For $99 with a 2-year contract via T-Mobile, the Samsung Beat music phone seems like a pretty good thing. There’s a fairly loud green speaker on the front as seen in the photo to pump out your tunes, and the phone has a pretty decent set of features for the price.

At 1.8 x 3.5 x 0.7 inches and weighing just 2.72 ounces the flip-phone is a microsize, but has a quad band frequency set with a battery that lasts up to 6 hours and decent ingoing and outgoing signals. The phone supports a 2GB microSD and comes stock with a 1GB microSD card. Take snapshots with the 1.3 MP camera, and receive vibrating alerts with Photo caller ID. For those who use it, Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology is provided for your convenience.

After quite a long time of speculation and rumored pictures, T-Mobile and Danger have unveiled both the Sidekick LX and the Sidekick Slide. The two new mobile communication gadgets are both pretty cool but might each be targeted to a slightly different set of people.

The Sidekick LX looks to be the new, latest and greatest Sidekick with a wider QVGA display, mood lighting with LED lights that blink with alerts and a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash. It also comes with a 128MB microSD card. The Sidekick Slide comes in a little smaller package measuring 4.6 x 2.4 x 0.68 inches and is from Motorola. It doesn’t have the swivel display like the traditional Sidekicks but also doesn’t skimp on features as its set up the same as the LX.

T-Mobile along with RIM launched a new, upgraded BlackBerry Curve today that not only features Wi-Fi for data but can also connect voice through the Wi-Fi connection via Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) and the HotSpot@Home service. The BlackBerry 8320 can take advantage of both the current EDGE network or a Wi-Fi connection when available, seamlessly switching between the two during a call.

When using UMA, users of the 8320 can talk through a 802.11g wireless home network or public Wi-Fi hotspot without racking up any talk-time minutes as they would through the standard cellular EDGE voice connection. The new Curves from T-Mobile will come in new colors of titanium silver (shown here) or a pale gold (exclusively through T-Mobile) but other than that are pretty much the same as the original BlackBerry Curve. The BlackBerry 8320 has a 2 megapixel camera, media player, microSD expansion slot, full QWERTY keyboard and takes advantage of T-Mobiles myFaves for 5 friends from any carrier.

Today Apple made an announcement, as expected, that the iPhone would be coming to Germany with T-Mobile as the carrier. What we weren’t as sure about is the launch date since the release for Germany wasn’t announced at the same time as the UK. But it looks like Apple isn’t going to let Germany go around iPhone-less any longer than its neighbors and the mobile gadget will launch on the same day – November 9.

There were some differences in todays announcement compared to Yesterday’s. Like everywhere else, the German version of the iPhone will not support 3G, however there was no mention of the hundreds of Wi-Fi hotspots that will be scattered around to provide data connections like O2 is planning for the UK. Also no service plan rates were announced, but they did say the the iPhone itself will be going for €399 (about $550 USD).

Apple has announced a press conference in London scheduled for Tuesday, having sent invitations with its usual shrouded itinerary titled only, “mum is no longer the word”. Most speculate that this press conference is set to announce the launch of the iPhone and its carriers in Europe.

Apple has planned a European launch in the 4th quarter of this year for the iPhone with its sleek look and sought after multi-touch interface. Many analysts are speculating on the carriers for …

T-Mobile has launched an additional selection of colors available for the BlackBerry Pearl which are now available through their website. The three new colors available consist of Sunset red, Gold and Blue in addition to the original Black or White 8100 models.

These new versions unfortunately are not the rumored new Pearl 2 models and have changed in color only housing the same features of the original BlackBerry Pearl. The new colors are priced the same as the original going for $300 with a $100 instant discount and a $50 mail-in rebate …

According to an industry analyst Apple may be on the verge of announcing a 3G compatible iPhone, possibly before the weekend arrives. That would be welcome news to our European cousins that have been wanting an iPhone of their own that isn’t unlocked and that is covered by a warranty.

Analyst Will Strauss of Forward Concepts made the statement based on circumstantial but compelling evidence including a deal brokered last week between Interdigital and Apple. The terms of the seven-year deal allows Apple to use Interdigital’s IP for iPhones and any future Apple mobile phone products.

The folks over at HipTop3 came across some information on MySpace that leads us to believe that T-Mobile may be planning a launch party for a new Sidekick in October.

DJ AM, who has played for the previous T-Mobile launch parties of the Sidekick II and Sidekick 3, has October 16th blocked out for another private party with T-Mobile. This would also be good timing for the launch as well, with the holiday shopping season approaching.

A leaked advertisement from T-Mobile Germany gives some inside information that the iPhone may be launching in Europe in November, with tri-band HSDPA and a larger storage capacity.

According to the ad the iPhone will have a launch date of November 12 with T-Mobile, which we knew Apple was planning a launch before the holidays but not exactly when. The iPhone will go for 499 Euros, or about $687 USD, which is higher than the US original price of $599 and way higher than the recently cut price of $399. But, it looks like this model will have 16GB of memory which is twice the largest 8GB model available in the US. It wouldn’t be surprising if Apple started offering this larger capacity in the US before the holidays as well, which would make sense with the lower price on the 8GB and the discontinuation of the smaller 4GB version.

Rumors and speculation are getting heavy regarding information on the Google phone, and this time CrunchGear has dug up some reported “facts” about the device and its functionality.

According to the information from GigaOM, the supposed first Google phone might not be quite as cool or fancy as many of the photos floating around the net have depicted, and we’ve seem other rumors that it may be as cheap as $100 once released.

Motorola revealed today plans to debut its highly desired Razr2 mobile phone from major U.S. wireless carriers Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, US Cellular, and Verizon Wireless. Specific availability and pricing plans are at the discretion of the carriers, though some are expected to make the phone available shortly.

The Motorola Razr2 is considered a significant improvement over the original Razr. This new model gives you a larger internal screen for what Motorola says will be an ability to have full HTML Web browsing. There will also be an external screen which provides “touch feedback” and lets users view media, music and messaging without needing to flip open the phone.

Samsung and T-Mobile today announced the release of the Samsung Blast slider-style mobile phone. The Blast focuses on keeping in touch with your friends through multiple communication features aside from just talk.

The crimson and black slider phone exposes a QWERTY like keypad similar to the Blackberry Pearl to allow faster and easier text entry. Users will want to use this advanced keypad to take advantage of the email service provided through the Samsung Blast with access to email through AOL, Yahoo Mail and Gmail as well as MAP4, POP3 and …

It’s still hard to say if this is going to be the actual next generation Sidekick 4 or if it’s going to be another staller like the Sidekick ID. According to Engadget this model, through the ID you can see on the label as PV250, is encouraging and has been dubbed “Shuriken” internally by Sharp.

The Shuriken model number is higher, which isn’t much of a good sign, but a good one nonetheless. The Sidekick 3 is PV200, and the Sidekick ID …

Well, hello sexy. This lovely piece of tech is the Motorola Q900, also known by the cooler nickname Zante. The first thing you will notice is the attractive deep purple-on-black color scheme which is a real eye-catcher. Specs and features include a 5 row backlit QWERTY keyboard that’s revealed once you slide up the screen; a 2.4-inch QVGA 65K TFT display; 1.3 MP imager; game controllers; web browsing with Javascript support; Bluetooth connectivity; 128 MB memory (expandable up to 2 GB); Push email; IM support for AIM, Microsoft and Yahoo; MP3, WAV, MIDI, AAC, AAC+ and …

According to a recent report from Rheinische Post, Apple has just signed a deal with Deutsche Telekom T-Mobile to make Germany the next stop for an iPhone launch on November 1 of this year. The report is a preview to an alleged announcement planned for tomorrow where T-Mobile will be unveiled as the exclusive provider of the iPhone for Germany, selling the famed gadget for about 450 euros ($612).

While no sources of the news were cited and no comments from the involved parties were made this isn’t really set …