Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Sony Ericsson X10 Mini now available for free on Vodafone U.K.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:21 AM PDT

Today Vodafone U.K. announced that the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Android powered smartphone is free with £20 ($28.94) 24-month plans that include 100 minutes, 500 texts, and 500MB of data. The Sony Ericsson X10 Mini offers a 5 megapixel camera, built-in GPS, and a custom Sony Ericsson user interface.
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Boost Mobile launches Motorola i296 iDEN rugged phone

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:13 AM PDT

Today Boost Mobile launched a new rugged phone, the Motorola i296. The phone supports Boost's Walkie Talkie service for push-to-talk functionality, and also has a few compelling features such as voice-dialing.
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Sign up (and vote!) for this year's MobileBeat 2010 event, sponsored by MobileBurn.com

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:07 AM PDT

This year we're one of the sponsors of VentureBeat.com's MobileBeat 2010 event, which takes place in San Francisco on July 12 and 13. As sponsors, we get to offer you, our readers, a 20% discount on the price of a ticket. We also encourage you to vote for your favorite startups in VentureBeat's "Top20 hottest startups" competition.
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T-Mobile Garminfone now available from T-Mobile USA

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:03 AM PDT

The Garminfone is now available from T-Mobile online and in stores for $199.99 with a $50 mail-in-rebate and a 2 year contract. The Garminfone is powered by Android 1.6 and offers a ton of navigation features. For more information, check out our full review.
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Best Buy may sell Apple iPhone 4G on launch day

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:48 AM PDT

Best Buy may join RadioShack in selling the Apple iPhone 4G on June 24th, according to sources speaking to Engadget.
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Sprint corrects HTC EVO 4G sales figures

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:31 AM PDT

On June 7th Sprint issued a press release that said sales of the HTC EVO 4G were so strong that Sprint sold three times the amount of phones on launch day as it did with the Palm Pre and the Instinct combined. An updated press release from Sprint says that the company "inadvertently erred in the comparison. The total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was in line with the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first days on the market combined." The sales were still a record, there just weren't as many units sold as was originally reported.
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Google Navigation now available in Canada, parts of Europe

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Today Google announced that its free navigation service, Google Navigation, is available in Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. Google Navigation runs on smartphones running Android 1.6 or newer and it provides free voice-guided turn-by-turn directions.
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Video: Track and Protect for Android review

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT

This is a quick review of Track and Protect, a consumer security application for Android and Symbian smartphones. TnP allows you to locate you phone if stolen, and remotely take photos, initiate calls, lock or wipe the phone, and even sound an alarm. It will also send you a text message if the thief inserts a new SIM card. It's a very cool application that you ought to check out.
Watch the video here.


Verizon iPhone could be due out by year's end

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:52 PM PDT

Analysts speaking to The Wall Street Journal after Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote yesterday suggest that a Verizon iPhone, or at the very least a CDMA flavor, could be out by the end of the year.
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SPB TV for Windows Mobile updated to version 2.0, is now free

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Today SPB Software announced the latest version of its SPB TV client, version 2.0 The new SPB TV 2.0 is now free of charge and free of subscription fees, thanks to advertisements in the programs. Version 2.0 also includes quick channel previews, a TV guide for over 150 channels in 20 languages, picture-in-picture, faster channel switching, and video on demand. The software now supports the H.264 video encoding for better quality as well. Windows Mobile users can download it from http://spb.com.
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Swype Beta QWERTY touchscreen keyboard for Android updated

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Today Swype announced an updated version of its Swype touchscreen QWERTY keyboard. The latest version adds better sensitivity for the "magic button," for searching, entering, or adding a smiley face. There's now automatic apostrophe insertions for contractions as well. Swype also improved the sensing of specific field types, added the Italian language dictionary, updated the English dictionary, and fixed a number of bugs. For an overview of Swype, check out our video walk-through.
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Google Goggles for iPhone coming soon

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 08:17 AM PDT

During an augmented reality conference in California recently, a Google product manager named Shailesh Nalawadi told the audience that Google Goggles would be launching on the iPhone soon.
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Apple iPhone 4 coming to T-Mobile U.K.

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:11 AM PDT

As expected, given its "Everything Everywhere" venture with Orange, T-Mobile UK has announced, via its Twitter feed, that it will be offering Apple's newly announced iPhone 4. Date, pricing, and tariffs are still to be announced.
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Verizon Wireless launches Group Communication service

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 06:42 AM PDT

Today Verizon Wireless announced its new Group Communication service. There are two plans available: Family Group Contact and Group Contact, and both allow groups of people to stay in touch easily, and at the same time, by dialing a single number.
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RadioShack selling Apple iPhone 4 on launch day

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Today RadioShack's corporate Twitter account confirmed that the retailer will be selling the iOS 4 powered Apple iPhone 4 when it launches on June 24th. In its Tweet, RadioShack said, "YES! RadioShack will have the iPhone4 at launch. More info tomorrow." We'll keep you updated as we hear more.
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Apple licensing iOS name from Cisco Systems

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Like it does with the iPhone name, Apple is also licensing the iOS name of its iPhone operating system from Cisco Systems. iOS 4 is a new name that will replace Apple's "iPhone OS" moniker, and it is the operating system that will power the new iPhone 4 as well as older versions of the device. Cisco's own IOS is used on some of its hardware devices. Apple also received the FaceTime trademark from a company called FaceTime Communications, which is planning to change its name.
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EU court upholds roaming rate cap, denies Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, and Orange

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:56 AM PDT

Today the European Union's highest court upheld the law that puts an artificial cap on the per minute roaming rates charged by the EU's carriers when their customers roam internationally within the EU.
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