The Samsung R560 Vice, which features on the Samsung website, maybe going to MetroPCS in Canada. The Samsung R560 closely resembles the Samsung R450 Messager, which incidentally was also branded by MetroPCS.
The R560 has a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, which is most convenient for messaging. This phone has been approved by the FCC and documents indicate that it has tri-band CDMA radios, which is a staple with MetroPCS, EVDO, Bluetooth and 2MP. We don’t know for sure yet, but we sure suspect that the “Messager” phone that shows up on Sammy’s website may actually be the R560 Vice, re-branded for the sake of MetroPCS.
Samsung Messager
Source: PhoneScoop
T-Mobile continues its QWERTY tradition with its Samsung phones. The latest in the line-up are the Samsung Comeback and the Samsung Gravity 2. The best feature of both these phones is, of course, the full QWERTY keyboard, which vastly helps in speedy texting. The Comeback does a side flip to show off its innards, such as a 2MP camera, QVGA display and microSD slot for up to 16GB.
The Gravity 2, on the other hand, is a traditional side-slide QWERTY device, which also features a 2MP camaera and 3G. The Comeback comes for $129.99, while the price of the Gravity 2 will be announced somewhere in August. Keep an eye on this space for more, you diehard texters!
Samsung Comeback Gravity 2
Source: EngadgetMobile
Nokia has announced today that the Nokia Surge, a messaging phone with a slider QWERTY keyboard, is going to be released in Europe as the Nokia 6760 Slide. While AT&T will promote the Surge in the US, the European version, the Nokia 6760 Slide, will come with a 3.2MP camera (the original Surge has a 2MP camera), A-GPS and 3D landmarks and terrain maps as well. This phone will come to that market in Q3 2009 for 199 EUR before taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia 6760 Slide offers users easy access to social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter and also email from Yahoo!, Gmail, Ovi Mail, Windows Live Hotmail and many, many others.
Nokia 6760 Slide
Source: SlashPhone
Are you a Cricket fan looking for some nice new mobile phone from the company? If you want something just cute and not an in-the-face flashy mobile phone, you should consider Cricket’s latest offering, the TXTM8, pronounced, “Text Mate”.
The messaging phone looks real neat and comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 1.3MP camera, AWS CDMA and Stereo Bluetooth. Contact Cricket for more info on this one, priced at $139.99 after discount and on contract.
Cricket TXTM8
Source: EngadgetMobile
