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Motorola V9x Press Images Surface

The first press images of the successor to the venerable Motorola V9 on AT&T have surfaced.

Images courtesy of Engadget Mobile
The update to the V9 adds a new color and AT&T Navigation service, but is otherwise identical to the former with an outer touch sensitive QVGA display with haptic feedback, 2.0 megapixel camera with video [...]

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AT&T Launches BlackBerry Bold Page

AT&T has just opened a new webpage dedicated to the forthcoming BlackBerry Bold smart device which will be exclusive to the carrier in the US for an unspecified timeframe.
The device features a landscape half VGA (480×320) display, quadband GSM/EDGE access, triband W-CDMA access with support for UMTS and HSDPA high speed data access and full [...]

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T-Mobile to Launch Tony Hawk Sidekick LX LE with New Features Next Month

The first official images of the upcoming Tony Hawk Limited Edition Sidekick LX have surfaced as well as new details surrounding new features for the messaging device and Sidekick LX owners as a whole.

Beginning tomorrow, T-Mobile will begin a promotional campaign to spread awareness regarding the new model by posting the model on its dedicated [...]

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Boost Mobile Officially Launches Motorola i335

Boost Mobile has officially added the i335 candybar phone to their prepaid iDEN lineup.
The phone is positioned above the i425 and features a rugged M810F certified bodyshell resistant to dust, shock, and vibration on top of voice dialing with pre recorded tagging, larger display, GPS support, Bluetooth, large keypad with raised keys, and push to [...]

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T-Mobile Launches Nokia 5310 XpressMusic

T-Mobile has launched the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic after a short pre-launch campaign.
The slight update to the 5300 slider features a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, QVGA display, external media player controls, FM radio, speakerphone, voice dialing, microSD expansion slot, email client, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and myFaves support.
The phone is now available from [...]

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Opera Mini 4.1 Receives Minor Update

Opera Software has released a small update for the latest version of the Opera Mini browser. The update affects a limited number of handsets, and as such, Opera is not updating the version software.
In fact, Opera has stated that if you own any device other than a BlackBerry or Palm phone, you do not need [...]

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Nokia to Add Maps Feature to Ovi Platform

Nokia has announced plans to integrate its Maps application to its Ovi services portal with the intention to allow users to create their own maps and routes, complete with waypoints and markers that can be loaded onto compatible devices with the Nokia Maps application installed.
Interested users would navigate to the Ovi portal, create an account [...]

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Opera Mini 4.1 Officially Released

After months of beta testing, Opera Software has officially released version 4.1 of the massively popular mobile browser for Java-based handsets.
Major changes in this version include a 50% speed increase in page rendering and download speed, contextual search within pages, address auto completion, support for uploads and downloads (for devices that have JSR-75 support enabled), [...]

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Skype Launches Client for Java-based Phones and Restricted Beta

Skype has iaunched a beta version of their combination VoIP and chat software for standard mobile phones. The client features many of the same features as the desktop client including both individual and group chat awareness, status updates, contact lists, and conferencing.
The software dials out using the standard voice radio, and then switches over [...]

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TellMe Networks Launches Voice Search Client for BlackBerry

TellMe Networks, the platform developer behind its eponymous voice activated search service has announced that it has developed a search client for the BlackBerry. The developer cited prior experience with the Java Mobile Edition platform as the main reason for the client release on the BlackBerry series of devices rather than releasing a Windows Mobile [...]

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