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PayPass mobile contactless payments have been making the rounds in NYC , and even found their way north of the border through Bell recently , but have both been limited to NFC-enabled phones (namely the Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) ( NYSE: NOK ) 6131). Luckily, MasterCard Canada is launching a new tag that you can slap on the back of your BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) ( NSDQ: RIMM ) which enables you to pay for goods and services with a mere tap of the phone on a sensor

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MasterCard Canada Pilots PayPass Mobile Tag for BlackBerry

Nobody’s really holding their breath to see Flash on iPhone , but of all companies, Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) might be the one to offer a reasonable alternative. Microsoft UX Platform Manager Brian Goldfarb was demoing Silverlight working on an iPhone to wirelessly stream H.264 video at the Professional Developer Conference ‘09 . Now, it’s a bit of a mis leading to think Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) and Microsoft are collaborating closely on this project; it’s the Microsoft guys doing the heavy lifting, Apple simply gave the go-ahead

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Microsoft Bringing Silverlight to iPhone?

Welcome to the last 35 days of 2009. The economy looks like the shit you took when you woke up Sunday afternoon after a weekend of heavy drinking and late night snacks at the kebab stand around the corner, the one owned and operated by the illegal Turkish immigrants living in your neighborhood.

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The best phone to enjoy this holiday season is the one already in your pocket [anti-consumerism]

Fring has updated its Symbian S60 application to enable Skype video calls! Yap, you’ve read that correctly – now you can use you S60 device and Fring not only to talk with your Skype buddies, but also to “video call” them. Not all S60 smartphones are supported at the moment. The list includes all touch-enabled phones (S60 5th Edition) such as the 5800 XM, N97, N97 mini and X6; as well as some non-touch handsets – N95, N95 8G and N82

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Fring for S60 updated with Skype video calls

Snapture has updated its popular camera application for the iPhone. Version 2.0 builds on its powerful predecessor (which we covered in the past ) to include new features such as: Photo sharing to Facebook and Twitter Auto-focus and tap-to-focus New color modes: black & white, sepia and inverse Rest of the features from the previous releases were unchanged and include digital zoom (up to 5x), high-speed multi-shot, tap anywhere to take a picture, multiple image sizes, Level Aid, and so on

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iPhone camera app Snapture 2.0 adds photo sharing, auto-focus and color modes

Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) will most likely introduce a new on-screen keyboard in the upcoming update to Windows Mobile. Apparently, WinMo 6.5 build 28002 comes with an updated DLL file which is used for virtual keyboard customization. It’s not clear how will this affect the handset makers which may have already developed their own keyboard apps, but it’s certainly good to know that even the most generic WinMo devices (those not made by the major companies) will come with something actually usable

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Windows Mobile to get a new on-screen keyboard in version 6.5.3

In its efforts to compete with AdMob (now part of Google ( NSDQ: GOOG )), Greystripe has introduced a 99 cents per download program to guarantee iPhone application developers downloads of their free apps. The problem is that current CPC system leads to low conversions because there are a significant number of accidental clicks on banner ads that do not lead to downloads. Greystripe argues that app developers are paying as much as $10 per download with this model, hence they have something better to offer – pay only for actual downloads

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It’s been a long time since I noticed an interesting iPhone case. Now I spotted a new one called BackFlip which comes with a 2-way kickstand that works both horizontally AND vertically. Meaning it allows you to watch your beloved handset in portrait and landscape mode, which is cool.

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BackFlip iPhone case comes with a 2-way kickstand that works both horizontally and vertically

So, now that I’ve touched a bit on some BlackBerry app deals for Turkey Day (and beyond)… it’s time to share some iPhone app love. The folks at Gameloft are celebrating Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) with decent sales on some of their more popular games. Available now through Sunday the 29th, Gameloft has the following games up for grabs, for only $0.99: Terminator Salvation Shrek Kart Blades of Fury Real Tennis 2009 Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes Castle of Magic Hero of Sparta I have to admit, I’ve only tried out Real Tennis 2009.

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$0.99 Sale on Best Selling iPhone Games from Gameloft

USB 3.0 is just around the corner (kind of), and the first computer hardware manufacturers are getting ready to deliver products supporting the new standard (even though there were some backlashes along the way). Last month, Asus announced the world’s first USB 3.0 + SATA 6.0 PCI-E card . In May, NEC said they’re going to release the first USB 3.0 host controller

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Buffalo announces world’s first 12x Blu-ray burner (and it’s USB 3.0, too)

Shazam has announced the availability of its (PRODUCT)REDTM Special Edition App on the App Store. New iPhone and iPod touch users who download the (SHAZAM)RED App, or existing users who upgrade, will have access to the same fantastic music discovery features as the recently launched Shazam Encore along with updated content related to (RED)™. For each app purchased 20% of the price is contributed to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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Shazam Launches (SHAZAM)RED on App Store

Onyx (which is a relatively new UK premium and luxury handset manufacturer) has announced that it has secured a multi-territory agreement with International Management Group (IMG) to use the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) logo marks across a range of innovative mobile phone handsets including its latest Android and Windows Mobile Smartphones.

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IMG and ONYX Sign License Agreement to develop FIGC-branded mobile phone handsets

giffgaff, a new MVNO in the UK, has launched today, and announced details on its pricing structure, matching the cheapest networks on the market and cheaper than the top four mobile networks. The giffgaff pricing structure reflects good value in a competitive market with 8p per minute for voice calls and 4p for text to other UK mobile networks.  Free data* is on offer to all members for a limited period, and all members receive free calls and texts to other giffgaff members**.

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giaffgaff launches MVNO in UK with competitive pricing strategy

Bleeurgh. It’s not often O2 ( NYSE: TEF ) gets my back up – they are generally a pretty good and responsive network – but this time they’ve managed it. I got a rather perfunctory  email from them yesterday, telling me that my bills were being moved online, because it would save them paper! Hang on a minute, woah there, stop, ree-wind – at what point did I agree to this?

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Brief: O2UK takes contract customer bills online, drops paper

Apple has trained iPhone owners to enjoy paying for digital content more than the general online population, a survey suggests. Media law firm Olswang on Wednesday published its 2009 Convergence Survey , which analyzed e-shopping trends among iPhone owners and general online consumers. Apple enthusiast blog 9to5Mac summarizes the findings regarding the iPhone demographic: 73 percent would pay to access online a film just released in cinemas; 67 percent would pay for access to a film that will not be on DVD for at least two months; 54 percent would pay to access a film which is already on DVD or pay-TV; 41 percent of iPhone users would already be willing to take out subscriptions to access their favorite TV shows; 42 percent would pay for an online book.

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iPhone Owners More Likely to Pony Up for Digital Content

In the tradition of dropping prices for the upcoming holiday season, EA has announced they are slashing the prices to a number of EA titles that are currently listed in the App Store.  If you’ve been eyeing some of EA’s titles, now would be a great time to take advantage of these price drops.  Sales end on 11/29/09, so you have the entire Thanksgiving weekend to ponder.

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EA Celebrates Thanksgiving with ‘Games Feast’ Sale; iPhone Games on Sale!

For those of you who are making the pilgrimage to Best Buy Friday morning, I hope you did some working out beforehand as trying to pick up a TV or a refrigerator without any kind of preparation will not end well. If you’re anything like me, years of being a hermit has turned your body into a soft, delicate pile of pudding.  So why kill yourself when Best Buy has a great number of handsets for sale on Black Friday.  If you can lift a bag of potato chips from your lap, then lifting these handsets should be cake! AT&T Sony Ericsson ( NYSE: SNE ) W518a – Free with 2 year contract BoostMobile Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) Clutch i465 – $59.99 DLO Jam Jacket For iPhone – $9.99 Jabra BT-2080 Bluetooth Headset – $19.99 LG Chocolate Touch From Verizon – Free with 2 year contract MiFi 2200 By Novatel Wireless – Free with 2 year contract Mobile Broadband Card 598U By Sierra Wireless – Free with 2 year contract Motorola DROID – $199.99 Motorola i465 Boost Clutch – $59.99 Motorola H710 Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headset – $39.99 Motorola S9 HD Stereo Bluetooth Headset – $49.99 Net10 Samsung T401G – $39.99 Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ) Pre – $79.99 with 2 year agreement Sandisk 8GB MicroSDHC Memory Card – $19.99 Sandisk 8GB SD Card – $19.99 Sprint BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) Curve 8330 Smart Phone – Free with 2 year contract Sprint Samsung Instinct S30 – Free with 2 year contract T-Mobile Motorola Renew Phone – $7.99 Verizon Wireless DROID – $199.99 with 2 year contract Verizon Wireless Motorola Rival – Free with 2 year contract Virgin Mobile Kyocera ( NYSE: KYO ) X-tc – $49.99 Related News from IntoMobile: Motorola’s bone-conducting Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset sneaks out to Sprint stores Deal Alert: $99 Motorola Droid, FREE HTC Droid Eris from Wirefly.com Jabra Launches Halo Stereo Bluetooth Headset, Confuses Gamers Motorola Droid just $119 from Dell Black Friday Roundup: Savings for Mobile Phones and Smartphones Share this:

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Ah, Thanksgiving.  The time where families come together to share a delicious meal and be thankful for all of life’s blessings.  Once Thanksgiving is over, that’s where the holiday shopping season begins.  Black Friday is known across America as the Friday after Thanksgiving where retailers drop prices on a lot of popular merchandise in order to get you into their stores.  Between today and tomorrow, we here at IntoMobile will be highlighting some Black Friday mobile deals that we feel would help you in planning your holiday shopping. First up, we have Amazon’s Black Friday sales.  If you’re the type to do your holiday shopping online, they have an impressive array of deals for Black Friday: BlackBerry Bold 9700 – $149.99 with new T-Mobile ( NYSE: DT ) service plan Blackberry Curve 8900 – $0.01 with new AT&T ( NYSE: T ) service plan BlackBerry Storm2 9550 – $149.99 with new Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) Wireless service plan BlackBerry Tour 9630 – $49.99 with new Sprint ( NYSE: S ) service plan HTC Pure Windows – $0.01 with new AT&T service plan LG Xenon GR500 – $0.01 with new AT&T service plan Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Microphone for All Series – $12.05 Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth Headset – $84.99 Plantronics Voyager PRO Bluetooth Headset – $70.00 Samsung Moment M900 – $79.99 with new Sprint service plan Additionally, you MIGHT want to come back next week as we have something special planned for our readers. Related News from IntoMobile: Black Friday Roundup: Savings for Mobile Phones and Smartphones T-Mobile Publishes List of Black Friday Deals Brief: Sprint’s Motorola Q2 with Palm OS – for sure not going to happen Price Drops on Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9000, Curve 8900 and 8520 Black Friday Mobile Deals – Best Buy Share this:

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Black Friday Mobile Deals – Amazon

Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) and Infineon ( NYSE: IFX ) are going to be working together to create HSPA and LTE chips. Nokia will be handling the modem side, while Infineon will be dealing with the hard part, the RF implementation. Since Nokia got rid of their ASIC designers back in August 2007 , the Finnish company been partnering with everyone in the industry in an attempt to save costs and decrease time to market for new products, so this isn’t anything new

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Nokia and Infineon to work together on HSPA, LTE chips and creating the LTE Advanced standard

You might have caught wind of the eBay app from the BlackBerry Developer Conference – well, it’s available now for download, allowing you to watch auctions, place bids, receive notifications of being outbid right in your Messages app, and enjoy native Calendar integration for reminders. Notifications all take advantage of the new push services , so you get notified of being outbid the second it happens, not five minutes after the auction’s wrapped up. eBay for BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) works with PayPal, as you’d expect, but I wonder if there’s BlackBerry Wallet integration, too… There was talk at BBDC about the Wallet being linked to in-app purchaces .

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eBay for BlackBerry Available in App World

AT&T’s Chief Lobbyist, Jim Cicconi, is pissed that Andrew McLaughlin, the White House Chief Technology Officer, said this regarding China’s censorship of the internet and how companies in the USA are treating their networks: “If it bothers you that the China government does it, it should bother you when your cable company does it.” Jim says that Andrew’s comments are “ill-considered and inflammatory” and that: “It is deeply disturbing when someone in a position of authority, like Mr. McLaughlin, is so intent on advancing his argument for regulation that he equates the outright censorship decisions of a communist government to the network congestion decisions of an American ISP.

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AT&T: Stop telling the American people that net neutrality is a good thing

CellPhoneSoft’s Swiss Manager Pro used to be one of the top utility apps for the Symbian UIQ platform. For quite some time now, the mobile software company is also known for its S60 apps and their latest such application is Swiss Manager Pro 3.0 . As you may recall, this “composite utility” (as they like to call it) features enhanced memory and task management, detailed system information, and a fully fledged file manager.

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Swiss Manager Pro for Symbian S60 reaches version 3.0