We’ve heard about the mouthwatering features of the Nvidia Tegra chip and seen it go to work on the Zune HD. Now, get ready as we hear this versatile Nvidia Tegra chip also plans to invade smartphones before 2009 comes to a close. Both Samsung and Motorola are the ones currently rumored to be producing the Tegra-powered smartphones with Android as its possible OS. Apart from that, details are still pretty scarce at the moment. However, as far as its release is concerned, the early part of Q4 of 2009 has been mentioned as the likely period when we’ll see the first Tegra-based smartphone hit the market. With the entry of the Nvidia Tegra into the mobile phones scene, the competition is definitely shifting up to the next level.

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So, is Dell really going into the mobile phone market? If the photo above is to be believed, it’s not only likely, it appears they will be going after the Palm Pre. The photo may be a hoax but it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Dell wants to be in the cellphone business with those rumors some time ago that it was interested in buying Motorola. Anyway, here’s another un-Pre-like idea that may get Dell some legs in the mobile world.

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We’ve already seen the Samsung i7500 Android phone, and now, meet the Samsung Bigfoot. This is another Samsung Android phone that’s expected to debut this year. Apart from its QWERTY keypad, this slider comes with a 3-inch capacitive AMOLED touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera and UMTS/HSDPA connectivity. It is rumored to be coming very soon via T-Mobile in the US. No word on its pricing or which other markets will get blessed with this Android phone, but nonetheless, you can chalk this one up to your list of Android phones to keep an eye out for.

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We weren’t sure if the front-facing camera being alluded to in the leaked pics was true. However, if these new images are to be believed, it is indeed real and also comes with video chat support. Granted that we’ve already heard that an iMovie app will be bundled with the new iPhone, can this be iChat being ported here to the 3rd gen iPhone? One can only speculate at the moment, but without a doubt, this new iPhone is becoming more and more intriguing by the day.

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If you think that the images of the new iPhone we featured a few days back is just the product of some intense hours of laboring with Photoshop, then this new leaked pics might change your mind. Holding true to what we already know, the new iPhone featured in these images comes with a matte-casing, and apparently also has a front-facing camera though, admittedly, not that visible to the eye. If this were any other phone, we would probably stamp our seal of approval on this new iPhone design as real already, but given that this is the iPhone and rumors about are often than not exaggerated, we’re not ready to bust this rumor just yet. Nonetheless, with the way things are going, we won’t be completely shocked if the new iPhone does debut with a lot less shimmer and gloss in its design.

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Everybody’s abuzz over the new iPhone and the Palm Pre, but a couple of years back, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 was the hot topic on the interwebz. No thanks to its delayed release in the market, everyone easily got over their XPERIA X1 hangover and simply moved on. Now, we’re still not quite sure if this is really authentic, but it appears that Sony Ericsson is raring to make a do over with their new XPERIA X2. As far as form factor is concerned, the supposed X2 pictured above carries on the tradition of the X1. Flip it over, and you’ll discover that they’ve upgraded its camera to an 8.1-megapixel shooter as well. So far, that’s all we have for now, but rest assured, we’ll report the freshest news on the new XPERIA phone once we get hold of it.

[coolsmartphone via engadget]
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We’re not sure how authentic this is considering that its source isn’t as reputable as others, but we’ll give this one a shot. Based on what we can see, it appears that the 3rd gen iPhone comes with a matte finish and the power button has been relocated to the top left. Likewise, the headphone jack seem to have been transferred to the bottom, and a new lower right side button (camera key?) is available as well.

There’s really nothing too drastic that has changed as far as its over-all aesthetics is concerned. Personally, I was expecting something a little bit more from Apple, but hey, that’s just my personal opinion. How about you? What’s your take on this new iPhone design?

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Now Engadget is reporting iPhone storage options (a 4GB iPhone to a 32GB iPhone) that is way out there, but it confirms our theory (that’s the article below this one) that Apple is setting up its phone to take over the smartphone business and even to cause a schism in the mobile world in general. It’s going to be iPhone vs cellphone it looks like. Of course, price ranges will be important, too. How likely do you think it is for Apple to release a $99 iPhone?

It’ll be a wild WWDC 2009.

[read engadget]