LG has added another Android smartphone to its Optimus range in the form of the LG Optimus Q2, which

is a QWERTY slider device with a four inch IPS based multi-touch touchscreen LCD display and it also

features a slide out QWERTY keyboard.

The LG Optimus Q2 will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and processing is provided by a dual core

1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor.

Other specifications on the LG Optimus Q2 include a five megapixel camera on the back and a front

facing VGA camera for video chat, there is also Wi-Fi Direct.

The LG Optimus Q2 is expected to go on sale in Europe shortly, ther ... Read more »

We have heard previously that the Samsung Illusion is headed to Verizon Wireless, and now Samsung has posted a photo of the Verizon Samsung Illusion on Flickr, which you can see below.

We don’t have any official specifications on the Samsung Illusion as yet, although it is rumored to come with either an 800MHz or 1GHz processor, a HVGA display and either a five or three megapixel camera.

The Samsung Illusion is expected to be a budget Android device which will probably retail for around $100 when it lands on Verizon, and we suspect it will be officially announced within the next few weeks.

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We have been hearing more and more about the Samsung produced Google Nexus Prime over the last few weeks, and now it would appear that the Google Nexus Prime may become available from Verizon Wireless on the 3rd of November.

The Google Nexus Prime will be the first smartphone to come with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and it is expected to feature a dual core TI OMAP 4460 processor plus an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front facing 2 megapixel camera.

Google’s Eric Schmidt mentioned recently that Android Ice Cream Sandwich would launch some time in October or November, so the 3rd of November launch date for the Nexus Prime on Verizon sounds about right.

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The LG Optimus 3D was one of the first 3D smartphones to become available, and it comes with a range of impressive specifications, we have been testing the Optimus 3D out over the last week.

The first thing you will notice about the LG Optimus 3D is the size of the device, it isn’t exactly the smallest, lightest or thinnest Android device on the market today, and it features a large 4.3 inch 3D display, and it comes with Android 2.2 Froyo.

Hardware Specifications

The LG Optimus 3D features a 4.3 inch glasses free 3D display that has a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and it is capable of displaying both 2D and 3D content, including games, photos and movies.

Processing is provided by a dual core TI OMAP 1GHz processor, there is also 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage, it also comes with a microSD card slot that can take up to 32GB microSD car ... Read more »

Take your average touch screen, multiply it, then combine both screens into one phone. The designers didn’t bother with the engineering part, however, so their concept has to be taken on blind faith that it’s awesome. According to the available concept illustrations, each touchscreen are independent wireless devices that can be separated or opened like a book. Wenhing Chou and Kok Keong Wong might be onto something.

Blessed with so-called twin-splitting transparent displays, the Space 3 phone (or Spaceeee–get it?) has no specifications or features worth mentioning. It’s a concept, remember?

This is the reason why design remains an appealing career. Designers aren’t often put to task for their creation’s lack of engineering. The results are sometimes startling, sometimes ludicrous to a hilarious degree. (No names though.)

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Mophie has unveiled a new battery pack they have just added to their range in the form of the Mophie Juice Pack Plus Outdoor Edition. In Mophie tradition its a new battery case designed for the iPhone, but brings with it some new features specifically useful outdoors as well as shipping with Mophie’s Outdoor Navigation application. Watch a demo of the system in action after the jump.

Using the GPS system on your iPhone the application and battery case provide highly detailed maps and a range of options to help you find your way, even if you’re offline.

The Mophie Juice Pack Plus Outdoor Edition is expected to land in stores during October with its price being released nearer launch.

We have been hearing rumors that Sprint intends to launch its own version of the LG Optimus Black, called the LG Marquee, and Sprint has now officially announced the device.

The LG Marquee will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it comes with LG’s 4 inch NOVA Display which is designed to be bright but also consume less power.

Processing is provided by a single core 1GHz processor, there is a 2 megapixel camera up front for video chat and a five megapixel camera on the back with an LED flash.

Other features include 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, plus the ability to use the device as a mobile hotpsot for up to five devices, it will go on sale with Sprint on the 27th of September for $99 after a $50 mail in rebate when you sign up to a new two year contract with Sprint.

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HTC announced their first Android smartphone that will come with Beats Audio earlier today, and we just got an email from a UK retailer letting us know that the HTC Sensation XE will be available in the UK from the 7th of October for £492 SIM free including taxes.

The HTC Sensation XE comes with a dual core 1.5GHz processor, plus a 4.3 inch qHD display, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of built in storage, plus a microSD card slot.

Other features include an 8 megapixel camera on the back which can record Full HD video in 1080p, and a front facing VGA camera for video chat.

You can find out more information on the new HTC Sensation XE over at Clove, as soon as we get some information on which mobile carriers it will be available with we will let you guys know.

There have been a number of rumors on when the new iPhone 5 will launch, we are expecting the iPhone 5 to go on sale at the start of October, and are also expecting Apple to announce it some time this month.

Now according to the guys over at Know Your Mobile, who have received some information from a source at UK mobile operator O2, the iPhone 5 will launch in the UK on the 21st of October.

This could mean that the worldwide launch date of the iPhone 5 would be the 21st of October, or it could mean that Apple intends to launch the iPhone 5 in the US first and then in other markets like the UK shortly after, this is something they have done in the past with other iPhone released, although last years iPhone 4 went on sale in the US and the UK at the same time.

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We were expecting Nokia to debut their first Windows Phone 7 device before the end of this year, now it would appear that the first Nokia Windows Phone 7 device may not launch  until the first quarter of 2012.

The guys from WP7R spoke to someone from Nokia, and were told that the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone from Nokia wont launch in Australia until quarter one of 2012.

We won’t be releasing a Nokia on Windows Phone until Q1 of next year. Can’t be more specific than that sorry!

It isn’t clear as yet whether this statement applies to Australia only, or whether the rest of us in Europe and the US will also have to wait until next year to get our hands on the first Windows Phone Nokia smartphone.

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