This exciting new phone come equipped with the latest dual core mobile processor from ARM. The 1.2 GHz system on a chip features the Cortex A9 with a Mali-400 GPU on board to deliver substantial performance enhancements over the first Galaxy S product.

With two processing cores, users enjoy blazing speeds for flawless movies, videos and video conferencing. The advanced CPU also ensures compatibility with future versions of Android which could soon require a dual core processor as a minimum system requirement.

Samsung, already known for its outstanding Super AMOLED mobile display technology, outdid itself with the Galaxy S II by equipping it with its new 4.3” Super AMOLED Plus panel. This new screen boasts a higher pixel count than the original and is by many accounts the biggest selling point of the new device.

Another reason to love the Galaxy S II smartphone is because it packs all this power while remaining remarkably light and thin. With a thickness of just one-third of an inch, the Galaxy S II can easily fit in virtually any pocket; the 116g weight means that the device is easy to use and carry. The innovative curved sides make the smartphone easy to grip.

In spite of the brilliant screen and massive processing power, the Galaxy S II achieves impressive battery life. While using 3G, the battery is rated to last longer than 8.5 hours and more than 18 hours while talking.

Samsung has produced an amazing sequel to its popular Galaxy S phone, which virtually every mobile phone user will appreciate, should they choose to buy it.

The Droid also has a slide out keyboard in addition to its on-screen text writing software. By contrast, the iPhone lacks any keyboard hardware, though some users have reported that they find this feature to be more obtrusive than useful.

The difference on this device from the Droid is that the Backflip has its keypad in the back, which folds out rather than sliding out.

The smart phone also features the Motorola’s, MotoBlur software, a platform that is designed to integrate social networking and other communications features easily for the user. MotoBlur is featured on the Cliq but not on the Droid.

Motorola’s co-CEO, Sanjay Jha who leads the handset business, said the company plans to launch the device in the first quarter of this year, but could not give a specific launch date, carrier partner or price on the device.

AT&T had press conference earlier in the day, and said it planned to launch new Android phones this year, and had a picture of the Backflip.

Now, Google is getting into the smartphone business with their Nexus One, a smartphone that has been tipped may be a game changer if Google goes the unlocked route and sells the unit themselves.  Can Nexus One take down the iPhone giant and capture the smartphone market for itself?  There have been many who have tried and haven’t come close.  We shall see in the coming months, though I seriously doubt it.

Blackberry offers technology that allows you to attach up to ten personal and corporate e-mails to phone. As a result you can receive, read and respond to email no matter where you are.

In addition to reading email, users can open attachments, view and edit documents, because the Curve 8900 has capabilities to support Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF files. It also provides an impressive 2.4-inch, 480 x 360-pixel LCD screen with 65K colors to make viewing these files a pleasure.

The Curve 8900 also has an excellent functioning camera and video recorder both providing high quality photographs and videos. The camera has 2x digital zoom, image stabilization, auto focus, and flash.
All of these features come in a relatively small package. This smart phone is compact and light; it weighs 3.9 ounces and measures 2.4 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches.

If you want a smart phone that effectively and efficiently combines practicality and pleasure, the Blackberry Curve 8900 is the smart choice for smart users.

The device apparently runs Android, and there’s speculation that it’s a musical-themed gadget since there are some decidedly note-like icons up near the top of the image.  Of course, given the fact that there are exposure trails from most of the on-screen images, it’s entirely possible that those “notes” are in fact simply circular, with camera shake creating the hooked tails.

Either way, it’s seemingly bigger than other Android touchscreen devices we’ve seen previously, and we’ll always welcome a new entrant to the tablet/e-reader sphere.  Anybody have any idea what this mysterious gadget might be?

It’s possible to pre-register interest, though not preorder at this stage, which means we’re still not entirely clear on how much the XPERIA X10 will cost.  Still, this is a premium handset and, as part of Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA range, will be priced accordingly; online retailer Clove are saying £400 ($668) pre-tax, though we’re guessing that’s speculative rather than based on any solid figures.

More interesting than the general release is when the XPERIA X10 might make it to North American shores.  Sony Ericsson did express their intention to launch the smartphone there – complete with its nifty Timescape and Mediascape apps – but blamed carrier issues for what will likely be a release later in 2010.

The official Craigslist app will soon be exclusively available to BlackBerry users. The $5 app created by Movela and Pyxis Mobile will allow users to browse and search through Craigslist postings across different categories, reply to them and save searches. The app supports all categories and countries available on the Craigslist website. So if you want to read ‘missed connections’ on the go, the BlackBerry will be the only place for it.

“We took about two days to create an initial version of the app and then took it to Craigslist for their approval,” says Todd Christy, president and CTO at Pyxis Mobile, which helped develop the app. “They liked it because we had a working app and not just a concept.”

It’s a big coup for Pyxis, which has been creating mobile applications for businesses for about nine years.

“A number of mobile app makers have applied to Craigslist for licenses and to date there is one authorized licensee,” says Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist.

BlackBerry launched it app store in April. Currently it has a little more than 2000 apps compared to the 12,000 in the Android Market and 100,000 in the iPhone app store. Craigslist apps exist on the iPhone but without official licensing, they are rather limited in their feature set.

Pyxis says the reason it chose BlackBerry is because it’s mobile technology platform is targeted at business users and a large number of BlackBerry users are business customers.

“Its our core platform and we have done a lot of testing of apps on the BlackBerry,” says Christy. “There was also no competition on the BlackBerry front for a Craigslist type app. ”

In the “distant future,” Christy says, the official Craigslist app could make its way to iPhone and Windows Mobile phones.

Check out a video of the official Craigslist app for the BlackBerry.

Reports are coming in that Samsung will be moving away from Windows Mobile in its handsets and moving towards using Android. According to analyst Greg Noh from HMC Investment Securities Samsung will move from 80% Windows Mobile usage to 50% in 2010.

That percentage is said to be decreased further in coming years until only 20% of Samsung’s devices use Windows Mobile by 2012. The move is seen as a signal by some that more and more handset makers are moving away from Windows Mobile towards Google’s open source Android OS.

Verizon customers can now get the Storm 2 for $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. In case you somehow missed the hoards of posts with the specifications for the device, I’ll run the main items down for you here.

The handset has a touchscreen measuring 3.25-inches with a 480 x 360 resolution using capacitive technology. The handset supports 3G and operates on the EVDO Rev A network. It runs the Blackberry OS 5.0 and has a 3.2MP camera with autofocus and image stabilization. The battery is a removable 1400mAhr unit good for 5.5 hours of talk and 11.2 hours of standby.