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FCC approved the HTC Excalibur Smartphone (ID NM8EXCA). The new phone will become a direct compatition for the Motorala Q.

HTC Excalibur features:

• Unique touch-sensitive scroll pad on side
• Windows Mobile Smartphone OS
• Quadband GSM
• WiFi/Bluetooth
• QVGA screen

At this point, there were no public carrier announcements of HTC Excalibur deals. T-Mobile and Cingular were mentioned in some of the rumors. The unit should be available before the end of the year, around the holiday season.

HTC Excalibur gets FCC nod [EngadgetMobile]