
Samsung’s staying true to its word back at MWC in February, announcing that the Soul slider is now starting to become available in parts of Europe with distribution expanding through the remainder of this month and May.

It’s not often that a single handset unites all four US national carriers (assuming the T-Mobile thing ends up going down), so we have to give Palm some credit here — it’s an honorable feat. And with the Centro being a surprise break-out success for Palm (a much needed one, may we add), there’s no reason to think they won’t be able to push a few units on Verizon, too.

We’ve been hearing a groundswell of rumors this week that Sprint reps are telling folks that the Curve 8330 — looking lovely in dark gray, may we add — has been pushed all the way back to June 1.

From rumor to sale in about two months’ time — not bad. The Sayno Katana LX is now available through Sprint, offering a worthy replacement to the aging Katana II at the same price point, $49.99 on contract after rebates.

We’ve already seen one hybrid satellite phone shown off far in advance of its promised release date this month, and Elektrobit now looks to be doing things one better, with it debuting an even less satellite phone-looking device that’s supposedly coming even sooner.