LG exhibited its Scoop smartphone during CTIA Wireless’08 in Las Vegas. Featuring a stylish slide-out QWERTY keypad, the scoop by LG offers a multimedia functions that inspire extreme creativity and fun. Available in three attractive colors - Citrus, Slate and Turquoise - and completely loaded with technical features, the scoop by LG is both attractive and practical.

Other specs included; 1.3 megapixel camera with video recording capability - microSD memroy card slot (max 4GB), AOL and Yahoo Messengers, text, picture, and email messaging supported - Bluetooth connectivity - GPS function - and MP3 Playback. [ Gadgetgue ]

Samsung has release a stylish tri-band bar Samsung D780 Duos dual-sim phone which targeting at Asian and Europe market. Dual-Sim means the phone can work with 2 SIM cards simultaneously with both being active in the same time. It features a 2.1-inch 256k color QVGA resolution, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and USB connectivity, MP3-player, FM radio, microSD card slot for memory expansion, and integrated 2-megapixel camera with video recording capability. We have no idea about the price at moment, but it expect to be available in Russia and Southeast Asia, follows by Europe and Middle East. [ GSMArena ]

Mio Technology Corporation, known as a one of the leading players in the mobile GPS industry has a new smartphone which supports GPS and A-GPS called Lovebird. This Quad-Band GSM,GPRS and EDGE network support handset features a Samsung’s 2443 400Mhz CPU, 320 x 240 screen display, 64MB RAM, 2GB ROM and running under Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a standard Operating System for the device on its class. [ Todaygadgets ]

The “Mako S4000″ is the new clamshell handset from Kyocera that was announced recently. Measures 2.5 x 1.84 x 0.67-inch and weight 82.6 grams, the phone features a 1.8-inch 128 x 160-pixel resolution TFT internal display, 1-inch 96 x 96 CSTN external display, a VGA camera with digital zoom, Bluetooth connectivity, and voice recognition. No words on pricing and availability though. [ Ubergizmo ]