocera Wireless and Cricket Communications announced the availability of the Kyocera K132 for Cricket customers.

Looks like Sony Ericsson have been browsing the Apple desktop PC back-catalogue for design tips for their latest budget cellphone, the W51S. Its mesh-like front is reminiscent of the PowerMac G5, although without the optical drive and USB ports. And of course the W51S has LED indicators. And is much smaller.

Okay, so it’s nothing like the G5 and is more like a nutmeg grater, are you happy now?  Sheesh. There’s a 2-megapixel camera round the back and a 2.7-inch display under the flip; the 120MB of internal storage can be bolstered with Memory Sticks, probably a good idea since there’s no mention of a way to transfer files off the handset otherwise, unless infra-red is your idea of a good time. You can expect 3.5hrs of talk-time and 270hrs standby.

The W51S will be available on the Japanese KDDI network in the Spring, in a choice of black, gold and pink.

–SOURCE: SLASHPHONE

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As an unexpected information leak confirmed, Motorola has plans for releasing a handful of new handsets in 2007. Those include MOTO RIZR Z8, MOTO KRZR K3, MOTO Q2 HSDPA, MOTO Q GSM/EDGE plus the budget W360, W205, w510, W395 mobiles.

The mobiles were included in a presentation that Ron Garriques, Executive Vice President of Motorola, gave to investors. The presentation included several new mobiles, most of which confirm the marketing strategy of Motorola to release updated versions of their already existent platforms. As for now technical specifications for the mobiles are not clear but the information leak source leads us to believe that these models would most definitely be released officially.

The Motorola RIZR Z8 is an updated version of the Motorola RIZR Z6 which is already officially announced but isn’t yet available. Its front camera most clearly reveals that we are dealing with a 3G handset here. The next mobile, MOTOKRZR Z3, is again an updated version - this time of the Motorola KRZR K1 clamshell. It would also boast 3G functionality with video calls as the pictures reveal.

Among the so-called Enterprise line of Motorola the definite highlight is that there will finally be a Motorola Q version with GSM/EDGE support. It was announced long ago and rumors had it that it wouldn’t be manufactured at all. Another Enterprise handheld would be a HSDPA version of the Motorola Q2.

Another intriguing leak is the somewhat mysterious picture of the future Motorola SCPL which was presented as a platform a year ago on the 3GSM at Barcelona.

Last but not least, the Motorola would be adding a number of budget handsets to its mobile portfolio - the bar form factor mobiles Motorola W360 and Motorola W205 and the clamshells Motorola W510 and the Motorola W395.

–SOURCE: GSM ARENA

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LG officially confirmed their upcoming LG Prada phone. Featuring a full touch-control design, the new handset is the result from the collaboration between the Korean manufacturer and the Prada design team.

Yesterday at the IF product design awards the LG Prada mobile was first seen designated as the LG KE850. The unique thing about it is the large touchcreen menu interface which eliminates the need for a conventional keypad whatsoever. We cannot help but think about the newly announced iPhone by Apple which though would much larger and would run under the OS X. The LG KE850 Prada phone on the other hand would be only 12 mm run with a Macromedia Flash user interface.

The Prada phone by LG (KE850) would feature a large 3" LCD touchscreen display with yet unknown resolution and would also have a 2 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics and a microSD memory card slot. The most interesting thing about the display itself is that it’s made using the capacitive touchscreen technology. What that means is that the screen uses electroconductivity to sense your touch - much like the touchpad on the popular LG Chocolate. This technology is made to be used with fingers only, so the use of a stylus is out of the question whatsoever.

The PRADA Phone by LG will be available with prices starting from 600 EUR in the UK, France, Germany and Italy as of late February, 2007, followed by countries in Asia such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore from late March, 2007. The Korean version of the phone is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2007.

–SOURCE: GSM ARENA

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