There is word coming out of the UK regarding the recently unveiled Google Nexus One Smartphone. Vodafone UK has said it will start selling the Nexus One “in a few short weeks.”

“No detail on pricing and precise timing has yet been made, but that will come in a few weeks.” The Google Nexus One will be coming up next in France, Germany and Spain. If you live in the United States the Nexus One will be sold directly through Google.

Vodafone all new Vodafone 360 mobile internet service and app platform along with two new Samsung Mobile Phones, the Samsung H1 and the Samsung M1 which will be the first phones to feature the Vodaphone 360.

Both phones comes with the Vodafone 360 suite which offers a 3D UI and integration with social networks and other internet accounts such as Facebook, Windows Live and Twitter. The Samsung H1 sports a 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen dsiaplay, a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash plus 16GB internal memory. The Samsung M1 on the other hand features a 3.2-inch LCD touchscreen display, a 3 megapixel camera and a a microSD card slot for memory expansion.

Both the Samsung H1 and M1 comes to consumers later this year.

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Vodafone is known as a prominent carrier in the UK and they are making it more visible by giving away some top of the line Smartphones to their consumers as long as they choose a plan. Remember that they are giving away the Nokia N97 32GB Version with a 40GBP Plan and now they have the Blackberry 8520 but this comes with a cheaper plan of only 25GBP.

The bad thing is that this Blackberry doesn’t have 3G/HSDPA functionality, however it has WiFi Connectivity, 2 megapixel camera and a 2.6-inch display to preview your pics. I must admit it that the camera could be much better, the BlackBerry 8520 is the first RIM device that will be able to sync to your iTunes multimedia content and playlists.

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I have great news for consumers in the UK, Vodafone is giving away a free Nokia N97 32GB Edition but there is a catch to it, you have to select a monthly plans from £40 and with that Vodafone will be giving you 300 extra minutes a month with selected online tariffs.

The Nokia N97 on the offer is the 32GB version and it is available only in black, but just in case you have no idea what the Nokia N97 is like, it features a 5 megapixels camera, Built in GPS navigation and 3G HSDPA connectivity. There is also a 3.5-inch clear touchscreen display plus a slide-out Qwerty Keyboard.

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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 HTC Magic which was once announced as the HTC G2 which is suppose to replace the HTC G1 was official announced as exclusive to the Vodafone network from the UK.

The G1 was exclusive to the T-Mobile Network and the G2 is now exclusive to Vodafone, the Magic/G2 is much much slimmer than the G1 due to the lack of the hardware keyboard, instead the Magic has a touch qwerty keyboard. The Magic has basically the same specs as the G1 and runs the latest version of the Android OS from Google.

The Magic has a sleek and beautiful design than that of the HTC G1. See more photos after the jump

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Sony Ericsson has released a new slider Walkman phone called the W715 which is exclusive for Vodafone of Europe so don’t expect to see it in the US anytime soon. The W715 features a 3.2MP camera with WiFi and Bluetooth Connectivity plus other specs like aGPS capabilities, DLNA certified and up to 120MB of internal memory.

The Handset is scheduled for release in first quarter of of 2009.

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