Bell recently announced the twin releases of its mobile phones, Sanyo PRO-200 and PRO-700, in the month of January. Though there was no confirmation about the same, Bell was to have introduced the phones today. But that has not yet happened, so we will have to await that day patiently. The Sanyo’s cutest couple, the PRO-200 and the PRO-700, is slated to be heading towards Bell Canada within this month end. The flip phones are actually built rugged and can withstand a good deal of rough city-life mal-handling. Appearances are indeed deceptive, right?
The Sanyo phones support 3G data connectivity, GPS and Bluetooth. The PRO-200 is supposed to cost around the range of $149.95 to $349.95, depending on the kind of contract you choose to undertake. The PRO-700, on the other hand, is said to cost about $50 more. You may even choose to go contract-free, in which case, your wallet will be lighter by $399. So if you are looking to get yourself a rugged flip phone this New Year, do consider the Sanyo duo.

Sanyo PRO-200 And Sanyo PRO-700
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HTC is now releasing a new product in its line of advanced mobile phones, the HTC Iolite. The new phone will run on a powerful 528MHz CPU and will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro. The handset, as expected from HTC, is completely loaded with features as well.
The HTC Iolite comprises 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM, 3.2MP camera, 3G HSDPA/HSUPA with Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity as well. The HTC Iolite has a microSD card slot of expandable memory up to 8GB. This mobile phone also has an extra feature called “HTC Footprints”, which indicates that it might be some kind of geo-tagging or GPS tracking system.
We expect to get a lot more information on this mobile phone by about mid-February, by the time of the Mobile World Congress.

HTC Iolite
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KTFT has now released its EV-W450 Touch Star Phone into the Korean mobile market. This very stylish-looking WCDMA handset has been released just today and is already making waves out there. The Touch Star EV-W450 phone, much as the name suggests, has a touchscreen and unique sub-screen menu design at the bottom of the phone. The user interface of this phone makes it extremely easy for the user to handle and navigate through.
The phone also helps the user to access the sub-screen icons effectively, with just a feather touch. Additionally, the phone lets the user customize hot keys for frequently used menu keys. This phone supports text messaging, MP3, video, 3MP camera, Bluetooth, video telephony and conferencing and 7.2Mbps speed data connection. What makes this phone special is that it supports the independent use of 2 phone numbers within itself. This phone, that is strikingly similar to the Samsung Soul, is available for 500,000 Won.

KTFT EV-W450 Touch Star
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The latest entrants into the FCC files are the The Alcatel OT-S215a and The Alcatel OT-S218a, pretty much ordinary-looking phones with all the basic mobile phone features in place. These WAP-supported phones offer capabilities such as conference calling, voicemail, text and voice messaging services, switching to airplane mode and so on.
Further, the Alcatel mobile phones, OT-S215a and OT-S218a also support Bluetooth, Voice Memo, Web Browser and a Media Album, that includes audio and picture formats, Games and FM Radio. Additionally, these phones also give you the other usual mobile phone features such as organizer, alarm, calculator, currency converter and so on. Take a look at the pics below and tell us what you think.

Alcatel OT-S215a/OT-S218a
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