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There’s an unsubstantiated rumor floating around that the Nokia C7, Finland’s second Symbian^3 device to start shipping , the first being the N8, has NFC capabilities built in , but due to being rushed to market the software written to support said internal hardware wasn’t included. In the future however Nokia will issue a software upgrade that will make the C7 one of the first mass market devices with near field communication built in. Now if this is true, and it may just be a PR snafu, then I’ve got to wonder what the hell Nokia was thinking

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Rumor: Nokia C7 ships with NFC capabilities built in, will be turned on later via software update

On the heels of our recent post on the Nike+ GPS app update , we talk about another iPhone application that does the similar thing… The outdoor social network for sports and fitness enthusiasts Map My Tracks wants its slice of the iPie, too. Their app is called OutFront and it provides “F1-style performance telemetry” for sailors, cyclists, runners and other outdoor sports. Users can track their activities, review performance and share the results live on the web — you can measure speed, pace, calories burned, elevation gain or loss and much more.

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Map My Tracks’ OutFront is another iPhone app that tracks your exercise

INQ, a company that’s a small division of the huge global operator Hutchison, builds feature phones with smartphone features deeply integrated. Last year they launched several devices in the UK that had Facebook, Twitter, MSN and even Skype built in. They were cheap, but the user interface was playful and indeed easy to use

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INQ to make Spotify and Facebook smartphones, coming to AT&T summer 2011

The GSMA mWomen Programme has been recently launched as a public-private partnership between the global mobile industry and the international development community in an effort to bring the socio-economic benefits of mobile to women in developing markets around the world. The goal is to halve the gender gap from 300 million and bring the power of mobile to more than 150 million women within three years

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GSMA launches mWomen Programme; Announces mWomen Apps Challenge

Opera Software announced its participation in the Adobe-led Open Screen Project , which consists of more than 70 industry leaders who are working together to make Flash run on an array of platforms and devices. The maker of the wildly popular Opera Mini browser said that partnership with Adobe “ensures compatibility and easy deployment for OEM and operator customers using Opera and Adobe Flash products.” And here comes the interesting part: Through its participation in the Open Screen Project, Opera is making integration even better for customers deploying both Opera and Flash Player 10.1 on their mobile phones and other devices.

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Opera to participate in Open Screen Project; Flash coming to their mobile browsers?

Motorola’s new XT300’s pictures have been leaked and just as expected, it looks classy. This new XT300 is also an Android based phone and it runs on the newer version – Android 2.1 OS. Feature wise it comes loaded with a Full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera with integrated flash, Qualcomm MSM7X25 high performance processor, a 2.8 inches touch screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and ofcourse MOTOBLUR.

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Motorola XT300

The new HTC Desire Z has two names. All across the world it is known by the name of HTC Desire Z, but then here at home it is called by the name – 0T-Mobile G2. This new phone from HTC has very sleek design, and comes packed with some of the latest innvoations like the QWERTY slider keyboard, loaded with the latest Android 2.2 software, an 800MHz high performance processor, 3.7 inch crisp display, a 5MP camera, and yes a revolutionary construction from a single block of aluminum.

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HTC Desire Z/T-Mobile G2

The Samsung Galaxy 5 or Samsung I5503 is one of company’s affordable Android phones and now, it is being launched in India. Feature wise the 5(I5503) will come packed with a standard 2.8 inch QVGA touch sensitive display, a 2MP camera, Samsung’s unique Touch Wiz UI 3.0, 3G connectivity , Wi-Fi, GPS, a 600MHz CPU , a standard 3.5mm audio output jack, and an expandable MicroSD card support. In India, the Samsung Galaxy 5 will cost about 10,200 INR which is about $220USD.

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Samsung Galaxy 5 (I5503)

China is the current favorite among mobile phone manufacturers and it seems no different as in the case of Motorola. With their new XT502, Motorola is launching another Android-running phone in China. The Motorola XT502 features a touch sensitive display, Bluetooth SIG, quadra-band GSM, tri-band UMTS with frequencies of 850,1900,2100MHz, Wi-Fi, Assist-GPS, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, and a standard 3.5mm headset jack

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Motorola XT502

The Samsung Galaxy S and its variants are plagued with a troubling GPS problem that produces inaccurate GPS readings. Not only is the internal GPS slow to get a satellite fix, when a fix is finally obtained, the location data reported to the handset is often streets, sometimes even towns away from your physical location.

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Samsung currently testing a GPS software fix for the Galaxy S

The iPhone has been an AT&T exclusive in the US for time immemorial (which, in the mobile world, translates into a little over three years), but that exclusivity will soon come to an end, with Verizon rumored to be launching an iPhone of their own in the near future. Big Red, with their self-proclaimed superior wireless network, might be able to put some real hurt on AT&T if/when the Verizon iPhone becomes a reality

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1 out of 3 AT&T iPhone customers will switch to Verizon

There was a bunch of news this week that could have long-reaching consequences and no story was bigger than the Google and Verizon putting forth a joint policy statement regarding net neutrality. This was also a big week for Android with the release of some high-profile devices but Google also faces a huge lawsuit over that little green robot. Finally, we took a look at some cool apps and our resident BlackBerry expert took a look at the much-vaunted BlackBerry Torch

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The Mobile Roundup – The ‘Big Things’ edition

It looks like Verizon will be pulling a Sprint and will charge customers an extra $10 to $15 for the privilege of using the carrier’s 4G LTE data service -the charge will be added on top of the existing data plan for compatible devices. We can’t we say we’re surprised, but it’s going to be interesting how customer react to drastically highers fees to access the faster 4G LTE data network. Verizon is expected to start bringing the mobile broadband data speed of its nascent 4G network to laptops (via USB data cards), and then work their way to LTE-enabled smartphones, which should become available sometime in the first half of 2011, possibly May .

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Verizon to charge an extra $10 to $15 for 4G LTE data plans?

Are you a Twitter (or Facebook or Foursquare or Buzz) user with an Android phone, looking to get in on the official TweetDeck beta app for your smartphone? Well, word to the wise, we’ve gotten word that there was a counterfeit app in the Android Market that was masquerading as the official TweetDeck version.

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PSA: Twitter users, beware the counterfeit TweetDeck app in Android Market

We’ve seen one AT&T ad for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 that was high on gloss, but they’ve just released another TV spot that’s a little more fun. Appropriately enough, they’re pitching the device as a “business meets pleasure” kind of smartphone, which would be a fair enough assessment if there was a catalog of decent games in App World (which there isn’t). Besides that, I’m more of a fan of Verizon’s Droid ads , but AT&T’s is still a fun little commercial worth a gander.

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New BlackBerry Torch 9800 Ad Shows How Business Meets Pleasure

Earlier this week, Apple released  iOS 4.0.2 which fixed a  security vulnerability that enabled the famed JailbreakMe.com website to work its magic on your iPhone or iPad. While fixing a major security hole is normally considered a good thing, Apple dropped the ball by not including the original iPhone or the first generation iPod Touch in this update

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iOS 4 PDF security flaw fixed jailbreak-style for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Good news if you’re one of the few, lucky Verizon users who were able to buy the HTC Droid Incredible, as we’re hearing that Android 2.2, or Froyo, will be hitting the device next week. The news comes from our friends at Mashable , who say the over-the-air upgrade will start rolling out August 18. As we’ve seen with the Motorola Droid Android 2.2

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Verizon HTC Droid Incredible to get Android 2.2 (Froyo) next week

South Korea has been home for numerous Samsung phones and now its in the form of Samsung A160S. This camshell form mobile with RGB lighting is very much trendy and suits the youth best. It also comes loaded with a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, a 2-megapixel camera with video, Bluetooth, an integrated media player, 3G radio, e-dictionary, and also a microSD card slot.

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Samsung A160S

A company called New Potato Technologies has created the iPhone dock pictured above. They call the product an “appcessory,” as it’s coupled with an app that detects Jackpot Slots iPhone Dock and runs the famous one-armed bandit on the device (iPhone or iPod Touch).

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Jackpot Slots turns your iPhone into one-armed bandit

According to the documents found on the Federal Communications Commission’s website, a new Motorola phone (WX404) is heading to Cricket Wireless or MetroPCS. We’re not sure which of the two carriers will be adding the QWERTY keyboard-equipped candybar to its portfolio, but without a doubt we’ll know that in the next couple of weeks.

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CDMA-based Motorola WX404 caught on FCC on its way to Cricket or MetroPCS

As we have a growing number of app stores, Juniper Research is forecasting that the annual number of consumer-oriented handset downloads will rise from less than 2.6 billion in 2009 to more than 25 billion in 2015. The research company argues that players across the mobile value chain are seeking to emulate Apple’s AppStore success. Hence we have a rising number of carriers unveiling their solutions – China Unicom has “Mobile Market,” India’s Bharti “Airtel App Central” and Vodafone “Apps & Games Shop.” At the same time there are manufacturer and platform specific storefronts, as well as independents such as GetJar and Handango

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Juniper Research: Mobile app store downloads to reach 25 billion by 2015

By now, you should be aware that Apple pulled the Handy Light app this morning because the flashlight app could be secretly turned into a tethering program with a secret code. I would like all the people encouraging other developers to include secret functionality in apps to kindly shut up. Tricking the gatekeepers leads us down a bad path that hurts all parts of the mobile app ecosystem

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Please stop encouraging tricky apps like Handy Light