The GPS PDA Phone Airis T482 will be launched within the next few days in France, three months after its expected release date.The device will sell for 424 EUR with France-only maps or for 478 EUR with Europe wide coverage. Details about the specs are still kinda sketchy, and so far we can confirm only such things as:

• It’s a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) device, no 3G is mentioned
• 3.2 inch touchscreen
• WiFi, Bluetooth
• Two processors are used - Marvel PXA270 processor and Philips Grangonfly SS6120
• There will be at least 128 Mb of ROM and 64 Mb of RAM
• GPS chip SiRFStar III and CoPilot Live 7 software are taking care of navigation
• FM Radio
• microSD card slot
• Windows Mobile 6 is running the show
• Dimensions: 125×62×14 mm, weight: 165 grams

via GPS Reviews

Motorola’s MING series of Linux-OS based handsets may not be sold outside of China, but there they apparently sell like the proverbial hot cakes.  GSMArena has found images of the latest touchscreen MING, the A1600, which has GPS, WiFi and a 3-megapixel autofocus camera.

It also has the usual transparent clamshell cover and is fully stylus-controlled; things should move a little faster than before, too, as the A1600 apparently has a faster processor than its A1200 predecessor.No word on availability or price from Motorola yet.

Bluebird was at CeBIT last week and to tell you the truth I have never heard of this name before until now, but as they say we learn something new everyday.

The Bluebird Pidion BM-350 Windows Mobile Smartphone has quadband GSM, WiFi and 2100MHz 3G HSDPA plus it I equipped with GPS with Assisted-GPS support.

Other features on this handset include 520Mhz PXA 270 processor, Bluetooth 2.0, 1.3-megapixels on the back and VGA on the front (ok that bit is boring) plus 2.8-inch 320 x 240 display isn’t full VGA, it also has USB 2.0 port supporting USB Host, microSDHC slot supporting cards up to 32GB, FM radio and infra-red port.

Here are the main features:

• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), 3G (2100 MHz), GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA (3G+)
• integrated SiRF III GPS receiver with A-GPS support
• 2.8″ TFT LCD touch screen with 320×240 pixel resolution
• 520Mhz PXA 270 processor
• 1.3MP digital camera
• 0.3MP front camera for the videoconferencing
• FM Radio
• 64 or 128 MB of RAM
• 128 or 256 MB of ROM
• Infra-red 1.2
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• microSD HC port (up to 32 GB)
• MiniUSB 2.0 and USB Host
• Removable 1230mAh Li-Ion battery with 200 hours standby and 6 hours talk time
• Dimensions: 11.4×6.1×1.5 cm
• Weight: 120 grams
• Windows Mobile 6 Pro

Asus announced a GPS enabled PDAphone called Asus M536, at CeBIT in German, which has full qwerty keyboard in the front just like a Blackberry.

Asus M536 is the successor to Asus M530W but adds new features such as the touch screen, a biometric finger print reader and a GPS receiver. Kind of different with M536 is the square screen resolution at 320×320 instead of the usual 320×240 pixels.

Asus M536 PDA Phone features:

• A-GPS compatible SiRF III GPS receiver
• 2.4″ TFT LCD
• TI Omap 2430 processor
• Triband GSM, GPRS, EDGE, dual band 3G and HSDPA with 3.6 Mbps
• 256 MB of ROM
• 128 MB of RAM
• 802.11b/g Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• 3.2MP digital camera
• VGA camera (0.3MP) in front for video conference
• Biometric reader
• HC MicroSD port
• Lithium-Ion of 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

Asus M536 will be marketed in June or July 2008 with an approximate price of 550 €.

Samsung yesterday introduced a new slider phone called M520. Samsung M520 is GPS capable. The navigation service is offered by TeleNav and it features audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, and more than 10 million local listings.

Offered exclusively by Sprint, M520 also offers Sprint TV which has more than 50 channels of on demand video and music channels.

Additional features of the M520 by Samsung include stereo Bluetooth with audio caller ID, audio player, 1.3MP camera with 2x digital zoom and camcorder. Also it has supports microSD cards upto 4GB.

Samsung M520 is already available in stores and you can get it for only $50 with a 2-year contract. If you don’t want the 2 year slavery deal you’ll have to pay $250.