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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Sure, we’ve already gotten a chance to play with the Nokia N96 — and even seen a couple reviews — but you know Uncle Sam’s got to get his taste before this thing gets its rumored launch later this month. Yep, nothing spectacular in the test reports, but if you’ve got a thing for industrial photography of circuit boards under florescent lights, you might want to hit the read link while you’re alone.

[Via Cellphone Signal]

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC

So when the Bluetooth SIG leaks a new handset, it’s a leak of epically tiny proportions. Instead of the wealth of test reports we have the distinct pleasure of poring over when we get a juicy device via the FCC, the good ol’ SIG gives us a single table of mostly meaningless information — and that’s in a best-case scenario. The worst case is where we get a model name or codename, geographic availability, and manufacturer name, and that’s it. Such is the case with the HTC Rose, a phone we’ve never heard of before, and for all we know, may never hear about again. Our wild imaginations can easily concoct amazing Android-powered superphones with WVGA displays, 8-megapixel autofocus cameras, and 32GB of ROM until the cows come home, but this could just as easily be an EDGE-only Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard sleeper with all the design inspiration of an ‘82 Ford Escort. Or, you know, more likely something in between.

[Via Cellpassion]

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

Well, looky in this place! Not happy with the Touch Dual or Touch Pro, you saucy CDMA lovers, you? Try this one on for size then: the last piece in HTC’s EV-DO puzzle for 2008 has at this time hit the FCC, the Touch Diamond — and though only Telus has managed to announce it so far, we’re feeling good about plenty of other carriers on the CDMA train recognizing the importance of this device and signing on before too long. We see test reports for WiFi, too, though we imagine it’ll be at carriers’ descretions to disable it if they’re so inclined. Let’s get a move on, Sprint. You too, Verizon, don’t think we don’t see you whistling over there in the corner.

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