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It was only last week when we spotted an image of the new Motorola handset uniquely code-named Alexander, and now here comes another handset this time codenamed Atila. Well, Atila looks very much alike the Alexander minus the QWERTY keyboard. But aside from the absence of this feature, the Atila handset also differs from the Alexander by virtue of it being Motorola’s first mobile phone that will have tri-band UMTS/HSDPA feature.

The Motorola Atila is both a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850MHz/1900MHz/2100MHz) phone that features both 7.2Mbps and 1.8Mbps HSUPA download speeds, a 1130mAh battery, a 2.8-inch QVGA 240 x 320 display screen, Wi-Fi b/g, Qualcomm 7201A chipset and has Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional for its OS.

Unlike the Motorola Alexander which is expected to hit the shelves sometime in October, release date and pricing information for Atila the handset are not yet available.

Via [Boy Genius Report]

Samsung has joined the growing market for HSUPA compatible phones with the release of the Samsung SCH-M470. Aside from the good looking Korean gadget girls that Samsung used for the promo of its first HSUPA phone, the SCH-M470 also sports an equally stunning look. That’s aside from the fact that the SCH-M470 boasts of 2mbps upload speed through HSUPA technology.

The Samsung SCH-M470 slider phone is not all HSUPA and good looks though. It also has some nifty features such as a 2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, push email and Google search. The Samsung SCH-M470 retails in Korea for around $600 through SK Telecoms. No word yet on a possible U.S. release.

Via [Akihabara News] Product Samsung Korea