Verizon announced the next generation DROID smartphone, the new DROID 3 by Motorola featuring a side-slide full QWERTY keyboard. While its predecessor DROID/Milestone and DROID 2/Milestone 2 come with a 4-row keyboard, the new DROID 3 has a 5-row keyboard, adding a dedicated row for numbers. It is powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM and runs Android 2.3 OS.

Sprint Motorola XPRT

Sprint unveils two new Android smartphones with enhanced business-ready capabilities from Motorola, the XPRT and Titanium. Both devices have bar-type form factor and full QWERTY keyboard. The former is Sprint’s version of DROID Pro and is the first Android smartphone from Sprint to deliver enterprise-class security, personal productivity enhancements and international roaming; while the Titanium leverages Sprint’s industry-leading Push-to-Talk capabilities as the first Nextel Direct Connect smartphone built on Android 2.1.

Verizon Wireless announced the launch of the LG Fathom (VS750) QWERTY smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.5.3 OS with a 1GHz CPU. The side-slide mobile phone features a 3.2-inch touchscreen with tactile feedback, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2 Megapixel auto focus camera, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.

While the Pearl 3G is for GSM/UMTS/HSPA network, RIM also brings the Bold 9650 smartphone that supports CDMA EVDO 3G network, which is an update to the Tour 9630. The new Bold has a stylish design with glossy black finish and chrome highlights. The phone, in fact, looks just like the Tour but gets an optical trackpad.

As Microsoft is launching the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, we’ve seen a bunch of WM6.5-based smartphones, such as HTC Pure, Tilt 2 …

Verizon officially announced the launch of the HTC Imagio (XV6975) smartphone. As we have mentioned in last post, the Imagio is basically the dual-mode version of the HTC Touch Diamond2. It is a a world phone supporting Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, 2100 HSPA, and CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A 800/1900 MHz.

RIM’s BlackBerry Tour 9630 is a world-roaming smartphone that supports quad-band GSM, 3G UMTS 2100 as well as CDMA2000 1X 800/1900 …

According to BGR, Verizon is going to launch the HTC OZone QWERTY phone which is basically Verizon’s version of the HTC Snap. It supports not …

Research In Motion (RIM) announced the new BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone, being spotted before, for the North America market. The Tour 9630 supports both 3G …

KDDI introduces its new brand, the iida and brings to the new line the G9 slider mobile phone that supports both GSM and CDMA networks. The iida G9 has a 3-inch 480×854 LCD display, a 3 Megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom, a 0.3 Megapixel secondary camera for video call, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot.