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Until at this time, Milestone owners could do nothing but to envy Droid users rocking the Froyo upgrade; however, according to Motorola’s recently published timeline, the former device is at this time slated for the same dessert party in Europe and Korea in Q4 — specifically, “beginning at the end of this year,” which could well mean the majority of users won’t get the update until 2011 (!). Meanwhile, said upgrade is still “under evaluation” for Canada, Latin America, Mexico and Asia-Pacific sans Korea.

Generation Z, as far as we can tell, roughly refers to kiddies born between 1991 and 2009 — which means that if you’re the ripe old age of 20, LG’s not really looking to target you with its new full-touch Wink line, specifically identified as a Gen Z special in the press release. Of course, considering the specs, you probably won’t be shedding many tears; the entry-level Wink (pictured left) has just a 2.4-inch display, the Wink Style isn’t much more generous at 2.8, and the “high end” Wink 3G (pictured right) seems to be the only one of the bunch with high-speed data. All three have 3.5mm headphone jacks, integrated FM radios, and microSD expansion, but if you’re an American Gen Z’er, don’t get too excited — it’s only slated for Europe and the Middle East this month followed by Latin America, the CIS, and “chosen Asian countries” later in the third quarter. Follow the break for LG’s release.

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Look, the Star was so 2009 — if you’re curious about Samsung’s vision for high-function handsets in developing markets this year, look no further than this C3300K “Champ” that was declare this week. This 2.4-inch little guy takes us back to an era when 3G was just a twinkle in the GSMA’s eye, featuring quadband GSM plus EDGE, a QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth 2.1, and microSD expansion up to 8GB. You’ve also got an embedded stylus, dual loudspeakers, and a UI Samsung refers to as TouchWiz Lite — which appears to lack full-on TouchWiz’s infamous widget drawer, sadly. We wouldn’t count on a North American release, but look for the Champ starting next month in parts of Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Follow the break for Samsung’s release.