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Filed under: Handsets , LG , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS , Announcements If ever there were an LG Shine to live up to its lofty name, this would definitely be it. We'd like to introduce you to the Iron Man phone -- presented here by our boy Robert Downey, Jr. -- based on the Shine slider as sold by AT&T. Unlike the garden-variety Shine, the Iron Man edition trades up to a deep red case with gold plated highlights and a solid 18K gold battery cover to commemorate the launch of the film in style. That's plenty enough element 79 to give this thing some serious heft. We're not bragging, though -- we want you to have it. The phone is valued at a princely $1,500; twenty are being given away by LG directly -- we've got the twenty first. How do you pry it out of our hands? Easy: we want to see just how nasty, disgusting, and close to complete breakdown your current face candy is. Send us a pic and tell us a little bit about your poor, dilapidated phone and the long journey it's taken to its current state of disrepair. We'll pick the saddest entry and let you retire that terrible thing for something just a little flashier. One word of advice though: don't bother breaking your phone or taking a photo of your dad's Dynatac or something, that's not what we're looking for. Check out the gallery to see shots of the very Iron Man phone that could be yours, and don't forget to enter. Good luck! The rules (yeah, there are always rules) Send us your original photo. If we find your picture elsewhere on the internet, you will so be disqualified. Don't test us here, we've seen every picture of every phone. Ever. Email submissions to contests [at] engadget [dawt] com with the subject "I am Iron Man!" And for the love of our inbox, please keep your images 1MB or under, ok? You may only enter this contest once. If you enter this contest more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. Contest is open to anyone...

Motorola's been slow on their roll to launch the Motorola Z9, but with a bit of luck, we could see Motorola launching the MOTO Z9 at CTIA Las Vegas. The prospect of a launch is made all the more likely with the FCC's recent blessing of the Motorola Z9 slider. It's seems like we've been talking [...]

We’ve known about it for some time now . We’ve been waiting for it to drop. Motorola just made it official . And, now we had a chance to play with the Motorola Z10. Unfortunately, it turns out that the Z10 display units that we had a chance to test at the Motorola booth were still prototypes. We’ll talk more about what that means in a bit. For now we’re going to give you a bit of insight into the Motorola Z10 user experience. Overall, the Moto Z10 is a striking piece of RAZR-esque design that is both bold and sleek at the same time. The handset’s lines are essentially the same as Motorola’s Z8 slide-phone - with the same “slide and bend” design. Keep reading for the rest of the goods… Buttons feel nice and rubbery with a satisfying tactile response. Dedicated music controls and camera buttons make it as easy to capture your memorable moments with the photo and video camera as it is to kick back and listen to some tunes. And, as Dusan mentioned previously , this Z8 successor bumps up the camera image-sensor pixel count to 3.2 megapixels, up from the Z8’s 2 million pixels. Pictures are sharp and clear with virtually no shutter lag - and the camera has a “multi-shot” feature that allows you to take 3, 5, or 12 pictures in sequence. However, likely owing to the fact that the Z10 we played with was a prototype (production units were said to be available at the end of the Q1 2008), video recording on the handset was unacceptably sub-par. Video seemed to be recording at something like 10-15fps - not what we expected from the Z10. Overall, the MOTORIZR Z10 is a slick piece. We weren’t able to test out the 3G HSDPA and full HTML browser, nor the instantaneous video broadcasting, but those are some pretty trick features that are sure to appeal to a lot of people. Oh, and don’t forget the 3.5mm headphone jack - Sony Ericsson always does . Here’s the Motorola Z10 video recording sample. Recording...

Wannabe audiophiles will be happy to hear that Mark Levinson has lent his name to the new LG Rhapsody in Music slider phone - known as the LG LB3300 - for the South Korean masses. We say “wannabe” because there no amount of fancy branding or gadgetry that can bring audiophile-quality sound to a handset. But hey, if South Koreans want to think a Mark Levinson-branded phone will give them hi-fi sound quality, let them spend their money. That being said, the LG LB3300 boasts an impressive facade, adorned with an LED-backlight touch-sensitive wheel, 1GB of onboard storage (with up to 4GB of expandable memory), 2 megapixel camera, terrestrial DMB, and Bluetooth with A2DP that can steam to two listeners simultaneously. We like the look of the handset, but we can’t imagine that a fairly run-of-the-mill music-phone it worth the extra Won to be associated with Mark Levinson’s name. [Via: Engadget Mobile ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Rhapsody to Go works well with Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, N73, N91 and N95!Video: Rhapsody on the Nokia N800CTIA: LG's New ClamshellsMark Loughran is now Nokia's UK Sales ChiefVideo: Nokia likes Latinas and reggaeton, N95 sighted in Daddy Yankee music video

If one of Verizon’s hottest handsets for this year is the LG Voyager , then the other badass on Verizon’s list is the LG Venus . With a dual-screen slider setup - one for seeing and one for touching - the LG Venus is definitely one unique slider. Phone Arena got their hands on some more details about the LG Venus, and they’re looking good. The LG Venus rocks the same 2 inch, 320×240 pixel QVGA upper display as the LG VX8550 Chocolate, and supplements it with a 1.49 inch, 176×240 pixel touchscreen below it. The lower-screen serves as an “interactive menu” that replaces the LG Chocolate’s scroll wheel, and serves up task-specific icons to help you navigate through the phone’s functions. And, the music-centric LG Venus rocks a 2.0 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Speakerphone, 3G (EVDO of course), and microSDHC card slot. We also know that the LG Venus will be taller and wider than the LG Chocolate, but it’ll be thankfully slimmer. The dual-screened slider will come in your choice of Pink or Black and comes with an 800 mAh battery, AC charger, carrying pouch, USB 2.0 cable, and VCAST Music setup cd. If the LG Venus tickles your fancy, expect to pony up $199 (after 2-year contract and $50 rebate) for a November 8 pre-order, with shipping set for November 19. [Via: Phone Arena ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Verizon LG Voyager gets spec'ed out -LG Voyager details are hereVerizon Wireless to launch Juke, Pearl, Venus, Voyager simultaneouslyVerizon announces four new handsets - Juke, Pearl, Venus, VoyagerVerizon Wireless handset launch dates leaked - Juke, Pearl 2, Treo 755p, Venus, VoyagerVideo: 17 minutes with Verizon's latest lineup

Samsung sure does love them some sliders. It seems every other phone coming out of the South Korean manufacturer’s factories are in slider form-factor. The recently leaked pics and deets of the Samsung SGH-i570 show a slider-phone with a full QWERTY keyboard hidden under a svelte and sleek 96×90x16mm body. How does the handset manufacturing giant continually push out new handsets? Well, part innovation, party recycling. The i570 seems to be a variant of the Samsung SGH-i620 slider that should be hitting European shores within the next couple months. And, as such, the i570 sports a similar feature-set - 2 megapixel camera, microSD slot, 160MB onboard storage, WiFi, HSDPA, Bluetooth, and (if you look closely) a front-facing video conferencing camera. But, unlike it’s i620 brethren, the i570 will be packing Symbian 9.1, as opposed to Windows Mobile. The tri-band GSM and single-band UMTS/HSDPA radio keep the Samsung i570 from playing nice with US-frequencies, but it’s still a great piece of eye-candy. Pricing and availability is unknown, we’ll keep you updated! Keep reading for more pics! [Via: Pocket-lint ] Thanks to mobilmania.cz ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Another Symbian S60 smartphone from Samsung, SGH-i400Samsung SGH-i520 to be unveiled at Smartphone ShowSamsung SGH-i520 revealedSamsung SGH-707SCII cleared by the FCCSamsung SGH-P210, a dual-mode feature phone