Sprint Nextel today announced the purple color version of Motoorla I776w, an entry-level cheap (affordable) flip style phone that supports Nextel Direct Connect walkie talkie services. There is nothing sexy about its features and specifications. Its features include GPS navigation, Bluetooth, a cheap VGA camera, and Push-to-Send My Info, Push-to-Send Contacts and Push-to-View. It is sold for $80 with contract.

View features and specifications of Motorola I776

Sprint Nextel, the 3rd largest carrier by subscriber in United States, today announced its first Android phone – Samsung Moment. The release of Samsung Moment shows that Google’s Android operating system is gaining a lot of momentum as more and more carriers are willing to carrier Android-powered phones. The first carrier in the United States that offered Android-powered phone was T-Mobile. Verizon Wireless also recently announced the partnership with Google.

Samsung Moment is full touchscreen phone with a big 3.2-inch AMOLED screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Samsung Moment looks pretty much just like T-Mobile’s HTC Magic, which is also an Android-powered phone. Features of the Moment phone include a 3.2-megapixel digital camera, Stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a microSD memory expansion slot that supports up to 16GB.

“With a full QWERTY keyboard, Samsung Moment allows customers to easily access the thousands of applications available in the Android Market,” said Kevin Packingham, Sprint’s senior vice president of product development. “This is the second Android product that will be available from Sprint this holiday season.”

The Samsung Moment will be sold for $180 with a two-year contract, inline with T-Mobile’s HTC Magic which is currently sold for $179 also with two-year contract.

Sprint today announced that they have successfully landed Samsung Instinct HD, a High Definition touch screen phone from Samsung. The new Samsung Instinct HD features an awesome 5-megapixel digital camera, TV-output for watching high-definition videos, and MP3 music player.

Besides that, the Instinct HD also has 3G capability, memory expansion slot, full internet browsing capability with Opera Mobile 9.7 browser, Wi-Fi, and Stereo Bluetooth. It also supports Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store for unlimited TV programs and Music access.

The Samsung Instinct HD is available starting today for $250 with two-year contract, a little bit too high if compared to the iPhone 3G S that starts with only $199. We will see how the struggling carrier, Sprint Nextel, is going to get customers to pay $250 for the Samsung Instinct HD phone.

Sprint today unearthed the Samsung Reclaim, a green phone that is made of eco-friendly plastic materials. According to Sprint spokesman, the Reclaim phone is made of 80 percent recyclable materials. 40 percent of the recyclable materials are made from corn. The reclaim phone is completely free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates, and nearly free of brominated flame retardants (BFR).

“Sprint is widely recognized as a leader among telecommunications companies in environmentally-responsible initiatives, and today we are proud to announce an even stronger commitment to sustainability with new eco-friendly products and programs,” said Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO. “Samsung Reclaim enables customers to go green while getting the latest in wireless technology. When customers walk into a Sprint retail store, they will be greeted by the information they need to make earth-friendly wireless choices, coupled with Ready Now to learn about the rich functionality of this device.”

“Samsung Reclaim is more than just an eco-friendly device, it’s also a powerful and stylish phone that’s easy-to-use,” said Omar Khan, senior vice president of Strategy and Product Management for Samsung Mobile. “When you combine the Reclaim’s impressive feature set with its bio-plastic hardware and eco-friendly packaging, you’re using a phone that is good for you and the environment.”

Features and specifications wise, the Samsung Reclaim phone is quite impressive. It has a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 2-MP digital camera / camcorder with 3X zoom, Stereo Bluetooth, GPS navigation, and a microSD memory expansion slot supports up to 32 GB.

The Samsung Reclaim will be available for Sprint customers for just $49.99 with a two-year service agreement after a $30 instant rebate and a $50 mail-in rebate.

Sprint today announced the availability of LG LX290 slider phone. This slider phone isn’t a something as sexy as iPhone, however, it does has decent features and specifications. It features dedicated application shortcut keys, and a Motorola KRZR’s style navigation keys. Its features and specs include a built-in 1.3-megapixel digital camera, GPS navigation (subscription required), and Bluetooth connectivity. The LG LX290 is available beginning today for $30 after rebates with new agreement.

I guess RIM doesn’t like BlackBerry Niagara, which was the name of BlackBerry 9630. RIM decided to name the new BlackBerry 9630 “BlackBerry Tour”, which is much better than Niagara. The BlackBerry Tour gets official release today, as RIM announced that the Tour phone will be available in this summer at Sprint and Verizon Wireless, and probably by Bell and Telus in Canada. The Tour phone will be available for $199 with a 2-yr contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate. Unlike the controversial BlackBerry Storm phone, which causes many die-hard BlackBerry users to hate BlackBerry products, the BlackBerry Tour doesn’t have a touchscreen.

Features and Specifications of BlackBerry Tour 9630

• Dual-band CDMA/EVDO Rev A (800/1900 MHz)
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA
• 2.44 inch, 480 x 360 pixels TFT display with 65k colors (nope, it’s not a touchscreen)
• 35-key QWERTY keyboard
• GPS / A-GPS
• BlackBerry Maps
• Full HTML web browser
• DataViz Documents to Go
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• 3.5 mm headset jack
• Music, video players
• 3.2MP autofocus camera with image stabilization, flash and video recording
• 256MB internal flash memory
• microSD card support, up to 32GB
• 1400 mAh battery
• Talk time: up to 5 hours
• Standby time: up to 14 days
• 112 x 62 x 14.2 mm
• 130 g

The highly anticipated Palm Pre, Palm’s best effort to beat Apple’s iPhone, is not yet launched, although we have been reporting the Pre phone for more than 6 months now. Surprise! The Touchstone, the charger for Palm Pre is available for sales at some Sprint stores. The Touchstone is a remarkable dock for the Pre as it requires absolutely no wires to charge the Pre phone. So, does the launch of Pre charger means Sprint and Palm will officially launch the Pre phone in these few days?