July 2009 Roundup

31st July 2009

The summer is here, so we usually expect product launches to quieten down. A lot of the phones we saw this month were aimed at the US, rather than Europe.

Samsung

The Samsung Gravity 2 is a normal looking phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but the Samsung Comeback is a slightly squashed looking messaging device, both are exclusive to T-Mobile USA. A completely different handset is the Samsung S9110 Watch Phone which is rumoured to be heading to France.

Nokia

The Nokia 3720 Classic is billed as Nokia's toughest phone ever, but it looks surprisingly normal. The Nokia Surge is another messaging device, this time heading to AT&T in the US. Almost (but not quite) identical is the Nokia 6760 Slide which is heading to Europe.

LG

Yet another messaging device, the LG GW300 looks like a BlackBerry Curve 8300 from two years ago, and it fails to impress. The LG BL40 Chocolate is a different matter, featuring an 800 pixel widescreen display in a drop dead gorgeous package.

Other Manufacturers

The Motorola Karma QA1 is yet another squashed looking messaging phone aimed at the US, this time heading for AT&T. T-Mobile showed off their version of the HTC Magic with the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, another US-only phone. Coming from the US is the GSM version of the Palm Pre, one of the most anticipated phones so far this year. Finally, we were underwhelmed by the BlackBerry Curve 8520 which seemed to be not much better that the original Curve 8300.

Goodbyes

This month we said farewell to the Nokia 6300, one of Nokia's best-selling phones ever. We also waved goodbye to Hyundai Mobile.. but we hope that they might come back some day.

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