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Nokia N900 Maemo5 review

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Eldar over at Mobile-review has put up a nice review of the Maemo5 OS running on Nokia N900. He goes through every little detail of the operating system with both pictures and text.

This write up will focus primarily on the software department of the N900, as well as its capabilities (by the way, another phone in this line-up, set to launch during summer 2010, won’t differ from the N900 in terms of hardware). And the best way to break down an OS is to run through every feature an app it has got on board.

Head over to the review here.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 30, 2009 14:39 | 0 comments

LG GD510 aka Pop announced

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LG just announced their newest phone arrival, the LG GD510 (aka Pop). They claim that this device is the most compact touch screen phone with a 3″ screen.

To make it so simple, they have removed the WiFi and 3G radio chip. Both in my opinion a “must have feature” in todays touch screen phones. Instead of those, they have added a solar-panel on the back of the phone. The phone should be released in mid October in Europe, and at the end of October in the US.

Check out the PR video and pictures after the break!

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Jonne Eilimö | September 30, 2009 14:24 | 0 comments

LG's BL40 commercial

Cavemens and guys from the future all in the same commercial ;)

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Jonne Eilimö | September 30, 2009 07:34 | 0 comments

iPhone app: Dropbox

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The popular sharing service Dropbox just released their own iPhone application. The application will require you to run iPhone OS 3.1. Both the application and the Basic dropbox service(2GB storage) are free of charge.

Official site here.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 30, 2009 07:30 | 0 comments

5 LG phones WANTED

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Is this a good PR stunt, or did LG release some ultra high-tech phones out of their lab by mistake? Either way, if your phones serial is any of the above, CONGRATS, you’ve just won $10,000 :)

Read more from LG’s site here.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 29, 2009 21:40 | 0 comments

LG BL20 announced

lgbl40shotsept09I somehow missed the announcement of LG’s BL20 yesterday, but better late than never ;) This phone will be a cheaper version of the LG BL40 Chocolate Touch.

The BL20 Chocolate will come with a 2.4″ QVGA screen, ARM9 processor, 5MP camera with AF, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 29, 2009 21:02 | 0 comments

invisibleSHIELD Screen Protector used on the back of an iPhone

I think I’ll get myself one of these. Don’t know if the thing will start to peel of after a while, but it’s worth trying :)

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Jonne Eilimö | September 29, 2009 19:26 | 0 comments

webOS 1.2 now available for download

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An update for the Palm webOS is now available, brining the firmware numbering up to version 1.2.0.

Except for many minor improvements, this update will also bring app purchases to the App Catalog. Read Palm’s KB article about the update here.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 29, 2009 09:03 | 0 comments

iPhone app: RedLaser 2.2

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Finally, a working barcode reader for the iPhone! Price: 1.59€.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 29, 2009 08:55 | 0 comments

Apple: 85,000 applications and over 2 Billion downloads from the App Store

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Apple today released info about the success of their App Store. So far 125,000 developers have developed 85,000 applications, that have generated over 2 billion downloads since the launch of the Apple App Store a little over a year ago.

What will the figures be when the iPhone gets released in China in a few days.. Guess there will be a huge amount of new developers, applications and downloads. We’ll see how that turns out in just a few days!

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Jonne Eilimö | September 28, 2009 21:35 | 0 comments

Samsung SCH-W880 – A phone with a 12MP camera and a 3x optical zoom

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Here’s a nice new phone leak from Samsung. Not sure if I should call this device a camera with a phone, or a phone with an excellent camera. Either way, the ‘device’ will feature a 12MP camera with a 3x optical zoom.

As you probably know, to achieve an optical zoom you would need to adjust spacing between lenses, resulting in a “normal” looking camera where the zoom is provided by lengthening/shortening the zoom itself.

Other so far known features are the 3.3″ AMOLED touch screen, HD video, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, microSD slot and DMB for those who have mobile television support in their country.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 28, 2009 21:27 | 0 comments

iPhone to be available in China on October 1st

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China Unicom will later today announced that the iPhone will be available in China on October 1st. The phone will cost 5,000 yuan without a contract, which is about 530€. With a contract the prices will range from 126 yuan to 886 yuan a month(13€ – 94€).

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Jonne Eilimö | September 28, 2009 14:11 | 0 comments

AT&T MMS down for some customers

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It took two days for the MMS service to go down for AT&T customers. AT&T enabled MMS messaging for iPhone customers, and it has apparently resulted in a massive spike in network usage.

The whole MMS service isn’t down, it’s not just working for all customers. BGR called the customer care and got a response that there is a small latency issue in their MMS service. No estimate for a repair time was revealed.

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Jonne Eilimö | September 27, 2009 12:59 | 0 comments
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