Verizon and Motorola have introduced the new Droid RAZR MAXX, an enhanced version of the RAZR with extended battery life. It includes all the features of the RAZR and packs a 3300mAh battery for over 21 hours of talk time and up to 15.8 days standby time on one single charge. Even with a bigger battery, the MAXX is still slim at just 8.99mm.

Nokia Lumia 800

Nokia announced the Lumia 800 and Lumix 710 smartphones running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system. These devices are Nokia’s first Windows Phone devices. The former, looks like the N9, has a “head-turning design” and comes in cyan, magenta and black colors, while the latter is a more affordable option that comes in in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers.

Nokia introduces its Oro smartphone, a luxury version of the Nokia C7. The Oro is crafted from 18 carat gold for a touch of elegance and features premium leather on it back and a home key made of sapphire crystal.

While Nokia has partnered with Microsoft on the Windows Phone 7 platform, the cellphone maker has yet to bring any WP7 device. Instead, Nokia has announced two new Symbian smartphones, the X7 and the E6. X7, according Nokia, is an entertainment-focused device. It features a large 4-inch 640×360 AMOLED touchscreen is ideal for viewing HD videos and full web pages.

Finally Nokia officially unveils the E7-00 Symbian^3 smartphone. Designed for business, the E7-00 comes with sliding four-row QWERTY keyboard, just like other Eseries phones. It also offer support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, built-in Nokia Mobile VPN for connecting company intranet quickly and securely, business grade device lock and wipe functionality, remote device management, and other business-oriented features.

Nokis C6-01

Nokia introduces two new Cseries mobile phones running Symbian^3, the C6-01 and the C7-00. Both smartphones are equipped with a 8 Megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording capability. According to Nokia, “this latest version of Symbian is packing 250 new features and improvements whilst remaining familiar to the millions of existing Symbian users worldwide. With multiple homescreen support, multitasking and gesture-based interactions, this latest version of Symbian^3 is a big leap forward.”

Samsung is launching in Brazil a version of Galaxy S smartphone with integrated ISDB-Tb Digital TV tuner and antenna. Like other variants, this Brazilian Galaxy S packs 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 5 Megapixel camera, 8GB internal memory and support for WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0.

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