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It’s been a long time since the Motorola Shadow came onto anyone’s radar. Well, at least a few months, but now it seems to be back, better than ever. If a recent report coming out of the WiFi Alliance is to be read correctly, then it looks like the Motorola MB810 might be the codenamed Shadow, which might mean it’ll see another name change before it hits shelves some time in the near future.

The Motorola Shadow was one of the devices named to be the Google Nexus Two, and for good reason. It’s supposedly rocking a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, 8MP camera on the back, a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and now Android 2.2 (Froyo). Additionally, it’ll support MicroSD up to 32GB and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n.

While some think this bad boy will show up on Verizon when it supposedly launches some time during the second quarter of 2010, others think it’s a GSM-based device. Well, that’s a 50/50 shot there, so we’ll hold our breath. But, considering the Google Nexus One isn’t doing too hot in the whole CDMA realm of things, we’re going to put our hats in the GSM pot for now. We’ll pass on more as soon as it develops.

[via PhoneDog]

Odd. We had all but forgotten about LG’s Cookie Fresh touchscreen device, when out of nowhere it just pops up again. We probably even imagined that LG had managed to keep to their goal of a release last month, but apparently that’s not the case. The LG Cookie Fresh has just been reaffirmed for having a May release date, but still, we don’t know exactly when in May.

Let’s get the recap out of the way, shall we? The LG Cookie Fresh features a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, a 2MP camera on the back, along with LG’s “cartoon User Interface.” Additionally, there’s support for MicroSD, and on the software side of things there’s an integrated Facebook application, and things called LiveSquares, which apparently puts an animated picture as an icon for a selected contact.

The Cookie Fresh is also rubber-trimmed, so we imagine that’s either going to scare some people off or attract them by the masses. The hardware will come in 16 different colors, whenever it launches, and we imagine that LG still plans to release it in up to 50 countries around the world by the end of the year. We’d like to tell them that launching it in the UK might be a good start, but apparently they’re off for a bank holiday. There’s no word on pricing, but we’ve still heard it will be ridiculously cheap when it launches on Vodafone, Virgin, and Tesco.

[via CNET UK]

It hasn’t been too long since we saw some official screenshots of Sagem’s official PUMA phone, the solar powered touchscreen phone, themed to the very depths with PUMA-esque details. And, just a few short months later, it looks like the device has finally managed to clear the FCC, with photos taken of the endeavor for good measure. But, it’s missing a few key features that makes a US release date anywhere before that stated early 2011 very unlikely.

But, if you’re in Europe, Sagem is sticking to their story that the device will be available on Vodafone and Orange by the second week of May, so that’s not too far away at all. So, what would you be getting if you do pick up this eco-friendly handset? Well, you’d be getting a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen device, with a 3.2MP camera on the back, along with that ever-popular solar panel. And, just in case you get bored with regular touchscreens, Sagem has included Dylan, a digital Puma on the inside of your phone that reacts to the taps of your fingers on the screen.

As for what it’s missing during its arduous trek through the FCC, that would be US 3G of any kind. But, with it clearing the FCC, that means you can import the device if you so desire. But, we can imagine that’s going to get pretty expensive, considering you’ve got a digital pet to play around with. Now, how cool is that?

[via SlashGear]

It’s been awhile since we got the last shot from Mr. Blurrycam. We can’t say that we’re happy to have him back, but at least we get our first spy shot of the LG GM360 in the wild, so that’s got to count for something. You’re looking at an LG device that, for the most part, has been flying around the world under the radar. It’s shown up a few times, but not so much as it is right now. And now, for sure, we can confirm that it’s a dual-SIM handset.

These photos are coming straight from Brazil, one of the places where the handset itself is rumored to be launched some time later this year. There’s a few shots which LG Central managed to wrangle up, but the key ones are the front-facing one, and the second image below, where you can clearly see that there are spaces for two SIM cards. On the front, though, there’s a 3-inch touchscreen display (no word on whether or not it’s capacitive our resistive, unfortunately), with a WQVGA resolution. It’s got GSM/EDGE connectivity, FM radio, music player, and it’s got a 5MP camera on the back to boot. There’s also USB, Bluetooth, and support for MicroSD cards.

As we said above, there’s no word on when the device will be made available, but those rumors swirling around suggest that it should be soon. Brazil is a hot ticket, but considering the GSM/EDGE connectivity, it could pinpoint quite a few places around the world. As soon as we know more, we’ll pass it along.

[via LG Central]

Right after the Nokia N8 gets reviewed by a Russian mobile site, the internal specification sheet gets leaked. And while it doesn’t necessarily decry a load of information you couldn’t discern from the review, we have to admit that we hate to see good specs getting wasted in a mediocre phone. And, that’s exactly what’s happening with the N8. As you’ll see, the specs detail a phone you might actually want. Unfortunately, it’s still the N8.

Noteworthy: 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen display, with a 16:9 widescreen ratio; 16M colors; a 680MHz processor; 12MP Carl Zeiss lens, Xenon flash, and 20x digital zoom; GPS; Bluetooth; WiFi b/g. So, like we said, some pretty good features, especially for a Nokia touchscreen device. That 3.5-inch OLED display is nothing to scoff at, either. We just wish the review had gone better.

There’s also something else worth mentioning. The spec sheet is dated back in November, so there’s obviously some things on there that are going to change. We’ll have to wait until the official one to compare it to, so hopefully we don’t have too long to wait before Nokia announces it, or it gets leaked.