You know whats better than a high-end smartphone with powerful hardware running a cool new platform. A high-end smartphone with powerful hardware, running a cool new platform that costs a mere penny, of course.

A deal like that could only be valid if you are willing to sign a two year contract, but unless you are working for Microsoft and are getting one of those babies for free, it still sounds like a no-brainer.

The handsets included in this limited time ATT US promotion are the WP7-running HTC Surround and LG Quantum, the BlackBerry flagships Torch 9800 and Bold 9700, Motorola BACKFLIP, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and arguably the best looking Samsung Galaxy S or the Captivate.

Another advertising campaign highlights the dangers of SMS while driving a car or riding a motorbike in a Very Funny way. It does not look really harsh, but it is good that the topic is in the center of attention...

As you can see on the photos above the car crashed but the passenger still Need to send this SMS!! Hope upcoming softwares or Ideas to be included on the Phones that allows Users and Drivers to write a SMS message without holding their phones while Driving.

Over 10,000 Daily Accident is caused by SMS While Driving in Europe!

"Gartner" have released their figures for Q3 2010 and its basically good news if you are in the mobile phone business. 417 million mobile phones were sold during Q3, a 35% increase year on year, and smartphones saw a very healthy 96% increase in sales.

The picture at the top of the market is essentially unchanged, Nokia is still the market leader with Samsang and LG in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. However, whilst all three companies managed to maintain their overall rankings their marketshare fell, Nokia, for example, dropping to 28% whereas a year ago they commanded 36% of the market.

One of the big success stories is Apple, which saw its star rise to become the fourth largest manufacturer by marketshare. Its an astonishing feat considering Apple has one, or at most two, phones on sale, and they are both high priced smartphones. Apple 4th place means that RIM slipped to 5th and Sony Ericsson brought up the rear in 6th.

When we look specifically at smartphone we see the familiar patern of incredible Android growth, with a year on year figure of 1,439%. That dizzying number means that Android is now the second most popular smartphone OS in the world. Symbian is still in the number one spot, but even with a frankly surprising, growth rate of 61% it doesn't look like it will hold onto its crown for much longer.

Latest Registered Mobile Devices from Federal Communications Commissions site Friday (3/9/2010).

Phones

Read - Samsung S8530L
Read - LG E500
Read - Alcatel OT-355A
Read - Panasonic P-03C
Read - Pantech TXT8035

Peripherals

Read - ZTE 3200
Read - ZTE MF190A

Sharp today SHowed the so-called Galapagos 003SH and the Galapagos 005SH. Both phones share one major selling point: they both feature a No-Glasses-Required (naked-eye) 3D display.

Galapagos 003SH Specs (pictured above)

• 3.8-inch touchscreen with 800×480 resolution
• Android 2.2
• 1GHz Snapdragon CPU
• 9.6MP CCD camera with 720p video recording
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• electronic wallet function
• digital TV tuner
• size: 121×62×12mm, weight: 139g

Galapagos 005SH Specs (pictured above)

• 3.8-inch screen with 800×480 resolution
• QWERTY keyboard with 4-way D-pad
• Android 2.2
• 1GHz Snapdragon CPU
• 8MP CMOS camera with 720p video recording
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• electronic wallet function
• microSDHC slot (32GB)
• digital TV tuner