Remember some months ago we talked about the LG Arena? Well we are here to tell you today that the LG Arena is now available in a new color. The new color is Titan Black but will be exclusive at T-Mobile UK.

If you don’t remember what this baby is sporting then you can check previous post on the LG Arena or look at the brief spec list below.

Other Specifications includes:

* GSM Tri-band, EDGE / UTMS
* Display: 3-inch touch screen, 480 x 800 pixels, 256k colors
* Weight: 105 grams
* Dimension: 105.9 x 55.3 x 11.95 mm
* Email / SMS / MMS
* WiFi
* A-GPS
* Java

Vodafone UK has made an agreement with Twitter which allow their customers to send updates to and receive SMS notifications from twitter.

Now Vodafone customers will be able to receive sms messages from friends they choose to follow via SMS and send text messages to a short code (86444) for their “tweets”, @replies, or to follow someone on the go.

After the launch of the service it will be free for just about a week then after they will have to pay.

The Motorola Aura swivel phone has gotten a clone called the iMobile V453. The iMobile V453 comes in a Louis Vuitton Case. The V453 was made by Chinese manufacturers and comes with a 1.5-inch LCD display with features such as an FM Tuner, integrated media player, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a microSD card slot.

There is no pricing information available but you can see more pictures after the jump.

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The Meizu M8 MiniOne is finally getting a new interface which will wash away the name “Chinese iPhone” that was stick it after the first version look more like an iPhone.

The new version comes with a all black theme with even the interface being black. The new interface looks really cool and could even be a threat to the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. Expect to see the Meizu M8 all black in China in August.

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Nokia has announced another handset to their XpressMusic line but this one has a slider full qwerty keyboard. The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic features a 2.4-inch LCD screen display with a 240×320 pixel resolution, 100MB internal memory plus microSD slot and is powered by the S60 OS.

There is also a 3.15 Megapixel camera with auto focus, Carl Zeiss lens, LED Flash and a secondary camera for video calls. There is also a A-GPS function that has Nokia Maps, WiFi 802.11b/g Connectivity, Bluetooth Connectivity and a FM Tuner.

It is expected to debut in Europe in the second quarter of this year in Pink, Blue, Red and Monochrome for approximately 280 euros.

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Philips unveiled a new clamshell design phone, the Xenium X530. The clamshell designed handset features a 2.2-inch LCD display with a 240×320 pixel resolution, a 1-inch OLED external display that displays incoming calls, a 2 Megapixel camera, FM Tuner, Bluetooth Connectivity plus integrated music and video player.

The phone is based on the NXP 5210 chipset and will support Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900MHz networks.

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Nokia has announced another Budget handset in the UK called the Nokia 5030 and is also referred to some as the Nokia XpressRadio. The Nokia 5030 is a budget phone and doesn’t not carry much features, if all you do is send SMS, Picture Messages and Listen to the Radio then you can consider getting hold on one of these handsets.

The handset has a battery life of up to 21 days of standby time and a talk time of 525 hours. Expect to see the 5030 being retailed for approximately €40 in the second quarter of this year or approximately €36 without a Sim.

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As far as Hyundai is concerned, I only knew they made cars but now i am astonished to know that they do phones too. Here is the Hyundai MB-910 Watch Phone which features a 132 x 176 LCD touchscreen display and has up to 3 hours of talktime and up to 70 hours of standby time.

The Wrist Watch Phone features the capability to send multimedia messages, SMS messages, Watch Videos and play other media files. The Watch Phone will be available in the UK as of Q2 of this year for 200 British Pounds and that would be $275.

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