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Skype and 3 Italy announced a new LG phone that enables users to call for free millions of Skype users (about 220 millions from all over the world)! The new Skypephone 3 is an LG phone with these characteristics:

- 3G connectivity
- MP3
- Mobile TV and Internet
- Fully integradet Skype with contacts, address book, recenta calls, online users
- Access to 2D and 3D Java games
- 2.0 Mega Pixels camera
- Internet browser
- Bluetooth
- weight: 86 grams
- Dimensions: 100 x 44 x 13,6 mm.
- Litium battery, 1150 mAh
- Stand by 320 h
- 3 hours of conversation
- 176 x 220 pixel 262144 colors display
- 16 MB internal memory
- microSD card with 256 MB, up to 1 Gb

3 Italy offers 10 hours of conversation PER DAY to Skype users and 600 chat messages. These services are available in most European countries, where 3 has its’ own network (3 Sweden, 3 UK, 3 Austria, 3 Denmark, 3 Australia, 3 Hong Kong, 3 Ireland).

The phone will be sold in Italy and UK, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Macau and Sweden.

An UK based company, Goldstriker, offers 24ct gold plated phones and iPods. Also, they also sell the housing, or if yours is in good conditions, they offer the possibility to transform your own!

Here an extract from their homepage:

Mobile phones are without a doubt a ‘‘must have’’ accessory, with ipods becoming a close second. Although you may always endeavour to have the best mobile or ipod on the market, you never achieve any uniqueness or originality as they are so widely available to everyone. Goldstriker international are now giving you the opportunity to express your individuality, and stand out from the crowd.

We have the widest range of 24ct gold plated phones and accessories on the market today, however if you can’t find what you are looking for, just contact us and we will be happy to assist with your enquiry.

If you already have one of these phones/ipods and don’t wish to purchase another, simply order just the housing and transform your existing one. You can even send us your own housing to gold plate providing it is in good condition.

Please browse our online store and enjoy the examples of our stunning work.

Giorgio Armani and Samsung presented a new co-branded phone, called (guess??) Giorgio Armani-Samsung. This will be the first of a series of products, from Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Casa, which will couple the fashion design of Armani, one of the biggest companies in fashion world, with Samsung technological skills and know-how.

The phone, available from November 2007, has a big 2.6 inches QVGA TFT LCD display touch screen. Despite its compactnes, the phone will be packaged with a 3 Megapixels video camera, a music player and a full internet browser. Its internal memory can be expanded with a microSD slot and it’s shipped with a stereo Bluetooth® earphone.

Here it come another iPhone competitor!! 

Rumors about the launch of the iPhone in France!It will be presented at the Apple Expo in Paris on 24th of September, but will be available only in November. The price for the iPhone should be around 300 €, for the version with less memory. No 3G connection will be available, and no flat for Internet will be given by Orange, the chose carrier in France.