Video: Vertu Constellation Ayxta; Russian Audio, but device UI in English

The crazy expensive Vertu Constellation Ayxta that no one reading IntoMobile is going to buy, but instead admire for a distance, has made it into the hands of Eldar from Mobile-Review . Enjoy: Related News from IntoMobile: Vertu releases Constellation Mixed Metal, ideal gift for the uber-rich From expensive to super expensive: Athem unveils Diamond Encrusted Vertu Constellation Gold Vertu Constellation Ayxta is at the FCC The truth about Eldar Another hugely expensive Vertu phone – $85,000 for a phone Share this:

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Video: Sony Ericsson Jalou by Dolce&Gabbana commercial

Remember the arguably stylish Sony Ericsson Jalou ? One of the device versions was co-signed by Dolce&Gabbana and that specific device got a new commercial. Here’s what’s it all about right from the horse’s mouth (that’s Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana): The campaign theme plays with the concept of jealousy and desire for a must have object, the protagonists are willing to do whatever is necessary to get it before everyone else, the link with the Dolce&Gabbana brand is the strong femininity, the exclusivity and luxury of the women that wear the Dolce&Gabbana clothing, use the Jalou by Dolce&Gabbana phone and embrace our world in general.

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Brief: You’re going to have to wait until November for the Nokia N900

With October coming to an end in a little over a week, and mobile phone geeks around the world eagerly await the Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) N900 to start shipping, it seems that the device isn’t going to be “ in select markets … October 2009 ” like the August press release said. Peter Schneider, Head of Maemo Marketing @ Nokia, posted a message to the official Maemo forum with the latest information regarding availability: The Nokia N900 is a great example of what we and the open source community have been able to achieve with Maemo software

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Juniper Research: Over half a billion people to use mobile money transfer services by 2014

Juniper Research’s latest report titled “Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances: Markets, Forecasts & Strategies 2009-2014″ argues that the consumer demand for mobile money transfer services will see users exceed 500 million globally by 2014, most of which will come from the developing countries. The reason is simple – for many people living in such markets, a mobile phone will be their first touch with the banking system. However, Juniper also points out that many of the mobile money services being announced will face political, regulatory or commercial challenges along the way

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Smartphone Experts Screen Protectors (3-Pack) for AT&T Tilt2 / HTC Touch Pro2 / Sprint Touch Pro2 / Verizon Touch Pro2

The Smartphone Experts Screen Protector’s unique material enhances your screen by reducing the distractive glare that is caused by reflected light. The surface is not textured like other screen protectors, so the smooth feel of your AT&T Tilt2, HTC Touch Pro2, Sprint Touch Pro2, Verizon or Touch Pro2 display is left unchanged. Buy Now: Only $12.95

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New Apple ad “Broken Promises” has PC in flip-up shades; what’s not to like?

Oh, PC. Your hijinx extend back so far that in those days, you had long hair! Apple wins again! While this newest Apple ad (about which I am being paid millions to post) is entertaining in a sort of superficial, nudge-nudge amirite kind of way, I don’t think it’s really as compelling as most of the other ads, even as lacking in facts as those were. I guess these ads are so simple to make that they can afford to just run with every idea, no matter how vague or half-baked

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Ofcom grants Freedom4 licence variation for mobility

Freedom4 (which is a joint investment between Daisy Group plc and Intel Capital) has been granted a licence variation by Ofcom (in the UK) that enables it to offer mobile wireless broadband services to its customers using its nationwide 3.6GHz spectrum. Apparently, Freedom4 has already achieved the world’s first seamless mobile WiMAX handover between base stations operating at two frequencies (2.5GHz and 3.6GHz) and “architected a high capacity core network, capable of delivering wholesale services”.

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Volkswagen ‘launches’ the 2010 GTI on the iPhone with Real Racing GTI game

To call us a “car blog” would sorta be stretching the truth. Occasionally one of the guys—aka Matt Burns— will do a car story , yeah, but that’s primarily because he thinks he’s James May. I have no such illusions of grandeur; I’m just sitting at a desk typing things, and writing student loan checks… Before this gets any further off track, the news: Volkswagen has teamed up with the guys behind Real Racing, Firemint,

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What is the ‘laggiest’ handset you have used?

Just the other day, I was in the local O2 ( NYSE: TEF ) shop, playing with the Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ) Pre – having heard so much about it, but no opportunity to get hands-on, I was keen to see what the device could do. Initially, I was really pleased to see an excellent implementation of both the capacitance screen sensitivity, but also of the UI – it really does look that nice, and in my mind at least, is a competitor for the iPhone UI for sure.

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The Five-minute fiddle: Amazon Kindle (International version)

I don’t know how many of these bad boys have arrived in the UK yet, but the person who’s kindle I played with yesterday claimed theirs was one of the first! Whether that’s true or not, I’m not sure – but one thing is clear – Kindle, with support for Euro 3G, is definitely here! To rewind a little: the Kindle is Amazon’s play in the e-book reader space – and Amazon have one huge advantage over other e-book reader manufacturers … can you guess what it is?! Yep, the (arguably) critical area of content! To say that Amazon know a bit about selling books is possibly the understatement of the year! So Amazon have got some hardware in to the marketplace, which has been established for some time – when I say marketplace of course, what I actually mean is the US domestic marketplace (officially) – but in the last few days, the informally-titled ‘Kindle 2’has appeared, rocking 3G and EDGE support for European mobile networks. What makes this more interesting from my perspective is that the device can supposedly roam on any major network in most countries,  and you don’t pay the data fees for doing your book downloads. Schweet! Because the Kindle display uses E Ink®, you should theoretically get huge battery life, since the power needed to maintain screen display of a given page is close to zero

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Rogers and RIM Kick Off CampusChase in Ottawa

I took the morning to check out a contest RIM and Rogers ( NYSE: RCI ) were holding at the University of Ottawa called CampusChase , where teams of two run around town like headless chickens on a scavenger hunt for big prizes. Rogers wasn’t quite ready to show off the Bold 9700 just yet (all of the promos were for the Curve 8520), but it was still a ton of fun hanging out with the BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) mascots for awhile. Here are a few pictures of the booths, contestants, and the warm-up just prior to the race

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In case you missed it, we’re giving away an limited edition Modern Warfare 2 XBox

Halloween is coming up and if there’s one thing I know it’s that geeks love Halloween. The opportunity to hide behind a mask, to subvert the status quo, and to dress up like sexy nurse/sexy witch/sexy balloon boy is a cause for celebration. That said, we’re offering one Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console to the winner of our First Annual CrunchGear Halloween Costume Contest

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Citizen CrunchDeals: 10-foot HDMI cable for 74 cents plus $2.95 shipping

CrunchGear reader Steve Jabs seems like a reasonable and trustworthy guy. Patient, too, as he’s been reading the site for quite some time now and clearly hasn’t removed our feed from his RSS reader in a fit of rage over one of the many half-assedly researched and grammatically baffling posts that have graced these virtual pages for so many years. Steve alerts us to a ten-foot HDMI cable deal on Amazon: 74 cents, plus $2.95 for shipping

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Nokia: SUE you, Apple. That’s our wireless tech you’re infringing on.

Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) isn’t just the largest mobile phone maker in the world (although, they’re bleeding market share like a hemophiliac heavyweight boxer), they also hold a lot of technology patents that make the wireless world go ’round . And, Nokia doesn’t like it when other companies use their intellectual property without paying their dues. Today, Nokia has announced that it is suing Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) for infringing on 10 of those patents with the iPhone

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Open ye 27-inch iMacs while ye may

iFixit has torn up the new iMac to reveal the delicate inner workings of both the machine and its attendant Magic Mouse. Obviously the biggest issue here is removing the massive piece of glass on the front, a process that requires a spunger, suction cups, and a sense that life is futile and electronics should be destroyed on camera for the edification of an audience. The Magic Mouse teardown shows us that the mouse is covered in one big touchscreen – not huge news – but it also seems that the case is translucent

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Rumor: Best Buy to have the Motorola Droid on October 24 for $599 sans contract

It should be known by now that the Motorola Droid is launching on October 28 , but according to these screenshots of Best Buy’s system, the retailer might have the phone available early on October 24. Now, the 24 is this coming Saturday, which is a usual inventory restocking day so just because the stores have them somewhere doesn’t mean they will be available for purchase.

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TeliaSonera aiming to be the first operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network

TeliaSonera, a Swedish mobile operator who also serves other countries in Northern Europe, is looking to be the first mobile operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network in 2010. The first step at achieving such an audacious goal is of course to get some LTE equipment, and TeliaSonera has just confirmed that they’ve received LTE modems from Samsung which they’ll offer to customers in Stockholm and Oslo in 2010. “The 4G modems from Samsung will play a very important role in our 4G launch in Sweden and Norway.” — Kenneth Karlberg, President and Head of Mobility Services, TeliaSonera “We are very pleased to work together with TeliaSonera

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T-Mobile USA offers eco-friendly fuel cell charger

T-Mobile ( NYSE: DT ) has a neat new accessory showcased on its website . It’s called the 24/7 Xtreme Portable Power Solution, and it’s touted to bring the “instant, eco-friendly power for your phone.” The trick is in the fuel cells, using which the charger works similar to a chemical ice pack, requiring user to squeeze it and shake it. The Medis-made Xtreme then uses electrochemical processes to create electricity and do its recharge magic.

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GSMA Research: Mobile off-grid charging solutions are a $2.3 billion market opportunity

Simu Ya Solar – solar phone launched at Safaricom A new GSMA report titled “Charging Choices” has revealed a $2.3 billion opportunity in the off-grid charging solutions such as solar phones or external solar chargers in emerging markets. GSMA’s Green Power for Mobile (GPM) programme commissioned the research, estimating there are 485 million mobile users without access to the electricity grid

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News America Marketing’s SmartSource coupons go mobile this Sunday, October 25th

News America Marketing, a division of News Corporation, announced that its SmartSource coupons are “going mobile” on Sunday, October 25th, when the SmartSource Magazine coupon insert will be carrying a message to 68 million households. People will also be able to get 13 additional coupons by texting the word “coupons” to the number 87415. The system will ask for your email and permission to send you additional mobile offers in the future… You’ll get the rest of the instructions from them.

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Rambus Achieves Power Efficiency Breakthrough for Mobile Memory Solutions

Rambus today announced it has achieved a new breakthrough level of power efficiency with its latest silicon test vehicle developed through its Mobile Memory Initiative (MMI). Launched in February 2009, Rambus’ MMI focuses on achieving high bandwidth at extremely low power to enable advanced applications in next-generation smartphones, netbooks, portable gaming and portable media products.

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5 Things That Make Us Want Barnes & Noble’s Nook E-Reader

The latest device to join the explosively-growing e-book reader crowd is the $260 Barnes & Noble “Nook.” Nook debuted Tuesday and will be available at the end of November, Barnes & Noble says. E-readers are one of the fastest-growing consumer electronics product categories, although the overall category is still small. About 3 million e-readers will be be sold in the United States this year, says research firm Forrester, with sales doubling in 2010

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