Look out its a Honami wave of new phones

Excited for the new incoming Sony Honami which looks set to be announced, washed ashore sometime in September - the spec sheet is almost pornographic in nature. The price will be just as obscene too, although will it be more expensive that the ridiculous prices Apple charge for an off plan iPhone, we doubt that. 

Import

In the UK at least no Moto X - however you can import one from welectronics.com at a cost of $800+ which is around £600, plus you will be asked to pony up another 20% in VAT when it lands on your doorstep. No choices in colour or config, so its black or black. Motorola have said some Euro bound handsets later this or early next year.

On the subject of Motorola, the new Ultra HD is also at welectronics.com which can be had in black or a very nasty red. This replaced the RAZR HD which didnt make it to the UK either. Guessing Verizon / Vodafone deal stopped it.

We have covered the arrival of the LG G2 - which impressive as it is maybe too close in spec for the Nexus 5, which rumor whores have been enjoying the tugowar between stories of this and that manufacturer. Exciting having 2 phones coming to the market from LG whatever. Talking of LG, the LG G Pro again a handset that never made the UK can be had for a reasonable £350 / $500 negrielectronics.com

Sony Ultra Z is here but who wants a screen or handset that big, goes beyond practical - maybe fine for home or sat nav/GPS purposes. 


Which handsets are you looking forward to !?

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In stock nearby Look for the blue dots

(Cross-posted with the Google Merchant Blog)

Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering, demonstrated last December a preview version of Product Search for mobile with local inventory, which lets you see right in your search results whether items are in stock at nearby stores. Were happy to announce that as of today, if youre searching for a product that is sold by participating retailers, including Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, or West Elm, you can just look for the blue dots in the search results to see if its available in a local store. If you see a blue dot, you can tap on the adjacent "In stock nearby" link, and youll be taken to the sellers page where youll see whether the item is "In Stock" or has "Limited Availability" near you. Youll also see how far away the stores are from you -- as long as youve enabled My Location or manually specified your location.

If you have an iPhone, Palm WebOS phone, or any Android-powered device, and youre in the US, just go to Google.com in your mobile browser, tap on the "more" link, and then select "Shopping." Or look for the "Shopping results" section in Universal Search results when you search on Google.com.
Finally, if youre a retailer and youd like to participate in this program, we want to hear from you. Please fill out this brief form to let us know that youd like to be considered. In the meantime, you can get prepared by making sure your Local Business Center data is up to date, and ensuring that your Product Search data is in great shape.

Posted by Paul Lee and Yury Pinsky, Product Managers

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