Then we would have thought that Asus to calm down a little on smartphones to its new partnership with Garmin and not Taiwan as the brand comes to formalize its new P835, which offers the 3G/3G+, a 3.5-inch touch screen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels, a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, a Qualcomm MSM7200A processor at 528Mhz, 256Mb ROM, 288Mb RAM, 4GB flash memory, a microSD memory port, an integrated GPS compatible with A-GPS, the Glide interface, Opera Mobile, Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR, WiFi, Windows Mobile 6.1, all in 115×59x13.8mm for 148g with a self-announced 6h in talking and 350h in standby.

What’s the best mobile phones in the world today? After excluding the high-end mobile phones of Amosu and Vertu, we still have the iPhone or something similar. Well, sorry to upset you, but the iPhone has a serious competitor: the Lenovo Ophone. This Android smartphone with a touchscreen has been specially designed to work with the Open Mobile System of China Mobile. In other words, you will not find the Lenovo Ophone operate outside China, then hope that the guys from HTC will build and release a similar smartphone in the future.

Our Australian friends can enjoy the last Android smartphone without having to buy the G1 – it’s the Kogan Agora Pro. The Agora Pro includes the following specifications:

• 624MHz processor
• 128MB RAM
• 2.5-inch touchscreen
• QWERTY keyboard
• 2-megapixel camera
• Wi-Fi and 3G
• GPS

The Agora Kogan Pro costs a price of $AU 399 ($US 260), but if you take the basic version (without the camera, Wi-Fi and GPS), it costs $AU 100 ($US 65) less. These smartphones will be available only from 29 January 2009.

RoverPC is not the most known smartphones manufacturer in the world, but its new product, the Pro G7, still deserves a look.

This smartphone incorporates an 2.8-inch touchscreen (640×480), an accelerometer, a video output, two photo sensors (0.3-megapixel in front, 3-megapixel in the other side), the 3G compatibility, wifi b/g and Bluetooth, a MicroSD slot and a mini USB port, all powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 with Marvell PXA310 processor running at 624 MHz. If all this isn’t enough, the device provides optional a GPS and an FM tuner… Available in Russia to begin, starting from 475 euros ($600).

While DoCoMo has introduced the Nokia E71 smartphone as the next of its range for the first quarter of 2009, but the Japanese operator will not propose this smartphone. This rare and radical decision follows that because Nokia no longer continues its activities in the country of Sharp, NEC, Kyocera, … The E71 will still may be available from the competitor SoftBank which is more favorable for non-Japanese mobile phones.

Today Nokia introduced the Nokia N97:

“From the desktop to the laptop and now to your pocket, the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence”, said Jonas Geust, Vice President, heading Nokia Nseries. “Together with the Ovi services announced today, the Nokia N97 mobile computer adjusts to the world around us, helping stay connected to the people and things that matter most. With the Nokia N97, Nseries leads the charge in helping to transform the Internet into your Internet”.

The smartphone has a 3.5-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, the So-Lo (social location), a 5-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, and also a media player and MP3 (up to 4.5 hours of video and 37 hours of audio). Specifications include:

• Networks: WCDMA900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
• S60 5th Edition
• 3.5-inch TFT Touchscreen, 16 million colors, 16/9
• 32GB of internal memory, 16GB extension via microSD
• 3.5mm audio jack, stereo speakers integrated
• Nokia Maps with electronic compass integrated and A-GPS receiver
• Battery life: Standby up to 400 hours (3G), 430 hours (GSM) an for communication: up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
• Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Micro-USB connector, USB2.0
• Weight: 150g

The Nokia N97 is expected to be sold in the first half of 2009. Its selling price is estimated at $693.

Since last week, the Internet browser Skyfire is available on smartphones running Windows Mobile and Symbian. This software was previously proposed, in beta for American, Canadian and British users.

Just like Mozilla Firefox, Skyfire has a full display of Web pages. The great value of this internet browser is the support for Ajax and Flash technologies. As such, it’s entirely possible to view videos from YouTube, or Flash animation on the smartphone.

Finally, Skyfire offers to the user the possibility to save images in the storage space of the mobile phone, but you can also send URLs via SMS.

Skyfire is available for free download from your smartphone at get.skyfire.com.

We don’t say that the G1 is the only smartphone to integrate Android… Chinese manufacturers are also on the bridge, which Qigi, which announces the new i6 smartphone.

The manufacturer offers its smartphone in two version: the “normal” i6 which starts with Android, and the i6 Win which has Windows Mobile 6.1.

For the rest, the two boarded the same components: Marvell Monohan processor running at 624 MHz, touchscreen of 2.8-inch, a 2-megapixel camera, support for the WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, a MicroSD slot but not the 3G unfortunately. No indications for a release date or price available.

Pantech has just launched its new smartphone, sold as a digital music player but with a larger gear technology, the IM-310.

This smartphone incorporates a touchscreen of 3-inch, a 2-megapixel camera, a music player and therefore dedicated keys, but also a DMB TV tuner and a MicroSD slot. This smartphone can surf on 3G networks and has a bluetooth compatibility.

This beautiful smartphone is unfortunately available only in South Korea, which is rather unfortunate because it looks very nice.

Nokia and IBM have announced the compatibility of Symbian S60 smartphones of Nokia with the professional e-mail software of IBM, Lotus Notes Traveler. Lotus Notes Traveler will be available for Nokia S60 smartphones from December 2008.