Samsung and Sony Ericsson have just launched a completely new smartphones.
Samsung has stepped up its smartphone war against newer competitors like Apple by unveiling a completely new mobile phone platform, while Sony Ericsson is betting on Google’s Android to pull it into the future.

The companies launched a range of slick new smartphone models on the eve of the world’s biggest annual gathering for the mobile phone industry, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

With so many different mobile platforms now vying for attention and handsets looking increasingly similar, analysts believe the victor will be the one that woos the most developers and boasts the most apps.
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Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: finally, a contender?
Initial response to the new Motorola Droid smartphone on the Verizon Wireless network have been very good, thanks in large part to the updated Android 2.0 operating system.

The new updated version of the open-source operating system offers new Android phones a series of enhancements as well as improved performance. The updated software is being credited with enabling many of the cool new features, such as the updated version of the Google Maps service, which allows for voice command turn-by-turn directions.

The Motorola Droid for Verizon will be the first device that will use the new software. Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA will also be selling Android devices this holiday season, but neither carrier has announced a device that will use the updated version of the operating system.

Sam Oliver of Apple Insider reveals that the latest iPod nano and iPod touch would a built-in have cameras.
…. both the iPod nano and iPod touch will receive cameras. He believes the new iPod touch will have the same RAM and processor speed as the iPhone 3GS, and the new media player will sell in capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB at prices of $199, $299 and $399, respectively. He also said that the hard drive-based iPod classic will remain, likely with a 160GB capacity for $249.

Gruber admitted that he has heard “very little” prior to Wednesday’s event in San Francisco, reaffirming reports that a veil of secrecy returned when co-founder Steve Jobs returned to work at Apple. And all of what he’s confirmed, including the addition of cameras to the iPod touch and iPod nano, was known months ago.

A new product notebook from Apple
Apple revealed at its World Wide Developers Conference that it would be adding to its MacBook Pro family with a 13-inch notebook offering available at two different price points. While the 13-inch MacBook Pro joins the Pro family, Apple isn’t entirely abandoning the white polycarbonate MacBook. Instead, the company is rebranding the notebook as a more of a premium offering. For the time being, the white MacBook will still be offered by the company, starting at $999.

But the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is designed to give customers the look and power of a MacBook at a lower price point.

That, incidentally, makes the BlackBerry Curve the best selling smartphone in US If that wasn’t enough, RIM dominated the smartphones chart with as many as three handsets finding place in the coveted top 5 largest selling phones list there.

Apple shuffles feathers
The minimalist Shuffle has innovative text-to-voice technology, but the controls take some getting used to. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.
Ipod Shuffle (Photo AP)