Here is a 8MP shootout between the Samsung M8800 Pixon, LG KC910 “Renoir”, the Sony Ericsson C905 and the Samsung INNOV8. GSM Arena did a really nice comparison while showing each camera phone own strengths and weaknesses.

I really think the Casio Exilim W63CA should have been added to the shootout also because it has a really good 8.1 megapixel camera. The Samsung INNOV8 came out as the best performer with excellent image quality, capable video recording, and a large display while the got the award for best camera interface, camera handling, and controls. The LG KC910 has a beautiful high resolution touch screen and good image quality the pixon was last but not the least.

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SoftBank has schedule to release the Sharp 931SH Fulltouch slider mobile phone in late November. The Sharp Full Touch Slide Phone features a 3.8-inch ASV LCD display with a 1024×800 high resolution, a 5.2 Megapixel CMOS camera with image stabilizer and auto focus, integrated 1Seg digital TV tuner, Bluetooth, PC site browser, support for GSM, 3G network, integrated GPS, microSDHC memory card slot (can support up to 8GB cards) and is available in 4 colors, Black, Silver, Pink gold and Red.

There has been no price announced for the handset. More Pictures after the jump.

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Russia will be the first country to get a taste of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, as it starts shipping there on December 5th. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be going for approximately 15,000 rubles which is about 550 United States dollars.

This Nokia S60 supported handset is perfect for the holiday shopping list. Just in case you never knew it features a 3.2-inch 640 × 360 pixel touchscreen. Too bad the Russians will start showing off their 5800 goodness and too bad for us in the States we still have some time to wait.

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The consumer’s of Great Britain are anxious as T-Mobile UK is offering the hyped Android-based T-Mobile G1 phone free to them on a 40 GBP monthly plan. Imagine that just enter into a year-and-a-half contract for 40 GBP per month and its all yours.

Just in case you were abducted and locked away in cave for over 6 months the T-Mobile G1 is the first handset powered by the Google’s own Android mobile OS. It was manufactured by HTC and it offers integration with all Google services.

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This fall Palm introduced the Treo Pro and many were concerned that this new smartphone wasn’t available in the US but now things may change. The Treo Pro uses a Windows Mobile OS not the Palm OS, 3G support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a GPS receiver.

Sprint’s website are showing signs that they are going to introduce a version of the Palm Treo Pro. The carrier’s website allows customers to specify which phone they are using by selecting from a drop down box with all the model handsets that they sell and support and the Palm Treo Pro is now in that list.

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Dell leaked some info on their website about their plans of entering a GPS enabled smartphone on the market, the Dell Pharos also called the called Traveller 117 and Traveller 127.

The Pharos is manufactured by Inventec and supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA network. The Pharos features a A-GPS receiver, 2MP camera, 0.3MP front camera and its backed by the Windows Mobile 6.1 Operating System. No price or available date was mentioned.

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Alltel is ready to launch a new touchscreen phone on their network. The Samsung Delve or the Samsung R800 is the new kid on the block.

It has EV-DO 3G support, stereo Bluetooth, Samsung’s TouchWiz interface, a microSD card slot, a 2-megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headset jack. There is also a virtual QWERTY keyboard, a 500-contact phone book and a full html browser.

The touchscreen phone will be available on November 6th for $199 with a service contract and after $100 mail-in rebate.

[Mobile Whack]

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Today Truphone launched low-priced international call service for BlackBerry smartphones. Just in case you don’t know what truphone is, it is a free application that lets you route international mobile
calls over the internet at incredibly low rates.

The Truphone is also compatible with the iPhone and some nokia smartphones too. It works in 33 countries worldwide and gives you a low international calling rate as low as as £0.03/$0.06 per minute. Read the full press release after the jump. (Thanks Peter.)

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