Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , GSM , EV-DO , HSDPA , UMTS , CDMA If you spell happiness T-W-E-L-V-E M-E-G-A-P-I-X-E-L-S, you’re looking in the wrong place. Samsung’s SCH-W830 — along with its SPH-W8300 and SPH-W8350 cousins for other networks — finds inner peace through the simplicity and beauty of a scintillating light show set around an ultra-low res display.

Filed under: Handsets , HTC , GSM , Android Looks like Vietnam is the new place to be for early device leaks. A place where gadget-nerds are rapidly evolving extra digits to master their surplus of hi-tech gear — lucky bastages. As followup to its GSM-flavored Palm Pre scoop , site Tinh Te is once again showing off the HTC Click only this time, it’s a full-on video.

Filed under: Handsets , Others , China Mobile , Android The O1 isn’t even out yet, but a new filing with China’s regulatory folks suggests that Lenovo’s already hard at work at a lower-cost version that would swap out metal bits for plastic ones and kick the camera down from 5 megapixels to 3. On the plus side, buyers still make out with 8GB of internal storage and quite possibly China Mobile’s homegrown Android skin, so it can’t be all bad, right? Then again, this remix could be for a different carrier altogether, in which case we might be spared Open Mobile System’s uncomfortably iPhone-esque home screen — and really, that’d be just fine with us.

Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , Sprint As it turns out, Instinct HD really was the final name that Samsung decided for its Sprint-bound S50 / m850 Dash , at least as far as Best Buy is concerned. The “Weekly Ad Specials” listing confirms that the smartphone really does handle HD video, both recording and playback, with a 5 megapixel camera and a TV out connection for sharing. It’s also got visual voicemail, WiFi, and corporate calendar ( likely Exchange and Lotus Domino ) support.

Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Android In its brief three-model run so far, HTC’s already built a storied history of odd color options for its Android phones: brown on the G1 , “merlot” on the myTouch 3G , and now, a sublime pink for the Hero that we’re finally seeing in the wild. Love it or hate it, Android fans, be real with yourselves: if it was somehow the only Hero you had access to, you’d take it in a heartbeat.

Can’t say we’re all that surprised given other sightings, but one anonymous tipster has sent us pics from a local Best Buy of the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite in a shiny white package with a back-of-box chart that neglects to mention the Pro models, essentially striking it from the records. It’s still scanning at $399 for now, but having seen other retailers print flyers quoting $299, the computers very well may be updating just after some official Microsoft announcement, which wouldn’t surprise us at all if it happen sometime this week, just ahead of the PS3 Slim launch.

Thanks to the magic of Qik , we’ve got this brief hands-on video of the new Zune HD which Matthew Arkin was able to get a hold of during its special preview to the public. As you’ll see, the most notable part of the Zune HD is its large screen though its highly reflective display is a bit worrisome for use outdoors during bright and sunny days. Another important thing we can take away from this video is the existence of the Apps submenu under Marketplace .