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MTC is a pretty important Russian carrier, with millions of customers and it’s strange that barely now they’ve launched the first touchscreen handset, known as MTC Touch 540. This is a compact device, as shown in the image below and it comes with a plastic case and pretty low end specs.

Available in three color versions (black, white and pink), the phone uses personalized desktop settings and comes with Java games. Also, the phone is not SIM-locked and can be used on any operator you want to. In case you’re wondering, the device’s design was created by Alcatel. Here’s the specifications list for the handset:

Connectivity: GSM 900/1800 MHz, GPRS, Bluetooth, USB 1.1
Dimensions: 96.2 x 53 x 14.1mm
Weight: 80 grams
Display: 2.4 inch touchscreen, 240 x 320 pixels
Camera: 1.3MP, video recording
Memory: microSD (up to 4GB)
Battery: Li-Ion, 750mAh, 250 minutes of talk time and 750 hours of standby

Motorola has just announced two new dual SIM handsets in India, the EX115 and EX128 models pictured below. The first is a QWERTY handset, while the second is a touchscreen dual SIM unit. Both devices provide quad band GSM connectivity and EDGE support.

Moto EX115 and EX128 also pack 3MP cameras with video recording, messaging features, email, Bluetooth, FM radio and microSD card slots (32GB max). Available via local Indian retailers, the handsets also include social networking features (Facebook, Myspace, YouTube).

We’re met with another day of the week and no shortage of Android tablets in sight. This one’s from a company called Disgo and doesn’t offer much different from any of their competitors attacking the market in its price range of £180. A resistive WVGA touchscreen, 1GHz prcoessor, 256MB of RAM, 2GB of internal storage, WiFi N, microSD card slots, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and mini USB ports make up the usual bits.

It does offer something a bit more extra, however, in micro HDMI-out port. That alone might be worth the price of admission for some of you, but everything else is pretty standard. We’re sure there’s no Android market to be had with this so you’ll have to look to third party marketplaces to get the apps you want on it.

[via Reg]

Accessories for devices these days are usually run-of-the-mill. Aside from a few cool ones from Samsung – such as the keyboard dock for the Galaxy Tab and the USB-HDMI out for their Galaxy S devices – they are always pretty much the same. Sony Ericsson’s come up with a cool one for their Xperia phones, however, called LiveView. This isn’t the official marketing term, but I like to call it a “bundle of joy the size of a pocket watch.” Too corny for you yet? I know, it’s early and I haven’t had my McDonald’s roasted coffee.

Anywho, LiveView is a small LCD screen that – at a glance – shows you a count of notifications on your device from different sources such as email, Twitter, Facebook, calendar reminders, missed calls, and more. It even allows you to control your device’s music. Take a look at the video above to get the full gist of things.

It communicates with your device using Bluetooth and it’s said that the battery will last four days on a full charge – not too bad. They list official support for all of their Xperia devices, of course, but profess that it works with many other brands with Android 2.0+ so a long list of those of us without Sony Ericsson phones don’t get left out. I hope this wasn’t the exciting announcement Ericsson’s CEO was talking about last week. I still want my PSP Phone. Nevertheless, this is still pretty cool. Anyone looking to snatch one up?

A while back, one of our tipsters informed us of an unused model number for an HTC Android-based handset for Verizon Wireless. The model number was spotted on the Droid Incredible’s USB cable that listed other compatible devices. At that time, the only other HTC phone on Verizon was the HTC Droid Eris so we naturally thought “new phone!” We were finally able to confirm it to be a new device when another tipster later sent us an internal shot of the model number in Verizon’s database. That database entry was later updated to include a name – the HTC Merge. We thought it could be another device by HTC for Verizon that’s been making its rounds, but according to BGR’s latest leak, it isn’t.

This phone is also equipped with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard (though the backing color is black instead of red) and has a 5-megapixel camera opposed to the 8-megapixel camera on the 4-inch device (which we still have yet to be able to put a name to.) The screen here looks smaller, as well, though I can’t really confirm this myself. We also know that it’ll have world roaming capabilities, something we’ve heard before. Make your way to BGR for the full gallery.

After being spotted online in a bunch of pretty high res live photos, HTC HD7 is once again the talk of the town. The device’s specifications were leaked online in a full list and apparently the unit is coming to T-Mobile, fact confirmed by the support for the carrier’s AWS bands.

This is quite a powerful setup, perfect for running the likes of Windows Phone 7:

Dimension: 122 x 68 x11.2mm
CPU: Qualcomm QSD8250, 1GHz
Memory: 512MB ROM, 8GB internal memory, microSD card slot, 576MB RAM
Display: 4.3 inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 800 pixels
Connectivity: HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM, HSDPA, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, USB 2.0
Camera: 5MP, autofocus, 2x LED Flash,
Battery: 1230mAh
Other features: digital compass, motion G sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, kickstand

This certainly looks like a nifty follow-up to the HTC HD2, as some claim this device to be. So, will it be HTC HD3 or HD7 after all?

[via phonedog]