The latest in mobile phones: A weekly round-up

New announcements, entry of new players(big names from other domains), rebranding, alliances and more- The mobile market is simmering, to say the least!

NTT DoCoMo, Fujitsu, Renesas Technology, Sharp, Mitsubishi, and Sony Ericsson have decided to come on a single platform to manufacture 3G phones. Team up to cut costs and to be competitive seems the mantra these days.

Ahead of the 3GSM event (scheduled next week) Sony Ericsson has announced 4 latest mobile phones to be launched- K810i, K550i, W880i and W610i in the Cyber-shot and Walkman series. The W880i is 9.4 mm thick which makes it the slimmest in the Walkman series. The K810i and W610i will be available from quarter 2 whereas W880i is expect to start shipping this month.

LG Shine KG970, has been officially unveiled well supported with an attractive and aggressive TAXI ad-campaign.

Good news for smartphone lovers-Palm Treo 750 which till date was exclusive on Vodafone is now available on all networks and can be bought from palm's online store.

Its all happening in the mobile world and the updates are still pouring in as i am writing this post. I will keep you updated on all the recent happenings.

Till then, Bye Bye and have a nice weekend.