Most of Chinese mobile phones clones have wretched list of specifications, but this one seems to be exclusion. Touch MAX 2G is a clone of HTC MAX 4G. In contrast to original device it has two pre-installed operating systems – Windows Mobile 6.5 and Google Android 1.6. When user switches on the device he is offered to choose between these two popular mobile platforms. Other characteristics of this communicator are 624 MHz Marvell PXA310 processor, 3.2 inch touchscreen with 400×240px resolution, 2 Mp camera, 128 Mb RAM, 256 Mb ROM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Touch MAX 2G has been already available and costs $205.

Ericsson has just announced its own application store for mobile phones. In contrast to analogue Ericsson eStore is targeted not at end users but at mobile operators. It allows them to set-up their own apps store to their consumers. At present moment Ericsson eStore includes more than 30 thousand apps both paid and free. It is expected that new online store will also attracts developers – now they their one app will be published via multiple carriers. It is also said that eStore will include applications  both for smartphones (WinMo, Android, Symbian) and usual phones with Java support.

Together with Nuvifone A50 Garmin-Asus announced one more smartphone. Nuvifone M10 will become available in Europe and Asia by the end of the second quarter of this year. But it will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona. This smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system with pre-installed UI. This list of technical characteristics is usual for devices of such class and includes 3.5 inch touchscreen display with 800×480 px resolution, 5 Mp camera with flash and autofocus, 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 processor, 512 Mb RAM, 512 Mb ROM, 4 Gb internal storage, microSDHC memory card slot, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, Wi-Fi b/g, 1500 mAh battery and 3.5 mm audio jack. Nuvifone M10 measures 116 x 58 x 14.3 mm and weights 138 g.

The first information about this phone appeared some weeks ago. It is expected that it will be officially announced at Mobile World Congress 2010 and will become available by the end of the March. In contrast to other latest HTC’s communicators this one has physical QWERTY keyboard. HTC Trophy runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system and has 3 inch touch screen with 640×480 px resolution, 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, 256 Mb RAM, 5 Mp camera with autofocus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and 3.5 mm audio jack. To all appearances HTC Trophy belongs to middle class device and will cost about $300.

It is not a secret anymore that HTC is developing HTC Obsession communicator that will be the world’s first device running on Windows Mobile 7 operating system. Now we have some photos of this remarkable device. As for hardware characteristics HTC Obsession will have 1 GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 CPU, 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive screen with 480×800 px resolution and multi-touch support, 5 Mp camera with autofocus and flash, 0.3 Mp camera for video calls, 512 Mb RAM, 512 Mb ROM, 4 GB flash memory, microSD memory card slot, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, GPS, accelerometer and 3.5 mm audio jack. The battery has 1230 mAh capacity and provides up to 10 hours of talk time and 7 hours of video playback. The dimensions of the case are 112×56x11.7 mm. According to some sources the Obsession will be released as HTC Touch Diamond 3.

According to pocketnow.com Microsoft is going to introduce Windows Mobile 7 on Mobile World Congress 2010 exhibition that will take place in February. The first device running on new operating system will be LG Apollo. This communicator will feature 10 Mp camera with HD video (1280х720) recording support and 3.8 inch touch AMOLED screen with multi-touch technology support (WM7 will support multi-touch). It is also said LG Apollo will have 1.3 GHz Qualcomm QSD8650 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB ROM, microSD memory card slot (up to 32GB), Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth modules.

HP together with AT&T officially announced iPAQ Glisten communicator. It has classic shape factor and is equipped with 2.5 inch AMOLED touch screen and QWERTY keyboard. The list of hardware specifications includes Qualcomm 7200A 528 MHz CPU, 3.1 Mp camera with 5x digital zoom, 256 Mb RAM, 512 Mb ROM, microSD memory card support (up to 32 Gb), Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, A-GPS, 1590 mAh battery and 3.5 mm audio jack. The operating system is Windows Mobile 6.5. HP iPAQ Glisten measures 112.8 х 62.8 х 13.4 mm, and weights 132 g./This device will become available in AT&T operator’s shops in next few weeks and will cost $230 with two-year contract.

At first Windows Marketplace for Mobile was available only for devices with latest version (Windows Mobile 6.5) of popular operating system by Microsoft. But today from today owners of device running on WinMo 6.0/6.1 also have an opportunity to use this new online shop. To start users of WinMo device have to download and install special application that can be find here. At present moment catalog Windows Marketplace for Mobile includes about 400 applications both paid and free.

C-motech Mangrove is the world’s first Windows Mobile 6.5 OS based MID with 7 inch touch screen. It is also known that this mobile Internet device is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, 256 Mb RAM, 512 Mb flash memory, microSD memory card slot, GPS module, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, 2 USB ports, 3.5 mm audio jack and 3G networks support. Another remarkable feature of this device is 3D accelerator. C-motech Mangrove measures 190×120x19.5mm and weights 300g. The battery has 4000 mAh capacity. Unfortunately there is no any information about price and release date.

According to some sources Samsung is ready to introduce its new smartphone – Samsung OmniaPRO B7330. It seems that this device has nothing special except the fact it runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional. It has classic shape factor and QWERTY keyboard on the front side. As for technical characteristics this smartphone has 2.6 inch screen with 320×320 px resolution, 3.2 Mp camera, ARM 1136EJS CPU, 97 Mb built in memory, microSD/microSDHC memory slot, Wi-Fi, 1500 mAh battery Bluetooth 2.0 and GPS modules. Supported network standards are GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s/HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s. There is no any information about release date and price.