Virgin Mobile Canada has announced that it will be selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS on its network. The announcement had no details to speak of and may well be one of the shortest PRs ever at only 198 characters. Maybe it was going to be a Tweet and they just couldn’t shed those extra characters and get the point across.

The Motorola Motus has been spied in one of the worst examples for spy photography in a long time. The image is even more blurry than we expect spy shots to be. The handset has a full QWERTY keyboard and a 5MP camera.

Sony Ericsson Kurara handset has broke cover and has a Cortex A8 CPU inside. The handset has 256MB of RAM and a PowerVR graphics processor and 720p HD video playback.

The launch date for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 handset has reportedly been pushed back from the February date that had supposedly been confirmed. The page now says coming soon rather than the launch date that was listed before.

T-Mobile customers in the UK have good reason to be mad today. Word has surfaced that customer data was sold by T-Mobile staff to cold callers. The employees that sold the data were unauthorized to do so and will face prosecution.

Maemo is said to be replacing Symbian on all of the high-end Nokia N-series handsets by 2012. Several of Nokia’s high-end phones are already using Maemo so it’s no surprise all the devices would be moving that way. I am sure with the investment in Symbian it will hang around on some Nokia models.

A fix for the camera woes some users where experiencing with the DROID handsets has apparently been rolled out silently. Some reports say that wiping the anti-glare coating off fixed the issue, but others think a software fix is the reason for improvements with the camera’s autofocus.

More details of the Saygus VPhoen have turned up today. The device claims to be the first handset in the US to support 2-way video calls. The video calls promise to work on lowly EDGE networks and 3G networks.

Engadget went hands on with the Nokia N900 one of the products that drew complements was the speedy processor. Maemo 5 is described as the most user friendly version of the OS so far. Engadget also says the device may offer a better web experience than even the iPhone.

The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition handset has debuted packing in a DVB-H TV tuner. The device has hardware music control keys, a 2.4-inch screen, and a headphone jack. Obviously, we don’t have DVB-H TV here in the US so the device is set for overseas only.

That Dell Mini 3 smartphone we have been hearing so much about is set to debut in China and Brazil according to the Washington Post. The device is a touchscreen phone and it is rumored that it will show up in the US next year likely with AT&T.
T-Mobile has announced that the Samsung Behold II will be hitting stores on November 18. The handset will sport a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen, 5MP resolution, WiFi, 3G capability and more for $229.99 with a new service agreement.

The geeks over at Akihabara News have gone hands on with the Fujitsu F-04B mobile phone that can be taken apart to give a screen and separate keyboard. The thing is cool and looks like is should be some sort of Transformer.

Images of what is claimed to be the first Samsung Bada handset have tipped up. The device is an all black monolith with baked in hard buttons at the bottom for back, call answer and disconnect. The handset isn’t expected until closer to 2010.

Walmart has announced that it will be offering a $100 gift card to any shopper who buys a Blackberry next week. The offer is good for certain Blackberry devices on any network that Walmart peddles including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile.

The Nokia N900 is officially shipping after several delays. The handset is powered by Maemo 5 and has a 3.5-inch screen and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Internal storage is 32GB and the handset runs the ARM Cortex A8 processor.

The boxy Motorola Milestone is certainly not as sexy as the new Droid, but may be more to some users liking. The Milestone is set to hit the Telus network in Europe in early 2010.

Rumors are swirling that Samsung may be looking to drop Windows Mobile in favor of Android. Analysts have Samsung reducing Windows to 50% of their devices in 2010 and by 2012 only 20% of its handsets will use WinMo.

Nokia announced a recall on 14 million chargers for its mobile phones today. The recall covers chargers with model numbers AC-3E, AC-3U, and AC-4U. The chargers pose a shock hazard according to Nokia and were built by a third party.

We have been very impressed with some of the slick Motorola handsets recently like the DROID. Motorola seems to be unable to weed out all the junk handsets though and its latest MOTO Klassic is boring.

The European version of the DROID called the MILESTONE is now official. The device will sport multitouch, but will not get that sweet Google Maps Navigator app that the US DROID gets. We aren’t sure exactly why the MILESTONE gets multitouch and the DROID doesn’t at this point.

Watchmaker TAG Heuer debuted a new mobile phone called the MERIDIIST Automobili Lamborghini mobile phone. The device is built with design cues from the Lamborghini exotic cars and will be sold only at selected Lamborghini and TAG Heuer retailers at an undisclosed price.

The slick Motorola DROID is making big waves in the US with some saying the device is the best Android phone yet. The DROID is set to hit Europe with a new name called MILESTONE later this month. The device will sport multitouch and Android 2.0 though some reports have the MILESTONE lacking the cool Google Maps Navigation feature the DROID offers in the states.

Bell Mobility has announced that it will be the exclusive carrier of the Omnia II, which will be the official handset of the 2010 Winter Olympics kicking off in a few months. The handset has a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 5MP camera, WiFi, GPS, and more.