The new Philips Xenium X510 is another device from Philips with dual Sim capabilities. This slider phone will be marketed in Russia, China and some other parts of Asia. Other features in this low-to-mid range phone include a 3.1-inch QVGA touch sensitive display with Philips handwriting recognition, a 2-megapixel camera, built-in java games, media player, Bluetooth, email, dual-band GSM connectivity, and also an expandable microSD memory card slot
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Philips Xenium X510
A survey of customers in line to buy a 3G iPad in New York on Friday found that more than half planned to purchase the least expensive 16GB model, starting at $629, and almost none planned to have the iPad replace their traditional computer..
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Survey finds 16GB iPad 3G most popular, not viewed as PC replacement
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are pursuing an antitrust inquiry over Apple’s changes to its iPhone developer agreement, which banned the porting of Adobe Flash apps to the iPhone OS, according to the New York Post
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Changes to Apple’s developer agreement could spur antitrust inquiry
Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) has released a new firmware update for its enterprise-friendly E75 smartphone. We’re hearing it’s a small upgrade with usual bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements. One important thing is solved, though – keyboard is way more responsive now.
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Nokia E75 gets a minor firmware update
Spirit , the userland jailbreak for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is finally available. We’ve been waiting for Spirit for quite a while now. It was supposed to be released last Friday but Comex, its developer, decided to wait a few more days to make sure new iPad 3G owners would have time save their SHSH blobs , but also to finish up Spirit and make sure it was 100% reliable
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BBSSH is a freeware telnet and SSH Client for blackberry phones.Features include: multiple concurrent session support, key-based authentication, customizable key bindings (in progress), BB integration, small footprint, multiple connectivity options, and more Continue reading: BBSSH 1.1.7 – Telnet & SSH Client Software For Blackberry
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Unlike the rapidly deployed updates Apple posts for the iPhone OS through iTunes, Android users are unlikely (and often unable) to apply the latest updates to their phones, according to new information published by Google and its AdMob subsidiary.
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Android users not upgrading their OS to the latest version
Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) has released a new firmware update (version 20.0.005) for its low-end touchscreen smartphone – 5230. Here’s what’s new: Kinetic scrolling is included in the main menu Ovi Sync has been added to the desktop Music player is improved GPS allows for faster fix on your location Some of the existing apps have been updated In addition, there are tons of under the hood changes that further improve the stability, though it’s fair to add that even the earlier firmware (v12) provided a pretty stable experience.
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Nokia 5230 gets an update (firmware version 20.0.005)
Symbian released its web application development tools, making application development on the platform “as easy as creating a webpage.” In other words, any web developer with a knowledge of HTML, CSS and some JavaScript can create mobile apps that run on Symbian smartphones, including the newly unveiled Nokia N8 . The good thing about these tools is that they allow accessing even some of the phone’s deep device capabilities — including contacts, camera, sensors, location, etc. — with JavaScript (there are special APIs for accessing phone-specific features)
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I’ve drilled a lot of holes in concrete and brick, and it’s a pretty darn messy business, especially inside. In fact I’ve even killed a Dyson vacuum cleaner by feeding it one too many powdered bricks (no loss of 201 words | permalink | 2 comments | digg this
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Bosch 11221DVS Rotary Hammer – Cough free drilling
I like this Thanko Notebook Tripod Stand, it gets your stupid leg-burning laptop off your lap and onto an ergonomic and adjustable surface. Sure it’s just an aluminium plate with a 1/4″ tripod thread and air vents, but it’s 161 words | permalink | 4 comments | digg this
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Thanko Notebook Tripod Stand – Turns a camera tripod into a desk
This Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker is delightfully cute, contains a full auto-scan FM radio and rechargeable Lithium Ion battery and is incredibly cute. Did we mention that already? It’s hand made out of dried apricots, has a USB connector and 79 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker – super cute tiny speaker for the miniaturist in all of us
The AirVita Neo15 is a washable air cleaner and night light which features ‘plasma potential difference electric discharge’, which is good to know. Whether a product named after a character in a movie can ever clean the air as well 139 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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AirVita Neo15 Air Cleaner – the washable air scrubber and night light
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of a popular antivirus company , said at a Infosec that closed operating systems, like iPhone, BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ), and Windows Phone, won’t last in the long run because they don’t embrace open-source, like Android and Symbian do. That’s an awfully heavy-handed statement, considering the ample success of iPhone and BlackBerry these days, though Android certainly provides a case for successful open-source mobile operating systems. At the same conference, Kaspersky has has reiterated their coverage of mobile phone viruses which, though currently nonexistant, could become a worry as smartphones gain marketshare and operating systems become bigger and introduce more security gaps.
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iPhone, BlackBerry Won’t Last Another Five Years – Kaspersky
The new Samsung Reality U820 is all set to be launched on April 30. Frankly speaking, theres nothing hot about this new device, exepct the fact that it will provide you QWERTY keyboard and social-networking integration at a very pocket friendly price. Feature wise the phone will be loaded with 3″ 400 x 240 pixels touch sensitive display with TouchWiz UI, a 3.2-megapixel camera with Night mode and also video recording, a full HTML browser, Microsoft Office Exchange Support, standard 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth, and a expandable microSD card slot
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Samsung Reality U820
The LG Wine II is an updated version of the original LG Wine. There is not much change in the looks of this phone where as feature wise LG has updated the wine to 3G EVDO data, a better camera, FM radio, MP3 player, and an expandable memory card slot. Other innovative features of this thin clamshell CDMA mobile phone remain same as the original Wine which includes a large inner and outer displays with extra large text, large keys for better ergonomics, voice dialing, dedicated shortcut keys, hearing-aid compatibility, Bluetooth and GPS navigation.
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LG Wine II
The new Motorola i1 is definitely one of the best feeling android phones from the company to date, even better than the CLIQ XT and Droid. It is also the first Android phone for iDEN networks, and this one is among the ruggedized Androids out in the market. Features of the Motorola i1 include PTT, capacitive touch display, WiFi, 5-megapixel camera, GPS, Exchange support, expandable memory, and also Swype text entry.
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Motorola i1
The new Beyerdynamic Flagship model, the Tesla T1 , is now available in the UK. We have been lucky enough to borrow Beyer’s Demo pair and it was love at first listen. Delivered in it’s aluminium flight case the Beyerdynamic T1 is hand crafted in Germany and it shows – they have a solid industrial beauty that exudes high end build quality. The coils are hand wound as a machine is not capable of the necessary dexterity to achieve Beyer’s exacting standards.
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Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 and A1 Amplifier
With Shazam for blackberry phones you can: Identify playing music by tagging a track See a history of all the music you have tagged See the details of the tag, including the following info: Artist, track title, track subtitle, label (record company), album, music genre and date tagged Access related content on other services. You can: Search for and buy CDs and related products Continue reading: Shazam for Blackberry Phones 2.5.2
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Shazam for Blackberry Phones 2.5.2
Paragon Software/Epocware released SlovoEd dictionary series 4.0 for S60 3.0 and 5.0 Symbian smartphones. The most notable improvement of the new version deals with the use of a touchscreen (for S60 5th Edition devices), with controls being optimized for finger use. Moreover, there are other changes included, such as: New pop-up “Help Tips” OTA forms that allow every user to help improve the program with comments, bug reports and suggestions Ability to add unfamiliar words to flash cards and test your knowledge as many times as needed with the “Flash Card Quiz.” In addition, the standard features of the earlier releases are available in the new version as well, including: Cross-lookup feature between articles and directions
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Paragon Software launches SlovoEd Dictionary series 4.0 for Symbian S60 smartphones
The HTC Smart is at your service, be it for your productive side or your playful side. HTC Smart comes with Scenes—different phone configurations that reflect different moods in your daily self. There’s a mode for your busy weekdays, filling your home screen with panels that help you ease on through your workdays with apps like email, calendar and the web browser
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It’s human nature to look to the past to predict the future. That’s why it’s unsurprising to see knee-jerk conclusion that Apple iPhone vs Google Android will mirror the PC wars
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Five reasons iPhone vs Android isn’t Mac vs Windows – Competitive lessons from the PC era don’t always apply to mobile