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HTC shipping newer HTC Touch Diamond handsets with updated TouchFLO 3D

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Reviews of sluggish TouchFLO 3D performance got your HTC Touch Diamond hopes down? Worry not, fellow Diamond-lover, HTC's shipping their hottest new handset in the European market with updated versions of the TouchFLO 3D UI. Don't get us wrong, the TouchFLO 3D interface is a snazzy twist on HTC's Windows Mobile UI overlay, but with performance [...]

iPhone OS 2.0 beta firmware hints at FM radio, FOTA support

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With Apple releasing iPhone v2.0 firmware betas left and right, the iPhone is shaping up with support for more and more features. The latest iPhone firmware beta has revealed that the next firmware revision will enable FM radio and FOTA (firmware over the air) support on the iPhone. FM radio support could point toward the iPhone [...]

Study: 32 million LTE subscribers by 2013

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There's no doubt that LTE is the 4G network of choice the world over. With CDMA-based networks like Verizon even planning to switch to the GSM evolution pathway for their future network, it seems that LTE is the way to go. As such, ABI Research has released a new study that projects 32 million worldwide [...]

Orange using wind to power Moby-recharging at Glasto

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I thought this might be a story about feeding each of the Glastonbury revellers a can of beans and then collecting the resulting methane, but it appears not…..   Orange is apparently going to use a 7 metre wind turbine to power (recharge) mobile phones during Glastonbury this year! Users will be able to connect their device [...]

Brylcreem goes Mobile via Blyk…

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MobiAd News has got a great analysis of a recent campaign that Brylcreem (the mens hair product company) ran via the Ad-funded Mobile network, Blyk. I've included some highlights here, but the full detail can be found here. This was Brylcreem's first campaign on Mobile, and so Blyk were used as both the strategy and creative [...]

Newsbrief: New Sony Ericsson Accessories, Helio Closing? Ringtones for Dogs

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Sony Ericsson launched a new line of cell phone accessories in conjunction with Maria Sharapova. Rumors are circulating that MVNO Helio might be closing shop. New ringtones in Japan supposedly can be heard only by dogs. Read the full story here.

iPhone 3G hopefuls should hit the gym

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And maybe take up some sort of martial arts training. Or, at the very least, watch your back for iPhone-targeting, low-life, wannabe thugs looking to pry that beautiful iPhone from your cold, dead hands. You see, there seems to be a shift from the old days where people were getting mugged for their iPods to people today, [...]

Motorola named by AT&T as outstanding supplier, highlights strength in teamwork

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Now this is just sad. Motorola doesn't seem to be doing anything more productive with its time than cutting jobs and publicizing a rather pathetic commendation from AT&T. Apparently, Motorola has been named, by AT&T, as an "Outstanding Supplier," among 27 other companies, in "the area of teamwork." Had Motorola been named "Most Innovative," "Best in [...]

Palm Treo 800w launch date confirmed - July 13 on Sprint

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With the summer wireless-hardware-blockbuster set to give eager mobile enthusiasts a new wave of high-end smartphones to drool over, we've got the latest launch date details on the much-anticipated (for some, anyway) Palm Treo 800w on Sprint. An alleged inventory sheet has been posted up on HowardForums, indicating that the Sprint Palm Treo 800w will drop [...]

AT&T paying Apple $325 for every iPhone 3G?

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If you thought paying $299 for a 16GB iPhone 3G in White was more than just pocket change, imagine how AT&T feels, paying $325 for every iPhone 3G. At least that's what Oppenheimer equity research analyst Yair Reiner has told clients. Keeping in mind that carriers generally pay a maximum of $200 per handset, Reiner [...]

Old iPhone docks won't fit iPhone 3G?

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According to an Apple store employee, we could see all our first-generation iPhone docks become all but useless with the launch of the next-generation iPhone 3G - "the iPhone 3G is shaped differently and doesn’t fit in the same dock." Which is not all that surprising, given Apple's penchant for continually updating their products, forcing [...]