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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Samsung, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

At this point, neither the HTC Touch Diamond nor the Samsung i900 Omnia need any introduction, but we’re happy to announce that these two have stepped into the squared circle and faced off in an epic nine-page battle. Reviewers manhandled Bot. phones for an extended time and broke down the UI, hardware, features and overall usability, so if that sounds like something you’d be interested in, cover your face and head on down to the read link. We’re warning you though, it gets ugly.

[Thanks, Chavdar]

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Tags: Diamond, Gsm Edge, Hardware Features, Hsdpa, Htc Touch, Mobile Gsm, Nbsp, Omnia, Reviewers, Samsung, Samsung Gsm, Samsung Mobile, Squared Circle, Ui Hardware, Usability, Windows Mobile

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA

In HTC parlance, the “Neon” codename denotes a device of the Touch Dual form factor — original Touch styling plus a slider keyboard, a drill we all know by at this time. This particular form factor seems to be a pretty popular one, too, considering the sheer number of variants HTC’s turned out; at this point, we have one for Europe, one for North America, and one for Japan, and a new FCC filing suggests that there’s still at least one more trick in that pony. The so-called NEON400 doesn’t give much away from the ID label document that we see in this place, but test reports indicate that it’s sporting CDMA 850 / 1900 — just right for launching on Sprint, Verizon, Alltel — you get the idea — and obviously, we’ll see EV-DO in there as well. Against the Touch Diamond, the Dual is starting to look just a little dated, but it gets that all-important keypad that the Diamond lacks — so even networks that end up launching the Diamond can realistically make room for this one in the lineup when it’s declare. By someone other than the FCC, that is.

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Tags: Alltel, Cdma, Diamond, Europe, Fcc, Fcc Filing, HTC, Japan, Keyboard, Nbsp, Neon, North America, Parlance, Pony, Sheer Number, Slider, Sprint, Test Reports, Variants, Verizon

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, CDMA

it seems like Motorola and Verizon are getting ready to take a third crack at the Q9 form factor, following up the Q9m and Q9c — and this time around, there’s a little something extra in store. On top of the EV-DO Rev. A radio, the so-called “Napoleon” (codename, of course) features GSM, because — surprise, surprise — businesspeople who use Windows Mobile devices tend to do just a bit of traveling. it seems like Moto has taken this opportunity to give the Q9 meme a little nip-tuck job, too, with a rounded body and a tastefully-applied ring of chrome around the top edge. They’ve even tossed in a fingerprint scanner for good measure, a tip o’ the hat to the suits who’ll without doubt populate the upper 90 percent of this sucker’s client base. No word on a release Dat. or price, but can we cautiously submit a thumbs-up for the design direction in this place?

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Tags: Businesspeople, Course Features, Crack, Design Direction, Fingerprint Scanner, Good Measure, Mobile Devices, Motorola, Motorola Mobile, Motorola Wireless, Napoleon, Nip Tuck, Q9, Release Date, Suits, Surprise Surprise, Top Edge, Verizon Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Wireless Windows