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According to a roadmap from an English carrier, discovered by Omio, an HTC model with Windows Phone 7 will be launched this year, more specifically in November. It’s apparently called HTC Gold.

The specifications aren’t known, and we are labeling it as a rumor, but since Windows Phone 7 requires some minimum specifications, it will most likely have at least 256MB RAM, 8 GB Memory, DirectX 9 compatible CPU and probably a 5 Megapixel photocamera with Flash. The GPS, accelerometer and multi-touch display should also be part of it.

We’ll have to wait for more official information.

People have been expecting Sony Ericsson to launch something similar to a PSP Phone for a while, but the rumors were always brought down, much to some fans’ disappointment. But today, another rumor comes to the list of rumors seen in the past, and it seems that it’s Sony to take the initiative this time.

Indeed, the creators of the PlayStation seem to be bothered with Apple’s hegemony in the portable devices sector and would be developing a smartphone that would be connected to an Online Service (Sony Online Service, which should be similar to the iTunes), where users could download songs and PlayStation games.

Despite the Sony brand, the device will be built by Sony Ericsson, even though the OS is still unknown. Sony also seems to be planning to make a tablet that would be a “netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation portable” all in one, in order to compete with Apple’s iPad and other devices.

During last week’s announcement during the MWC 2010, when Steve Ballmer officially presented the Windows Phone 7 Series platform, he also said that the first Windows Phone 7 series phone will be available by Christmas this year.

Apparently, the first device featuring Microsoft’s new mobile platform could indeed be launched in September this year, according to an information obtained by Engadget China, from someone inside the LG Mobile in Hong Kong. This rumor would actually match the one that claimed that LG would be launching a Windows Phone 7 Series mobile called Apollo.

We’ll have to wait and see.

LG seems to be hooked on one thing that has been hooking many cellphone companies lately: Android. The OS is definitely overwhelming the mobile telephony market thanks to its versatility and the freedom that it gives to the manufacturers to create applications and change the interface.

In LG’s case, they’ve launched their first Android device a few months ago, the LG GW620 and now there are rumors of a second device with Android and a hardware “surprise”. This new device, still without a name, will be first available for the Korean market, and then later on distributed in the rest of the world.

The big surprise on this device, that is rumored to be launched around the second quarter of 2010, is a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 1GHz. The device might also allow users to watch TV from their phone.

It seems that after a failed initial launch date, there’s a new date established for the launching of the Palm Pre, the new Palm smartphone that is expected to be the turning point for the company.

In order to ease the hype around the product, the New York Times has published an article, citing that people “briefed on the company’s plans” have declared that the new launch date has been established in June. Quoting from the article:

“But the season’s most compelling phone drama will start the first week in June, when Sprint will begin selling the Palm Pre…”

True or not? Well, the New York Times is a valid newspaper, but we will wait for official confirmation in any case and label it as a rumor.

The Sony Ericsson X1 has been on the market for a few months, and it’s a medium-high entry model from the XPeria family, that caters to those more demanding customers. Rumors claim, however, that the next model on the family, the X2, should be launched in a few months.

Apparently it was revealed through an interview done to Ted Morgan, CEO and founder of the Skyhook company, that is responsible from the WPS (Wireless access points). Morgan has indeed declared that the X2 edition of the Sony Ericsson Xperia uses the geo-location supplied by Google.

But it’s a rumor, of course, so we know nothing about this model. We’ll be tuned on more information, of course.

The Omnia HD wasn’t even launched yet, but according to a rumor, Samsung would be already working on an Omnia Pro featuring a QWERTY slide keyboard, whcih proved successful with the HTC Touch Pro and Xperia X1 models.

According to the rumors, the Omnia Pro should feture a 3.5″ display with WVGA AMOLED quality, a 5 Megapixel photocamera and Windows Mobile 6.1, upgradeable to the 6.5.

It seems that even a launch period has been determined, and the rumors say it should be launched during summer. Obviously, the fact that so many details that are usually kept secret until the official launch are available now, makes us think that this is a fake. But we’ll keep tuned, in any case.