Samsung Mobile, one of the world's leading mobile phone and telecommunications equipment and technology companies, today marks the launch of its latest handset - the Samsung Tocco - with a "Please Touch" exhibition at the Azam Gallery, County Hall, London. The Samsung Tocco marks an innovative step in touch screen technology, with a new and totally unique UI that provides the simplicity of a full touch screen, and allows you to customise and personalise the way you use your phone. Tactile technology unites with innovative design, as it boasts a refined brushed metal finish and comes with a premium leather case for protection on the move.

HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, introduced the HTC Touch 3G and HTC Touch Viva mobile phones. Continuing HTC’s touch-phone tradition, the HTC Touch 3G and Touch Viva utilize TouchFLO, HTC’s finger-touch optimized navigation experience enabling quick, one-touch access to the people, messages and information people want. “The HTC Touch 3G and HTC Touch Viva embody our commitment to build a family of touch phones that are powerful and stylish but also offer something to everyone,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corporation. “Whether you’re a professional or a student you can now get an HTC touch phone with a beautiful touch user experience.”

Alltel Wireless rings in the holidays with return of popular stop-motion animation TV spots and cheerful offers on popular handsets. To ring in the holiday season, Alltel Wireless, America’s largest wireless network, is bringing back the popular stop-motion animation characters that brightened its TV commercials last year. The Sales Guys and Chad return in animated form as their rivalry continues. While Chad encourages everyone to communicate with friends and family this holiday season with “My Circle,” the Sales Guys continue to be naughty in their plot to ruin the festive season.

Clarity, a leading supplier of communications solutions for older Americans, released the ClarityLife C900, an easy-to-use amplified mobile phone that doubles as an emergency response device. The cell phone, now available for $269.95, is designed specifically for seniors, providing the freedom to stay connected with loved ones and the peace of mind to know that help is just the push of a button away. The ClarityLife C900 is available “unlocked,” which means it can be used on any GSM network, such as T-mobile and AT&T.

LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications announces the launch of the LG KT520, a stylish prepay mobile handset. Boasting easy-to-use functionality, the LG KT520 is a slider cell phone packed full of features including a 3.2 megapixel digital camera, complete with autofocus, MP3 player, GPRS and Bluetooth. With ample internal storage (45 MB) and the ability to store an additional 35MB via a MicroSD flash memory card, users can load and listen to all of their favourite songs, as well as save a multitude of photos.

The Motorola Rapture VU30 mobile phone stands out from the crowd with a captivating look and is packed with features customers demand. Whether capturing a special moment, purchasing songs over-the-air, or downloading tunes and syncing to a Personal Computer, the Motorola Rapture cell phone is always ready to meet Verizon customers needs.

Nokia announced the latest addition to its E-Series mobile phone range, the Nokia E63, designed for people who need to manage their business and personal lives equally well. Building on the success of the Nokia E71 business mobile phone, the company's flagship messaging phone, the Nokia E63 brings the QWERTY keyboard form factor to a broader audience at a great price. The Nokia E63 also includes Files on Ovi, a service where people can get remote access to their PC files even when their computer is offline. Anyone buying the handset will have access to 1GB of online file storage for free.

For mobile professionals and consumers who want a fully featured smartphone complete with a QWERTY keypad for fast messaging, easy access to email, location services and multimedia applications, the Motorola Q11 smartphone delivers all of this at an affordable price. The slim Motorola Q11 mobile phone with integrated WiFi, is ideal for people who want a high-speed connection for Internet browsing. The built-in WiFi uses Boingo Mobile to automatically connect the Motorola Q11 cell phone to thousands of WiFi locations worldwide.

Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Group and Research In Motion announced that the BlackBerry Storm mobile phone will be available later this fall, exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the United States and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. Designed to satisfy the needs of both consumers and business customers, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone combines the powerful communications features, global connectivity and personal productivity advantages of the BlackBerry platform with a revolutionary touch-screen technology that dramatically enhances the touch interface and enables easy and precise typing.

In its ongoing effort to bridge the digital divide, Nokia introduced a range of affordable mobile devices and innovative new services specifically for people in emerging markets. "In 2002, Nokia unveiled a strategy to lower the cost of owning and operating a mobile phone and to bring the benefits of mobile telephony to people in emerging markets. Today, we are expanding that vision by introducing a number of mobile phones and services that aim to bring the power of the Internet to these markets as well," says Robert Andersson, Executive Vice President, Mobile Devices, Nokia.