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Sizzle up your summer with the latest slider phone from Verizon Wireless and Pantech. Today, the companies announced the Pantech Jest™, a new feature phone by Personal Communications Devices, LLC, is available online today. Ideal for staying connected in style, this sassy slider allows customers to manage ringtones, wallpapers and games from personal networks.
Key features:

• 2.6” 262K color TFT display
• Self Icon personalization to create icons and banners and display an electronic sign on your phone display
• Optical directional key with swipe motion technology
• Built-in 2.0-megapixel camera takes high-quality pictures and records video
• Text, picture, video and voice messaging
• Mobile IM and Chat for quick text conversations

Lifestyle features:

• Social Beat pre-loaded for direct connections to Facebook®, MySpace® and Twitter™
• Media Center – Download ringtones, wallpapers and games from your network to your phone
• VZ Navigator® for detailed maps in real time with audible turn-by-turn directions to millions of points of interest in the United States
• V CAST Music with Rhapsody® (subscription and PC downloads) digital music service. Download soundtracks and albums or sync playlists with a PC
• Mobile Web browsing capabilities for news, sports, weather and e-mail, providing access to up-to-date information when users subscribe to Internet service
• Stereo Bluetooth® technology for wireless connections between electronic devices; connects to Bluetooth-enabled headsets and hands-free systems

Pricing and availability:

• The Jest is available online at www.verizonwireless.com today for free through a special online promotion. It will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning July 5 for $69.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

For the moment no one know how will looks the new iPhone 4G which will be launched possibly in June or July.
Here’s another iPhone 4G concept that comes from Italy.The designer of this new iPhone 4G concept sees it as having multiple color versions, a front-facing video calling camera, 32GB or 64GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card slot.

Consumers have been asking about it on Facebook®, Twitter and online discussion boards for months – a BlackBerry® smartphone that combines features like full Web browsing, social networking, music, videos, games, robust email access and downloadable apps with the unlimited talk, text and Web offered with Boost Mobile’s no- contract Monthly Unlimited plan. The wait is now over – Boost Mobile today introduced the highly-anticipated BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 on its BlackBerry® Monthly Unlimited plan.
Availability & Pricing
BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone from Boost Mobile is currently available at Best Buy, RadioShack, Boost Mobile Exclusive Retail Stores and select independent wireless dealer locations for a suggested retail price of $249.99 (excluding taxes). The BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan provides the same nationwide voice and text messaging of the popular Monthly Unlimited offer, but also includes 3G Web access and unlimitedemail for $60 per month on the Nationwide Sprint Network.
Blackberry Curve 8330Features:

• 3G speeds where available
• Email
• HTML Web Browser
• Full QWERTY Keypad & Trackball Navigation
• 2MP Camera with Flash, Zoom and Video recording
• Access to BlackBerry App World^™ for Applications, Games and More
• Media Player with Standard Audio Jack
• 1GB microSD^™ Card included (supports up to 8GB)
• Stereo Bluetooth^® Capable
• Multi-Media, Text and Instant Messaging
• GPS and Wireless Web-Enabled
• Speakerphone

AT&T also will soon unveil an Android-based smartphone from Dell, the Aero. This will be Dell’s first smartphone available in the U.S., and will feature a new, beautiful custom user interface developed by Dell and AT&T. The features of Dell Aero includes:

• 5 MP camera lets you share your life in a snap with integration into Flickr®, Facebook®, Picassa™, YouTube and TwitPic
• Watch media come to life on the 3.5″ nHD display
• Stay connected with a variety of social networking apps including Facebook that is fully integrated into your phonebook and syncs events to your calendar!
• PC like web browsing experience with Flash Lite® support for streaming audio and video content
• Connect to 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots
• Navigate using the onboard GPS system while talking hands-free