The LG U830 is a completely different proposition, because the technology is probably even more interesting than the looks. It’s not just a 3G phone, the LG U830 is an HSDPA device – this means that it has access to 3’s 3.5G data network (where available). There’s a whopping 180Mb of internal memory (although it doesn’t seem to be expandable), a 2 megapixel main camera with a subcamera for video calling, a large 2.2″ 240×320 pixel display, a multimedia player and stereo Bluetooth. There’s an email client and web browser too.

Motorola ROKR E6 certainly is new and a little unexpected – it’s a very stylish Linux smartphone with very capable multimedia support. And thankfully it shares almost nothing in common with the original ROKR (we called it the FLOPR), even to the extent that the ROKR E6 doesn’t have iTunes support. The ROKR E2 was a iTunes-less Linux device too, but the ROKR E6 is hugely different.

It’s not entirely clear whether someone at Palm jumped the gun here, but a page on Palm’s own online store now tempts us with a “Palm® Treoâ„¢ 680 Cingular, GSM” in exchange for 349 of our hard-earned dollars.

While it’s no secret that we expect the 680 to grace Cingular with its presence any minute now, Inventec’s apparent failure to implement a little something called quality control seemed to put the handset’s release date in doubt — alas, Palm’s page alleges that their new low-end Treo is in stock with shipment in 1-2 business days.

The Vodafone 710 is an astonishingly dull 3G phone. As the name suggest, this is strictly a Vodafone-only affair, and other carriers won’t exactly have any sleepless nights over this particular phone.

There is something slightly interesting about the Vodafone 710 which is that it’s made by Huawei Mobile of China, and it’s the first time we’ve seen a Huawei handset launched as a mainstream European phone.

It’s not like we haven’t been teased here at Engadget Mobile with all the spy pics taken of the LG VX9900 lately. And with release dates coming and going, it’s begun to wear a bit on our patience.

LG’s VX9800 multimedia/communicator cellphone just got one of the highest forms of praise possible by a reviewer. Not much of a surprise, then, that MTR gives the VX9800 five out of five stars and their Editor’s Choice designation; the only real fault they can find with the phone itself is that the speakerphone doesn’t work with the clamshell closed.

This handset goes a long way to addressing a serious issue with Nokia’s lineup of phones – they have no mainstream 3G clamshell devices. Oh yes, they have the Nokia N90, N92 and N93 phones but these are completely over-the-top for most customers.

The Nokia 7390 on the other hand is a very promising looking 3G handset, except that it’s a fashion phone so it won’t appeal to business. The only other phone in that category is the Nokia N75, but that’s aimed at the US market only.

The Nokia 6300 is an elegant “monoblock” handset with distinctive styling and a stainless steel chassis that also manages to deliver in terms of features.

At 91 grams, the Nokia 6300 is pretty lightweight. There’s a little confusion over the size. Nokia’s press release say that the 6300 is “less than 13.1mm thick”, however the technical specifications for the 6300 say that it’s 11.7mm thick (admittedly, that is less than 13.1mm thick, but it’s kind of an odd thing to say).

Sony Ericsson today announced special silver versions of the K800 and K790 Cyber-shot camera phones as used by James Bond in the awaited new Bond movie, Casino Royale.

The silver K800 / K790 phones are a natural fit with the cool, sophisticated style of James Bond. Both are capable mobile phones that also provide cutting edge camera features, a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, Xenon flash for lowlight conditions and BestPic, which allows the user to take nine pictures of a moving object simultaneously and choose to keep the best shot. The phones also offer Picture Blogging for uploading photos to a personal online blogsite & PictBridge for printing direct to a printer, without the need for a PC or laptop.