Nokia is ready to launch two new CDMA phones in China. Dubbed as the Nokia 6702 Slide and Nokia 1706, both cell phones should be expected to become available in China in the near future.

Australia’s largest mobile operator Telstra is about to launch RIM’s brand new BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) on their network. The handset should become available later this month in two color options: piano black and royal purple, however, the company hasn’t made any announcement yet concerning its price.

Boost Mobile is about to release a new side-slider phone from Samsung namely the Samsung Rant. The handset will become available starting on May 19th for $150 without any contract. Specs-wise, the Rant packs a 176 x 220 TFT display, a 2MP camera with video recording, a side-slide QWERTY keyboard, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), an MP3 player, email support, a speakerphone with voice recognition, GPS, 3G and stereo Bluetooth.

The Samsung S3370 has been officially announced in Russia as the Samsung Corby 3G. The Samsung S3370 Corby 3G features a 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen display, TouchWiz UI 2.0, Bluetooth, music and video player, an FM radio, DNSe 2.0, social networking integration (Facebook, Twitter, My Space), a 1.3MP camera, and a MicroSD card support. This 3G handset should be available in Russia starting May 10th, 2010 for 5790 Rubles ($190)

Another affordable clamshell phone from Pantech has just been launched by AT&T.

The Samsung Seek (M350) is the company’s latest messaging phone that will be available via Sprint.

Canadian mobile operator, Wind Mobile has recently released another budget-friendly candybar phone from Huawei namely the U1250. Priced at just $70, this entry level handset packs a 2-inch 240 x 320 display, a 2-megapixel camera, a 128MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 8GB), a music player, an FM radio, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and supports both GSM (1900/1800/900/850 MHz) and UMTS AWS (1700/2100), 2100MHz networks. [ Wind Mobile ]

Nokia has announced a new Xseries phone in India by unveiling the X2. This candybar phone is equipped with a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 5MP camera with video recording, a microSD card slot (up to 16GB), dedicated music keys, an FM radio, Nokia Messaging, Facebook integration, dual speakers, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and runs on Symbian S40 OS.

Samsung has begun selling their first Android 2.1 smartphone ‘Galaxy A (SHW-M100S)’ in South Korea. Specs-wise, the handset sports an 800MHz processor, a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 AMOLED Plus touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera, an 8GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, T-DMB, DivX support, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack, a 1500mAh battery and runs on Android 2.1 OS. The Samsung Galaxy A (SHW-M100S) is now available in South Korea via SKT (South Korea’s largest mobile carrier)

You are lucky if you are living in the UK, because LG will launch the Optimus GT540 Android-powered smartphone in that region. Available in black, white, pink and silver, the phone sports a 3-inch HVGA display with a 3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, A-GPS capability, DivX/ Xvid compatibility and a 3.5mm audio jack. The LG Optimus GT450 also has a social networking client that allows you to hook up to various sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo