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

Remember that white Sega Game Gear that you continuously read about — maybe even saw in a picture — but never managed to actually find in real life? In the minds of average Game Gear owners, it reached near-legendary status; it didn’t matter that the white wasn’t necessarily any better-looking than the black, the sheer rarity of the darned thing made it an object of pure, unadulterated lust. Yeah, well, that’s pretty much where we are with the white Touch Diamond right at this time — we know it exists, but finding one is nigh impossible, and that alone makes it a thousand shades of awesome as far as we’re concerned. Taiwanese site ePrice has some hands-on shots up and we think we’re loving the look of the prism effect in the new color along with the two-tone action up front; yes, we’d like to see it launch everywhere, but a certain (perhaps nostalgic) part of us wants it to stay impossibly rare.

[Via Daily Mobile, thanks Daniel]

Mythical white Touch Diamond gets handled originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Rogers Wireless, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Looks like the Daytime Emmy-quality drama that’s infiltrated the Nokia E71’s entry into the Canadian market may finally be drawing to an overdue end. Originally, Fido had been rumored to be the lucky recipient of the sexy little S60 number with QWERTY, but at some point, parent company Rogers became the front runner to nab it — and MobileSyrup reports that the coup is at this time complete. There’s no sign of it on their website just yet, but calling up a Rogers rep will apparently at this time net you the opportunity to score an E71 for $99.99 CAD on a three-year contract with the purchase of a voice and Dat. plan totaling $45 a month or higher — so if enterprise-y Symbian gear is how you roll, in this place’s your chance.

Nokia E71 at this time available from Rogers originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

In the “form factors Nokia hasn’t fully explored, but probably should” bucket, side-sliding QWERTY candybars ranks pretty dang high on the list, so we’re delighted to see that — as far as we can tell, anyway — Espoo’s still hard at work banging out the details of its E75. We’re told to expect WiFi (naturally), a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a 2.4-inch display, but more importantly, you’ve got a generous keyboard that should give the S740 a serious run for its money. We’re a bit concerned about usability on a totally flush keyboard like this (E90 anyone?), but hey, maybe that’s the reason it hasn’t been declare yet, right?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

Nokia’s QWERTY slider E75 spotted in the wild again originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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