After first announcing it during February’s 3GSM World Congress, Samsung has unveiled the specs on its SGH-F700 slated for the European marketplace. Partnered with Vodafone as the SGH-F700′s carrier and capable of delivering 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, the top slides open revealing a QWERTY keyboard underneath for your email/surfing needs. The full touch screen is 3.2-inches TFT full color display with 240×432 resolution that can handle full HTML browsing. It supports MP3/MPEG4AAC(+)/eAAC+//H.263/H.264 files, is Bluetooth 2.0 compatible, has microSD and USB slots and a 3 megapixel camera.

In a speech at the 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona on Wednesday, Edgar Bronfman Jr., chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, spoke out in support of a digital music DRM (digital rights management), most likely in counter attack to the open letter from Steve Jobs of Apple regarding their DRM.

“DRM and interoperability are not the same thing,” said Bronfman. “We believe in interoperability…Consumers want it and should have it. We at Warner, and I hope the rest of the music and content industry, will make it as easy as possible to …

HTC, a provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile powered devices, unveiled three smart devices at the 3GSM World Congress Conference and Exhibition. The new devices focus on the features of Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 and 6 to enhance productivity.

The HTC Advantage X7500 is an entire mobile office in a tiny package measuring 133.5mm (L) x 98mm(W) x 16mm(T). Smarter and lighter than the smallest PC notebook on the market, the X7500 supports Microsoft Outlook Mobile for quick access to email, calendar, task and contact functions.

The Advantage is also the first device to …

Samsung introduced four new phones from its Ultra Edition II Series of slim and stylish handsets, including the U100 – the slimmest phone in the world (pictured). These phones build on the success of the original Ultra Edition range released back in July 2006.

The initial portfolio of Ultra Edition II phones consist of two sliders, the Ultra Edition 10.9 (U600) and the Ultra Edition 12.1 (U700); a metallic clamshell, the Ultra Edition 9.6 (U300); and a candy bar handset, the Ultra Edition 5.9 (U100).

Each of the Ultra Edition II phones …

The BlackBerry 8800 is the thinnest BlackBerry handset yet and aims to satisfy everyone by combining important features from the successful BlackBerry 8100 and the business-oriented 8700.

The quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled 8800 provides integrated support for voice and data applications, including phone, email, text messaging, web browser, organizer, multimedia, GPS, and more.

Navigation on the 8800 is accomplished through the full QWERTY keyboard and RIM’s trackball navigation system. The landscape display makes it easy to view emails, attachments, pictures, videos, web pages, business applications, and games. A sensor automatically adjusts the brightness …

Some early pics and information on a new mobile device from Toshiba were unleashed today from the 3GSM show in Barcelona this week via Engadget.

The Toshiba G900 packs the new Windows Mobile 6 platform with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and a 3-inch WVGA display. Also included is 64MB of internal memory with a miniSD card expansion slot, a biometric scanner for finger print security and video calling.

Connectivity to the G900 is manged through tri-band HSDPA, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth and a USB connection. This device will also support USB On-The-Go which allows two …

The Samsung F700 is Samsung’s newest addition to the Ultra family of mobile phones. The F700 features a 2.78″ color touch-screen display, a 5 mega-pixel camera with auto focus, and support for 7.2 Mbps HSDPA.

The Samsung F700 has a touch screen that utilizes a “Drag and drop” interface for navigating menus. The touch screen allows you to control volume, play lists, brightness of screen as well as other controls.

The design is a slider phone style and has a QWERTY keyboard hidden underneath the screen. The QWERTY key pad implements VibeTonz technology which allows users …

HP first introduced the hw6900 Mobile Messenger Series in February at the 3GSM show in Barcelona, Spain but delays prevented the communicator from shipping this summer. Now comes word from HP that the cellular-wireless handheld may finally ship after all.

The 6900 series models look very similar to previous Mobile Messenger offerings. This series features the same 240 x 240 resolution, 64k color display, and a QWERTY thumb-styled keyboard. The big difference in this series is the four types of wireless networking: cellular, GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. This combination is still not …