Research In Motion (RIM) has officially released the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for T-Mobile network. Dubbed as the BlackBerry Gemini, the smartphone features a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, a 320 x 240 resolution display, a multimedia player, WiFi, and a 1150mAh battery. The Curve 8520 also supports “out of the box Mac compatibility,” which basically means users can sync contacts, notes and calendars via the BlackBerry Desktop Software on Apple’s computers.

While not widely acknowledged, introduction of Apple iPhone seems to have sent a shockwave throughout cellphone industry and left major vendors scrambling to produce their own answer to it. Only LG seems to have had something at least a little bit similar to iPhone with their LG Prada KE850 phone. Other vendors were left churning out the concept phones on YouTube. And here’s another Asus concept phone – Asus Aura, produced by Hungarian design company Egy Studio for Taiwanese vendor. It was clearly inspired by iPhone, although it has some interesting innovations...

The Telus HTC Touch Pro2 is now available at Best Buy for CAD$249.99 (US$230). In case you didn’t know, the smartphone features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2MP shooter with auto-focus, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a microSD (HC) card slot, an FM radio with RDS and a 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU. You can also get the speakerphone system called “HTC Straight Talk” for conference calls.

Here’s a concept luxury handset that will probably sell tons if it ever materializes. The BYB Balance cellphone features a slider mechanism that protects the two touchscreen displays when closed. You can flip it over and use the slider to turn the BYB Balance cellphone into a clock or a digital photo frame. Features include a 5.1 megapixel camera with auto focus and 2x optical zoom, 3G/HSDPA connectivity, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and a GPS navigation system. Just in case the 512MB internal memory is not enough, there is always a microSD memory card slot...

A little more than three months back, BenQ Siemens showcased its Black Box concept phone to signify its presence in the cellphone industry. Black Box was indeed impressive with its control layout that could change according to the functions we use. But, the latest concept phone from their side is gonna woo you with its astounding make. While we are short on details on the particular cellular phone, I am just thinking of how to operate this snaky phone. The concept phone looks like a snake and you can wrap it around your wrist. The looks are cool and captivating...

Philips has added a new member to its Xenium series with the introduction of Philips X650. This new slider phone sports a 2.4-inch TFT LCD display with 240 x 320 resolution and 262K colors, a 3.2MP autofocus camera, an FM radio, a 30MB internal memory, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, a USB port and comes with an impressive battery lifetime that lasts up to 8 hours in talk-time, or up to one month in stand-by mode. The phone also supports Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) connectivity with GPRS.