I’m sure you all remember the original LG Prada phone. Not only was it a sleek fashion phone, but it also was fully touchscreen. The successor to the original Prada phone was announced today and it’s called the LG Prada (KF900). You would think they would call it the Prada 2 or something of that nature. The only difference in name is the model number, KF900. The new LG Prada still has a great sleek look with a touchscreen interface, but this time around LG added a full QWERTY slider keyboard. Here are a couple excerpts from the press release:

The latest edition of the PRADA Phone by LG (Model: LG-KF900) offers a collection of technical upgrades catering to today’s highest mobile needs. In the outer peripherals, new handset preserves the same original minimalist exterior that has now become a key design inspiration of touch screen handsets worldwide. A defining modification for the new handset involves a set of aesthetics keys that slide out to form a more professional look that not only grazes an elevated level of sophistication, but is also a highly efficient communication tool that complements the latest PRADA Phone by LG’s technology.

The handset’s user interface also receives a powerful improvement with LG’s latest active flash UI technology and haptic feedback on touch input enhancing the experience of the phone’s exclusive contents offerings. Dynamic upgrades to the software is well complimented by hardware extensions that include 3G capability with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps and advanced 5 megapixel camera featuring slow motion video recording and DivX playback. Other features include Wi-Fi, full HTML browser, and video calling capabilities.

This time around, LG and PRADA reinvents mobile trend with another stunning offering, the ‘PRADA Link’ (Model: LG-LBA-T950). Expected to release with the new handset, this sleek and elegantly packaged digital timepiece is a Bluetooth device that can remotely monitor phone calls as well as read full SMS text messages without having to extract the phone from a bag or pocket. Extending the handset’s luxurious exterior beyond the device itself is a new wearable type accessory; the PRADA Link not only revolutionizes the conventional methods of mobile communication, but adds practicality and convenience to a fashionable statement.

The new PRADA Phone by LG and the PRADA Link will be available with a starting price of 600 Euros and 299 Euros, respectively. The products can be purchased through major mobile dealerships in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and other countries in Europe. Please contact your local operator for details on the handset’s availability in your area.”

I’m sure we’ll be seeing the LG Prada on eBay in no time. It’s a GSM phone so you can expect to use unlocked versions here in the US. My bet is that it will probably never be officially released for any US carriers.

Today AT&T launched the LG Incite. The Incite is a beautiful full touchscreen phone. The Incite has a sleek design along with a 3 megapixel camera, wi-fi, gps, microSD card slot, bluetooth and much more. The Incite is available now in AT&T retail stores nationwide and online at www.wireless.att.com for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement and mail-in rebate. Here is the press release from AT&T:

“The LG Incite boasts the latest in wireless communications technology, with domestic and international 3G capabilities, built-in aGPS and Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0®. The LG Incite is equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5. The Incite, the first of its kind for LG Mobile, offers Windows Media Player 10.

LG Incite looks as good as it sounds: a sophisticated, sleek design, a crystal-clear 3-inch touch screen and a 3.0 megapixel camera and camcorder that enables consumers to send and enjoy memories at the touch of a button. Users have a choice of on-screen virtual keyboards — a full, QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and a 20-key keyboard in portrait view — with haptic keys that provide vibration feedback. The Incite also offers users choice in terms of screen navigation by simply using their fingers to move through the Incite’s friendly user interface, the scroll button to the upper right of the screen or the included stylus. A configurable, drag-and-drop favorites menu provides quick access to the applications that matter most to the user.

The Incite is pre-loaded with everything you’d expect, including AT&T Navigator, powered by TeleNav, featuring turn-by-turn voice and on-screen directions with colorful 3-D moving maps that can be used in vehicles or while walking. AT&T Navigator also features traffic alerts, re-routing and other location-based services. There also is business and personal e-mail access through Microsoft Direct Push and AT&T’s Xpress Mail service, instant messaging and AT&T Mobile Music service, which provides fast access to downloadable music from eMusic®.

Store all your favorite songs with the microSD Memory Port with up to 16GB of support. Bluetooth 2.0 capabilities allow consumers to wirelessly access music through stereo headsets, transmit data to other Bluetooth-enabled devices and make calls hands-free anytime. The Incite also features AT&T Video ShareSM, the first-ever service in the U.S. that allows users to share live video over wireless devices while participating in a voice call.

“LG Mobile Phones has done an outstanding job in its first offering in the U.S. smartphone arena with the LG Incite, and AT&T is pleased to the be first U.S. carrier to offer an LG smartphone,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Smart Devices for AT&T’s wireless operations. “It is a great looking smartphone with powerful capabilities that will provide our customers with a new and outstanding choice in our Windows Mobile smartphone portfolio, which is the broadest in the industry.”

Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of Marketing and Product Strategy for LG Mobile Phones, said: “LG is excited to offer a phone with a different capability than anything we’ve offered in the U.S. thus far. As a leading provider of handsets, LG constantly looks toward the future and strives to incorporate the newest technologies as they become available to our consumers.”

The Incite also supports Microsoft’s System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, an enterprise-grade mobile solution for managing and protecting Windows Mobile 6.1 phones. Mobile Device Manager helps companies provide its mobile workers with software updates and applications over the air, as well as security-enhanced access to company data. The Incite operates on AT&T’s 3G BroadbandConnect network, which currently is available in more than 320 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. and, by year-end, AT&T expects to offer the service in nearly 350 leading U.S. markets. In addition to 3G connectivity, the Incite is also designed to connect seamlessly with AT&T’s nationwide¹ EDGE network, which is available in more than 13,000 cities and towns and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. When abroad, customers can use the Incite to make a phone call in more than 200 countries and access data in more than 150, including more than 60 with 3G networks. AT&T has the broadest international wireless coverage of any U.S. carrier.”

There’s a new touchscreen on the block and it’s the Samsung Eternity. The Eternity is a toushscreen phone with support for AT&T Mobile TV. The Eternity has a full-touch QWERTY keypad, 3 megapixel camera and works on AT&T’s 3G network. Other services features on the phone include AT&T Navigator, AT&T Mobile Music with Napster Mobile.

An attractive black and chrome device with a large, vivid 3.2-inch touch screen, the Eternity also has haptic support, enhancing your sensory connection with the phone and providing subtle vibrations that confirm your selections. Three dedicated keys on the lower portion of the device make operation straightforward and easy to navigate. Additionally, the Eternity supports an accelerometer that will automatically detect motion and the orientation of the device allowing for the use of richer applications and additional feature capability, including autorotation of the display, motion sensing games and photo scrolling by tilting the device.

“Eternity can provide endless entertainment options for AT&T customers,” said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president, Devices for AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer operations. “Our customers are looking for mobile phones to be a remote control for their life, bringing music, the Internet, GPS navigation and even TV with them on the go.”

Samsung’s TouchWiz™ user interface allows for quick access to your favorite features. TouchWiz has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize the way you use your phone. The quick and simple “drag and drop” feature allows users to have instant access to their favorite functions, such as the clock, music player, instant messaging, photos and AT&T Mobile TV all from the home screen of the phone.

“The Eternity brings the big screen to the palm of your hand,” said Bill Ogle, chief marketing officer, Samsung Telecommunications America. “This touch-screen mobile TV handset is part of Samsung’s TouchWiz line of phones and keeps you entertained and connected on the go.”

Additional key specifications of the Samsung Eternity include the 3.0 megapixel camera with video capture, Video ShareSM calling, advanced messaging capabilities, including Mobile Email and instant messaging (Yahoo!®, Windows Live™, AOL®), Bluetooth® technology and a microSD™ memory card slot supporting up to 8GB. The Eternity’s browser provides the user with the ability to surf the Internet, navigate pages with the touch of a finger and support easy zoom-in and zoom-out capabilities. The Eternity also includes dual-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology, which allows AT&T customers to make calls in more than 200 countries and download data in more than 150.

AT&T also announced the availability of a 30-day free trial for new AT&T Mobile TV subscribers.

Did you get your hands on one of the Greg Oden O-Fons last week? That’s right, Greg Oden worked with Cricket to create a limited edition customized O-Fon. You could only get your hands on one at a Cricket store in Orego and Southwest Washington. I can’t even find any for sale on eBay, yet. Here’s a snipet from Cricket’s press release:

While Portland Trail Blazers fans eagerly await Greg Oden’s regular-season homecourt debut, their wait is over for the Greg Oden O-Fōn, a limited-edition phone on sale now exclusively at Cricket Wireless stores in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Cricket, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, will donate $80 from every Greg Oden O-Fōn sold to Oregon Mentors. The Greg Oden O-Fōn carries a suggested retail price of $279.99.

The Limited Edition Greg Oden O-Fōn will be available while supplies last. In addition to the laser-etched phone, the O-Fōn box is packed with a variety of exclusive materials that Portland Trail Blazers fans can only get with the purchase of a Greg Oden O-Fōn, including:

• A Limited-Edition Greg Oden O-Fōn handset etched with Oden’s autograph and jersey
• A Greg Oden Topps Rookie Card designed exclusively for Cricket
• Text messages from Greg throughout the season, sent exclusively to O-Fōn owners
• An exclusive discount on Trail Blazers merchandise
• Coupons for discounted Cricket accessories, including accessories for the O-Fōn

Jennifer Byrne, director of digital media at Verizon,said, “Mobile phones are adding a new dimension to sharing images between friends, colleagues or family members. Photobucket is bringing Verizon Wireless customers a new and easy way to share their photos and videos in real-time, without needing to move to a PC to upload and send them.”

“Photobucket is thrilled to team up with Verizon Wireless to provide a quick and easy photo sharing solution for people on the go,” said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket. “Photobucket has always been committed to making photo sharing fun and easy. The Photobucket Mobile Uploader for Verizon Wireless unlocks the full potential of camera phone photos, allowing users to easily save and share images online more easily than they would using traditional digital cameras.”

To utilize the application, Verizon Wireless subscribers sign up for a Photobucket account – which can be created for free at http://photobucket.com – and enter their log-in information to link their Verizon Wireless account to their Photobucket online photo album. Once the accounts are connected, the application instantly uploads photos already saved on the phone to the user’s Photobucket account. The Photobucket Mobile Uploader then automatically sends any future photos directly to the same Photobucket account.

Verizon is the first carrier in the United States to be offering the Photobucket Mobile Uploader and the application will be available initially on 13 handsets. The service is available now from Verizon Wireless, which enables the user to send unlimited mobile photos to their Photobucket account for a monthly subscription fee of $2.99.

There you have it. Get ready to throw down $200 all you Verizon customers. This is definitely the phone you’ll want to have. Want to get your hands on one now, if so check out Blackberry Storm phones for sale.

Beyond AT&T’s robust 3G network, the HTC FUZE provides AT&T customers with a host of other connectivity options. When abroad, AT&T customers can use the HTC FUZE to make or receive a phone call in more than 200 countries and check e-mail, browse the Web or perform other data functions in more than 150 countries, including in more than 60 — such as Japan and South Korea — that have deployed 3G networks. In addition, the HTC FUZE boasts:

• Built-in aGPS — for use with AT&T Navigator powered by TeleNav and other location-based applications such as TeleNav Track™ and Xora GPS TimeTrack™.
• Wi-Fi^® (802.11 b/g) — to connect with home or campus networks or access more than 17,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide, including at thousands of participating Starbucks locations.
• Bluetooth^® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) — for simultaneous connection of up to six Bluetooth-enabled devices, including hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits, network printers and other Bluetooth peripherals.
• AT&T Video Share^SM — the first service in the U.S. that allows users to share live video over wireless devices while participating in a voice call.
• Push To Talk (PTT) — via the nation’s largest PTT network.

The phone is available for purchase today for $299.99. You can find the Fuze at AT&T stores throughout the country and the AT&T store online.

If you’re an AT&T customer then you have a great selection of phones to choose from, the HTC Fuze, Apple iPhone 3G and the Blacbkerry Bold.

HTC Fuze AT&T Press Release

In comes two of the more popular cell phones to date, the iPhone and G1. Apple recently announced that an app is in development that would allow users to use their iPhones as modems. There was no date announced for when the app may be available. When it is available I’ll guarantee that the Apple app store will get tons of hits the day it is released.

On the other side there is no app available or even announced to be in the works for the G1. HOWEVER, You can find the instructions for using your G1 as a tethered modem at http://graha.ms/androidproxy. Try it out and see if you get it to work. There is a link once you go to the instructions page which takes you to an Android forum where people are helping each other out with making it work. Good luck!