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The Omnia HD is probably one of the best phones available at the MWC and one of the best Samsung handsets released so far. We’ve heard the rumors and now it’s time we checked out the official specs.

The Omnia HD is the first full-touch Symbian phone made by Samsung and it’s the first phone capable of recording 720p HD video. It’s also has the biggest AMOLED screen in the mobile business so far, which means you should definitely give it a try if you get your hands on it.

And here’s the features list you were waiting for:

• a 3.7 inch AMOLED 16:9 touchscreen
• dual stereo speakers
• support for SD and HD videos
• 8 megapixel camera
• up to one hour of 720p video recording
• HSUPA 5.76Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps support
• GPS with voice guidance
• 8GB/16GB internal memory
• up to 32GB memory upgrade via microSD
• 3D interface
• Samsung Mobile Widget support
• Symbian OS

If you thought Acer had it topped with their notebooks, think again, as their new Tempo line of cell phones look built to give HTC’s Touch series a good old run for its money.  As promised, Acer has announced its new Tempo range consisting of four loaded Windows Mobile devices and a bevy of other features that are slowly becoming ubiquitous.

The jewel of the crown of course is the the Acer Tempo M900, which makes no pretense at which upcoming handset it is competing with.  With an expansive 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen display, the M900 sports HSDPA support, GPS, WiFi, Flashlite support, FM radio, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, all running on WM 6.1 Profession with a 5-megapixel camera to boot.  No details on its storage capacity are available, although some kind of expansion is suggested, with our bets mostly on microSD.  The M900 has also voice command and recording functions helping us go easy on the finger tapping.

There are no information on the price or availability but a guess like the second quarter of 2009 wouldn’t be too far off.

Pantech has just released a new phone, the Matrix PRO. The phone features HSDPA connectivity, GPS with AT&T Navigator, Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel camera, Video Share support and Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard. Nothing you haven’t seen before right? But get ready for this, the Matrix PRO has two slider mechanisms, one for a full QWERTY keyboard and one for a keypad. Simply slide-out the one you need at any time. The phone will be available from AT&T at some point although there’s no official announcement regarding release dates and prices.

via AT&T

Nokia 8208 is also present at the MWC and Nokia has announced the CDMA version for markets outside the US. And let’s recap the features of this dual slider:

• Dual band CDMA / EV-DO connectivity (800 / 1900 MHz)
• 2.2 inch display with 240 x 320 pixels and 16 million colors
• Nokia S40-like UI
• External music keys
• GPS
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3.5mm headset jack
• FM Radio
• 3MP camera with flash
• 150MB of internal memory
• 1GB MicroSD card in the box (support for up to 16GB)
• Talk time: up to 4 hours
• Standby time: up to 11 days
• 101 x 45.2 x 15.9 millimeters
• 126.3 grams

We don’t know the price yet, but the CDMA Nokia 8208 will be available in March.

Why anyone would ever need this product is beyond me but if Adtec produced it, there must be a market for it, right?

Adtec has recently released a Bluetooth wrist-speakerphone that comes in both white and grey, yippee. It connects to your cellphone via Bluetooth and beams everything you would normally hear from your handset, onto your hand.

This gadget is set to release in Japan, for 5,980 yen, or about $64.