Since there are several interesting phones coming out soon we decided to do a Market Update article just to let you know what to expect in the near future. There are some major releases that would turn many geeks wondering whether they should skip vacation this year and instead buy a new high-end phone.

HTC Touch Diamond

First off, battling for your hard-earned cash is the HTC Touch Diamond. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, the HTC Touch Diamond packs a 2.8-inch VGA display and is extremely thin at 11.5mm. It has a built-in accelerometer which allows screen auto rotation - another feature that should have been on-board a long time ago. A GPS receiver, Wi-Fi and a 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera add to the l ... Read more »

Samsung officially confirmed today the style-driven Soul b, a fashionable handset that broadens the Samsung Ultra lineup. The Soul b stands for Spirit Of Ultra in bar form factor. It clearly resembles the Samsung Soul traits, as the keyboard layout, shape and all-metal styling. The phone was previously rumored as Samsung U800, yet a sample pre-release unit we received reveals another name - Samsung U200, so the exact model designation still remains unclear.

Samsung Soul b is a feature-loaded brushed metal phone. Its minimalistic design, mere 9.9mm thickness and 88.7g rank the phone among the most compact phones, being a tad better than Nokia 6500 classic. Other features that put the Soul b in direct head-on collision course wit ... Read more »