NTT DoCoMo announced that it will launch new clamshell phones Panasonic P706ie and NEC N706ie on this Friday, August 15. The P706ie handset is a 3G phone featuring 3″ 262,144 color TFT LCD internal display with 240 × 427 pixels and 0.8″ black-and-white organic EL external one with 96 × 25 resolution, a 2 megapixel CMOS camera with AF, microSDHC card slot. The phone measuring 109 × 49 × 15.9 mm and weighing 105 g provides up to 570 hours of standby time and about 190 minutes of talk time. The Panasonic P706ie is available in 3 colors: Black, Lavender and Silver.

The second model by NEC, the N706ie is equipped with 3″ 262,144 color TFT LCD internal display with 240 × 427 pixel and 1.6″ monochrome LCD external one with 96 × 84 pixels, 2 megapixel CMOS camera, microSD card slot. The handset provides 700 hours of standby time and 250 minutes of talk time. Measuring 105 × 49 × 16.6 mm and weighing 115 g, the N706ie you can get in 3 color variants: Chianti Red, Shell White and Truffle Brown.

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There have been lot of rumors going for Android powered devices, every time I am on internet the rumors are far and wide on news sites and blogs. The latest rumors are that T-Mobile is set to launch the HTC Dream (G1) make Android powered device this year but we must know that these rumors are often changed.

TmoNews predicts that the T-Mobile will launch this phone on September 17th, the phone named as G1 will be sold at 150$ and will only be available for T-Mobile subscribers. G1 will carry a 3.0 megapixel camera and would be a touch screen phone. G1 will be equipped with media sharing feature by which you can watch YouTube and view / edit documents, and a QWERTY keyboard. The device will be released in black, white, and brown colors.

The Treo 800w is new Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone by Palm featuring 320×320 touch display, QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO Rev. A, WiFi 802.11b/g and GPS support. The phone is available for Sprint customers for $249.99 after discounts and rebates with a two-year contract.

sources MobileBurn , Phone Arena , Mobility Site , The Mobile Gadgeteer