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Asus P565 Rises From The Grave
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Reports surfaced a while ago indicating that ASUS’ P565 was abandoned, and many potential customers mourned over the loss of the phone. Now it seems that the phone might not have been totally canned, as Polish site ASUSPDA claims that the device has been on sale for several months, and there are even unboxing pictures of the device. The device is apparently going for $566. How’s that for rising from the ashes?
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LG Secret CF750 Visits The FCC
Author: +866.com27 Apr
It looks like we’re one step closer to getting the LG Secret, as the device has been spotted at the FCC. The LG CF750, as it’s called, will most likely be headed to AT&T’s network, especially since the FCC pictures have the device covered with AT&T branding. In case you forgot, the phone will feature popular features such as Bluetooth, GPS, microSD card expansion, a 5-megapixel camera and much more. It looks like it’s time to start saving those pennies.
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Nokia Widsets Coming To Ovi Store
Author: +866.com27 Apr
If you’re the type of person who’s fond of widgets, you’ll certainly have fiddled with Nokia’s WidSets before, which offers a wide variety of apps, games and feeds for phones. Nokia has just announced that it will be rolling WidSets into its Ovi Store, which is quite a logical move, if you sit down and think about it for a moment anyways. The problem is, after it’s integrated into Ovi, will WidSets be tied to Nokia devices only? That is certain caused for concern.
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Sony Ericsson CS8 Visits The FCC
Author: +866.com27 Apr
It’s not real surprise, but it’s still pleasant to hear news that a variant of Sony Ericsson’s C905 will be reaching America via T-Mobile. Dubbed the CS8, the device will sport an 8.1-megapixel camera and also support T-Mobile’s 3G bands. You can expect this megapixel monster to be available around June 24th. You might want to start saving some of those pennies in the meantime.
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Arriving In May
Author: +866.com27 Apr
It looks like the official introducing isn’t going to be too far away, as word is out that Microsoft will be rolling out its highly-anticipated Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11th, which incidentally, is the opening day of Microsoft’s TechEd 2009 conference. Of course, just because the official announcement is made, doesn’t mean that we’ll be getting Windows Mobile 6.5 on every upcoming device that is released will automatically be pre-loaded with Windows Mobile 6.5. It might even take a few months before manufacturers come up with phones that are pre-loaded with Windows Mobile 6.5, but until then, keep your fingers crossed.
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Baby Shaker App Controversy
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Many developers have complained over the approval process of Apple’s AppStore, as many of them had to endure long periods of waiting, rejection and who knows what else. Now Apple is under fire for approving a rather controversial app, despite all its stringent checking. The Baby Shaker app has users shaking the phone till the baby has red crosses over its eyes, and it certainly going to be very offensive to many people. An Apple statement apologizing over the event reads:
“This application was deeply offensive and should not have been approved for distribution on the App Store. When we learned of this mistake, the app was removed immediately. We sincerely apologize for this mistake and thank our customers for bringing this to our attention.”
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Facebook 1.5 Updates For BlackBerry
Author: +866.com27 Apr
The launch of Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry should have been a happy event, but as many users found out, it might have given them more than a tiny problem. First off, your default calendar might have gone all funny and be replaced by one from Facebook. Aside from that, friends who didn’t list a phone number on their Facebook profile page were bombarded with requests for them to share their numbers. Certain not too fun, is it? The 1.5.0.32 should fix those problems, and is available on http://www.blackberry.com/facebook (from your BlackBerry’s browser). If you already had 1.5.0.31 installed on your device and the calendar went weird, you’ll want to restore your default calendar after installing the update. You can do so by going to Options -> Advanced Options -> Default Services -> Reset Calendar.
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Lenovo OPhone In China
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Apple’s iPhone might be dominating statistics and sales worldwide, but it looks like Android is set to beat Apple’s iPhone in one market, and that’s the China market. Rumor indicates that the Android-powered Lenovo OPhone will be launching this May on China Mobile. It seems that Apple had a little trouble coming to a deal with China Mobile regarding its iPhone, especially since the carrier wanted to sell the iPhone apps on their own market, which Apple unsurprisingly refused. With the open source nature of Google’s Android, China Mobile is free to tinker with the OS as it sees fit, which should be enough to satisfy the telco giant.
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Orange Vegas Is Certainly Small
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Looking for a rather distinctive phone that most of your friends don’t own, and you’ll certainly have cast a roving eye over the Orange Vegas device. It’s available in either black or pink, has dual-band GPRS, a 4.20 inch touchscreen display, 1.3-megapixel camera. The device is going for £48.50 ($71 USD) on a pay-as-you-go subscription. Let’s just hope that the name “Vegas” doesn’t inspire you to go all over town buying everything in each and every store.
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Ericsson Ready To Offer Cash Injection
Author: +866.com27 Apr
We know that Sony Ericsson isn’t enjoying the current economic turmoil too much, and with a rather dismal quarter, Ericsson seems like it’s trying to steady the boat, with its CEO, Carl-Henric Svanberg, mentioning that the parent company is willing to pour cash into the joint venture if necessary. Of course, Sony Ericsson can’t always be hoping to get easy cash from Ericsson, so it would also be best if Sony Ericsson could ride out the storm on its own.