Panasonic is all set to announce it's first Lumix smartphone at CEATEC 2010. The launch date is shown as 5th October 2010.The phone will be mainly a camera oriented device offering a 13 megapixel shooter. The phone will be cometing against the like of Nokia N8 and Altek Leo -14MP smartphone.

The phone is said to have Panasonic VenusEngine and Jump Technology. It will have a CMOS sensor.

The phone will also have a 3.3? touchscreen LCD with VGA resolution. The phone has a clamshell form-factor. The dimensions are 116*52*17.7mm and weighs in at 146 grams.

With that much thickness, it looks like Panasonic has put in a very nice and serious imaging device. Reducing the thickness would have allowed less room for a good camera unit.

HD recording is also on the list. Lets wait and see what Panasonic have in store for us.

via Panasonic

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HTC Desire HD is the latest addition to the HTC's line of Android powered phones, and it's the one phone a lot of Android lovers are looking forward to. Recently, we told you that T-Mobile UK will bring the HTC Desire HD to UK soon, and already several UK retailers are taking pre-orders for it. A few days ago, we show you the pricing of HTC Desire HD for Vodafone UK, and the pricing let us know that the Desire HD is coming to Vodafone UK. And now as you can see in the image above, which is showing that the Vodafone HTC Desire HD is around the corner, and it will be free on selected plans, and usually the selected plans are always expensive if you are getting the phone for free. Vodafone is also bringing the HTC Desire HD to Australia. So anyone looking forward to the Android monster or do you love your iPhone 4? Tell Us !

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Our friends over at Android Central managed to get their hands on the HTC Merge, which is an upcoming smartphone and will be available on Verizon Wireless in few months. Android Central spent a long time with the HTC Merge, and they are saying that there is a lot of potential in the HTC Merge. I personally like HTC, and HTC really make some good phones, and there are a lot of examples out there. HTC Merge is going to be the first (or may be second?) global phone on Verizon, and may be HTC Merge will come with LTE, but it's not confirm at the moment. Android Central also benchmarked the HTC Merge, and the Merge is showing some awesome results which is blowing Nexus One out of the water. Head over to Android Central to read the full review, and watch the Benchmark video after the break:

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