Nokia announce the Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition mobile phone that continues the legacy of one of the company’s most successful products, the Nokia 6700 classic. Featuring stainless steel covers with real gold plating of 18 carats the Gold Edition is destined to turn heads, and bring a touch of desired exclusivity with an appealing price of 370 EUR, before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 6700 Classic Gold edition will become available in select markets during the first quarter of 2010.

The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference provides a view of the near future. Tomoyuki Suzuki, Senior Vice-President of Sony in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan, will be one of the various international speakers, and will speak about the challenges that the company is facing concerning the development of image sensors. Looking at the digital camera, a huge development has taken place. The first CCD sensors for consumer electronics were used in the mid-80's in video cameras. In the years that followed, the digital camera made its appearance and proved a great breakthrough. Several quality and performance breakthroughs became reality. The rest, as we know, is history.

According to a leak in the HTC organization, we can expect an interesting series of HTC cell phones in the first half of 2010. HTC's marketing department will apparently start using four different market segments, including the social segment, a cell phone segment focused on social networking. The HTC Tide will be such a mobile phone, with a keyboard and touch screen functionality. The supporting software must be completely focused on applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, etc. Social networking is a strong, growing market and responds to the needs of the modern consumer to always and everywhere be able to be connected to his or her network.

The leaking of an HTC mobile phone roadmap for 2010 has released information about a new series of HTC smartphones with Android and Windows Mobile OS. Last year there was also a leaked roadmap that appeared to be quite accurate after the fact. That’s why we assume that the recently leaked information will turn out to be mostly accurate. One of the new HTC phones will be a new Windows Mobile smartphone, the HTC Trophy. Not much is known yet, but for now we can assume that the HTC Trophy WCDMA / HSPA: 900 / 2100Mhz will support the network with GSM / GPRS / EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900Mhz support. The OS will be at least Windows Mobile 6.5.

The HTC Tera was leaked; at least that's what we assume. Information about the shape of the HTC roadmap for the first period of 2010 has been leaked. Earlier, similar information about the future HTC mobile phone surfaced, and appeared to be quite accurate after the fact. That's why we will assume that this recent information will be the most accurate info about the future HTC phones for now. The HTC Tera smartphone is similar, in many respects, to the known HTC Touch Pro2, a phone that LetsGoMobile mobile phone reviewer Casper van der Kaaij gave a thorough test run this year. We expect that the HTC Tera mobile phone will be geared towards the active or business user.

With the introduction of the Motorola DROID, another Motorola Android smartphone seemed to have been forgotten. What was the deal again with the Motorola Sholes? Many thought that the Sholes would eventually become a DROID, but recent information shows us that there are still reasons for the existence of a Motorola Sholes Android smartphone. There are still no definite mobile phone specifications available, but leaked images make up for that. What we were able to find out right now is that the Motorola Sholes is equipped with an HDMI interface, which signals the existence of HD video support with an 8 Megapixel camera for mobile photography.

A handy teenager had a good look at the new Android 2.1 ROM for the HTC Hero, and came across a few model names, the majority of which we have not seen before. They are the so-called codenames that most likely belong to new HTC Android cell phones that have not been introduced yet. The Mobile World Congress 2010, which will be held in Barcelona in February, is expected to be the moment in which the leaked HTC telephones will receive an official status. Until then, we shall have to make do with the Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Dream, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Hero, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Passion, Sapphire and Supersonic.

Harman Kardon, a division of Harman International released the Harman Kardon GLA-55, a high-end two piece speaker system for computer, MP3 player and home entertainment use. Offering versatility in its function, the Harman Kardon GLA-55 is a stylized multimedia focal point, boasting breathtaking beauty, impeccable sound technology and functionality. Combining numerous proprietary technologies to provide the highest audio quality, GLA-55 from Harman Kardon delivers with astonishing bass and clear accurate sound in any direction. Offering the very best of any 2.0 speaker system in today’s market, the Harman Kardon GLA-55 speakers integrates beautifully with home and office décor.

New simple, large button cell phones perfect holiday gift for seniors. Consumer Cellular, a nationwide provider of cellular phones and services, has unveiled its holiday line-up of affordable, easy-to-use senior-friendly cell phones designed by Doro, an award-winning Swedish company with more than 30 years of product design experience. Developed with active seniors in mind, the Doro PhoneEasy 345 and 410 cell phones are the perfect present for parents, grandparents and great-grandparents looking to simplify their overall mobile user experience. The Doro PhoneEasy 345 is currently available for $40.00 and the Doro PhoneEasy 410 is available for $50.00, plus a $35 activation fee. Both senior cell phones can be purchased online.

The Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, the company’s most affordable Nokia Maps loaded, GPS-enabled phone has been unveiled. The new Nokia 2710 Navigation phone is expected to be popular in the developed and developing world alike and has been developed with urban environments, small towns, as well as rural areas in mind. Incorporating straight line navigation with the assistance of an integrated digital compass, it also includes turn-by-turn driving navigation with full voice guidance.