Cellphones

Lenovo’s China-only Lephone includes a snap-on keyboard a-la the Ideapad U1; the phone itself features a 3.7″ touchscreen, 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU, and two cameras (one front-facing).

Available 1/25/2010 with Verizon, Palm doubles down with the Pre Plus (16 GB, no home button) and Pixi Plus (WiFi); both can also serve as 3G hotspots with up to 5 devices tethered.

Motorola’s Backflip is inside-out with both the keyboard and 3.1″ touch screen facing outwards; the 3G-capable phone runs Android 1.5 and includes WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 5 MP camera.

Google’s Nexus One is official: it’s available unlocked or via T-Mo/VZW and features a 3.7″ AMOLED touchscreen, 5 MP camera, video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Android 2.1.

No, your phone is not haunted: Mac Funamizu’s Floater Phone concept features a curved bottom that lets it sit up by itself or wobble whenever it receives a call or text message.

Sony Ericsson’s Elm and Hazel are eco-friendly phones made from recycled plastics; each features a 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi, HSPA, a low-power charger, and minimal packaging.

Giant flip phones, two-line displays: Toddland revisits the 80s with this yuppie-friendly printed vinyl Buy Sell Buy Sell Wallet; it even comes with an antenna that extends and retracts.

Defend the universe on the go with Voltron, now available on iPhone and soon on other phones; it features 30 levels, isometric and 1-on-1 battles, and video from the TV show.

Andrew Mitchell’s Squibble Braille Interface concept features 779 ultrasonic motors to provide tactile and high contrast feedback; it’s designed to work with cellphones via Bluetooth.

Peek at the real world with Google Goggles; it’s a basic visual search for Android phones that can store business cards as well as ID books, art, businesses, and landmarks.

New at Incase: the Perforated Snap Case offers the best of both worlds, keeping your iPhone light and cool while still providing the scratch and drop protection of a regular hardshell case.

Zii’s Trinity is a 3.5G/4G phone that’ll run Android or Plaszma with drool-worthy specs: 3.1″ OLED multi-touch screen, 1080p out, front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3D graphics.

Available 12/7/09 at AT&T, LG’s eXpo targets road warriors with a detachable pico projector; the slider smartphone also features a 1 GHz CPU, 3.2″ touchscreen, and 5 MP camera.

Europe only: Nokia’s flagship music phone, the X6, offers unlimited free Nokia Music Store downloads; it boasts a 3.2″ display, 32 GB storage, HSPDA, Wi-Fi, and a 5 MP camera.

If you can get past the name, HP’s iPAQ Glisten is a BlackBerry alternative for AT&T; a 3G world-phone, it features an AMOLED touchscreen, WinMo 6.5, Wi-Fi, GPS, and full QWERTY.

‘Tis the season to be shiny: Incase’s Chrome Slider Cases are as bright as they are colorful, with black, gold, copper, and silver shells and pop-fluro interiors with rubber guardrails.

Worried about your phone frying your brain? Pong’s iPhone Case reduces radiation 65% (WIRED’s test here) by using passive antenna coupling to redirect energy away from your head.

Similar to Hard Graft’s Phone Card Wallet (albeit cheaper), Malcolm Fontier’s iMojito Wallet serves both as an iPhone case and can hold up to 6 credit cards; it’s made with PU and microfiber.

iPhone users aren’t the only ones saturating, cropping and flipping: the Photoshop Mobile App is now available on the Android Market and includes auto-upload and sharing.

Available on Verizon 11/6, HTC’s Droid Eris is similar to Sprint’s Hero but at a lower pricepoint; it features a 3.2″ capacitive touchscreen, 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi, and Android 1.5 w/Sense UI.

The Xperia X10 is Sony Ericsson’s new flagship phone: it packs a speedy 1 GHz CPU, 4″ capacitive touchscreen, 8.1MP camera, “Rachael” Android UI, HSPA, Wi-Fi, and GPS.

Coming to Verizon 11/6/09, Motorola’s Droid features Android 2.0, a 3.7″ capacitive display, slide-out QWERTY, 5 MP camera, 720×480 @ 24fps video, Wi-Fi, and Google Maps Navigation.

Time to toss out the donuts: Android 2.0 (Eclair) is now official; along with SDK support, it features two-way contacts sync, HTML5 support, a unified inbox, and much, much more.

Switched-On Ringtones is pure analog heaven for your iPhone, Palm, or BB: it packs in 75 blips, sequences, and effects made by vintage Moog, Arp, Roland, and Korg synthesizers.

Vodafone NZ turns what would normally be a cacophony into a symphony with a stirring cellphone rendition of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture; it took 1,000 phones and 53 ringtones.

Available November with AT&T and T-Mo, BlackBerry’s Bold 9700 is a slimmer version of the first Bold with a 480×320 screen, trackpad, faster CPU, OS 5.0, 3.2 MP camera, 3G and Wi-Fi.

The Blackberry Storm 2 is now official: it looks the same as the first Storm, but boasts updated electronic SurePress screen, Wi-Fi, 256MB flash memory, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR1.

Get some bling with your rings: Giorgio Armani and Samsung’s gold and black slider smartphone features a 3.5″ AMOLED touchscreen, full QWERTY, 5 MP camera and WinMo 6.5.

Samsung’s Moment, their first US Android phone, lands at Sprint on 11/1/09; it boasts a 3.2″ AMOLED touchscreen with slide-out QWERTY, EVDO Rev. A speeds, Wi-Fi and a 3.5 mm jack.

Available Q1 2010 in the US, HTC’s HD2 features WinMo w/Sense UI, a 4.3″ capacitive touchscreen, 5 MP camera w/autofocus, 1 GHz CPU, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Thanks, Stef!

HTC’s Tilt 2 and Pure (aka Diamond2 and Touch Pro2) are official with AT&T; both will run WinMo 6.5 with TouchFLO 3D, with the Pure now available and the Tilt 2 in the coming weeks.

T-Mobile’s 4th Android phone, the Behold II packs a 3.2″ AMOLED touch screen, 5 MP camera with autofocus, video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, up to 16 GB and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.