SanDisk has officially announced at the 2009 MWC that LG Electronics’ most recent and fully loaded LG Arena multimedia handset will now include SanDisk’s iNAND 8GB Embedded Flash Drive, used by the handset as both a boot and data storage device. This will get rid of the need to have a separate boot device.

The LG Arena is the company’s flagship model for the first half of this year. It features enhanced audio and video technologies and a new 3D S-Class UI. SanDisk’s iNAND offers fast and reliable digital storage solutions. It is also completely capable of storing system boot code. So this helps conserve board space and reduces the complexity of design, while also lowering power consumption and cutting costs of having a separate boot device.

LG Arena

The Nokia N95 8GB has arrived on US shores – with six months of free turn-by-turn directions and voice guidance in Nokia Maps. The sleek, gloss black and feature packed device includes a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built-in A-GPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and an innovative two-way slide for easy access to both telephony (more…)

Shiny Media reviews the Nokia N95 8GB, LG Viewty, Sony Ericsson K850i, Samsung G800 and Apple iPhone. “Kat from tech Digest reviews the cameras on five of the best camera phones, up the famous London Eye. Which one will win?” (more…)

SlashPhone writes: “The problem with having the new N95 8GB imported from Europe before the North American version is released is that the nifty HSDPA won’t work. But alas, Nokia has finally blessed us with an NAM version that has the US spec HSDPA inside.” (more…)