The annaul CommunicAsia 2010 trade show is about to begin in 2 days time in Singapore. This annual event has attracted trade visitors and media from around the globe to check out the latest wireless technology and most importantly mobile phones.

As usual, the major brands will be missing from the show. Sony Ericsson and Nokia will be holding their own private events at hotel ballrooms on two seperate days.  Koeran companies LG will have no presense at the exhibition as well.  Japanese giant NTT Docomo will have a more significant presense this year, showcasing it’s LTE technology and Xperia series of Sony Ericsson phones at the show.

In conjunction with the event, the local telcos won’t be sitting back. It is said that one of them will be announcing more exclusive phones to their stable of Android phones. Perhaps, one of the three might just announce the availability of iPhone 4 and iPad for the local market during this period of time.

So, stay tuned while we bring you more this coming week.

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We take a quick first hand look at the Motorola DEXT Android phone in Singapore. This phone comes with MOTOBLUR which is a customised UI over the Android 1.5 Cupcake. See how it works and find out the details in the first look review.

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http://www.ocworkbench.com/2010/MOTOROLA/motorola-dext-review/p1.htm

We first saw the Omnia Pro B7610 at CommunicAsia 2009 held in Singapore last year. It was one of the first QWERTY keyboard phone in the market. Compared to most other QWERTY keyboard based solutions, the Omnia Pro B7610 can be said to have the larger and spacious layout of the keyboard for easy test entry.

Complimenting the keyboard is the 3.5″ touchscreen display that has a resolution of 800 x 480 (WVGA) and is of the AMOLED display. It reproduces very good black and colours. Powered by the Windows Mobile 6.5, it’s central processor runs at an amazing speed of 800MHz, just 200MHz slower than the SnapDragon variants.

So, is the phone responsive and what does it offer and lack ? Read our review to find out more.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2010/SAMSUNG/Samsung-Omnia-Pro-B7610-Review/p1.htm

We first saw the Omnia Pro B7610 at CommunicAsia 2009 held in Singapore last year. It was one of the first QWERTY keyboard phone in the market. Compared to most other QWERTY keyboard based solutions, the Omnia Pro B7610 can be said to have the larger and spacious layout of the keyboard for easy test entry.

Complimenting the keyboard is the 3.5″ touchscreen display that has a resolution of 800 x 480 (WVGA) and is of the AMOLED display. It reproduces very good black and colours. Powered by the Windows Mobile 6.5, it’s central processor runs at an amazing speed of 800MHz, just 200MHz slower than the SnapDragon variants.

So, is the phone responsive and what does it offer and lack ? Read our review to find out more.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2010/SAMSUNG/Samsung-Omnia-Pro-B7610-Review/p1.htm

Wanted a fashionable phone with texting features or something that works at an affordable pricing as the first phone for your school kids ? The Samsung Corby TxT could be the answer for this group of users.

Designed with an interchangeable fashion jacket or faceplate, the EDGE/GPRS Samsung Corby TXT is a definitely a very stylish QWERTY texting phone that works great for those who loves to SMS and Email on the go.

The Corby TXT comes with 3 different schemes to choose from. Be funky and try out the cartoon UI which will surprise many.

Fun apart, the phone has a very nicely laid out qwerty keyboard which is good for texting and smsing. You can also set up multiple accounts for google, hotmail, pop3 mail to send/receive mails on the go. SMS are also organised in conversational SMS which makes it easy for you to read the correspondences between you and your friend….

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http://www.ocworkbench.com/2010/SAMSUNG/Samsung-Corby-Txt-GT-B3210-Review/p1.htm

The Corby line of phones targets the youth. The design comes in bright colours with changeable battery covers.

The Samsung Corby TXT is a phone that looks like the B7320 Windows mobile phone but it is a 2G with EDGE running on Samsung proprietary OS. It has some nice social media tools.

The Samsung Corby Pro is higher spec than the Corby TXT. It also runs on proprietary Samsung OS. It supports HSDPA 3.5G and has slide out keyboard similar to the Omnia Pro B7610. It supports touchwiz and one touch zoom as well. Find out more with the HD videos of both phones in our first look Review below :

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http://www.ocworkbench.com/2009/samsung/Samsung-Corby-Txt-B3210-Corby-Pro-Review/p1.htm

Formerly known as ‘Idou’, this Sony Ericsson Satio finally reaches the mass market a couple of weeks ago. Being on of the first 12.1 mega pixel camera phone in the market, it does have the upper hand in this high end market. To date the nearest competitor is the Samsung Pixon12 which we have reviewed on OCWORKBENCH before . So how does the SE Satio compare to Samsung Pixon12 ? Read this review to see how they perform.

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