After announcing their buyout by Acer Computing it appears Eten is in no mood to slow down, the company announced several new cell phones this week, with a real cool development on their Eten DX900. The Eten DX900 is a dual sim card device that support 2G (GSM/EDGE) networks, and the high speed internet connection 3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA).

The phone was so impressive it was actually awarded the Best Choice of Computex Award 2008 for its innovation. So where's the innovation you may be asking yourself. It turns out the DX900 is the world’s first dual-SIM & dual standby Windows Mobile handset to support HSDPA and EDGE. Thanks to the dual sim card design users can use two sim cards which can be combined for a business and personal line, or users can choose to use one as a phone line and the other as a data line with a separate sim card.

Like other Eten devices in the past, the unit will also feature WiFi connectivity and will even sport a 3 mega pixel camera. Also, if you want to see your pictures or watch your videos that won't be a problem either, it turns out the Eten DX900 comes equipped with a staple of the Eten Glofiish series of recent devices, a VGA display output. So Viva Monogami!!

So how is Taipei this time of year? Is everything going as planned? How is Computex? Are those manufacturers really getting their best and newest products on display but ready to be properly released?

Mio just mentioned the LeapG50 at Computex. Besides the looks it offers a 400MHz processor, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Bluetooth. Wi-Fi is yet to be determined but I hope that’s a fully running option. The GPS is there too and a 2.0-megapixel camera will sure come in handy. The OS you asked? What did you expect? Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional is there to do the job. You might also want to know there’s the Spb Mobile Shell 2.0, MioMap 2008, and geotagging support already waiting for you.

What else is there? Well we’d like to know a price, official availability and possibly a worldwide release date.

Nokia N96, the latest of Nokia’s N series will be coming by July 31st. Or that’s what some people say. That means this smartphone got postponed yet again. This slide phone will be quite expensive too. While I am a fan of Nokia and I’d fancy an N96, I still can’t believe the asking price. Rumors say it will retail anywhere from $1200 (price currently shown on some sites) to $800 (according to Nokia).

Here are some of Nokia’s N96 awaited features:
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad band,
• WiFi, HSDPA and GPS support,
• DVB-H mobile tv support,
• Photo geo-tagging,
• Symbian S60 3rd edition FP2,
• 16GB memory,
• microSD slot,
• 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash.

Worth all the cash? We’ll have to wait and see!

Qualcomm wants to go strong in the mobile world. They apparently plan to develop a handset which would be using the Windows Mobile 7 OS. And bare in mind that there are so many smartphones out there that haven’t even come close to upgrading to version 6.1 of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS.

The cited handset will possibly be powered up by a Snapdragon mobile CPU and it will be announced anytime during the CES 2009. We are to expect 3G and fast internet connection availability and a price as low as $299. We are also to expect a friendlier operating system which will offer you a laptop-like experience when using it. You’d better make sure your country supports Qualcomm processors or you will be buying it from overseas.

But we must wait for long to get this gadget. Qualcomm predicted in 2009 to lunch.

The Sony Ericsson G700 is a new Symbian UIQ Smartphone that offers a conservative look with some nice features. Starting with the display the G700 features a 2.4" 262K-color QVGA TFT touchscreen while the size of the Sony Ericsson G700 comes in at a very manageable 106 x 49 x 13 mm and a light weight design with an overall weight of 99 g.

The unit is a tri-band handset that also features 3G high speed internet connectivity along with Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP for use with Stereo Bluetooth headsets. The unit also ships with 160MB of internal memory, for added memory you can also use a Memory Stick Micro card.

While the Sony Ericsson G700 may use a Symbian UIQ the actual user screens are more simplified and actually look more like a standard Sony Ericsson phone than a standard smartphone. For instance, the touch screen features such amenities as a one-touch organizer function that is accessible via the home screen, the unit also features the same one-touch control to the Notes application and to the G700's media function.

The Sony Ericsson G700 also features full support for the following messaging formats: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, and Instant Messaging.