ZTE, one of the largest telecommunication equipment makers in China, together with Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais (TMN) launched the Bluebelt II and SilverBelt phones in Portugal. The Bluebelt II is a candy-bar shaped smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest Windows Mobile OS that was recently announced by Microsoft. This 3G phone features a touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, and a 5.-megapixel digital camera. It supports UMTS, GSM, EDGE, and GPRS network.

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Nokia Booklet will be available at BestBuy stores nationwide in November, right before ThanksGiving holidays. As the first netbook of Nokia, the Nokia Booklet is a rare product from the Finland-based cell phone maker. The Nokia Booklet features a 10.1 inch HD LCD screen, A-GPS with Ovi Maps, Ovi Suite for data synchronization, SD card reader, 3G, and Wi-Fi connectivity. It weighs less than 2.76 pounds, measures slightly more than two centimeters thin. The selling price is going to be $299.99 with an AT&T Data Connect plan two-year activation. While made-in-Asia netbooks, such as Acer and Asus, are sold for less than the price of Booklet, it is hard to say whether the Nokia Booklet is going to be big success.

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NTT DoCoMo, the giant mobile phone operator in Japan, today announced a green prototype phone called Touch Wood phone, which is made with surplus wood of trees culled during thinning operations to maintain healthy forests. Usually, natural wood casing isn’t suitable for a mobile as they don’t last long. However, because of the special three-dimensional compression molding developed by Olympus Corporation, the Touch Wood wood casing is resistant to water, insects, and mildew.

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XpPhone, as the name suggested is a mobile phone powered by Windows XP, is now accepting pre-orders on their website. XpPhone is manufactured by a relatively unknown company based in China. We still don’t know whether this XpPhone is for real or not, as Microsoft spokesmen never mention that, and we doubt that Microsoft would allow this relatively unknown company to use the name “XP”.

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FCC propose to make the mobile Internet is United States “Open”, which will ban the dominant carriers in United States from blocking certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their networks. The proposal from FCC comes at the time when Google Voice and Skype are fighting fiercely with carriers in issues that carriers block certain type of services such as video sharing, and voice calling over mobile Internet.

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Alltel today announced LG AX310, an entry level CDMA clamshell phone, available for Alltel customers beginning today. The LG AX310 has a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, and Bluetooth capabilities. It is available in black or red color, and will be sold for $30 only with 1-year agreement required. Below is the press release from Alltel.

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Opera today announced the Mini 5, the most popular mobile phone browser, which accounts for 25% of mobile phone Internet traffic according to Reuters’ reports. The new Mini 5 browser features tabbed browsing, a “speed dial” thumbnail bookmark browser, a password manager, and an enhanced user interface for use with touch screen devices. Besides that, users can also easily search text on a page, as well.

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Here are some close shots of Dell’s first mobile phone, Dell Mini 3i, which will be released only in Asia, focusing on China market. The Dell Mini 3i is powered by OPhone operating system, an Android-like operating system that is also developed based on Linux open source code. In case you don’t know, the OPhone platform is developed by China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier, to support China’s homegrown 3G standard. It looks like Dell is more excited about the fast growing China market than the mature North American market.

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Do you still remember Meizu M8, the copycat of iPhone back in 2007? The China based cell phone maker is rumored to be releasing its first Android-powered phone pretty soon. Pictures shown are the snapshots of the phone’s UI posted on a popular Mizu fans site. Meizu spokesmen refuse to comment on this rumor. However, the images show that the UI looks very similar to iPhone’s than Android.

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Our friends at FCC today published the official documents about a new Pantech phone called Pantech C180, a candy-bar shaped phone that looks very alike to Sony Ericsson phone. The C180 is expected to be an entry-level phone for most likely prepaid carriers, such as AT&T To Go. The phone has very basic features and specifications. It has MP3 music player, FM radio, memory expansion slot, WAP browser. However, it is missing Bluetooth and camera features.

Gresso today announced a Formula One-inspired cell phone called Grand Monaco, which is made from super-alloy titanium and carbon. The Russia based cell phone maker said the candy-bar shaped Grand Monaco phone is designed to last long. The phone is
coated at 750 degrees Celsius with several layers of high-tech ceramic, and the front and back cases are made of carbon.

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RIM, the maker of BlackBerry PDA, today announce BlackBerry® Smart Card Reader, an external part that is used authenticate and control users’ access to BlackBerry smartphones. The Smart Card Reader utilizes Bluetooth technology and advanced AES-256 encryption. It is lightweight and wearable, so users could either put it inside a pocket or wear the reader on a lanyard. This reader supports BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, allowing system admin to control access permissions over the wireless network.

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