Motorola has launched their latest 3G handset the UIQ-based Z8m kick slider in Korea.

A follow-up on the Motorola Z8 it features the same UIQ, unusual design and HSDPA connectivity, which it updates to 7.2Mbps., as well as 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and Bluetooth connectivity.

Check out the video of the launch at the Grand Hinton in Seoul.

For all those times when you’re out and you think ‘Wow! I wish my friends could smell this!’ Your prayers have been answered with the new ‘Smellphone’ from NTT Communications.

NTT will begin testing the technology this month which allows users to send fragrances to each other via their mobile phones. Users select a fragrance from a list and using infra red the phone transmits to received fragrance ‘recipe’ to the recipient emitting the desired smell from the ‘fragrance device.’

NTT sees the technology as a method of making communication more personal, allowing for instance a user to send flowers via their phone or accompanying animation.

If you think customized ring-tones are annoying now, wait until we have point and send smellphones. The mind boggles.

Have you got intimacy issues? Bottle-fed babies may want to steer clear of the touch-happy interface and browsing promised by the upcoming LG LH2300.

Following on from a series of touchscreen phones such as their Prada and Viewty, LG have bestowed on us this little miracle and the Korean model threatens to be huge with its Hello UI, 3″ touchscreen LCD and a whole raft of features.

When your not getting intimate with its sensual interface you can enjoy the LG LH2300’s T-DMB mobile TV, Bluetooth 2.0 and microSD memory. Or you can simply get snap happy with the 3 megapixel camera and its anti-shake technology and sports face recognition.

This digital native is set to hit Korean shores in April, will other locations follow? Stay tuned.

What has become of our audacious hero from season 1 you may well ask as Samsung has followed up its SCH-C220 ” Miniskirt” phone with the intriguingly titled Miniskirt Season 2.

Fear not concerned viewers the carrier dependently titled SCH-C225/SPH-C2205/SPH-C2255 updates its predecessor with an embarassment of riches including new colors, smile shot face tracking functionality and haptic feedback.

The Miniskirt Season 2 also features 2 megapixel camera, GPS navigation Bluetooth connectivity and is only 10.9mm thick.

Who said sequels suck?

Apple fanboys everywhere must have sensed a disturbance in the force at the unleashing of the latest iPhone doppleganger which shares the same birthmark as the iPhone, but in reverse.

Who is the rightful heir to the throne? You don’t need to have seen the Man in the Iron Mask to know that almost certainly this impostor is the true king. All hail the Windows Mobile 6.0, 3.2-inch touchscreen-equipped cell phone, he is clearly our social better.

Not only is this equal and opposite Newtonian constant a welcome leader of the anti-iPhone rabble, he also features TouchFLO, Office Software, GPS and encryption technology, so some might suggest his ascendancy is inevitable.

Japan may not have been privy to Apple’s iPhone as yet but with the touch, tap and shake functionality of the Sharp Fullface2 I doubt they have missed it.

Not only does the Sharp phone look extraordinarily similar to the Apple design it adds features like 3.2 megapixel sensor, microSD slot and1-seg TV.
Add 3G in there and you’ve got yourself some customers.

Blackberry makers RIM have come out of talks with the Indian government victorious, at least for now. The tremors felt by proposals to ban Blackberry level email encryption, or at least lessen its security, have eased today with the government ruling out a ban of the service.

Looks like you can cancel your securephone order.

India’s 400 000 Blackberry users salad days of using push email to plot to overthrow the government are over. Indian authorities are demanding RIM either allow access to their customers encrypted communications or lower the encryption to 40-bit.

Following similar governmental interference in the US, ISPs are raising concerns that if RIM complies, all encrypted wireless data will be open to spying, making ecommerce virtually impossible.

Will RIM hold their ground? Will other phone users in India suddenly flock to Blackberry devices? We’ll keep you posted on the outcome of the meeting.

Sick of recharging your phone every other day just for it to die just as you wish the last train home? Well those enterprising Chinese manufacturer’s have come with a novel solution a battery that lasts for 365 days. Sound to good to be true? We thought so too.

The LionKing800 packs a battery ten times that carried by your or my cellphone, namely a 16,800mAh lithium battery, that not only last for a year its claimed, but also has up to 5 days talk time.

While the Energizer bunny’s future looks bleak we still have one question: how long does it take to charge?