Actively seeking to broaden its brand appeal with female consumers, Boost Mobile, the division of Sprint that offers wireless phones and services with no contracts or activations fees, announce the availability of Motorola Debut i856. Designed for fashion savvy consumers, Motorola i856 adds stylish ivory coloring and flattering front and back detailing to Boost Mobile’s first slider phone. The Motorola i856 mobile phone is available now online with free shipping for the price of $149.99.

Musicians take their fans to far off places through the lyrics in their songs. Now, music fans can take a different kind of musical journey with the LG 8575 Touch (also known as LG Chocolate Touch), the newest multimedia handset from Alltel Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm USA. With 1GB of internal memory dedicated to music, up to 250 songs can be stored on the phone, and listeners can enhance their storage options with an external microSD card of up to 16 GB. In addition, the LG 8575 Touch mobile phone also includes an FM tuner so users can catch their favorite radio shows or hear the newest tunes from their local radio stations. The LG 8575 Touch mobile phone will be directly available at Alltel retail stores and online.

Samsung Electronics officially announce its newest Android-powered smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Spica I5700. The Samsung Galaxy Spica is a powerful Android-powered smartphone that offers seamless connectivity, highlighted by smooth access to Google mobile services and easy connection to popular social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica shows faster and more powerful performance than ever before by providing 800 MHZ application processor, so users can enjoy a variety of applications that can be downloaded from Android Market.

If you are a fan of music phones in a slider form factor, you may find yourself interested in the new Samsung M3310. Sources have provided us with information about the new Samsung sibling, which indicates we're dealing with an initial Russian introduction. However, it could also very well be possible we will come to witness a European model. In 2008, Samsung introduced the F400 in the same segment as the Samsung M3310. Upon opening the M3310 phone, a speaker pops out, which allows you to enjoy your own music. Whether we will find a powerful Bang & Olufsen amplifier, like applied to the Samsung F400, in the M3310 remains to be seen.

One of those persistent rumors that keeps popping up, is about the development of a smaller iPhone 3Gs, also called Apple iPhone Nano. Perhaps an iPhone Nano is simply the most desired item, and we can certainly imagine why. The iPhone 3GS has had a major impact on the development of new phones, and has at the same time also influenced the creative minds of the developers that tend to stay in the background. We can certainly see potential for a small iPhone Nano, although a smaller screen does require appropriate adjustments. The latest rumors report the development of an Apple iPhone Nano with a 2.8-inch screen.

What's up with all these sugar candy names and mobile phones? If you were strong enough to keep away from the LG Chocolate, and if you were then able to resist, albeit only barely, the NTT DOCOMO design phone with its chocolate layer, you will be tried again when the LG GU280 Popcorn phone becomes available. At this moment, the new LG cell phone has been announced in Italy, however, we expect the LG Popcorn to be available outside Italian borders too. The LG GU280 or LG Popcorn if you like, comes in a white-pink color. I am curious to see if an LG Lollipop, LG Cherry or LG Strawberry will actually turn up next. Could the marketing department really not come up with a more original name at all?

Motorola introduces a new robust handset, the Motorola Quantico. Meet your everyday duties head on with Motorola Quantico. This rough and tumble cell phone is built to survive and designed to let you thrive. With a tough-as-nails exterior forged from chrome, glass, mesh and rubber, Quantico from Motorola will keep up with you no matter where you go. An accidental dip in water used to spell trouble for your mobile phone, but fret no more with the Motorola Quantico - thanks to a submersible design that protects the Motorola phone in up to one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. Rubber overmold and sturdy gripping textures make sure you always have a handle, even after it’s been dunked.

We are expecting the availability of a new T-Mobile phone shortly; the T-Mobile Tap. We recently learned that at least Deutsche Telekom will sell the T-Mobile Tap, but whether the rest of the world will be able to purchase the same handset, is not yet clear at this time. The T-Mobile Tap is a simple yet stylishly designed cell phone, and comes in two colors; cherry red and so-called midnight blue. This is a typical example of a mobile phone that aims at those users who are genuine design lovers, yet don't like to spend a huge sum of money on it. So it's an budget handset, and in our opinion, there is nothing wrong with that.

T-Mobile USA, the wireless leader in offering the broadest selection of Android-powered smartphones in the United States, announce that the Samsung Behold II will be available beginning Nov. 18. The full touch-screen Samsung Behold II, also known as Samsung SGH-t939, is a multimedia powerhouse with fast Web and data supported by Wi-Fi and T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network. Available exclusively from T-Mobile USA, the Samsung Behold II is the first phone from T-Mobile to feature a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen for crisper colors and wider viewing angles, which is paired with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, zoom, flash, five shooting modes and video capabilities.

What is it about chocolate? Delicious to eat, in any form, but the combination of chocolate and mobile telephony remains a complete mystery to us even on this day. Is this the famous generation gap? Just before the holiday season, NTT will launch a new phone of the Docomo Style series. The NTT Docomo SH-04B is a so-called chocolate mobile phone designed by designer Tadaaki Wakamatsu. Tadaaki is best known for his Q-pot label. The NTT SH-04B mobile cell phone is partially waterproof (IPX 5/7) and mainly stands out from the masses by its design. The chocolate on the NTT Docomo SH-04B housing is dripping off, as it were.