The world's thinnest phone?

Samsung seems to think so. And for good reason. The SGH-X820 sports a mere 6.9mm thinness, which is as close as you can get to Ultraviolet's paper phone, and nearly half the Motorola RAZR V3's 13.9mm girth. It even does one better on the already slim-built 8.9mm SGH-P300. What's more, the triband X820 weighs in at an anorexic 66g. Talk about extreme dieting.

It gets better. Samsung packs in a 2-megapixel camera, video recording and playback, MP3 player, a 1.9-inch 262K-color screen, Bluetooth, document reader (as with the SGH-D600) and TV output.

So when's this bundle of goodness coming? Word is you'll have to wait till later this year.

Rumor alert: Apple's iTunes phone coming soon?

A recent report from Japan's Nihon Keizei Shimbun seems to indicate that Apple may be teaming up with Japanese telco Softbank to develop a mobile phone with the Cupertino company's popular iTunes service. Unlike the iTunes-enabled Motorola ROKR E1 released last year which allows downloads of songs via a PC, the handset is expected to be the first to allow music downloads over the air.

Not surprisingly, Apple has kept mum in response to inquiries following the report. But the various tech sites are already buzzing with anticipation over whether this is the so-called iPhone or Mac Mobile which Apple is rumored to be working on. Expect more updates to follow soon.

Motorola L6 goes pretty in pink

It started with the RAZR V3, followed by the RAZR V3x and more recently, the PEBL. Now even the L6 is available in pink. According to Motorola's press announcement, it will be called the L6 Bubblegum Pink. The new candy-bar handset will be available in Singapore at an estimated price of S$288 (US$205.29) without operator contract.

First launched in Nov 2005, the Motorola L6 is currently one of the slimmest mobile phones in the market, measuring just 10.9mm thick. As a lower-end version of the SLVR L7, it features triband GSM support, Bluetooth, VGA camera as well as video capture and playback.

Asus to launch P525 in Singapore

At an Asus event held recently, CNET Asia was able to catch a glimpse of the company's P525 PDA-phone. In an aside, local sales manager Joseph Hoo confirmed that the device is slated for rollout in Singapore possibly within the next few months. On first impressions, this quadband phone bore design similarities to the BenQ P50 PDA-phone. However, in place of the P50's QWERTY keypad, the Asus featured a regular number pad much like those found on standard mobile phones.

The P525 had been announced earlier at the CeBIT 2006 fair in Hannover, Germany. Specs-wise, it will have a 2.8-inch 16-bit QVGA display, a 2- megapixel camera and a miniSD card expansion slot. Inbuilt connectivity options include 802.11b Wi-Fi, infrared, Bluetooth (version 2.0) and USB (version 1.1). No pricing detail was given.

Asus phones coming soon?

It looks like the Taiwanese mainboard maker may soon introduce its range of mobile phones to Singapore. According to Asus local sales manager Joseph Hoo, there are tentative plans for the company to launch its handsets across the island-state. Hoo, however, was noncommittal about the rollout time frame or what handset models consumers could expect, but revealed that the mobile phones would likely be 3G-enabled.

Asus recently opened the doors to its first overseas international headquarters, located in Singapore, from which it is expected to extend its range of product offerings to the region. It also announced plans to set up an R&D center in the Republic within the next three years. Currently, the company’s key consumer products for the Singapore market include notebooks, PDAs, motherboards, graphics cards and wireless LAN devices. (Shown on the left is the upcoming Asus P525 PDA-phone)

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