You may recall that we had brought you some initial info on the HTC Maple a few days back (click here to visit previous post). Now we bring you some more details on the smartphone. The HTC Maple is all poised to hit the smartphone market big time. For one, It comes with some interesting new hardware. The company itself is making waves with its HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2. But in this hullabaloo, the HTC Maple lost some attention.

The Maple is now rumored to be making its very first debut at the CTIA conference to be held next month in Las Vegas. This smartphone supposedly sports a 2MP camera, 2.4” display, QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile Standard. We do not yet know if it also has 3G, but we suppose the company might include 3G data into the HTC Maple. Rumor is also that the Maple smartphone may predominantly target the US smartphone market.

HTC Maple

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The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone, which is available from T-Mobile, can now upgrade to BlackBerry OS 4.5. The features of the latest OS 4.5 upgrade include an updated user-friendly interface, download and editing of documents, calendar lookup, media streaming, email server search, HTML email for BIS accounts and much more.

The BlackBerry OS 4.5 upgrade also fixes some bugs which were present till now. This upgrade can be downloaded at T-Mobile Website.

BlackBerry Pearl 8120

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Sony Ericsson has now launched its premium touch phone, the Xperia X1, in Korea, in partnership with SK Telecom. The innovative touch phone, Xperia X1, is the world’s first arc-slider multimedia phone that offers the user a variety of functions. The stylish, yet user-friendly, device fits into your pocket and helps you with both leisure and business. You can easily send your business emails and also download the latest music and movies on the Internet, all this, while also reading a PowerPoint presentation.

This mobile runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and gives users an easy-to-use graphic panel interface, which they can customize the very way they want it to be. Encased in a full stainless steel body, the Samsung Xperia X1 includes a 3” WVGA display, a wide pitch full QWERTY keypad for easy messaging, a 4G micro SD card slot for expandable memory and more. The first 1,000 customers also get a leather phone case for free, so hurry to check this out.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1

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The very impressive LG Rumor has finally arrived from Sprint. This wonderful mobile phone is especially for those who would like the facility of a QWERTY keyboard without having to tolerate the complications a smartphone throws up. The LG Rumor’s slide-out QWERTY keyboard lies hidden and gives the user great ease of messaging.

Sprint Nextel LG Rumor

Other features of the CDMA LG Rumor include a 1.3MP camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth and access to Facebook and Sprint Navigation. The LG mobile phone, though, does not have EV-DO and Web browsing is pretty slow. The other downside is that the phone’s screen resolution is not great and the camera lacks a flash. On the whole, though, the LG Rumor brings with it a great multimedia experience and is for those who are not looking for very fast download speed.

Sprint Nextel LG Rumor

The LG Rumor is available for a price of $279.99, but you can also get it at a mere $79 with a two-year service agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate.