According to unnamed sources who have unloaded new information to Bloomberg, RIM's first tablet will actually be "introduced in November," though there's no clear indication as to when it'll ship. Said sources have also stated that the device will sport a 9.7-inch display, inbuilt WiFi and Bluetooth, and a downright comical Blackpad label

The device will have roughly the same dimensions as the iPad, which has a 9.7-inch diagonal screen, said the two people who wouldn’t be identified because the plans haven’t been made public. The device will include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology that will allow people to connect to the Internet through their BlackBerry smartphones, the two people said.

RIM is racing to come out with a product to rival the iPad in the fast-growing market for devices that bridge the gap between smartphones and notebook computers. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, last month said it sold 3 million iPad tablet computers in 80 days after they debuted in the U.S.

“They can’t wait for a second generation of devices from Apple or they’ll fall too far behind,” said Ashok Kumar, an analyst with Rodman & Renshaw Inc. in New York.

RIM rose $1.45, or 2.6 percent, to $57.15 at 12:18 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading, reversing an earlier decline of as much as 2.5 percent. The stock had dropped 18 percent this year before today, as Apple had climbed 22 percent.

Marisa Conway, a spokeswoman for RIM, declined to comment, citing company policy not to comment on rumor or speculation.

Blackpad Pricing

RIM plans to call the tablet Blackpad, according to one of the people familiar with the company’s plans. RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, acquired the Internet rights to blackpad.com this month, according to the Whois database of domain names.

Pricing for the device will be in line with the iPad, which starts at $499, the person said. RIM is focused on reaping additional profits from the tablet effort, rather than competing on price to sell a large number of devices, the person said.

RIM is stepping up its competition with Apple on multiple fronts. The company is hosting an event in New York Aug. 3 at which it will debut its BlackBerry 9800 slider phone, according to one person familiar with its plans. The device will feature a full touchscreen like Apple’s iPhone and a slideout Qwerty keyboard to allow for easy e-mail typing, the person said.

RIM plans to use the phone to regain the market share it has lost recently to its U.S. rival. RIM’s share of the smartphone market fell to 19.4 percent of global shipments in the first quarter from 20.9 percent a year earlier, according to researcher IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Apple claimed 16.1 percent of the smartphone market, up from 10.9 percent a year earlier.

Uphill Battle?

In the tablet market, RIM will have to demonstrate how its device can stand out against products including the iPad, which has attracted buyers because of its integration with Apple’s iTunes service and many software applications, or apps. More than 225,000 apps are available for Apple devices, the company said in June. RIM said in April it had more than 6,000 apps.

“With the success of the iPad, RIM faces an uphill battle,” said William Power, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., who has a “neutral” rating on the stock. “RIM really has yet to demonstrate that it can roll out touchscreen technology to match the leaders in the space, most noticeably Apple.”

RIM’s tablet will capitalize on the BlackBerry’s e-mail capabilities and the phone’s popularity with corporate users, one person said. The tablet will be closely integrated with the smartphone’s e-mail system and will have similar security for messaging, the person said.

Cameras for Video

Wi-Fi would allow the device to connect to the Internet anywhere the wireless technology is available, including a home, office or coffee shop. When not near such Wi-Fi “hotspots,” people could connect wirelessly to their mobile phone with Bluetooth and then to the Internet. The device will not be able to connect directly to the cellular network the way some iPads can, the two people said.

The RIM tablet will also have front- and back-facing cameras for videoconferencing, Rodman & Renshaw’s Kumar said, citing sources at suppliers in Asia.

We first heard of Cetus (albeit with a different model number) from a purported leaked UK mobile phones roadmap. Now new details have surfaced about Cetus, courtesy Bluetooth SIG which obviously holds more legitimacy than the leak before.

Although we’re not sure if it will be the first one, Cetus or SGH-i917 will run on Windows Phone 7 OS. Amongst other features, the phone will be more or less at par with Galaxy S and feature a 4-inch WVGA AMOLED screen (we presume Super AMOLED), GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11n, FM Radio, microUSB port, 5MP rear camera with front-facing VGA camera. The only difference we’ve found is the Bluetooth version, which is Bluetooth v2.1 in Cetus.

No details on the availability but we'd guess it should be around the time Microsoft releases WP7.

While the Motorola DROID 2 is not expected to be released to the public until mid to late August, the User Guide for the phone has been leaked. So what have we learned from looking through it? Well, we can now raise our confidence level to Fire Truck Red that the sequel to Time Magazine's 2009 Gadget of the Year will be shipped out with Android 2.2 in the box as the Froyo version of Google search is written up in the guide.The booklet also delves into the Motoblur UI that appears on the unit-it's the same "lite" version that is on the DROID X. The virtual QWERTY keyboard will be multi-touch as the one on the DROID X is and the DROID 2 will offer the swipe to type Swype keyboard.

With the DROID X shoving its massive screen right into your face, the DROID 2 could be a hard sell for Verizon-especially if it is priced at the same gold standard of $199.99 after a 2 year contract that most high-end models have been priced at lately. For the same price, you could have the 4.3 inch display of the "X" staring right back at you. Sure, it will appeal to those who want a DROID and need a physical QWERTY (upgraded from the first-gen model, by the way), but there still is the Samsung Fascinate to consider. Big Red's variant of the Galaxy S will probably be the carrier's next big launch after the DROID 2. We obviously are looking too far ahead. After all, Verizon has not even introduced the DROID 2 yet.

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The BlackBerry and ATT plan on introducing the BlackBerry 9800 Slider. This device features a touchscreen like a Storm and a QWERTY keyboard like the Bold. The latter slides out in portrait orientation. Featuring the new multimedia-centric BlackBerry 6 OS and a new WebKit browser, this phone has turned into one of the most anticipated handsets this year. What if you could pre-order the phone now, before it is even introduced? A store based in New York City, MobileCity Online is accepting pre-orders right now.

For a non-contract price of $599.99, MobileCity will reserve you a BlackBerry 9800. According to the web site, this is $100 off the actual retail price of 699.99. There is no precise shipping date because, after all, until Tuesday's announcement there is no such phone to sell. The last word we had on the name is that the device will be called the BlackBerry Torch 9800 although we won't know for sure until everything becomes official. For those BlackBerry fans, this phone seemingly will give you all of the usual BlackBerry features but also presents a first rate web surfing experience similar to what you might have on an  Apple iPhone, Motorola DROID X or a Palm Pre. Learning from the problems that they had with the Storm, BlackBerry has also beefed up the multimedia capabilities of the device. If you want to be the first on your block to pre-order the phone, here is your chance. Or, you can wait until Tuesday like everyone else and see what AT&T and BlackBerry have to say.

The day before yesterday, we reported on the availability of a new test firmware for theSamsung I9000 Galaxy S that brings Froyo aboard. We flashed our unit and played around with it but it's not ready for prime time yet. Now, there are two newer versions available, which fix some of the bugs but not all.

We also shot a video of the thing this time around, so you can see the new stuff first hand in case you're curious but don't want to risk flashing your phone…

The official Froyo firmware for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is expected this September, but you don't have to wait that long – you can give the latest I9000XXJP3 firmware a spin. It still has its issues though CellID location has been fixed, but the Flash player hasn't budged and still doesn't work.

Also, while in most benchmarks Froyo runs circles around Eclair, in other tests it's just as fast and in some places there are even noticeable lags. This is to be expected from test software though.

The JP3 firmware looks just like JP1 on the surface. Check out our video demo to see what you have to look forward to in September (or today if you decide to risk it and flash your Galaxy S).

Let's just point out some of the UI differences we found, in case you missed them.

There is an active widget now indicating how many apps are running in background and consuming your RAM and battery. Clicking it brings you to the new task manager, which allows you to quickly kill or even uninstall apps. The task switcher also got revamped and now brings shortcuts to 8 of your recently used applications, rather than only 6.

The notification area has been improved too and now features a rotation lock key in case you want that accelerometer-enabled rotation disabled. The Google Quick search box now gives you the chance to search in a specific part of your phone interface (music tracks, for example) or initiate a web search. Other areas that got minor updates are the Gmail client (which now allows quicker switching between accounts) and the lock screen.

It has been an amazing year so far here at BlackBerry App World HQ. Twenty-five million of you have downloaded BlackBerry App World and are experiencing some of the great apps available for your BlackBerry smartphones. There are some really popular apps out there, and judging by the response to our blog posts, Inside BlackBerry readers are also really excited about the Twitter® for BlackBerry smartphones beta currently in BlackBerry App World Test Center.

We’ve been hard at work getting ready to bring some great new features to BlackBerry App World and today we’re excited to share them with you.

Top 25 Themes and Top 25 Apps

Let’s get started! You’ve asked and we’ve listened – you enjoy your BlackBerry smartphone themes, but you want to see them listed by themselves. You also asked to see what’s new and what’s been updated recently in BlackBerry App World, and we’re happy to deliver.

In our new “Top 25” screen, you can see the Newest apps, Recently Updated apps, Top 25 Free Apps, Top 25 Paid Apps, and Top 25 Themes. These lists update every 24 hours, and are based on a combination of number of downloads and user ratings.

BlackBerry App World Barcode Scanning

Another cool feature we’re adding is the ability for our developers to use a QR barcode to promote their apps. BlackBerry App World 2.0 will have a new menu option called “Scan a Barcode” – which works just like scanning a barcode for a new contact or group in BlackBerry® Messenger 5.0. Just point the camera of your BlackBerry smartphone at a QR barcode and the details page for the app you’re scanning pop right up!

More Billing Options

In addition to the ability to purchase apps with a PayPal® account, we’re adding support for two new billing methods to BlackBerry App World. To access these new billing options, you will be able to simply log in and choose ‘Payment Options’ from the menu.

Credit Cards

We know that many of you will be happy to hear that you will soon be able to use a major credit card (cards vary by region) to purchase apps. If BlackBerry App World credit card payments are available in your country, you’ll see the new “Credit Card” option where you can securely enter and save your credit card information for all your App World purchases.

Carrier Billing

We’re also excited to tell you that we’re working on integrated billing with various carriers to enable carrier billing as a payment option in BlackBerry App World.

PayPal

If you prefer the simplicity of paying with PayPal, then just choose the PayPal option. You’ll be asked for your PayPal account email and password once, and then all your purchases can be made using your PayPal account.

Introducing BlackBerry® ID

We’re also proud to introduce the new BlackBerry® ID, a device-independent user identification. With your BlackBerry® ID, you can easily download and purchase apps, then manage them in My World. Also, if you ever need to switch to a new BlackBerry smartphone, logging in with your BlackBerry ID will bring all your apps to your new BlackBerry smartphone so you can always have the apps you need, when you need them!

We’ll have more information on how you can be one of the first people on your block to try the BlackBerry App World 2.0 beta, so stay tuned!

Today Motorola announced its latest phone for Boost Mobile, the Rambler. The Rambler is a feature phone that sports a full QWERTY keyboard, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and support for email and instant messaging. The device also offers Bluetooth connectivity as well as GPS support, and offers some standard features such as a speakerphone and voice recognition support.

The Rambler will be available on August 11th on Boost Mobile's website for $99.99 before taxes, with free shipping. It also be sold through Best Buy retail stores and dealers, as well as in Best Buy.

We all know that the Droid 2 is coming. And, we are all pretty much certain that the Droid 2 is coming next month. And it looks like folks at Best Buy may be under the same impression.

Though, we're curious if someone, somewhere, who has anything to do with the merchandise being placed out there, has any idea (officially) when the Droid 2 will actually get released. We'd like very much to talk to that person, or persons.

In any event, as you can see from the image, that's clearly a case for the Droid 2. Even if you can't tell from the aesthetics, there's a big label at the bottom of the box that says what phone it's for. Doesn't get much clearer than that, we imagine. Then again, someone could have marked all of the boxes incorrectly, but that's not likely. So, at this point, considering we already have the user manual, and now some cases, let's go ahead and say that Verizon needs to come forward and announce this handset already. We're waiting!

The new Android Racer from ZTE is now officially launched exclusively with 3. The handset will be available on prepay for less than 100 pound. 

The prototype of the Android Racer was revealed back in April of this year, and is the first ZTE handset operating with Android that is under £100. It will retail to the public at £99.99. 

It seems to have come as a bit of a surprise to the industry, as reported on the Mobile Choice Today website, that the new handset is running on Android 2.1. Éclair. What this means to the user is that they have the pleasure of enjoying multi-touch capability, as well as the capacity of voice-to-text in all text fields. There is also a 3D photo gallery and live wallpapers. 

The basic handset boasts a 2.8-inch resistive QVGA touchscreen, and a very respectable 3.2MP camera. There is 256MB of internal memory, and it incorporates Bluetooth and 7.2Mbps HSDPA capabilities. 

As the Android Racer is a Google Android phone, users can choose from a range of apps from the Android market. Users can access a range of social networking sites, such as Facebook, Spotify and Twitter and have access to a load of games and navigational aids. 

It was first thought back in April that the Chinese manufacturer would be using Android 1.6 as the operating system, given the low entry level price of the new handset but the company has surprised the market. The ZTE Android Racer is expected to become available at the end of July and will be exclusive to 3. 

The BlackBerry 6 operating system has been further revealed, offering video sharing, improved photo organisation, and even a podcasts app. 

BlackBerry owners are well aware that multimedia has not been one of the strongest features on the devices. However, with its new BlackBerry 6 OS, Research In Motion (RIM) is expecting the functional aspect of the devices to change.  

Before the system is launched officially, the company has showcased the operating system\'s capabilities. This includes new features for music, as well as for video uploads. According to a news report from Mobile Choice UK, album art has been added to the music player, and the OS also has the capacity to search through users\' audio libraries in search of tunes. 

Pictures are also targeted, with the capacity to group photographs by date or event, rather than simply being bundled together. RIM also now offers the option of a picture slideshow, as well as pinch-to-zoom touchscreen control and inbuilt picture editing functions. 

A new YouTube video uploader will allow for easy sharing, but if users simply want to view video clips, then they can do so with either original size or full screen with OS 6. A new universal search feature also enables internet video searching of a variety of sites, not just YouTube. 

The BlackBerry podcasts app allows new podcasts to be downloaded on the go without having to use a personal computer. Finally, the new BlackBerry 6 OS offers an easy way of finding multimedia apps via a direct link to the BlackBerry App World storefront. 

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This is kind of a strange rumor, and if it ends up being true, the Peel will be a strange device. Essentially, Sprint is developing another variation on the wifi hotspot but this particular product works directly with the iPod Touch.

Now assuming you can control the wifi hotspot with the iPod, and that it provides a data connection for said iPod, I like it. The interface would certainly be more convenient than the USB port controlled version we used last CES. We as users would consider this rumor to be a strong possibility, since it's based of an FCC filing, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’ll ever make it to market. it would have been nice to have this type of technology attached to my iPod Touch.

You know how we'll know when we're living in the future? When user manuals for gadgets start leaking out before that gadget even officially exists. Oh, that's now. Welcome to the future!

If you're just itchin' to know all the right places to touch the Droid 2, you're in luck: the user manual has just leaked out.

Unearthed by DroidLife, the guide confirms some interesting tidbits:

• If you were hopin' for vanilla, untouched Android.. sorry! From the screenshots, it looks like it's running the same build of Motorola's MOTO BLUR interface as the Droid X.
• The screenshots look oh-so-Android-2.2ish, with a handful of hints indicating that this thing will ship with Froyo out-of-the-box.
• Like the Droid X before it, it looks like the Droid 2′s on-screen keyboard will be multitouch. It'll also come pre-loaded with Swype.

You can find the link to the full user manual here. Find any other gems lurking within its pages? Let us know in the comments below.

Delicious Froyo will be hitting the huge and controversial EVO 4G starting in early August, according to Sprint. The update will begin its OTA rollout on August 3rd and they expet it to be done by “mid-August.” Once it goes public, I'm sure there will be a way to force it onto your handset if you don't feel like waiting. We'll detail that once it happens.

The improvements we've been talking about for weeks and weeks are forthcoming! But will it make the EVO last a full day on one charge? Only time will tell.

Meanwhile, here's the full press release, minus a bunch of EVO review excerpts they included.

Sprint is the first wireless carrier to bring Android 2.2 to customers using the award-winning HTC EVO™ 4G beginning Tuesday, Aug. 3

Android 2.2 offers HTC EVO 4G feature enhancements including Bluetooth® voice dialing, built-in Flash, the ability to store apps to the memory card and much, much more

The award-winning HTC EVO 4G just got that much better. We are excited to announce that beginning the week of Aug. 1; Sprint will begin rolling out the Android 2.2 upgrade to its HTC EVO 4G customers.

Sprint will be the first wireless carrier to bring1 the latest version of Android to its customers. The Android 2.2 software release provides a significant number of feature enhancements, including:
• Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth.
• Application Storage on External Memory, giving users more storage room for all their apps.
• Camera 4-way rotation allows the camera icons to rotate with the camera.
• Improved Browser Performance including a faster JavaScript engine and Flash 10x Support improving the user's ability to view videos and available content associated with web pages.

“Sprint is thrilled with our customers' response to HTC EVO 4G and the innovative and exciting experience it offers,” said Fared Adib, vice president – Product Development for Sprint. “It is exciting for us to lead the industry in bringing the Android 2.2 update to these customers and improve on the amazing experience they receive with America's first 4G capable phone.”

Easy Downloading
Sprint will begin sending update notifications to users in waves beginning Tuesday, Aug. 3 and the upgrade should be available for all HTC EVO 4G users by the middle of August.

The notification will let the users know that the update is available and it will provide the simple two-step over-the-air download process.

1. Users will receive a notification that Android 2.2 is available for download.
2. Once the user has downloaded the update, they will be prompted to install the update. The user will be notified that their device will be disabled during the installation process. The phone will be ready to use once the process completes.

For those who just can't wait to get Android 2.2, there will be an easy user initiated option to download the upgrade. Customers can access the software update through their HTC EVO 4G under the Settings Menu System Updates HTC Software Update. This will initiate the three-step process also.

Citigroup Inc. said its free U.S. mobile-banking application for Apple Inc.'s iPhone contained a security flaw and advised its customers to upgrade to a newer version that corrects the problem.

In an incident that highlights the growing security challenges around wireless apps, Citi said its iPhone app accidentally saved information—including account numbers, bill payments and security access codes—in a hidden file on users' iPhones. The information may also have been saved to a user's computer if it had been synched with an iPhone.

The issue affected the approximately 117,600 customers who had registered the iPhone app with Citi since its launch in March 2009, a person familiar with the matter said. The bank doesn't believe any personal data was exposed by the flaw.

"We have no reason to believe that our customers' personal information has been accessed or used inappropriately by anyone," Citi said. Apple acknowledged the issue and encouraged users to download the updated app.

Mobile banking is a popular and fast-growing activity on smartphones, as cellphones become more sophisticated and consumers use them to organize their lives. The Citi Mobile app, currently the 11th most-popular offering in the finance category of Apple's App Store, allows customers to check balances, transfer funds and pay bills.

An estimated 18 million adults, or 7% of the adult population, are "active users" of mobile banking, meaning they use it at least once every three months—a small but growing fraction of the 196 million adults, or 84% of the population, who use any kind of banking services, said Red Gillen, a mobile- banking analyst at Celent, a financial-services research firm.

Citibank, with an estimated 800,000 mobile customers, ranks No. 5 in mobile banking, Celent said, behind Bank of America Corp. at No. 1 with an estimated 5 million users. In between are J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. at No. 2 with 2 million, United Services Automobile Association at No. 3 with 1.5 million, and Wells Fargo & Co. with 1.4 million, according to Celent estimates.

Citigroup advised customers to upgrade to a new mobile-banking app for the iPhone to fix a security problem.

Experts worry that security isn't keeping up with the app boom. Among their concerns is the prospect of "leakage" any time a wireless app logs confidential data. The risk of flaws like Citi's, says John Hering, CEO of mobile security provider Lookout, is that a hacker could devise a malicious app to retrieve sensitive information stored on an iPhone.

Citi said its mobile-banking app is the only application authorized to access the hidden data. The upgraded application, released July 19, doesn't store the information and deletes any account data that may have been saved to a user's iPhone or computer.

Citi said the problem was discovered in a routine security review. The bank told customers of the problem in a letter dated July 20. Other Citi mobile apps such as the app for credit-card customers weren't affected, Citi said in a statement.

Citi developed the application with mobile financial-services provider mFoundry. Drew Sievers, CEO of mFoundry, a private company based in Larkspur, Calif., said his company custom-wrote the mobile-banking part of the application and handed it over to Citibank, which then combined it with custom code of its own.

Citi is responsible for distributing and managing the app, Mr. Sievers said. MFoundry, which provides mobile-banking software to 150 banks and credit unions besides Citi, said none of its other customers were affected by the problem.

Citi said it performed security tests before and after releasing the application, but failed to detect the problem. The bank said it is looking into why it didn't find the vulnerability earlier.

Mr. Hering, the CEO of Lookout, said his company is discovering more apps that could inadvertently expose or leak personal data, such as location information and phone numbers. "Most consumers and app developers don't know what is happening in their apps, because it is moving so fast," Mr. Hering said. "Apps are proliferating so quickly. We will see more and more of this."

There were definitely some mixed reactions with the surprise arrival of the first myTouch3G HD shots. Some loved it, some loathed it and some just thought they were plain out fake. While we can't say much, we know that both Engadget and AndroidCentral received the image so hoping someone wanted to spread the joy rather than spread falsehoods. That being said, this time we are back with our own addition to this story with the above image, the backside of the reported myTouch3G HD.

We will stay with the idea that the image is indeed real with the myTouch logo again appearing on the backside. Quite a few of you took notice of the myTouch logo placement appearing below the earpiece on the front side of the device, typically where the T-Mobile branding would go. As this appears to just be a rendering, it’s likely that a production run device would swap the logo placement with T-Mobile branding. Hopefully we’ll find out soon enough!

Up until now HTC devices have been sold across China under the Dopod brand (Dopod being a subsidiary of HTC). However, the Taiwanese company decided that its name, HTC, is already popular enough in China to start selling there HTC-branded devices. And the Android-based among them will feature Android’s latest Froyo right out of the box.

I’m not sure when exactly the first HTC-branded phones for China will show up but one thing is for certain: they will know how Froyo tastes. And those might also turn out company’s first devices to feature the latest so far Android version.

As the HTC website reveals, the China-loving HTC Desire, HTC Wildfire as well as the TD-SCDMA-compatible HTC Tianyi will run the Android 2.2 with the Sense UI on top of it.

Twitter for Android the "official" Android Twitter client  just got another update (this version is v1.0.2), and changes include the following:

• Is faster than the previous version
• Auto refresh is now added
• People search is fixed

It's good, it's simple, but it's still not as good as other Twitter clients out there.

A ZTE made case for the iPod touch called Sprint Peel is making rounds at the FCC. The music player will be receiving an update to iOS 4 later this year, and this case is allowing it to connect to Sprint's 3G network to use its data services while on the go. Besides serving as a sleeve, it turns the iPod touch into a Wi-Fi hotspot as well.

There is no word on the pricing just yet, but it seems to be for the current iPod touch generation, judging from the headphone jack opening at the bottom. We will soon find out all about the Sprint Peel as it has already received the FCC's nod of approval.

If you think Street View is awesome, you've got to check Microsoft's Street Slide. Virtual sightseeing (and even window shopping) will from now on be a lot more fun. Check out the video demo inside.

Street View is my favorite Google Maps feature but that doesn’t mean that I’ve missed its flaws. Moving along the street (virtually) happens by moving from one 360-degree photographic bubble to another. While you’re in a bubble you can hardly see what’s in the next. And zooming in doesn’t help much either so you need to move to the next bubble – step by step, click by click.

That might not only ruin all the fun but can also be quite disorienting.

Well, the guys over at Microsoft Research seem to have found the solution for that. They have just demonstrated the Street Slide. The new technology stitches bubbles into a large strip that allows you to easily zoom in and out and move along the street facades.

What you actually get is a multi-perspective street slide panorama. Above and below the strip there is additional information (such as street names and signs, building numbers, store names, even a mini-map) which helps you find what you’re looking for a lot easier than before.

And here comes the video demonstrating the impressive Street Slide:

We often write about the Samsung i8910 OmniaHD and the enthusiastic community of developers behind it who try to keep its software up to date. Well, here's the next installment of the saga in this episode, soft modder faenil and his friend madhacker bring the full Qt libraries to the OmniaHD thus improving compatibility with some existing apps and many more to come…

You've probably heard that Qt is a cross-platform developing environment, on whicn Nokia stake a lot. It should allow developers to craeate apps that run on all Nokia devices no matter the underlying OS. It seems however that non-Nokia Symbian smartphones (OmniaHD included) are missing out on the fun as they are not prepared to take full use of Qt capabilities.

The general consensus about the Samsung i8910 OmniaHD in the modding community is great hardware, ailing software. For example, apps like WordPress for Symbian, gpSP (a GameBoy Advance emulator), Wikitude and ComingSoon don’t work very well with the Qt libraries available for the OmniaHD.

The custom libraries provide the full functionality and let those apps work properly. The installation process is quick and easy thanks to the provided one-click installer those devs made. Check out the video to see the installation process.

LG has launched the LG Optimus Z, which goes for the current high end Snapdroid formula a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU running Android 2.1 Eclair. The LG Optimus Z is 11.05mm thin and encased in matte-finish metal and Sadly, it's South Korea only.

The LG Optimus Z will launch with Android 2.1 but there will be a 2.2 Froyo update by the end of the year. The screen is a "Hyper HD LCD", 3.5" big with WVGA resolution.

The LG Optimus Z packs a 5MP camera though no mention of what the video capture is like. Anyway, DivX and Dolby Mobile vouch for a quality multimedia experience. And if you get bored with the content on your phone, the T-DMB mobile TV should keep you entertained. The 1,350mAh battery should have enough juice for hours being doing your couch potato routine on the go.

The LG Optimus Z has something called "On Screen Phone", a feature which lets you control your Optimus Z from the computer. The phone’s UI is displayed on the computer screen and you can go ahead and use apps as you would on the phone. The connection can be made over the data cable or even Bluetooth.

Another interesting sounding feature is the Drag & Shake, which lets you share files with other phones “with a simple shake of the handset”. The press release is kind of vague on how this works though.

Oh, and here’s the fun part LG has preloaded the Optimus Z with the top 100 popular apps in the Android Market and an extra 70 apps that aren’t in the Market.

Well Canada, iPhone 4 launch day is almost here. It's going live tomorrow, and Apple has let it be known when their store doors will open.

7AM on July 30th is the time. Bring your fold out chairs and blankets to camp out at your local Apple Store location tonight, because I can guarantee you’re going to see a lineup. For those of you crazy enough to do so, you can probably look forward to some nourishment from Apple staffers an hour or so before the doors open (I’ve witnessed Apple handing out water and treats to those in line on numerous occasions)… still… pack a lunch.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that things go smoothly, and that enough iPhones will be available to those that want them. If supply runs out, I trust Apple's successful reservation system will be cued up and ready to go. Speaking from experience (I reserved an iPad), the reservation system is a godsend. You reserve the product via your iTunes account, and Apple emails you when the product arrives and is in-store for pickup. When you arrive, you’ll no doubt be greeted by a staffer, and when you mention the reservation and give them your name… they scoot to the back of the store, pickup your product, and whisk you through checkout. Any questions or demos you need walked through will be taken on as well. I really do have to give a tip of the cap to Apple staffers when it comes to this.

They say fact is stranger and fiction and truth be told you just couldn't make this stuff up! Apple is embroiled in yet another legal wrangle, this time with the Japanese government. The issue centres around that old bug bear of Apple's: overheating devices. In this instance it's iPods that are the centre of attention with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry mandating that Apple explain what exactly is behind various incidents of iPods overheating. iPods have apparently been overheating in Japan for the last few years now so it looks like the government there finally wants some answers. According to Seiji Shimagami of the ministry:

"We have been asking they outline the preventive actions that have been taken for two years, but we question whether enough has been done so we took official action."

Failure to comply with the Japanese government's order would likely see Apple hit with a fine. It's just one of a series of disputes Apple is currently embroiled in and they seem to be attracting new one slike flies to .. well something smelly. So far Apple are being sued in the U.S. over faulty antenna design in the iPhone; sued in the U.S. due to overheating iPads; being investigated by the U.S. department of justice for possible anti-competitive practices as a result of their refusal to allow Adobe's Flash on their closed platofrm and there is also talk of the European Union forcing Apple to open up its systems to third party developers. 

Listen up, BlackBerry fans. If you use Music WithMe, the app that lets you sync your BlackBerry device with iTunes, there are some updates on the way. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, it lets you download tracks over your network or Wi-Fi and your songs are stored right on your memory card. It’s really simple and it lets you listen to your music right away. This makes putting media onto your handset so much easier than doing the usual manual drag and drop method.
In case you missed out on the features we mentioned a while ago, here they are:

• Using Wi-Fi or cellular connection, wirelessly syncs iTunes playlists to BlackBerry
• Automatically updates your playlists on your BlackBerry – make changes to your playlists on iTunes and Music WithMe will mirror changes on BlackBerry
• App runs in the background – Music WithMe does not have to be open on BlackBerry to sync
• Works with BlackBerry’s native media player – store and play your tracks as usual

This time, the updates bring even more features:

• Support for iTunes playlist folders – sync your playlist folder on your BlackBerry and any subsequently added playlists to the folder are automatically synced to the device
• New playlist info – In playlist screen, select ‘playlist info’ to view the number of tracks in the playlist that can be played, the number of unsupported tracks due to format or DRM protection as well as the number of tracks in the cloud, tracks needed from iTunes and tracks that can’t be found
• Support for network attached storage/media servers

Getting playlist folders on there is huge so that you can actually keep your music and media organized. In all, it looks like a general and overall improvement for the app, which is good since it can finally justify the $15 cost for many of you that were holding off. See below for the full press release.

ParkVu Announces Updates to Music WithMe BlackBerry App

Music WithMe Unites iTunes With BlackBerry Media Player for Seamless Music Listening Experience

Louisville, KY – July 29, 2010 – ParkVu, innovators in making media truly mobile, today announced new features and significant user experience enhancements for the Music WithMe BlackBerry* app. Simplifying music listening for a new generation of music lovers who want all their music on their smartphone, anytime, anywhere, Music WithMe wirelessly syncs users’ iTunes playlists with their BlackBerry, via a cellular or Wi-Fi connection. No longer tethered to cables or a secondary music playing device, Music WithMe provides an easy way for smartphone owners to have their favorite music with them on the go.

“The user response we’ve received since launch has been phenomenal. BlackBerry owners love that they can get all their iTunes music on their smartphone wirelessly – and they can use their BlackBerry media player for playback,” said Jeff Fedor, co-CEO of ParkVu. “With the user in mind we have introduced new features to Music WithMe including an enhanced sync experience, making it even easier for BlackBerry owners to leave their digital music player at home and use their smartphone as their primary music listening device.”

Using a cellular network or Wi-Fi connection, Music WithMe automatically and wirelessly downloads music files from users’ iTunes collection to their BlackBerry smartphone. Now with the latest version, BlackBerry owners can track the status of their downloads. For each playlist, for example, users can see how many tracks have been uploaded to the cloud and how many have yet to be uploaded from iTunes. In addition, Music WithMe now has the ability to sync music libraries that are stored in network attached storage locations.

Music WithMe allows for remote wireless syncing and, unlike streaming solutions, once music is downloaded, no wireless connection is required meaning no more data is used – saving money and battery power and providing a dependable music listening experience regardless of cellular reception. Tracks are downloaded directly to the BlackBerry memory card and are played as usual.

From within the app, users select which iTunes playlists they want stored on their BlackBerry smartphone. Music WithMe then works with iTunes on the PC to ensure that any changes made to the playlists are automatically reflected on their BlackBerry smartphone.

Music WithMe does not have to be open on the device to sync with iTunes. When the desired playlists are selected, the settings are stored directly on the BlackBerry smartphone. Using BlackBerry smartphone’s native media player, users can listen to their favorite songs from iTunes directly on their device.

Music WithMe New Features

• Playlist status display – Number of playable tracks, not supported tracks (video or DRM protected), tracks in the cloud, tracks needed from iTunes, tracks that cannot be found
• Support for music libraries that are stored in network attached storage locations
• Support for playlists with duplicate names – user added “audiobooks” or “recently added” playlist
• Playlist selection preserved across devices and if app is reinstalled
• Support for iTunes playlist folders

Availability

Music WithMe is available at BlackBerry App World for a one-time fee of $14.99 after a free 30-day trial.

About ParkVu

ParkVu provides the easiest way to wirelessly sync and download your music on iTunes to your smartphone. Founded in 2008, ParkVu’s WithMe family of software meets the smartphone consumer’s demand for instant access to their media files, regardless of location, time or file size. ParkVu, with offices in Waterloo, Canada and Louisville, Kentucky, is a privately held company with backing from the Commonwealth Seed Capital through the Cabinet For Economic Development and the Kentucky Economic Development and Finance Authority. ParkVu is a BlackBerry Alliance Select Member. For more information, please visit https://music.withme.com

Blackberry leaks seem to be ten a penny of late, RIM would probably just be better publishing their roadmap at this stage. At any rate the previously leaked Bold 9780 has been caught on camera again, this time though in a rather jolly walkthrough sort of affair. Driphter.com managed to snag the handset and have been taking it through its paces and showing off things like browsing using the webkit based browser. Interestingly enough that web surfing demo throws up something interesting: fast loading times, but there are some jitters when scrolling around a webpage. Hopefully this is something that gets rectified before the handset goes on sale. Look @ the Video Below !

Motorola is obviously just about at the end of the tunnel as their financial results are starting to get better and better. This time around the company reported 162 million US dollars of profit, which compares very favorably to the 26 millions earned for the same period last year.

Of course what interests us the most is Motorola mobile division, which managed to push 8.7 million handsets for the past three months. Those generated 1.7 billion dollars of revenue and 87 million dollars of profit. Okay it's not like they are lighting their Cuban cigars with Benjamins in the Moto HQ, but it's certainly good enough considering their recent track record.

The bad news is that some legal statement brought them 228 million dollars that certainly added for the positive financial result and it's unlikely that such a thing will happen again next quarter. So Motorola will need to keep up the hard work and hope that by the time the mobile division gets separated it can continue to be in the black, relying on sales alone.

Releasing more devices like the Motorola Droid X, which enjoyed a great reception in the US will certainly help. And fitting some GSM radios in those might help in the rest of the world warming up towards Motorola too.

Nokia S40 devices have been coming preloaded with Opera Mini for a long while, but this might be coming to an end. Nokia Beta Labs have introduced the Ovi Browser for S40, which takes the same approach to browsing as Opera Mini does.

The browser is still in beta and Ovi Browser uses custom servers to open a page, compresses it and send the compressed version to your phone. Just like Opera Mini does.

If fact, at this point Ovi Browser looks very, very similar to Opera Mini 4.2 though Beta Labs didn't say if they've used Opera code and servers. The Ovi Browser beta lacks some features, but developers are working on adding new ones for the next beta so, we don't know what exactly will be included and what will be left out of the final version.

see the Ovi Browser in action (Video Below):

The first Symbian^3 powered device, Nokia N8, was first said to start selling in August but it seems that the phone has actually been pushed back a month. But the good news is if you happen to live in Italy and want to be among the first owners of the smartphone, you can pre-order it right away.

To refresh your memory, Nokia N8 isn't only the first Symbian^3 running smartphone but also the only (so far) Nokia device to come with a (pretty good) 12-megapixel snapper on board. On top of that it also features an anodized aluminum casing, a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen as well as a 680MHz processor, HDMI port and a video player with DivX/XviD support.

The N8 was said to start shipping on 24 August but, apparently, the device needs some extra touches and will arrive by the end of September 2010. If you want to pre-order it, just follow that link. It only takes a few clicks and 469 euro.

The price is a bit higher than the 370 euro Nokia talked about at the announcement event (it adds up to 444 euro when VAT is included). But there is some predictions that the Price will go down!

We have just got some News that Nokia is now getting a New Community project by Nokia developers for making a New Mobile phone from the Nseries Family but that can Take Nokia to the top Again. The New Phone will have a Full QWERTY Keyboard and 8MP camera with Dual-LED flash, a 4.0 TFT Capacitive touch screen and with Symbian^4 on it. All that beside the Default Features as Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR, WiFi 802.11b/g, A-GPS, FM Radio, USB-on the-GO and Many Other Features that will make this phone in the top for All People who looking for High-Performance Full-option Mobile Phones. But we don’t have any confirmation about the CPU or RAM of this Device but I thought it will have 512MB RAM, 256MB ROM and an ARM-Snapdragon 1GHZ processors. 

Full Nokia N9 Specifications

2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 2100 /1900

SIZE Dimensions
Not Yet Specified

Weight
Not Yet Specified

DISPLAY Type:

Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 16M colors
360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Touch sensitive controls

Audio: 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory: 16GB internal, 256MB SDRam
Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB

GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes, 348Kbps
HSDPA 10.2, HSUPA 2.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB: microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA Primary:
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash

CAMERA Features:
Geo-tagging, face and smile detection

Video
Yes, 720p@25fps, LED video light

Secondary
VGA video call camera

FEATURES OS
Symbian ^3 OS

CPU
Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor

Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS, Flash Support

Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter

Games
Yes + downloadable

Colors
Not Yet Specified

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0
Java
Yes, MIDP 2.1
- TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite
- Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI
- Anodized aluminum casing
- Digital compass
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Video/photo editor
- Flash Lite v4.0
- T9
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 2000 mAh

See Video Below

iPhone 4owners will be able to snatch a free invisibleSHIELD 4fix (valued at $9.99 or so) from their local Best Buy. Based on a number of tips that we've received, we're getting the impression that the yellow tagged retailer could be handing out (and installing) completely free side coverings for any iPhone 4 owner that waltzes into a store, presumably as a proactive measure to fend off returns or to upsell consumers on an entire invisibleSHIELD separate case. Nothing about this notice makes clear that you actually have to buy your iPhone 4 from Best Buy in order to take advantage, but we probably wouldn't waste a lunch break giving this a go without a verbal confirmation from your local store manager.

Three of Nokia's latest messaging phones – Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 – are coming soon to the US, as they've appeared at the Nokia US online store.

The handsets are featured on the pre-order webpage, although none of them can be pre-ordered at the moment.

Unsurprisingly, the cheapest of them is the S40 Nokia C3, which will be sold for only $129. The Nokia E5 is $259, while the C6 will be more expensive: $309. All phones come unlocked.

Nokia doesn’t say when exactly the handsets will be available for purchase, but it shouldn’t take long now. So, anyone over in the US willing to buy any of these QWERTY-equipped Nokias?

Pricing details have been released about two Android powered Dell phones the Dell Aero and the tablet wannabe Dell Streak. Aero builds on the Dell Mini 3i while the Streak is trying to carve out a whole new niche of voice call capable mini tablets.

The Dell Aero was announced officially in late April but we knew it's coming to AT&T even before that. Yet it took more than three months for pricing details to appear - SIM-free, the Dell Aero will set you back 299 US dollars or if you sign a 2 year contract with AT&T it will go for 99 bucks.

The Aero is a mid-ranger that updates Dell's first try at Android - the Dell Mini 3i. It features a 3.5" screen with nHD resolution (quite uncommon for Android), 5MP camera, Wi-Fi and GPS. The OS version is 1.5 Cupcake right now, though Dell will update that some time in the future.

The other phone, the Dell Streak is an absolute pocket buster. It's got a 5" screen with WVGA resolution and 1GHz Snapdragon CPU. It boasts 16GB of storage expandable via microSD card and it too is stuck with an old Android - 1.6 Donut. Dell have said that there's a 2.2 Froyo update coming.

The Dell Streak is understandably pricier than the Aero - 550 US dollars without a contract or 299 dollars with an AT&T contract. Anyway, that's cheaper than the UK price of 429 pounds (670 USD).

A slip by the Ovi-supporting team today revealed a new touch-driven Nokia handset that is in the works. Nokia 5250 appeared on the company's application store website, flaunting a fresh new design, but unfortunately the handset is running on the good old Symbian S60 5th edition OS. Those of you hoping for an Symbian^3 device in the low-end segment are sadly out of luck.

The handset is obviously the next member of Nokia's family of lower midrange touchscreen phones and comes to replace the pretty popular Nokia 5230. There is not much specs about the Nokia 5250 that we can confirm. Perhaps an nHD screen measuring somewhere around 3 inches in diagonal certainly isn't a wild guess. 3G and GPS are on the cards as well but the rest is pure guesswork.

This February Nokia promised to deliver 100 euro touch smartphones and we have yet to see those. Could the Nokia 5250 be the first to go near that psychological barrier? In any case with the Nokia 5250 appearing on the Ovi store page it's clear that its announcement is fast approaching so we won't have to wait too long to find out.

Thankfully we now have someone that has bothered to collect phones with all existing retail screen technologies, and put them to a real life test. Users might be starting to get confused from all these "vibrant colors" and "stunning resolutions" everybody is promising, so have a look and maybe the video will help you decide which one is for you.

Hopefully the guy will find a way to review visibility under direct sunlight as well, for indoor test the results are not surprising. The two “Super” displays – SAMOLED and SLCD beat the mere AMOLED and LCD in all aspects that matter. The AMOLED's main drawback seems to be that you can't get them, but on the other hand, in the future, you will bend them.

Design by Community is nearing an end it's at the penultimate step, which by the way I find the most interesting. The fictional Nokia U was designed from the ground up by popular vote (including the name) and now as Nokia Conversations always promised they’ve released three sketches to pick the final design again by voting…

If you haven’t followed Design by Community closely, check out this page with the finalized specs. Each group of specs was chosen by a weeklong poll. Voters consistently picked the best of the best available and the finalized specs are probably impossible with today’s technology. No problem though, this was always meant as an experiment trying to design a phone for the future.

Guided by the features picked by voters, Nokia’s designers have prepared three concept sketches. The winning sketch will get the full 3D design treatment. Here are the three possibilities of how the Nokia U could look.

Looking at the designs you can quickly spot the heritage – the first sketch is heavily inspired byNokia N8, the second takes its cue from the Nokia X6 and curiously, the third sketch looks a bit like the rumored Nokia C7.

I fell in love with the phone at MWC 2010, when I got my hands on it in an outside booth. The article was so enthusiastic that I myself am surprised. You can find it here.

When the phone arrived to me in Moscow, I decided to respect the rules of the game in order to prevent my initial impressions from affecting the final conclusions. Should you know, I was unsuccessful. Completely. The situation was unique, as I, lovestoned, played with the device and praised those behind it, without even paying attention to its characteristics. I spent a week with the phone without knowing the resolution of the camera, with only a rough idea of the actual screen diagonal. Usually, what interests me most, are the technical characteristics, not the impressions. But with this excellent product from Sagem, the emotions come first. There is one catch, though. You have to be a PUMA fan to realize the true worth of the phone. Every now and then, the level of its sophistication can blow you away. On the box, made of recycled paper, there is an image, according to which, you will need your brain to use the device. I would put it differently. The people behind the device cared about a plethora of tiny little things, which allows one to say that they like what they do. For example, you can hold the camera button to activate the flashlight mode. Isn't that handy? And it's like that everywhere. The device offers a high general level of comfort, sports plenty of winning details. They make you neglect the fact that it's expensive, based on an outdated platform and with occasional working delays. All of that fades away. The emotional charge beats the disappointment with the technical realization. I am certain that the model will be blamed by many. It can't do that, it's freezing there, it has one icon too many in some menu. All of that is expected. But those, who can understand it and love it, will discover an ideal model. It is an exceptional example of an emotional device. It is the PUMA customization that makes it ideal. Moreover, I believe that we will see more devices like that in future, and all of them will be different. It is important that emotions, impressions, but not technical characteristics matter, which requires a perfect balance of the two realms. The PUMA has it. It is a casual model from the technical point of view but a little masterpiece from the emotional perspective.

Sagem's business is not going well, they are struggling their way out, and the device didn't come natural for them. And that is splendid as it shows what an emotional device can be like. In Russia, it is due this fall. The price is around USD 400. We will talk about that in the review, though. The latter will be out this week if nothing extraordinary happens.

It seems that Apple are stumbling from one legal mess to another these days what with class action suits being levelled over Antennagate, competition investigations by the U.S. Justice Department and the possibility that the EU may force them to allow 3rd party access to their previously closed platform. Well Apple have one more to add to that list, a lawsuit being brought because of overheating iPads shutting down. The people behind this new lawsuit are seeking the status of class action for their efforts and their lawyers, Scott Cole & Associates, have created ipadoverheating.com to search for more claimants who may experiencing the problem.

The claimants are saying that "the iPad is virtually unusable when sitting in particular environmental conditions (e.g., in direct sunlight with virtually any ambient air temperature) since it turns off, sometimes after just a few minutes of use." This they say is a problem because "according to the www.apple.com website, "[r]reading on iPad is just like reading a book.' However, contrary to this promise, using the iPad is not 'just like reading a book' at all since books do not close when the reader is enjoying them in the sunlight or in other normal environmental environments. This promise, like other portions of APPLE's marketing material for the iPad, is false."

To be fair to Apple their product information for the iPad states that it should be used in environments with a temeperature between 0 and 35 celsius and advises that using the iPad in high or low temperature conditions might shorten battery life or cause the iPad to stop working properly. We're not Apple fanboys by any stretch, but this does look to be a bit of a hokey lawsuit from people that don't bother to RTFM. Even so Apple won't be pleased to learn of yet another impending legal battle, especially when its plate is already so full. 

It's not unusual for those thinking of buying the latest iPhone to compare it with the latest and geatest from other manufacturers. It's a fair enough concept, but often overlooked is the question of whether the latest iPhone is really giving you much more bang for your performance buck than your current iPhone. Well the folks at The Unofficial Apple Weblog have decided to pit the four generations of iPhone against one another and they've produced a handy video for your viewing pleasure. You'll see the original Jobs' baby go head to head with the 3G, 3GS and the much maligned iPhone 4. Whilst the iPhone 4 does tend to walk away with the game when it comes to most tasks it doesn't get it all its own way though, the original iPhone actually outperforms it when shutting down and the 3GS beats it in terms of boot time. Take a look for yourself below:

Google Maps for Android is a bit like Android itself. always changing and improving. Google have just released the latest update for Maps, version 4.4 and it's the 6th update the app has received in as many months. This particular update is all about finding things around you and it gives the user a new icon to use, "Places". Essentially 'Places' acts a bit like Yelp, allowing the user to find places around him and if you find that you are searching for the same sort of places again and again irrespective of your location then you can customise the search to load your own categories e.g. petrol station. That's all very well and good, but the update goes further by offering additional information like the opening and closing times of shops and directions to the place you've just searched using the compass. You'll need to be running Android 1.6 or later to take advantage of this update, but if so then you can grab it right now. BlackBerry users should expect to see this on their platform of choice in the near future too.

Samsung's quest on popularizing the Bada powered Wave continues. All the Wave users are now able to get lifetime Route 66 voice guided navigation for 30 euro. In addition they'll get one year free speed camera database updates.

Samsung Wave comes with Route 66 navigation preinstalled but it's only good for a 30 days trial period. After that all Wave phones can get a lifetime license for 30 euro. That 30 euro offer however only includes one country. The Western or Eastern Europe packages cost 40 euro, while a license for all Europe is priced at 50 euro.

The license applies only for one Wave unit and can’t be transferred to another. It will last as long as you own this particular Samsung Wave.

The additional bonus you get is the one year free speed cameras updates. After the free period it costs 6 euro per year per country (or 10 euro for the entire Europe).

Route 66 may still not be free as Nokia’s Ovi Maps, but the price reduction is certainly a step in the right direction.

The iOS4 beta 2 has just been released to developers. That's mean you can expect it to come to your iPhone 4 in a few weeks time.

The waiting for the final iOS 4.1 release is definitely worth it. According to most reports, the iOS 4.1 beta 2 finally fixes the irritating proximity sensor issue (even though the problem seems to be caused by faulty hardware rather than some software bugs).

The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is expecting its Android v2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo) update sometime in September but if you're too eager to taste the Froyo, you can do it right away since an official Galaxy S test firmware packing Android v2.2 has just leaked.

While some companies haven't even started working on the Froyo updates for their devices, others are, apparently, almost ready to give their smartphones the Android v2.2 treatment. The first Samsung I9000 test firmware with the Froyo on board (called I9000XXJP1) has leaked and is already available for download.

However, before you start downloading the file and start updating your Galaxy S, make sure that you understand that this is a test firmware so some things might not work properly or be missing (for example, there is no Flash support in the web browser yet).

So, if you don't want to put your phone at risk, you'd better wait until September when you'll be able to get the update through the Samsung KIES software.

If you still want to give the test firmware a try, follow that link and read carefully the instructions inside. The I9000XXJP1 is quite stable and is certainly faster than Eclair, but according to the guys who got it tends to slow down when asked to do heavy multitasking.

Apple iPhone 4 users, if your device is still in the throes of the dreaded "death grip" and you have been dropping signal bars left and right, don't worry. It seems that the first batch of free bumpers from Apple have shipped and some iPhone 4 owners have received e-mailed confirmation from the Apple Store that their bumper is on the way.

If you haven't yet taken advantage of Apples offer, you can still receive a free bumper or case. As we reported, the process is simple. Download the iPhone 4 Case Program app from the App Store. If you purchased your handset before July 23rd, you must request the case by August 22nd. If you bought your iPhone 4 after last Friday, you have 30 days from the date of your purchase to make a selection from the choice of bumpers or cases. Phones bought after September 30th will not qualify for a free bumper/case. If you purchased your own bumper from Apple before the program was announced, you are not out of luck as Apple will give you a refund. And once you have received the bumper or case, you should be able to hold your new iPhone 4 any way you heart desires without dropping calls or losing signal bars. You have to love it, a low tech solution to a high tech problem.

The Galaxy Q is expected to launch with Android 2.2 out of the box, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor under the hood and quad-band GSM / tri-band 3G support. The 3 inch multi-touch display will be Super AMOLED with resolution of 720 x 480 pixels and the camera will be 8MP with LED flash and HD video recording. There will also be a front facing 1.3MP front-facing camera. To go after the BlackBerry nation would require strong messaging capabilities and the Galaxy Q will have a physical QWERTY keyboard and an optical keypad. The phone will have 16GB of internal memory expandable with the use of the microSD slot that accepts up to 32GB in additional space and a 1500mAh battery is expected to power the model. Will BlackBerry fans make the switch, or will the upcoming 9800 Slider keep current 'Berry users right where they are?

News Orange will offer sub 100 euros Android phones by Christmas has jolted manufacturers, especially those who have used Android to differentiate themselves

Google strategy in the mobile market is clear: to get its Android operating system on to as many handsets as possible, and to gain revenue from mobile advertising and applications in the mass market in the process.

And Android's growth since its launch at the end of 2007 is astonishing.

Analyst IDC reckons Android, currently fourth for share of the smartphone market, will be the second biggest platform developer, behind Nokia’s Symbian system, by 2013, by when global smartphone shipments will have reached 390 million units.

Android handsets are already selling 160,000 per day, according to Android cofounder and Google vice president Andy Rubin.

Network operators are rushing to make real this democratisation of smartphones, and to see data revenues leap down the value chain.

The number of Android handsets available from them is expected to double to around 60 by Christmas, and make their hurried way into lower price brackets.

Orange said recently it will bring €120 (£98) Android devices by Eastern manufacturers LG, Huawei, ZTE and Gigabyte to market by then, available on prepay for half the price of most current Android models.

But with such democratisation comes commodotisation, inevitably, to the rising alarm of incumbent manufacturer brands that have caught a ride on Android’s coattails recently.

Make no mistake, Android saved Motorola’s handset business. It has given Taiwanese firm HTC a critical headrush and might afford the likes of Sony Ericsson jolts of new life.

The concern for these manufacturers, however, is they lose their edge as fast as they discovered it if Android becomes a leveller, and not a differentiator.

The giant leaps certain manufacturer brands have made with Android, particularly since Motorola’s Dext appeared last September, could be made pigeon steps immediately.

As one well-placed industry source summed up: “For a manufacturer just making Android phones right now, it is a scary place to be. There is this really fast wave of commodotisation coming.

“The Orange announcement is just horrible. It instantly drags the value out of the handset market; far too quickly.

“The basic Android interface is good, really strong. And for €120, you get that branded as you like. But it’s not just Android – it’s capacitive touch, WiFi, GPS, and a five-megapixel camera. For €120. I can see how Google wins. But if you are Motorola or Sony Ericsson, or whoever, enjoying that little lease of life Android has brought you, then it’s frightening.”

Market polarisation

There is a sense the middle ground in handset manufacturing is disappearing fast, and that the market is split between those who sell on price and those whose brand and engineering can demand a premium.

CCS analyst Ben Wood explains: “There is concern about a race to the bottom, here. We’re reaching eye-watering price points on Android.

“The old mid-tier that manufacturers like Motorola and Sony Ericsson used to reside in, trading handsets for £150-£250, has almost evaporated. We have this polarised market with low-cost smartphones coming in at under £150 and premium devices from Apple and BlackBerry for over £300. That middle ground has gone.”

The issue for part of the old guard is they are being squeezed from both sides. They cannot compete on price at the low end with these manufacturers from the East, and they struggle to match the brand kudos of Apple and BlackBerry within the premium smartphone market.

“In the Android space, companies like Samsung and LG are very good at building volume devices cheaply, and it also plays into the hands of Chinese manufacturers like Huawei and ZTE. It’s less good news for the likes of Sony Ericsson and Motorola. We’re going to see margins squeezed to the point it doesn’t make sense for them to compete at that level,” remarked one manufacturer source.

UAE telecoms regulator describes BlackBerry as "national security threat" by exporting and handling data offshore

The UAE could move to restrict or impose stricter monitoring of BlackBerry devices and applications after the area's telecommunications regulator said the technology poses a national security risk.

The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) said BlackBerry devices were introduced to the UAE in 2006 before the introduction of the Safety, Emergency and National Security legislation in 2007 which regulates the use of BlackBerry applications in the UAE.

As such, TRA said Blackberry currently operates outside the jurisdiction of national legislation and is the only device operating in the UAE that immediately exports data offshore and is managed by a foreign, commercial organisation.

The TRA statement reads: As a result of how BlackBerry data is managed and stored, in their current form, certain BlackBerry applications allow people to misuse the service, causing serious social, judicial and national security repercussions.

"Like many other countries, we have been working for a long time to resolve these critical issues, with the objective of finding a solution that safeguards our consumers and operates within the boundaries of UAE law."

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Technical Details

Library of Congress has added new anti circumvention exceptions to the DMCA that, among other things, allow people to tweak their handsets for the purpose of installing legally obtained software known as jailbreaking in iOS land, and rooting in the Android webOS world. Check out the full statement from the Librarian of Congress, which is mostly an update of existing exceptions on record, after the break, but here is  the primary excerpt:

Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.

Now, before all you EFFers go all totally wild (although it's undoubtedly a win for the EFF line of thinkingon this issue), you should know that this in no way requires Apple to jailbreak your phone for you, or lay down its arms in this ongoing fight. Basically, they just can't sue you for the specific act of breaking their protections, but there's nothing stopping them from putting those protections in there in the first place, or for suing you for an infringement not covered in this exception -- like distributing Apple code in a non-Apple-approved way, or installing illegal or pirated software. Not that any of you jailbreakers would ever do that. What's more, the DMCA still broadly forbids distributing to the public any "technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof" that's primarily designed to break access controls, so Apple can always go after the Dev Team directly -- and we'd still keep those dreams of opening Joe's Jailbreak Hut on ice for now.

On a more minor note, the language pertaining to unlocking a handset to work on another wireless network has also been expanded from "firmware" in 2006 to "firmware or software" in the 2010 revision. Also, and very exciting for the YouTube set, the section pertaining to cracking a DVD video and excerpting scenes for commentary or criticism has been expanded beyond educational use into documentary and non-commercial applications.

Statement of the Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking

Section 1201(a)(1) of the copyright law requires that every three years I am to determine whether there are any classes of works that will be subject to exemptions from the statute's prohibition against circumvention of technology that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work. I make that determination at the conclusion of a rulemaking proceeding conducted by the Register of Copyrights, who makes a recommendation to me. Based on that proceeding and the Register's recommendation, I am to determine whether the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works is causing or is likely to cause adverse effects on the ability of users of any particular classes of copyrighted works to make noninfringing uses of those works. The classes of works that I designated in the previous proceeding expire at the end of the current proceeding unless proponents of a class prove their case once again.

This is the fourth time that I have made such a determination. Today I have designated six classes of works. Persons who circumvent access controls in order to engage in noninfringing uses of works in these six classes will not be subject to the statutory prohibition against circumvention.

As I have noted at the conclusion of past proceedings, it is important to understand the purposes of this rulemaking, as stated in the law, and the role I have in it. This is not a broad evaluation of the successes or failures of the DMCA. The purpose of the proceeding is to determine whether current technologies that control access to copyrighted works are diminishing the ability of individuals to use works in lawful, noninfringing ways. The DMCA does not forbid the act of circumventing copy controls, and therefore this rulemaking proceeding is not about technologies that control copying. Nor is this rulemaking about the ability to make or distribute products or services used for purposes of circumventing access controls, which are governed by a different part of section 1201.

In this rulemaking, the Register of Copyrights received 19 initial submissions proposing 25 classes of works, many of them duplicative in subject matter, which the Register organized into 11 groups and published in a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on the proposed classes. Fifty-six comments were submitted. Thirty-seven witnesses appeared during the four days of public hearings in Washington and in Palo Alto, California. Transcripts of the hearings, copies of all of the comments, and copies of other information received by the Register have been posted on the Copyright Office's website.

The six classes of works are:

(1) Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully made and acquired and that are protected by the Content Scrambling System when circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment, and where the person engaging in circumvention believes and has reasonable grounds for believing that circumvention is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the use in the following instances:

(i) Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students;

(ii) Documentary filmmaking;
(iii) Noncommercial videos

(2) Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.

(3) Computer programs, in the form of firmware or software, that enable used wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when circumvention is initiated by the owner of the copy of the computer program solely in order to connect to a wireless telecommunications network and access to the network is authorized by the operator of the network.

(4) Video games accessible on personal computers and protected by technological protection measures that control access to lawfully obtained works, when circumvention is accomplished solely for the purpose of good faith testing for, investigating, or correcting security flaws or vulnerabilities, if:

(i) The information derived from the security testing is used primarily to promote the security of the owner or operator of a computer, computer system, or computer network; and
(ii) The information derived from the security testing is used or maintained in a manner that does not facilitate copyright infringement or a violation of applicable law.

(5) Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete. A dongle shall be considered obsolete if it is no longer manufactured or if a replacement or repair is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace; and

(6) Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book's read-aloud function or of screen readers that render the text into a specialized format.

All of these classes of works find their origins in classes that I designated at the conclusion of the previous rulemaking proceeding, but some of the classes have changed due to differences in the facts and arguments presented in the current proceeding. For example, in the previous proceeding I designated a class that enable film and media studies professors to engage in the noninfringing activity of making compilations of film clips for classroom instruction. In the current proceeding, the record supported an expansion of that class to enable the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into documentary films and noncommercial videos for the purpose of criticism or comment, when the person engaging in circumvention reasonably believes that it is necessary to fulfill that purpose. I agree with the Register that the record demonstrates that it is sometimes necessary to circumvent access controls on DVDs in order to make these kinds of fair uses of short portions of motion pictures.

Here comes another cheap Android, Orange Tactile Internet. The unassumingly called smartphone can be yours on a contract for only 1 euro, but don't get excited just yet.

To get the Tactile Internet for 1 euro you'd have to sign a 2 year contract with a minimum of 51 euro monthly tariff.

Orange Tactile Internet is a smallish handset with okaysh specs sheet 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel snapper, 256MB ROM, 3G with HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS, Bluetooth, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack and microSD slot (2GB card included).

The popular German foundation Stiftung Warentest, which is the regional authority on consumer product testing accommodated the recently unveiled Apple iPhone 4 in its lab and tested its notorious antenna performance. And no-one will be surprised to hear that the iPhone 4 failed to impress the guys who tested it.

According to the Stiftung Warentest, only a touch of a finger over the antenna gap in the bottom left corner is enough for the iPhone 4 to lose up to 90 percent of the signal. And, depending on the strength of thе network signal, that can easily lead to dropped calls. As for web browsing, Internet connection gets "painfully" slow when you position your hand over the soft spot.

The foundation repeated the test using two other smartphones (those remain undisclosed, though) and this time the signal went down by only 25 percent. So, even if those two were affected by signal reception issues, their reception was still good enough to prevent dropped calls.

So, as it turns out, Apple is right: other devices lose signal as well. But what about the dropped calls? Nope, the Antennagate saga ain't over yet.

It's been a few weeks since we last heard of the QWERTY packing HTC Vision Android phone, but new rumors have surfaced. The latest gossip says the Vision is heading for TMobile and a potential market name.

We first encountered the HTC Vision back in May when it became clear that it will have a 480x800 pixels screen, which we later found out to be 3.7" big. The other details that came up earlier this month name-dropped Android 2.1 Eclair running on a 1GHz CPU.

Now the new rumors peg the HTC Vision as a T-Mobile device, though they don't specify which TMobile (TMobile USA? A European TMobile?). A clue is provided by a bit of old gossip that the HTC Vision will hit the UK in October.

Anyway, the HTC Vision could (rumor has it) change its name to G1 Blaze an allusion to the first Android phone to hit the market, the TMobile G1. For some reason HTC hasn't produced many phones with Android and QWERTY since the G1.

As with anything you hear from rumor-land, this batch of rumors should be taken with a pinch of salt, there's nothing official from HTC yet.

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Apple launches iPhone 4 in 17 more countries this Friday. iPhone 4 is currently available in USA, UK, France, Germany and Japan.

Apple will launch the iPhone 4 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland this Friday, 30 July. For now the countries will be getting only the black version. The white one remains with a "when it's done" status.
The local pricing in all of those is yet to be announced. Apple plans to expand the iPhone 4 availability in many more countries later this year. But we are sure users will be more cautious now with the Antennagate scandal going on for several weeks now.

Nothing fills in those moments of boredome quite like a good emulator on your phone, living your glory days of games gone by you can quickly get absorbed and forget you were ever bored in the first place. The PSX4Droid app, from ZodTTD and yongzh, will allow you to do just that with PlayStation games now that it has launched in the Android Market. It's not free, but at $5.99 its not going to be breaking the bank and given what it can do is sure to be pretty popular. Its not 100% perfect at the moment, there are some glitches, but for the most part it looks to be working pretty well and you can check it out in action in the videos below. The first video shows a Samsung Galaxy S running Final Fantasy VII and Ridge Racer, whilst the other two show off a Nexus One running Crash Bandicoot and a Dell Streak being used alongside a Wii controller.

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Where HTC has seen fit to release a PR blast informing the world of what it already knew: the Desire and Nexus One are getting Super (duper) LCD displays to fill demand that Samsung AMOLED division cannot. HTC statement says nothing of the Droid Incredible, a close sibling to these 3.7 inch devices, but the global Nexus One and Desire are getting hooked up CEO Peter Chou has also helpfully explained that the visual experience on the new SLCD screens is comparable to AMOLED, but offers better battery performance. Color us curious to see and hear more. New Displays to be integrated into HTC Desire and Nexus One

Taoyuan, TAIWAN  July 26, 2010  HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced Super LCD display (SLCD) technology into a variety of HTC phones including the HTC Desire and global Nexus One later this summer. The SLCD display offers an exceptional natural balanced colour, clear contrast, broad viewing angles and improved power efficiency. 

"HTC is experiencing high-demand for many of our phones, specifically our phones with 3.7 inch displays. The new SLCD display technology enables us to ramp up our production capabilities quickly to meet the high-demand" said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. "The SLCD displays provide consumers with a comparable visual experience to HTC current 3.7 inch displays with some additional benefits including battery performance."

SLCD is the latest generation of LCD technology that offers improved performance from earlier LCD panels including approximately five times better power management. SLCDs also offer an enhanced viewing experience with wider viewing angles that are enabled by Sony's new VSPEC III™ technology.

MeeGo is an open source platform hosted by The Linux Foundation that brings together Intel Corporation and Nokia's previous projects and is designed for computing device types including smartphones, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and IVI systems. Adoption by this major automotive alliance is a testament to the cross-device, cross architecture advantages of the MeeGo platform. GENIVI is a nonprofit industry alliance with founding members BMW Group, Delphi, GM, Intel, Magneti-Marelli, PSA, Visteon and Wind River.

IVI is a rapidly growing and evolving field that encompasses the digital applications that can be used by all occupants of a vehicle, including navigation, entertainment, location based services, and connectivity to devices, car networks and broadband networks. MeeGo will provide the base for the upcoming GENIVI Apollo release that will be used by members to reduce time to market and the cost of IVI development. MeeGo’s platform contains a Linux base, middleware, and an interface layer that powers these rich applications.

"We are pleased to see GENIVI choose MeeGo to power their software platform," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. "MeeGo has been built from the ground up for these types of applications. Because MeeGo is a truly open platform, the work GENIVI will do to extend the platform can benefit the project and all who use it. For developers, this is a great opportunity to harness the power of the MeeGo APIs to target a variety of devices and architectures and extend their work on handset applications toward vehicles."

"We selected MeeGo as the open source basis for our platform because it is technically innovative and can provide the cross architecture build support we require for our references," said Graham Smethurst, President of GENIVI. “Working with MeeGo we expect to establish a solution that effectively merges IVI needs with those of the other MeeGo target device categories.”

"Access to a thriving ecosystem and engaging applications for an in-vehicle infotainment system is vital to our customers," said Gerulf Kinkelin, GENIVI Director and Innovation Area Manager for Electronics and Telematices, PSA Peugeot Citroen. "PSA supports GENIVI’s decision and believes the rapid innovation associated with open source and a rich network of contributors available with MeeGo can enable us to define and deliver a faster time-to-market, outstanding IVI experience in our upcoming products."

An initial release of the MeeGo platform is available now from https://www.meego.com/downloads. Interested parties can download and contribute to the project. The MeeGo project encourages all automakers or industry groups to participate in the MeeGo project or make use of its software to power their own distributions.

Windows Phone 7 isn't far off now, by some estimates the launch is a mere three months away and you know you're getting close when the leaks start appearing. HTC have had one of their handsets make an unexpected appearance on the web and it's running Microsoft's latest OS. The handset, as yet unamed, is interesting, not just because it's running Windows Phone 7, but also for the fact that HTC's signature SENSE UI overlay is nowehere to be seen. It was just the other day that we were hearing that SENSE would be making an appearance on HTC's Windows Phone 7 handsets so either it simply hasn't been installed on this one yet or not every HTC Windows Phone 7 device will have it.

The handset itself is sporting a 3.7 inch SLCD screen, in keeping with HTC's decision to move away from AMOLED technology due to supply problems. The only other specifications mentioned are the incusion of the seemingly obligatory 1 GHz Snapdragon processor and an 8 MP camera. The handset is apparently ready to launch so we're assuming it won't be too long now before you see this thing officially.

Microsoft in a bid to revive its flagging mobile phone strategy, is to introduce a new line of handsets with social networking capabilities aimed at the younger market. 

The new mobile phones will be on sale in the US some time in April according to information reported in theWall Street Journal. They are based on a Microsoft development project code-named “Pink” and made available through a partnership with Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications Inc and the Vodafone Group PLC. 

Microsoft has scheduled a press event for the 12 April in San Francisco, which has prompted speculation that the company will reveal its new Pink range. Coupled with the slogan: “It’s time to share”, this would fit the profile of the new social-oriented phones. 

The new development shows that Microsoft is becoming more focused on the hardware aspect of the mobile phone business in order to satisfy consumers’ need for greater sophistication in handsets. 

It is Microsoft itself that has designed the software, hardware and online services for the Pink mobile phones, while Sharp of Japan are responsible for their manufacture. 

Microsoft need a handset that can show off the abilities for its new Windows Phone 7 Series, if they are to gain ground against Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Nexus One. Pink could be the handset range to flex the muscles of Windows Phone 7 Series and truly give Apple and Google something to think about. 

However, given the immense success of the iPad which sold 300,000 units last week, Microsoft's press announcement could well be for its Courier e-tablet, which is also waiting in the wings. 

Motorola has just unveiled the Motorola Charm in the US, with a likely launch date for the United Kingdom soon. 

The new handset runs Android 2.1, one of the latest versions of Google's popular firmware. Using Motorola's spin on the software, Motoblur, the handset has a clear focus on social networking. 

With a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard, the latest device to come out of the US embraces user input. The option to type as well as tap will come in handy when users need to get their fingers around an important message in a hurry. 

The phone also comes with a 3MP snapper, perfect for quick uploads onto Facebook. A 3.6Mbps HSDPA speed and Wi-Fi also come on board, along with connectivity via Bluetooth. 

The headline feature of the device is what Motorola have dubbed the 'BackTrack'. On the back of the device comes an optical trackpad, meaning users can scroll with ease through web pages and texts. 

Adobe Flash also comes installed for a more desktop-like web experience. 

Among other features on the phone comes CrystalTalk Plus. By employing a second microphone on the device, the handset can remove distracting background noise for clearer and cleaner calls. 

With the handset running Android, the device comes with the complete Google package. Gmail, Google Search, YouTube and Google Maps with GPS come pre-installed to provide a more complete internet experience.

"We believe that CHARM with MOTOBLUR adds the social ability and workability consumers are looking for," said Jean-Pierre Le Cannellier, the senior director of North America marketing for Motorola Mobile Devices. 

There is another Android super-phone due to be launched - according to unconfirmed sources - that will give the iPhone 4 a run for its money. 

The new handset from HTC will be called the Desire HD. A report from Mobile Choice believed that it could make an appearance in the mobile phone market at some point in October of this year. Sources claimed that the new Desire HD will be a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, running on the Android 2.2 operating system. It will proudly boast a large multi-touch 4.3-inch WVGA screen. 

The camera has been significantly improved from the previous model and is rumoured to be 8MP. It will also come with 720-pixel HD video recording and will support Xvid video, as well as SRS surround sound and a high-quality digital file format. 

The camera was reported to have automatic face-tracking software and the phone itself is expected to have 4GB of internal storage. As it will be running on Android 2.2, the phone will also support Flash player. 

As far as the design of the new handset goes, the Desire HD will sport an aluminium unibody. This would certainly be in keeping with the company's popular series of Legend style phones. 

Previously expected to be called the HTC Ace, the new phone has been tagged a "European version (presumably 3G-only) of the HTC EVO 4G". While the HTC camp has not produced an official statement as of yet, they are expected to give details on the phone's projected price and availability in the near future. 

Statistics of mobile web usage often point to the iPhone as the king of the hill. The fine print however is that those statistics use data from the US only.

So, here are our two cents web traffic from mobile devices to our site. which should give the other side of the story. It's probably not 100% representative of the worldwide statistics, but at least it’s more global.

And while we’re in statistics geek mode, we’ll also take a peek at how Android OS versions are distributed…

Here are the Google Analytics graphs and charts for www.gsmarena.com. The unusual peak you see is from the iPhone 4 announcement – interestingly, the majority of that traffic came from iPhone users and a few Android users. Symbian owners weren’t particularly impressed if mobile web traffic is any indication.

Mobile web traffic statistics for our site from Google Analytics (click for full size)

As you can see, Symbian is on top with a healthy margin and iPhone clocks in second. However, if you add iPhones, iPods and iPads for a cumulative iOS stat it comes out ahead by a about 3.5%.

Other than that, it’s interesting to note that mobile browsers included with feature phone OSes from the various manufacturers score below 5%. Windows Mobile isn’t doing too hot either.

One possible explanation for this is that feature phone owners are using Opera Mini for most of their browsing (as they should) – shame that Google Analytics doesn’t include Opera Mini in the statistics.

In a another statistics news of the day, we just got the latest Android OS version distributionfrom Android Developers. The good news is that Android 2.1 Eclair very rapidly climbed to over 50%. Versions 1.5 Donut and 1.6 Cupcake are hovering around 20% each. The bad thing is that Android 2.2 Froyo has barely achieved 3.3%.

And it will be a while until it can climb any higher – manufacturers have to release ROMs with Froyo and some are still working on Eclair. For now, it’s just the Nexus One phones that are feasting on Froyo desserts.

LG has brought out the ultimate in technology a watchphone. This is not just any watchphone though, this is a ($808) droplet of Orange-tinted exclusivity that straddles your attention. Do the consumer in you a favor and come along past the break where we have the full scoop on the GD910.

What we're looking at here, in the crudest possible terms, is a style item with ringtones. That need not necessarily spell disaster, as good execution and a keen sense for that ephemeral style thing could still make it a success, but we must also set aside our preconceptions of what a modern phone is and does in order to assess the watchphone on its own merits. Our mission here will be to determine whether it succeeds at what it sets out to do or trips over its faux leather strapped self.

Hardware

At first blush, it would be easy to dismiss the GD910 as being too big for a watch and too small to be a phone, but our time with it has revealed both conclusions to be inaccurate. While undeniably bulkier than your average watch, the watchphone's styling is akin to some of those chunky leather bracelet that hipsters seem keen on wearing and popularizing, so we'll just give it a pass there and move on. Its stay on our tender wrist was certainly no great bother, although we'll admit it was no great pleasure either. A more flexible metal strap might've been preferable.

Preface

In October of 2008 you could read the article about S60 5th edition, which was the first Nokia experience in touchscreen phones segment without taking into account dead end trends in the past. S^3 will be released in September of 2010, almost two years after its predecessor. The Symbian Foundation treats it as the intermediate link before S^4 is launched at the beginning of 2011. That is if the deadline stays unchanged. The release time for S^3 was postponed several times, because Nokia did not invest enough into the platform development as resources were allocated to other projects, first of all, the services. Unfortunately, the speed of development for Symbian is the slowest on the market and the key task here was to eliminate the mistakes from the first Nokia OS for touchscreen models. Let's look at specific details:

• One click operation. Many current models require clicking on the field, choosing it and then clicking again to perform an action. Now two clicks were replaced by one as it is the case in the majority of modern OS.
• Gestures support in the better part of applications – home screen, gallery, video, etc. It is hardly a breakthrough as similarfunctionality is to be expected from the modern phones and they usually offer it. Once again Symbian will be playing a catch up game with the rest of the field.
• Faster UI due to hardware acceleration for better lists scrolling, content download, etc. This just brings the phones in line with the modern market requirements.
• Better use of RAM – see above. Again this is a mere correction of mistakes.
• Additional home screens for widgets and an opportunity to install one widget several times (for example, to have weather forecasts for different cities). Yet again, we see nothing new here as Android offers five home screens, while Bada has up to ten of them, and the majority of Samsung handsets feature no less than three home screens.
• Updated design of the music player.
• HDMI support with the display of multimedia information on supported devices (if the latter have the necessary slot).
• Integration of the music store with radio when you can learn the name of the performer and add it to the shopping cart, which is not a revolution.

May be I overlooked something, for example, old-fashioned menu icons or arbitrary breakdown of applications by folders and sections, but S^3 has no other significant differences.

(Features review of S^3 is based on Nokia N8 and we do not mention the software issues or bugs of any particular firmware. All drawbacks described here are inherent shortcomings of the platform and do not depend on the software version or the phone model).

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Interface

Unlike S60 5th Edition you can choose any straightforward feature with one tap. If the field allows the editing of data the keypad appears instantly and you can implement the necessary changes.

You can scroll through any list using the scroll bar on the left; on top of that, the faster you slide across it, the faster it will go. In case there is no text whatsoever (such as in the Contacts menu, Messaging, etc), you can tap at the bottom of the screen to scroll it down and vice versa.

In lists with names you can search by first letter - for example, if you need to jump right to someone with "Murtazin" in the entry's last name, simply pull up the thumbboard and tap "M", the phone will draw up a list with all matching contacts pretty quickly. Then, should you need to punch in the second letter, you will be offered a reworked list, in that it'll contain only letters that follow "M" in the entries the phone has already found. All in all, over our quality time with the system I've grown to like this search engine, as usually it doesn't take more than one or two taps to locate the contact you need. The system puts contacts whose names are written in the interface's primary language on top. The best thing about this contact list is that it allows searching only among the first letters that you do have among your contacts, so you won't be stuck with the entire alphabet on your hands.

To call up the list showing all open applications, tap and hold the central button, or just pick this item in all Options menus around the phone. Jumping between these apps is done by hitting the central key again or simply by touching the thumbnail you need on the screen.

All menu items where you have some applications running in the background are displayed with a notable dot in the top right corner.

You are free to sort any item found in the main menu, as well as choose the view you like - a grid or a plain list. Regrettably, while you can create new folders in the menu and move any application into them, there is no way to assign custom icons to them. You can transfer the applications you have to these folders.

Animation effects used in the main menu depend entirely on the theme you are currently using. The icons remain unchanged from the previous version, which can hardly be considered as a way forward. They look outdated and the first thing you are likely to do when you will start using S^3 is to find and download a nice looking theme offered by the third parties.

You can copy and paste text in all menus, meaning that you will be able to paste text fragments into any field. To select a word all you need to do is swipe you finger across it, which is actually the reason why you can't scroll by dragging the page up and down with your finger tapping the middle - the phone thinks you are trying to select a text fragment.

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Home screen

In the standby mode you can access three home screens and switch between them by scrolling. This feature is new for S^3, but has been already used in almost all touchscreen models from Samsung, LG and Android handsets with the number of home screens ranging between five and ten. In S^3 you can choose wallpapers for every home screen.

The working surface hosts the widgets, which appeared on Nokia N97 for the first time and now become the integral part of the platform and are available for all models. One widget can be located on different screens and this is the only difference. Below I describe the way they work.

The screen has areas for shortcuts, links to access applications and features or information on weather, text messages, mail, RSS and so on. One home screen can have up to 6 widgets.

In the standby mode the widgets use the network connection and are updated. You can always have access to the current weather, stocks quotes and updated RSS. You can disable the updates, if you are in roaming.

The main issue with widgets is that useful information for online ones is given only in two lines. When you use the e-mail widget you can see just the last two messages, which makes no sense. The companies supporting the use of widgets have come to the solution when you have no more than one or two widgets on the home screen to provide the maximum amount of data (Twitter, Facebook and e-mail). Only then widgets become really useful.

Contacts widgets (scrollable) are useful as well as the applications list and weather. All network widgets cannot be used on a daily basis, they serve as shortcuts and not the independent applications, which makes it pointless to waste traffic on them (weather and currency exchange rates are necessary and may be you can find one more couple of handy widgets, but that is all).

The idea of the home screen in Symbian looks a bit simplistic and definitely loses out to Android and Bada.

Caller ID picture. The S^3 manages to render a huge caller ID picture on the screen when receiving a call, along with several keys for very basic interactions with the phone while in a call. During the talk time the caller picture becomes smaller and is shown in one line with its name, which looks quite stylish.

Settings Wizard. On the system's first boot you will be presented with the Welcome application that will walk you through an interactive guide (which is more of an ad, really), setting up GPRS, MMS, Internet for your carrier, transfer data from another phone (Transfer), including application settings.

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Contacts and Phonebook

In the standby mode you just have to choose the letter and the phone will offer the first phonebook entries with this letter and the wrong names will be filtered out. This useful name search during calling was introduced in Eseries, but is now available for the whole platform.

The dedicated social networks key was added and the phone may choose the name in Facebook or Twitter and immediately displays the latest events and entries there. This feature works only through Nokia server (you will need to have an account), which is a kind of an intermediary. The same solution was implemented in Bada, but the number of the social networks on offer is considerably lower for Symbian, at least for the time being.

The phonebook allows for a nearly unlimited number of entries with the available memory volume being your only limitation. For each contact you can submit First and Last names (two fields), Company Name, Job Title, Phone Number, Mobile Phone, Fax, Email Address. If you still don't feel content with the default fields, you may add any number of new fields (including address, email address, web page, etc). Every entry can be expanded with a lengthy text note and an image that will be displayed upon an incoming call (full-screen). Finally, you can rename any of the available fields; for example, transform Job title into Birthday and back. In the general list you can search for contacts by typing in full names, rather than first letters alone. Also displayed in the general list are thumbnails of photos assigned to contacts (when hovering over a specific entry).

For every contact on the list you can setup default phone numbers and email addresses, meaning that if you have 5-6 numbers in one entry, one of them will be automatically dialed whenever you want to make a call - this way, you will be able to submit phone numbers as you go and then pick the most frequently used ones.

Call alerts can be personalized for every contact. The general list may feature entries stored on your SIM-card as well; the list can also be sorted by First or Last name.

It also offers contact groups, which ring tones can be customized as well. What is more, any given contact can be assigned to a couple of groups at a time. In any list (calls, messages, etc.) you can choose all entries from the menu or check the necessary ones.

Voice dialing requires no prior training or voice tags - the system figures out what names are written in English and adjusts to the pronunciation of an average person (voice recognition works for other languages as well). Should you run into some problems with voice dialing, you can always switch into the learn mode, so that the system could adjust to your individual voice features. The phonebook's menu packs in a handful of tooltips on how to use the voice dialing. For example, it hints that in order to make a video call, you will need to speak out the name and add "video" at the end.

The contact list has nothing against showing duplicated entries or copying of an already existing contact.

You can create a backup of the contact list either on the memory card or in the handset's internal memory. For PC synchronization PC Sync is used, which painlessly synchronizes contacts with MS Outlook and other applications. You can also go for local synchronization over Bluetooth with another phone or mobile device.

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Call Log

This menu allows the user to browse missed, incoming and outgoing calls; what is more, it is up to you to set how long these entries will be kept intact (by default - one month). Every entry in these lists has the following information attached: call type (voice or data), duration, date, time and phone number (if identified). Calls can also be filtered by type (data, GPRS, voice, incoming, outgoing, etc). On top of that this menu keeps track of total calls duration and cost. During calls you will see call duration displayed on the screen. As soon as you hang up, the phone will show you call's total duration (this feature can be disabled).

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Messaging

The system now has only one stand-alone message type - Audio Messages (some sort of MMS), whereas both SMS and MMS messages are composed from the same menu item (Message). Depending on whether it is only text or text and multimedia you are putting in, the system will automatically figure out the format it should send your message in. With the help of the context-sensitive menu you can throw in various types of content, in this case the message type will change automatically.

The user is also enabled to tweak the font size (Large, Normal, Small), altering how text looks on the screen, but this option has nothing to do with the message itself, just the way you see it.

One new feature was added here and now you can choose the messages display mode – traditional or chat (Conversations). In the chat mode you can delete separate entries and handle them in general (save, forward, etc.)

Apart from short messages, you can also take advantage of email (POP3/IMAP4/SMTP/MIME2). Moreover, the user is allowed to make up templates for all message types - the system comes preinstalled with 11 for SMS.

Mail client supports HTML, which is an additional version of Nokia Email Client and this solution is enough for the majority of users.

Composing an email letter, the user can decide whether "Subject", "Cc", "Bcc" fields will be displayed or not (choice is available for every field). Additionally, the client now features "Priority" field (Low, Normal, and High). To the body of the message you can attach any files, including those that are not supported by the device. The system can automatically monitor mail boxes for new messages, on top of that the user can setup the email retrieval time (day, time). You can also set whether you want to have whole messages uploaded or only certain parts (limit set in Kb), or you want to retrieve headers only. Push Mail (only via IMAP IDLE) is supported. On top of that, you can pick the folders on an IMAP server you will need to synchronize with your phone.

The Inbox folder contains all messages received on the device (merged list), as well as files received from other devices over Bluetooth. There are also separate folders for every email account you have on the phone. Moreover, all letters are sorted by day, which is quite convenient, and are presented in the rolled out thread.

Sync Mail support was added as well and all messages in this account will be synchronized with your device. In general the mail uses Nokia Messaging servers to provide Push features. Viewing and editing of office files on Nokia phones are available with the help of preinstalled and fully functional QuickOffice.

Mail client can also boast IM functions (IM+) with the following supported standards – OVi Chat, Yahoo, AIM, Windows Live, Gtalk and MySpace.

The BlackBerry Curve 9300 is nearing its release, as you can tell from all the snapshots you have seen. Here iss the latest we got, complete with T Mobile branding.

This week, BBLeaks published the official specs of the Curve 9300. We covered it in News From The Wire, but as a refresher:

• 3G and HSDPA
• GPS
• WiFi with UMA
• Processor 624 MHz
• 256 MB RAM
• 256 MB Flash
• QVGA screen (320 x 240)
• 2 megapixel camera without flash
• MHA 1150 Battery
• Multimedia keys
• OS 5.0

Yes, that says OS 5.0, and for good reason. From what I’m hearing OS 6 will only work with devices carrying 512MB or more of RAM. That would seemingly rule out the 9300. There is a chance, though, that we see a hybrid version of OS 6 released for these 256MB devices, and a decent chance that the WebKit browser eventually comes to OS 5 devices. Our source says it’s a 70-30 chance at this point. That doesn’t sound too bad at all. It would also be nice for users of older devices to eventually get the WebKit browser.

It looks like T-Mobile in the US and Rogers in Canada will carry this one at the start. I would never rule out AT&T to pick up a GSM BlackBerry, but it appears they’re all in on the 9800 at this point. I’ll leave you with one last glimpse of the device:

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system is set to arrive on the market with a great deal of changes when compared to the current versions, one of which would be the limitation to the number of UI changes handset vendors can apply. This might prove an issue for some mobile phone makers out there, which made a name out of the customer user interfaces they thrown over stock mobile operating systems. 

One of these companies would be HTC, though the company does not seem discouraged by the limitations imposed by Microsoft. The handset vendors custom UI, called HTC Sense, is expected to keep on living, even if Microsoft says that no modifications of the Windows Phone 7 interface are allowed. It seems that some sort of Sense would still be included in the company's future Windows Phone 7 devices, expected to arrive sometime in October.

"Microsoft has taken firmer control of the core experience (in Windows Phone 7), but we can still innovate," Drew Bamford, head of HTC's user experience design team, told Forbes. According to him, the forthcoming version of Sense would be quite different from the solution present on the company's current Windows Phone 6.5-based devices. The existing Sense was designed to integrate with most of the platform's core apps. "We won't be able to replace as much of the core Windows Phone experience, but we will augment it," Bamford says.

Previously, the company said that it would be able to add features into the mix, even if it won't be allowed to modify existing ones. Moreover, it seems that HTC would also plan a similar approach to the solution included in handsets running under the future version of Google's Android OS, supposedly dubbed Android 3.0. According to Bamford, Google too plans changes to the Android UI, but that won't be a problem. 

"Google may focus more on improving the user interface on the stock Android (software) but I don't think they'll preclude manufacturer customization" he reportedly stated. The next flavor of Android should arrive with a larger number of polishes, but it seems that HTC would focus on improving the Sense UI too. All in all, whether it comes to Windows Phone 7 or Android 3.0 based handsets from HTC, users should benefit from an enhanced UI experience, that's for sure.

OVI Store cannot boast the sales increase and the number of applications is hardly mind boggling. The same applies to the search function in the shop. Out of the available solutions Nokia shop is the most uninspiring. The company tries to boost sales by all means and until August 12 it offers a special offer of 26 games (most popular games on all platforms, not only for Nokia phones). For one dollar, euro or pound you can buy any of the games. It is an excellent solution for those who remain loyal Nokia customers. The following games are available:

• Doodle Jump
• Fieldrunners
• Bejeweled
• Bejeweled Twist
• California Gold Rush
• Pac-Man Championship Edition
• Armageddon Squadron
• ToonWarz
• WSOP – Hold’em Legend
• Wave Blazer
• Fieldrunners
• UniWar
• The Sims 3
• Monopoly World
• Uno
• Raging Thunder
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Where’s Wally
• California Gold Rush
• Zuma
• Zuma’s Revenge
• Burning Tires
• Tetris Revolution
• Trivial Pursuit
• Jewel Quest III
• Tony Hawk VERT
• Super KO Boxing 2
• Heli Strike

Everything remains the same, but it is not as comfortable to play in Fieldrunners on Nokia due to the screen resolution. Not to be accused of groundless allegations it will say that the screen resolution is the main platform limitation today and the company somehow does not handle it or tries to ignore the problem. You can put it differently.

So, you've either purchased a Streak, or you're anxiously awaiting your own here in the US. Fantastic. Now what? If you've just over $100 to spend and even a pinch of smarts, you'll give strong consideration to Logitech's diNovo Mini. Though launched around two years ago, this portable Bluetooth keyboard looks like a match made in heaven for Dell's newfangled 5-inch smartphone, with the cover holding the Streak (almost) perfectly in order to create a makeshift Android laptop. Better still, the Bluetooth device pairs seamlessly with Dell's doodad, and both the keys and finger pad operate sans any major issues. But hey, it's not like you ought to be taking our word for it -- head on past the break to see the magic happen on video, and dig down in that source link for even more inspiration. It might just convince your cold, hardened heart that love does indeed exist. 

An ambient light sensor automatically controls the keyboard's backlighting.

The keys always glow orange, but the ClickPad (Logitech's name for the round touchpad) displays a green directional pad in "media remote mode" and glows orange in "cursor mode." A sliding switch to the left of the pad makes switching between modes quick and easy.

The diNovo Mini is powered by a rechargeable 930mAh li-ion battery. A full chargetakes about 4 hours and is reportedly good for up to one month of use. A 10-minute quick charge will supposedly provide enough power for about one day of use.

When the Streak and diNovo Mini are connected, keyboard shortcuts appear in the standard menus of the Streak. Unfortunately, I couldn't get any of them to work because there isn't a Menu key or anything equivalent to it on the keyboard.

British marketing research firm YouGov published its report on Smartphone Mobile Internet Experience. 2121 smartphone users took part in the poll. The most alerting tendency is the drop in preferences for Nokia by 12% within 6 months, which correctly describes Nokia, its products and marketing. The number of people who plan to buy Nokia smartphones soon decreased two times. It is sad, but Nokia may label YouGov as one of unreliable information sources and claim that everything they say is not true. It is easier to ignore your market position, than to improve the situation.

The CTIA, a group representing mobile operators, is trying to block a San Francisco ordinance that would require stores to disclose radiation levels for the phones they sell.

In a lawsuit filed Friday, the CTIA argues that the ordinance unlawfully interferes with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's authority over cell phones.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks to block the ordinance, which was passed last month and requires retailers to post information about the Specific Absorption Rate for the phones they sell. SAR is a measure of cell phone radiation, and the FCC has established a SAR limit for phones sold in the U.S.

The San Francisco ordinance attempts to unlawfully regulate emissions from cell phones, a duty reserved exclusively by the FCC, according to the lawsuit. "Federal regulation is so pervasive in this field that no room is left for any state action," the CTIA argues.

The ordinance also conflicts with federal law by challenging the FCC's determination that all FCC-complaint handsets are safe. "The FCC has stated that any cell phone that complies with the standard is safe, regardless of whether its SAR value is at or somewhere below the SAR limit," the suit reads.

Finally, the ordinance runs foul of the Communications Act, which prohibits state-imposed conditions on entry to the wireless market, including point-of-sale warning and labeling requirements, the suit alleges.

"CTIA's objection to the ordinance is that displaying a phone's SAR value at the point-of-sale suggests to the consumer that there is a meaningful safety distinction between FCC-compliant devices with different SAR levels," it said in a statement.

San Francisco officials say consumers have a right to know about a phone's radiation level, which allows them to make decisions based on that information. The radiation levels are already disclosed to the government, and "this same information should also be made easily accessible to the consumer," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said earlier this year.

The issue of cell phone radiation has been of increasing interest to lawmakers. Earlier this month, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich announced plans for a bill that would require warning labels on cell phones about the potential risks they pose. He noted that some studies find links between cell phone use and health issues while others don't, but that studies funded by the telecom industry are less likely to find a link between cell phones and ill health.

This is pretty confusing considering it is just Qik and Fring offering the same service for the green bot right now, so we trotted along to Adobes London office to get a closer look at this demo. As with many things in life, not all went as planned as you can see after the break video stream froze up on several occasions, but then again Adobe's Mark Doherty only spent three days cooking this simple app. 

While Nokia's just waiting for a Linux SDK before it can start porting Flash apps to its devices within 2010, Adobe implied that it's still waiting for two other vendors to respond Palm's already been shown a Flash build running on web OS devices, and it's just a matter of the company signing up for Adobe's device certification system; RIM, on the other hand, is a bit more vague, but we were told it's definitely interested in both Air and Flash. And here's the surprise of the day: no comment on Flash for iOS. Check the Embedded Video Down there from MobileEngadget

Motorola is having great time with Android the latest Moto droid is the Motorola Quench XT3. We've seen it before under the name XT502 Greco though its specs have been lowered somewhat since then.

The Motorola Quench XT3 is a touchscreen bar, similar to the original Motorola Quench. The Quench XT3 runs Android OS 1.6 Donut. Another change to the official spec sheet compared to the rumors is the 3MP Camera.

The rest of the Motorola Quench XT3 specs are standard Android fare 3.2" HVGA touchscreen, a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 CPU, Wi-Fi b/g, GPS and support for microSD cards up to 32GB.
The Motorola Quench XT3 will be launching in Taiwan some time in August alongside the original Motorola Quench.Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications will carry the Quench XT3 though no price has been announced yet.

The transition from hearsay to "in the wild" photos is always an important one the BlackBerry 9780 went pretty quickly from specs found in the user agent profile XML to live photos, in fact it took just a few hours.

The user agent XML profile is a pretty common source of info for rumored phones. In the case of the BlackBerry 9780, it reveals a HVGA screen (480x320) BlackBerryOS 6, GSM with 2G and 3G connectivity as well as Wi-Fi b/g.

Aside from the new OS, the BlackBerry 9780 (dubbed Onyx II for now, though that will certainly change) is pretty much the same as the BlackBerry 9700 Bold (which was initially rumoured as Onyx). The live photo adds another similarity between the two the phones look almost the same.

But along with the photo came another nugget of information the BlackBerry 9780 packs 512MB RAM (double than its predecessor) and will likely have a 5MP camera.

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Maemo 6 = MeeGo 1.1 (Review + Video on on Aava phone)

A proper MeeGo device is still nowhere in sight, but the Aava phone is the next best thing it's a developer platform, meaning intended mostly for MeeGo developers rather than customers, but it gives us a look at how the MeeGo OS and MeeGo powered devices might look.

There’s a lengthy video review along with an extensive photo shoot of the Aava phone running MeeGo 1.1. A lot of the things aren’t working yet, but there’s still quite some time before the market launch.

Like I said, this Aava phone is not meant for consumers and it shows many things (volume keys included) still aren’t working. The software needs plenty of work too but the things that work look rather impressive.

While we’re still waiting for Nokia to announce its first MeeGo-powered device, the Moorestown-based Aava Mobile smartphone has already started cropping up around the globe. It has just been caught in the wild and a video is about to show up within the next couple of days.

The MeeGo is still in the works and since Nokia N900 won’t be getting it (at least not officially, though) when the new platform is ready to hit the market we’re still yet to meet the first Nokia phone packing the MeeGo.

And while Nokia is taking a nap, the competition isn’t sleeping: the first Aava prototypes (based on the Moorestown platform) have just begun surfacing. Like this one (pictured above).

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No big surprise here, but HP Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley just flat-out confirmed to CNBC that HP will not be making any Windows Phone 7 devices, preferring instead to focus on the newly-acquired webOS for its line of smartphones. Here's the entire exchange:

Q: Can you make webOS successful with developers when you're selling Windows Phone 7, maybe Android or Linux at the same time?

A: We continue to be Microsoft's biggest customer, and we continue to believe we will drive innovation with Microsoft. At the same time, I think it's clear to say, that we're very focused on the customer, and giving the customer the experience that's important to them. We won't do -- will not do a Linux / Android phone. We won't do a Microsoft phone.

Q: So no Windows Phone 7?

A: We will continue to more broadly deliver the webOS-based phones that are in the market today, and Jon and his team have driven a strong roadmap for the future.

Q: So does that mean you're going webOS only for phones?

A: For smartphones it does. Our intent is to focus those resources and really make webOS the best OS it can be.

This time its a REAL Prototype from Nokia. May be Nokia plans to release a phone Next year (2011) with this shape. And this will be Super cool!

Our Previous Review on Nokia Kinetic

Now it's going after Motorola's celebrity of the moment (and known iPhone 4 bully), the Droid X. You can see Cupertino's results in the video after the break, but unlike Apple's other videos, we can't seem to recreate this one as easily with our Droid Xs.

OnStar is going to help, expanding its Volt-specific controls to the entire 2011 lineup of GM cars. When we saw OnStar\'s Volt app earlier this year we loved how it not only let you control recharging but also unlock the doors and monitor system specs from anywhere. While monitoring recharging status obviously won\'t be much good if you\'re rocking a good \'ol ICE vehicle, you will still be able to start the car remotely, unlock doors, and also monitor stats like tire pressure and oil level from your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android handset, as demonstrated in a video after the break. Yes, you\'ll need to be an OnStar subscriber to use the app, with rates currently starting at a somewhat steep $18.95 per month. 

There is no doubt Samsung Galaxy S is one of the most threatening competitors against the iPhone 4. It seems Samsung won't stop with the nagging ads, but will step even further give away a free Galaxy S to unsatisfied iPhone 4 users. Beat that, Apple!

Samsung UK offered free Galaxy S to a few angry iPhone 4 users on Twitter. Those people posted some complaints about the reception issues and later received a message to send their details and receive a free Galaxy S. This comes directly from the official Samsung UK Twitter account. Nice, eh?

I got my iPhone 4 a few hours ago and the first call I made dropped due to my natural handgrip. I’m certainly not surprised but really – the first one?! And it happened in an area with some perfect network coverage. A further inspection on the “death spot” shows all bars dropped to one, just by touching it on that special spot.

So if anybody tells you there are no reception issues, take it with a pinch of salt. And if Samsung wants to give you a Galaxy S because of your iPhone 4 problems

 Unfortunately, He Exclusive white iPhone4  is being delayed again. The new due date? Sometime (later this year) Here's the full, and unsurprisingly brief, Apple Official Announcement:

"Statement by Apple on White iPhone 4

White models of Apple's new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected."

Just as Jobs promised last week at an emergency press event, this program will ensure that anyone who purchases an iPhone 4 prior to September 30th will be able to receive aniPhone 4 Bumper or select third-party case from the company at no charge. 'Course, you need to be located in a country or territory that Apple actually ships to, but if that's all squared away, feel free to hit up the App Store to download the iPhone 4 Case Program app. Once there, you'll need to sign into your iTunes Store account, select your Bumper or case and wait oh-so-patiently (read: "3 to 5 weeks"). Better hurry wouldn't want the servers to get overloaded.

Also be aware that if you're one of those wise guys who purchased an iPhone 4 right away just to sell it, you can forget about getting a free case for the handset you no longer own. Apple has arranged this so that only one case can be ordered per iPhone 4, so even if you ordered two under your account name, you'll need two phones to place both of those orders. Check out the error message below if you still don't believe us.

You'll remember that yesterday Microsoft was being uber generous by providing all its 90,000 employees around the world with a free Windows Phone 7 device... well you know the old saying, nothing in life is free. TechFlash has a hold of what they are saying is an internal memo from Microsoft. The memo basically says that Microsoft expects its employees, (you know, the ones getting the free phones) to "evangelize" the product at every possible opportunity. Ok so that's not unreasonable, especially if they're working for the company that makes the OS powering the phone. However, there's a bit more to it because Microsoft are also expecting their employees to set aside some spare time to develop apps for the platform, and yes I did indeed type 'spare time'. How much 'sapre time' Microsoft employees have, and whether they will want to use it developing apps remains to be seen. Still a free phone is not so bad, even if you do have to look busy using it.

Another day, another Apple parody. You would think the material for parodying Antennagate would have dried up by now, but, in part thanks to Apple themselves, it just keeps flowing. Here we have the fine chaps over at College Humour sending up Apple's recent press event where they promised to give away free bumpers. see above the Funniest Video About iPhone 4 you'll Ever see in your Whole Life!

Nothing gets you going quite like a good old fashioned leak! It comes in the form of a list of leaked HTC codenames from ROM hacker extrodinaire 'Conflipper'. The story goes that Conflipper is calling it a day in terms of Windows Phone modding and as such he's posted up HTC's codenames for their forthcoming Windows Phone 7 handsets. Conflipper's site, Shipped-ROMS, will no longer be updated and will effectively cease operations although it will remain up and running in its present form for users to access. This came about at the request of HTC who sent a cease & desist letter in the mould of other manufacturers who don't seem to realise the enormous benefit that modding sites and communities bring to their brands.

The list of devices includes Salsa, Motion, Maestro, Swing, Blitz, Sage, Tango, and Vienna. Admittedly the codenames sound like a combination between an evening of dancing  and kids' cartoon characters, but nevertheless it's an exciting list. Mozart has already been confirmed as a Windows Phone 7 device from HTC and ties in nicely with the musical/dance theme we see here. There isn't a massive amount of information available on each handset, but here's what's being bandied around at the moment:

• Maestro - global handset supporting both GSM & CDMA
• Swing, Salsa & Vienna - GSM handsets
• Swing#C, Salsa#C & Vienna#C - CDMA handsets

Of course some, or even all, of these handsets might not make it to market, but they are apparently all current codenames of handsets that are at the very least in the planning stage. It also demonstrate that Windows Phone 7 won't just be a one trick pny for HTC, they look to be embracing it as widely as they have done with Android and Windows Mobile in the past.

One very glaring omission from many an app store has been the lack of an official app from the BBC. Just about every other news and media organisation under the sun has their own app, but not Auntie. There were moves earlier in the year to launch some BBC apps for the iPhone, but that plan was shot down in flames after commercial news outlets protested that it would wreck their business models and the BBC Trust put a stop to the plan until it could assess it. Well the Trust has now given the plan the green light and users can look forward to an official BBC News app.

The news app will launch first on the iPhone and iPad and then later in the year on both Android and Blackberry platforms. Why they couldn't launch the app on all three platforms simultaneously wasn't addressed, but better late than never as the saying goes. Erik Huggers, Director of Future Media & Technology at the BBC said:

"We know that increasing numbers of you want to access BBC output on-the-go and the rapid growth of internet-connected mobiles and smartphones in the market means we can cost-effectively provide our content and services on these devices, and this is a really important way for us to deliver online services in the future. The first class journalism that you expect from the BBC is now available to you in a way that is simple, personalised and optimised for mobile devices."

Hopefully this is the first in a range of BBC apps we can look forward to, especially given the BBC's massive archive of content as well as their extensive access and reach into fields such as sport, technology, science, the environment, etc.

And The story goes on. Samsung did say something about the Antennagate but their official statement on that matter never showed up. Up until now. Here it is. It just can't get any more official and clear than that.

This is a Samsung I9000 Galaxy S ad that has just appeared in the UK press. Click on the image to enlarge it and take a look at what Samsung had to say about Apple's recently unveiled iPhone 4.

Last time when we heard Samsung talking about that the company sounded calmer, but this time it's all aggressive. And there is a reason for that. After all, instead of finding a real solution, Apple involved a handful of companies and products in their own mess, better known as the Antennagate.

Nokia faced another difficult quarter for its devices and services division, as the financials struggled in the competitive smartphone market

Nokia has reported difficult results for the second quarter as it continues to feel the squeeze from Apple and others in the smartphone market.

Nokia had already downgraded its outlook for the second quarter for devices and services, and said net sales would be at the lower end of, or slightly below, the previously expected range of €6.7 billion to €7.2 billion. This was primarily due to lower than previously expected average selling prices and mobile device volumes.

Reported net sales in the devices and services segment came in at €6.8 billion, up three per cent from the second quarter of 2009 and two per cent from the first quarter of 2010.

However, Nokia said net sales for devices and services would have declined two per cent had the results been reported at a constant currency rate.

Operating profit in the division fell 16 per cent to €643 million and the operating margin shrank from 11.6 per cent to 9.5 per cent over the year.

Latin America was a particularly key market for Nokia, with the value of sales up 31 per cent year-on-year and 28 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Sales in Greater China were also up 21 per cent year-on-year, although down 6 per cent quarter-on-quarter, while in Asia-Pacific sales were down year-on-year but up 13 per cent since the first quarter.

Net sales in Nokia’s biggest market Europe remained fairly stable, while North America recorded a 16 per cent decline year-on-year. The Middle East and Africa saw a 10 per cent fall in net sales year-on-year and a seven per cent negative swing quarter-on-quarter.

Sales of feature phones were down four per cent year-on-year to €3.4 billion, although business in what Nokia reports as ‘converged mobile phones’, including smartphones and mobile computers, added 12 per cent to net sales year-on-year to take it to €3.4 billion.

Nokia said the total volume of mobile devices it sold during the quarter was 111.1 million, an eight per cent growth year-on-year. It estimates 338 million units were shipped by the industry as a whole during the second quarter, up 14 per cent over 2009, giving it a 33 per cent market share.

Nokia added that the industry as a whole shipped 59 million smartphones and mobile computers during the quarter, while it moved 24 million units over the same period. This was up 42 per cent from a year ago and gives Nokia a 41 per cent market share, according to its own estimates.

In terms of volume, North America was the only market to see a year-on-year fall, down 19 per cent, with Latin America accounting for 11.2 million of the 111.1 million units shipped, a 26 per cent increase.

Price pressures and higher sales of lower priced smartphones led Nokia’s average selling price (ASP) to decline from €64 in the second quarter of 2009 to €61 in the second quarter of 2010.

The ASP decline was more marked for smartphones than feature phones, and fell from €181 in 2009 to €143 this year. Quarter-on-quarter, there was a €12 decrease in the smartphone ASP, which was cited as result of “price pressure in certain high-end smartphones”, namely the iPhone 4, and a strategy to sell devices at a lower price point to reach a wider group of consumers.

Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said: “Despite facing continuing competitive challenges, we ended the second quarter with several reasons to be optimistic about our future.

“For one, the global handset market has continued to grow at a healthy pace, led by some of the less mature markets where Nokia is strong. We are also encouraged by the solid second quarter performance of our mobile phones business, helped by an improving line-up of affordable models.”

Nokia said it is working on a family of phones built on the Symbian^3 platform that will give it broader reach and appeal.

Kallasvuo said: “In smartphones, we continue to renew our portfolio. We believe that the Nokia N8, the first of our Symbian^3 devices, will have a user experience superior to that of any smartphone Nokia has created.

“The Nokia N8 will be followed soon thereafter by further Symbian^3 smartphones that we are confident will give the platform broader appeal and reach, and kick-start Nokia’s fightback at the higher end of the market.”

Nokia doesn't have a great many phones that combine a touch screen and a hardware QWERTY and that's quite a popular combo, just look at all those Androids.

Aside from the Nokia N97 and N97 mini, the Maemo-powered Nokia N900 was the other touchscreen QWERTY phone. And now, there’s the Nokia C6 3.2 inch nHD touchscreen and a four row QWERTY keyboard are its claim to fame

The looks of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the brains of Nokia N97 mini – that's the shortest way to describe the C6. It has the 5800 beat in terms of features and pricetag it's mainly the keyboard and the 5MP camera that put it closer to the N97 mini.

It doesn’t have the 8GB built-in memory of the mini though, or the 8GB microSD card of the 5800 just a 2GB card, but that’s enough to get you started. Other than that, the box doesn’t contain more than the basics hit the video to see our quick unboxing and tinkering around.

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Android smartphone will boast a display larger than your face within 2 years (if current trends continue, anyway), we'd say we could be onto something good here. At any rate BNs own eBookstore app is now available for Google's dear mobile OS. landing just weeks after Amazon pushed its Kindle app out into the same marketplace. Of course BN's not shying away from the competition. dubbing its app the only Android e-reader application to offer eBook lending. It's available to download now on devices rocking Android 1.6 or above, and yes, even Android users can pick up on another platform where you leave off on your phone.

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The new Android app is also the first eReader software to feature Barnes & Noble's new NOOK-centric branding, leveraging the strength of the company's NOOK brand across its entire eReading offering. NOOK for Android will soon be followed by an updated NOOK for iPhone®, NOOK for iPad™, and others in the coming months. The new eReader software branding aligns with the company's current NOOK offering – NOOK 3G and NOOK Wi-Fi® eBook Readers, and the recently announced NOOKstudy™ online study platform and software solution for higher education.

NOOK for Android offers those with devices using Android OS 1.6 and higher the ability to shop Barnes & Noble's expansive eBookstore of more than one million eBooks, including new releases, bestsellers and free classics, and download titles in seconds. Any customer's personal Barnes & Noble eBook library – purchased on a NOOK eBook Reader, online at BN.com or on another BN eReader-enabled device – will easily sync to their device in seconds so their library goes wherever they go.

NOOK for Android offers a fun and immersive eReading experience with the ability to customize text with many font styles and sizes, an easy-to-use navigation bar, reading in landscape and portrait modes, and graphical page turns. It is also the first Android eReader application to offer digital lending. Using Barnes & Noble's unique LendMe™ technology, customers can easily share eligible eBooks for up to 14 days with friends, who can enjoy these digital titles on a NOOK eBook Reader, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch® and PC enabled with free BN eReader software.

"NOOK for Android is customizable, fun and easy to use and we're excited to deliver the most-requested version of our free eReading software to the growing number of mobile customers using Android-based devices," said Douglas Gottlieb, Vice President, Digital Products for Barnes & Noble.com. "Android customers can enjoy the great NOOK eReading experience on their mobile device, including access to our vast digital catalog and their personal B&N digital library at their finger tips. And, of course, Android users can now enjoy Barnes & Noble's unique eBook lending feature to share their favorite eBooks with friends."

Added Gottlieb, "With NOOK for Android, and the other renamed software to follow, customers can also easily recognize and have confidence in Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand to provide them with a fun and easy-to-use eReading experience on any device of their choosing."

Key features available in NOOK for Android include:


· Shop Barnes & Noble's vast eBookstore: Search, explore and browse through more than one million digital titles at www.bn.com/ebooks directly by touching Shop Books from the Library. There are more than a half-million free eBooks available and free samples are offered for all eBooks. Learn more about titles from thousands of editorial and customer reviews. Pick a current bestseller, a classic or anything in between and download it wirelessly in seconds.

· Access your personal B&N digital library: All eBooks purchased through the Barnes & Noble eBookstore sync in seconds and are ready to read in your Library.

· Lend to friends: NOOK for Android is the only Android eReading app that offers eBook sharing with friends.

· Read your way: Customize the eReading experience by choosing from eight font types and five sizes, read in landscape or portrait modes and lock the screen orientation.

· Enjoy the read: The fun and immersive experience offers animated or sliding page turns, a navigation scroll bar, bookmarks and more.

· Easy access to your content: Using the Library List view, see the cover art, sort and filter your eBooks by author, title or recent reads. Access rich product details for the selected eBook, including the synopsis and more books from that author.

· Read across multiple devices: Android users can now complement their eReading experiences with Barnes & Noble's other eReader experiences such as NOOK eBook Readers, previously announced eBook readers powered by the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, and a variety of other computing and mobile devices, including iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry® and HTC HD2™ smartphones, HP computers, PC and Mac®.

· Pick up where you left off: Sync the last page read of the last eBook opened on an Android device with BN eReader (soon to be renamed NOOK) software-enabled devices including PC and iPad. Coming soon, both will sync with NOOK for iPhone and more devices to follow.

· Follows the standard: Read eBooks formatted in ePub, quickly becoming the industry standard.

Those signing up for a new BN.com account when downloading the new application, will also find three Barnes & Noble Classics Series eBooks – Dracula, Little Women and Pride & Prejudice – in their libraries, along with samples of two current bestselling eBooks.

NOOK for Android is now available at www.bn.com/nookforandroid. Barnes & Noble continually enhances its eReader software and will add new features to its Android offering this summer including highlights and notes, a search library and look-up feature, library grid-view and more. For more information on free BN eReader (soon to be renamed NOOK) software and apps, please visit www.bn.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp.

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Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 7 manufacturers: ASUS, Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung

Microsoft is no stranger to having partners galore in the phone business, but its lineup of manufacturers for the upcoming, surprisingly promising Windows Phone 7 launch is no less impressive. After plenty of rumoring, Microsoft has confirmed that Dell and HTC will be making Windows Phone 7 phones, in addition to ASUS, LG, and Samsung who had already been confirmed. All of these companies should have their stamp on hardware by the end of the year, with the launch of the OS still vaguely slated for the "holidays" We have no doubt that all five manufacturers can build some compelling, sexy hardware, but we're particularly enthused to see Dell really getting into the game after the impressive Streak and that drool worthy leak a little while back.

Microsoft to employees: "Everybody gets a Windows Phone 7!"

Microsoft guru extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley has retweeted a company employee boasting of a commitment to hand out Windows Phone 7 devices to each and every one of Redmond's 90,000-plus employees around the world. That's certainly one way to spread the word and realistically, the cost to Microsoft is a drop in the bucket if they can really take advantage of the word of mouth advertising effect here. Of course, step one in that process is going to be making sure the product is absolutely rock solid by the time those gratis units start getting handed out. 

A Funny Sticker to laugh at Apple...What started as a concept has landed bee achieved as a buyable product: the 'End Call' vinyl sticker. As expected, you simply place this guy over the iPhone 4's "weak spot" and then press it whenever you'd like to conveniently drop whatever call you're on. This Funny Sticker will cost you $4 ONLY and enjoy a New way of Ending calls! :)

Apple Users been on the receiving end of a deluge of tips this morning pointing out that Apple has begun funneling cash back into its users' pockets a most unusual event, to be sure to live up to its retroactive promise of free Bumpers for all (who buy their iPhone 4 before September 30). If the particular wording is to be trusted, that should mean that even those who haven't yet bothered to put in a claim, but did purchase a Bumper, will find themselves enriched in due course. Apple estimates this bandaid solution to its antenna problems will cost $175 million. This will cheer many of apples customers!

The newer and less popular Silverlight, which is Microsoft alternative to Flash, is spreading to mobile OSes too the Symbian^1 version just became available in the Ovi Store.

Silverlight has been available for Windows Mobile for a while now (of course, Microsoft's plug-in for Microsoft's OS) but now it’s also available on a non-Redmond platform. You can download Silverlight for Symbian^1 (or S60 5th edition if you will) from here.

The Silverlight plug-in integrates into the S60 browser and helps run Silverlight content inside the browser. Silverlight also enables installable apps – and since Silverlight uses .NET languages, there’s already a big potential developer base. Dev tools for Silverlight for Symbian can be downloaded by following the link.

There’s no word if Silverlight will be available on iOS (easy guess – when hell freezes over), or Android (2.2 Froyo enabled Flash, so maybe 3.0 Gingerbread?), but interestingly there will be Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 – it just won’t run in the browser, or at least not at first. That’s an odd decision by Microsoft.

Nokia is pretty proud of the multimedia capabilities of the upcoming Nokia N8 they have shown off the video and still image capturing capabilities of the 12MP shooter, but now they are boasting about the multimedia playback prowess too.

The Nokia N8 has an HDMI port, which allows it to output 720p video. The N8 supports "native mode" rather than "clone mode"  in other words, the phone display and the external display are treated as two different displays.

So, the playback controls stay on the phone's screen and the video is displayed on the TV screen. Clone mode copies the phone display image to the TV, which limits the resolution, but Nokia N8’s support for native mode means the full 720p resolution of videos is sent to the TV.

That’s not all of it however the Nokia N8 is very good at audio too with its Dolby Digital Plus support. Nokia underlines that this isn’t some cut down version (e.g. Dolby Mobile), this is the whole nine yards 5.1 audio and all.

The native mode works just for videos and images right now, but Nokia are working to expand the support. They don’t say what exactly but there’s not much left.

Sprint sure love touting their 4G network (WiMAX) The latest addition to their 4G capable lineup is the modestly named Sprint Epic 4G. The Epic 4G is a Samsung Galaxy S phone but unlike most others, this one comes with a QWERTY keyboard.

So here's a promo video of the Sprint Epic 4G see up their, which shows you the Samsung Epic 4G 

In case you’re confused about why the Samsung Galaxy S has a QWERTY and is called Sprint Epic 4G, well, it goes like this. Samsung has churned out a number of Galaxy S phones, most of which got renamed (Vibrant, Captivate, etc.). There are some cosmetic differences between the models, like differently styled keys.

The Sprint Epic 4G however has undergone the biggest transformation of the pack – it's got a hardware QWERTY. The various Motorola DROID phones have proven quite popular – plus, a hardware keyboard is one area where Android has the iPhone beat.

The Sprint Epic 4G pricing and availability will be announced in the coming months, but Sprint is already promising an Android 2.2 Froyo update in the near future.

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As part of the Optimus unveiling today, LG mentioned they are preparing a high-end Android tablet that should hit the shelves before the end of this year.

And that's all information we have, LG staying mum on details. As the tradition goes LG didn't publish many specs in their press release.

In case you haven't heard, LG already has another tablet in the works – the Windows 7 based UX10. It was presented during the Computex this year with 10.1-inch LED capacitive touchscreen, Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, Wi-Fi, SD slot and HDMI port.

I suppose the Android tablet might turn out to be its twin brother.

Anyway, both gadgets are expected to become available by the end of the year.

LG UX10 source

When the iPhone 4 was first announced, I wasn't quite sure what the big deal about the gyroscope was. What can you do with it that can't be done with an accelerometer!? Well, now we all know its amazingly accurate, which leads to fun-looking games like Eliminate: Gun Range...

The idea behind Eliminate: Gun Range is simple – you point a variety of guns by physically moving the phone and shoot at all the targets that show up. Doesn’t sound like much but it looks pretty impressive – the gyroscope is so accurate that it almost feels real.

If it looks thisgood on video, I bet it'll be even better in real life. And though the Eliminate: Gun Range doesn't have the most complicated gameplay, just think of all the first-person shooters that will become available for the iPhone 4 sooner rather than later.

Eliminate: Gun Range is the first game that is exclusive to the iPhone 4. Other games from the Eliminate series work on the old models, but the controls aren’t as impressive.

Check out the video up there !