"Yeah, we know it hurts that Sony Ericsson has no plans, at least as of right now, to ever release the P990 here in the States, but here's something that might make you feel better: the QWERTY keyboard on this phone is pretty crappy. To be fair, five minutes is definitely not enough time to make a proper assessment, but the impression we were left with after playing with the P990 at the Sony Ericsson booth is that the keys are way too small and not tactile enough for easy typing." More here.

A cell phone rings in the middle of Mark VandenBrink's presentation. He tells the audience member, "Go ahead and answer it -- I'm a phone guy, so please, leave your phones on! It's better for me." VandenBrink, Motorola's director of mobile devices software, delivered a talk on his company's experiences in the Linux-powered mobile device arena at LinuxWorld Tuesday morning, outlining what the company has learned from its first generation of Linux phones and the changes Motorola plans for the next.

The Maemo Development Platform Roadmap is published. The v2.0 is bringing to the Nokia 770 VoIP, IM, better email integration and a new package management. All 1.x third party applications will break and won't work on the 2.0 system.

Make way for Nokia’s clamshell-style 6126 with a 16.7-million QVGA display; mid- and entry-level 6175i, 2865 and 2365i phones also debut.

Blackberry Connect-enabled SGH-T719 and would-be SLVR-killer SGH-T509 make their Vegas debuts, alongside the multimedia focused SCH-A960, and the PTT-enabled SGH-D407.

Access Linux Platform from PalmSourcePalmSource is exhibiting at the LinuxWorld conference going on this week in Boston. PalmInfocenter is live on the scene to bring you this exclusive new preview of the Access Linux Platform Read on for more about the Access Linux Platform and check out some new screenshots of the current ALP prototype being shown at LinuxWorld.

Jørgen Sundgot puts the petite Orange SPV M600 business phone through its paces, finding both ups and downs among its extensive set of features. Does it pass the mustard?

Sidekick junkies will be thrilled to hear that some mysterious pictures of the upcoming Sidekick 3 have emerged. And it doesn’t look like people will be disappointed.

Sony Ericsson's Walkman range of music phones expands yet again with the introduction of the capable W700i candybar; also, the Z525a chalks up a Push-To-Talk first for the handset maker in the US.

A customers who bought the high-fashioned Motorola Ming A1200 is writing a review and offers a number of images of the device and its camera's capabilities. UPDATE: One more review with lots of pictures here.