The Samsung Freeform II (SCH-r360) is now being sold at MetroPCS stores. The Freeform II has a four-row QWERTY keyboard, 2.2″ QVGA TFT display screen, and has text/picture messaging. The Freeform II has stereo Bluetooth and has a 1.3 megapixel camera built in. Buyers will also have access to MetroNavigator GPS navigation. Below is the list of the full features:

PRODUCTIVITY
· Stylish Bar Design
· Four-Row QWERTY Keyboard
· Info Panel with messages and calls view
· Customizable Shortcut Buttons
· Stereo Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
· Metro Applications including MetroNavigator® GPS Navigation System, Metro 411 Directory Assistance, mobile IM, mail@metro Unlimited E-mail and MetroWEB® Internet Access

ENTERTAINMENT
· 2.2 inch QVGA TFT Display Screen
· 1.3 MP Camera
· Text Messaging (SMS), Multimedia Messaging (MMS), Threaded/Chat-style Messaging and Picture Messaging
· Widget Support
· MP3 Music Player
· Up to 16GB expandable memory with a microSD™ Memory Card Slot

SPECIFICATIONS
· CDMA 800MhMHz/PCS 1900 MHz, AWS Band 1700/2100 MHz
· Dimensions: 2.12” x 4.13” x 0.59”
· Weight: 3.81 ounces
· Display: 2.2” QVGA TFT display
· Talk Time: Up to 5 hours* and Standby: 550 hours*
· Standard 3.7 1000mAh Volt Lithium Ion Battery
· Hearing Aid Compatibility: M4/T3

[Samsung USA]

Finally there are some specific details about the BlackBerry Style 9670 that we already mentioned a few times before.

With that being said, the BlackBerry Style 9670 is a flip cellphone as you can see on the picture and comes with an internal display that provides a resolution of 360

Right on the heels of Griffin Technology new iPad accessories, the company is now offering some new accessories for the new iPod Touch and new iPod nano.

The Outfit Gloss ($24.99), that you see in the picture, has a translucent polycarbonate, and also includes a bonus microStand to hold the iPod for viewing. The Outfit Mist has the same material and price ($24.99) with a two-tone paint with wet look. The Outfit Flip ($24.99) has a color-shifting paint that can “flip” from one color to the other.

The Reveal ($24.99) is a one piece shell and has a Microstand. The AeroSport XL ($29.99) is an armband for the iPod Touch, and the AeroSport ($19.99) is the same thing for the iPod nano.

I don’t have much of release date on these guys except “soon”.

Today we’ve got a downright baffling product for you today–the folks out at Cyberguys sent us one of their new Horn Stands for the iPhone 4 (and it’s been suggested that the iPhone 3GS will also work, though I found some compatibility with other devices too.

The Horn Stand, as you can see in the picture set below, is basically just a shaped plastic with an ear trumpet-esque horn connecting it. Slip your iPhone in the device, use the white button on the front to turn it on, and let the horn amplify the sound to what reports suggest will get up to twelve decibels.

Naturally, I don’t have a sound meter, so I can’t say if this actually does hit twelve decibels, but the sound does sound amplified. It fulfills its intended purpose, and it does so pretty well. I mean, it’s just a shaped lump of what I’m guessing is rubber that works like a phonograph trumpet to amplify sound. It also, parenthetically, serves as an iPod Touch stand, and will even amplify an external speaker device, for instance, a Sony NWZ-S545 Walkman.

The upshots here are surprisingly many–it’s durable (probably unbreakable–I chucked it at a wall three times and it bounced off easily), easy to clean, performs multiple tasks and does them surprisingly well. But at the end of the day, it’s still just a hunk of shaped rubber that kind of makes your external speakered devices slightly louder.

And this particular amplifier can be picked up for $24.95 out at cyberguys.com.

So if you’re looking for a device that’ll throw some extra volume into your iPhone, no matter where you are, without so much as any kind of power, then you’ll be all over this thoroughly mechanical solution. But if you needed more power in your speakers, well, you’d need significantly more power to begin with.

The Good

Incredible durability

Variety of useful functions

Absolutely no power draw

The Bad

Limited effectiveness

Score 7 / 10

Ghostwriter is a simple photo editing app that lets you add certain ’spooky’ effects to the photos you’ve taken of your friends and family, and lets you share them. It’s not meant to be the world’s most powerful photo editing app, but it offers a variety of spooky Halloween-flavored effects which will definitely amuse kids. It is a good option for a limited budget to share in the fun of making your costumed photos just a bit creepier.

What you’ll first want to do is actually go into the settings. You’ll have to select how you want to edit your photo before you even import it. This is one of the few problems I had with the functionality of this app. Most, if not all, photo editing apps let you import your source, and then allow users to edit the effects from there. Nevertheless, you’ll want to choose your Spooky Editing options from within the settings before you import or take your photo.

There are a small selection of options to choose from. First and probably most popular will be adding text – there are six preset messages, such as “Trick or Treat,” “I Want Candy,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and more. However, do you have the option to add your own message as well. From here you can select one of the two fonts available. After you’ve chosen the text, go ahead and choose if you want some ‘Goulish Miasma,’ or other effects like ‘Diabolical Light.’

Finally, a few other options let you decide if the picture will display with a sound effect, if you want to save the originals (for when you take a photo from within the app), or reset all your options. Once you’ve make your selections, go back out to the main page, import your photo, and see your creation! You can play the sound effects over and over, if you like. You can edit the text at this point if you’re not happy with what it says (but not the font or effects). Finally, go ahead and either save your spooky creation or email it to a friend.

That’s Ghostwriter in a nutshell, a simple holiday app for Halloween – pick it up if you’re interested in a simple, easy way to make spooky theme pictures for your Halloween memories!

[ Ghostwriter Review is a post from 148Apps ]