The ability for ePhoneNumbers customers to choose brandable, memorable local phone numbers is a natural progression that has eluded consumers due to the monopolization of phone number assignments from phone companies. “Consumers deserve to choose specific phone numbers, not to be assigned a random number. Research shows consumers retain their phone number in excess of 7 years and they deserve the right to choose their number, similar to selecting their service provider,” states Michael Davis, Executive Vice President, Marketing. “Consumers no longer are forced to settle for the number assigned to them by their phone company, they are now, free to choose.”

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The Nokia 8800 Arte is the latest in Nokia’s fashion line. There are two available units, the Nokia 8800 Arte and the Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte, with the main difference being that the latter comes with a leather slider. In terms of features, aside from the elegance of both units as fashion phones, the Arte displays a status menu of the time and missed events by tapping the metal bar at the bottom of the screen. The phone also comes with motion sensitive gestures like tilting the phone downwards to turn it to silent mode.

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There are two types of phone users: those that buy phones based on pure aesthetics alone and those that buy based on features and benefits. The Samsung-Armani Phone is an affordable piece of elegant technology that was recently launched in Asia. The phone retails for PHP 26,000.00 or roughly US$600 to $700 (the dollar has recently weakened against Peso currency. The “old” price would have been $500.00). Still not bad for a luxury / fashion phone. The Armani P520 is a credit card sized touch screen phone that hails of iPhone inspiration. It is one of Samsung’s few touchscreen phones that actually, as a technophile – would buy if it had 802.11g wireless Internet capabilities. But it doesn’t Nonetheless, the phone is still pretty decent offering more fashion for less the price.

Read on for full specs and photos.

Technical Specs:
Tri-band(900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
EDGE GPRS 10
87.5 X 54.5 X 9.9 mm / 85g
Talk time : Up to 4 hours
Stand-by : Up to 180 hours
60MB with MicroSD support
Bluetooth technology v 2.0 + EDR
USB 2.0
260K 2.6” TFT
Full Touch Screen
3.2 Megapixel (4x Digital Zoom)
Video Recording & Play (MPEG4, 3GP, H.263)
MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+

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Available in black or pink (weird, because the phone is two tone black and pink!) the LG Venus is all elegance. The phone comes with dual screens, a 2MP camera for photos and video, microSD expansion and Bluetooth. If you’re looking for something rather different from the usual Sony Ericssons and Nokias, the LG Venus is a great dazzling option.

More photos after the jump.

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Although most likely a promotional gimmick, the pink iPhone concept art looks great. The web site says that there’s really no information yet about the product on AT&T or even with Apple so this is most likely a hack:

The pink iPhone is sure to be scarce for months to come but we’ve got the scoop to help you make sure you get one! Not yet available in AT&T OR Apple stores – or even available online – PinkiPhone.net not only has our ear to the ground to bring you the latest information on how to get one, we’re actually offering a way to get yours for FREE!

The main banner of the site is an ad made to look like a title. So is the footer ad. Nonetheless, if these guys from Online Consumer Gifts wanted a database of the hip female online crowd, they’re sure to get it through this bait tactic. And yes, the phone does look good in concept art.

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Hey guys, I think these would make really good gifts for your significant other. You’re quite sure she has a mobile phone so why not get her a bag for it? I never understood how women can have a small purse and put it into another bag that’s just a wee bit bigger. It’s sorta like a concept you borrow from those Russian dolls. Still, I must admit that the bags look rather elegant, and if you aren’t in the mood to put your mobile phone, it may make for a great carrying case for your pet hamster.

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The Samsung “Armani phone” is a credit card thin mobile with EDGE connectivity, a 3.15MP camera, Bluetooth, 60 MB of internal memory and a fancy touch screen. This phone is geared really towards the fashion bazaar with a little discernment for technology.

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“Music on the outside, phone on the inside” seems to be the new slogan for these clamshell phones that are also marketed as MP3 players. What makes the Sony Ericsson W380i unique is a new feature called Gesture Control. If you want to mute an incoming call or stop an alarm all you need to do is put on some Darth Vader and pass your hand across the phone ala using the Force and the phone will respond to this action.

The phone comes with 14MB of internal memory and comes with memory card expansion options. Though there is no price listed yet, this phone seems to be one of the more affordable in the clamshell line of Sony Ericsson. The W380i is expected to ship soon.

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Nowadays, a touch screen phone like the LG Viewty would necessitate certain features like wireless Internet. Unfortunately the nice big screen of this Viewty KU990 model is laid to waste as it doesn’t support WiFi.

Oh no. Did I just put the phone down in the first paragraph? Well, in fairness to aesthetics, LG has always been innovative with its real estate design, as seen with the LG Chocolate. The LG Viewty is supposed to be a phone that does not compete with such models like the iPhone or Nokia N series. It seems to be a fashion phone, primarily, with some neat features like photo editing and YouTube video viewing. It also has a nice 5MP camera. Xenon flash seems to be the new trend with camera phones as this is the same thing equipped on the Nokia N82. It’s so good, CNET has this to say:

Many camera phones take good pictures but don’t look that great themselves — fortunately the LG KU990 Viewty is not an ugly camera phone. In fact, we can go so far as to say it’s one of the best-looking camera phones we’ve seen so far. [CNET Review]

From the reviews online, the Viewty seems to be a good camera phone – if that’s all you’re looking for. I really suggest they improve on this model further by adding other productivity features such as wireless Internet and BlackBerry email. That would kill.

Photo courtesy of CNET.

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Remember back in the day, when cellphones were literally bricks that could kill and had a battery charger the size of a car battery? Well, retro is back this Christmas with the block phone. Some features include a camera and video player, 128MB of memory, and 2 batteries. [Source via Textually]

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