Super Cellphone Deals & News: Aug 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Nokia drops features to lower cost of latest smartphone

Nokia's Symbian-based 5250 phone is its cheapest touchscreen smartphone yet at â‚¬115 (US$145) -- but to get the price that low, Nokia has had to ditch some of the features of its predecessor.
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Bridgewater Police news: Phone scam; Resisting arrest charge; Vehicles burglarized

BRIDGEWATER - A Brokaw Court resident received a call from someone claiming to be her niece on August 13. The caller requested she send $3,000 for bail money for a DWI arrest. The woman sent the money to Canada to help her niece. Then she called her nieceâ€™s mother to inquire about her well being, and learned sheâ€™d been defrauded.
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Palm Coast woman's death suspicious; boyfriend held on separate charge

A 46-year-old Palm Coast woman calls her mother in the middle of the night, her boyfriend is heard yelling and the phone disconnects. The mom calls back and the boyfriend says her daughterâ€™s not there. Deputies arrive shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday at the Shady Oaks Drive apartment and are told sheâ€™s sleeping. It turns out sheâ€™s not breathing. Now the Flagler County Sheriffâ€™s Office is labeling ...
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Bluetooth iPad keyboard case crosses FCC [Updated]

Bluetooth keyboards for the iPad arenâ€™t exactly rare, but weâ€™re still waiting for that perfect pairing: something portable, that doesnâ€™t add too much bulk and that makes for an impromptu netbook replacement when you need to batter in a few thousand words on the move. Shenzhen Paoluy Silicone Technology Co.â€™s new iPad keyboard case (BL-BKB76), freshly spotted at the FCC , certainly looks like it ...
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Windows Phone 7 Attracts App Developers Ahead of Launch

Microsoft says there are already more than 300,000 downloads to create apps for the Windows Phone 7--a promising start in advance of the release of the new smartphone series. Microsoft - Smartphone - Windows Mobile - Windows Phone 7 - Operating system
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LG GT540 "Loop" Android smartphone finds home on Rogers

The LG GT540, which was originally announced in January, has landed on Rogers as the LG Loop. The Loop offers a 3 megapixel camera, an outdated Android 1.6 operating system (with a custom user interface), a 3.5mm headphone jack, and chic chrome-colored accents. Rogers is offering the phone with a 2GB microSD card, too. The LG Loop is retailing for $29.99 with a 3-year plan, and can be purchased ...
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Uncovered Bluetooth Keyboard Case Will Turn iPads into Netbooks [Ipad Accessories]

# ipadaccessories Sure, the official Apple keyboard peripheral and iPad case are cute, but wouldn't they be nicer if they were combined? A Chinese company aims to beat Apple to it, with this Bluetooth keyboard case showing up on FCC. MoreÂ Â»
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SANYO Joins Hand with 200 Nationwide Stores For 30% Projector Growth in 2nd Half of the Year

SANYO will focus on small projector market expansion with 2 main models, PDG-DSU30 and PLC-XW200, to reach all consumer segments. The company has joined hand with 200 nationwide home appliance stores
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A Look at SCVNGR, a Location-Based Mobile Gaming Platform

SCVNGR is a location-based gaming platform for mobile phones that has been used in alternate-reality games for campaigns ranging from the New England Patriots to Dexter . They scored $4 million in venture capital late last year. In this article, Jane Doh takes an in-depth look at this helpful tool for puzzle designers looking for a more local flavor.
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Nokia drops features to lower cost of latest smartphone

Nokia's Symbian-based 5250 phone is its cheapest touchscreen smartphone but lacks key features of its predecessor. It's part of the phone maker's effort to bring down the cost of entry-level smartphones, analysts say.
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Bluetooth iPad keyboard case crosses FCC [Updated]

A Look at SCVNGR, a Location-Based Mobile Gaming Platform

Sprint quietly sells 3G femtocell, Verizon set to follow

U.S. carriers with EVDO mobile data networks are stepping up their coverage game with femtocells that offer extended coverage for the high-speed network, after long offering units that worked only with the slower CDMA2000-1x system. Sprint Nextel quietly began offering an EVDO femtocell to selected customers about two weeks ago, and Verizon Wireless confirmed on Monday it will offer one "in the ...
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Apple's Got The Touch: Patents Show Touch-Screen iMac, MacBook

A series of patent applications shows that Apple is looking to broaden its touch-screen product base to include the iMac and MacBook.
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LG C900: Sept 28 for this WP7 Smartphone?

The LG C900 is a seriously good-looking Windows Phone 7 smartphone with a big screen and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. If PhoneArena has it right, we'll see this baby hit the streets on September 28....
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BlackBerry challenges you!

The third annual BlackBerry Developer Challenge has received growing interest from around the world since its launch.
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Verizon Wireless Snags Centennial Communications Assets

HTC ratchets up Indian smartphone charge

As the Korean giants try to catch up with HTC in Android superphones, HTC itself is going in the other direction. The vendor is chasing emerging economies where low cost smartphones are starting to take hold, and where the top three phonemakers have the natural advantage.
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Touch Screen iMac and MacBook Have Been Patented

Apple devices are well known for the quality of their touch screens, with devices like the iPhone having some of the best multi touch capability. Apple is now in the process of perhaps expanding touch screen capability to bigger device s, namely the iMac and MacBook. A European patent filed by the hardware engineering manager at Apple, Paul Costa, shows what appears to be an iMac. The computer ...
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Samsung Teases With Galaxy Tab Web Site

Samsung has offered a few details about is upcoming Android-based tablet, which will be launched September 2 in Berlin.
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Uncovered Bluetooth Keyboard Case Will Turn iPads into Netbooks [Ipad Accessories]

Sprint Quietly Sells 3G Femtocell, Verizon Set to Follow

Sprint has begun offering a 3G EV-DO femtocell and Verizon plans to follow in the coming months. Sprint Nextel - Evolution-Data Optimized - Business - 3G - Verizon
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City of Palm Springs bringing back a familiar face

Sometimes when people move up and on in their careers, it brings them full circle. John Raymond is one of those people. After nearly two years in Fresno, the former Palm Springs Community and Economic Development director is returning to the desert.
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Motorola Cracks Down on Leaked Android Updates for Droid X Phone

Motorola has sent cease-and-desist letters to websites that hosted a leaked version of the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the phone.
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Intel and Nokia Ready Assault on Mobile 3D [3D]

# 3d Intel and Nokia have been sittin' in a tree since February, when they agreed to cross-breed their mobile operating systems and form MeeGo. Now they've identified the next front in the mobile wars: 3D interfaces. MoreÂ Â»
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Windows Phone 7 development tools due mid-September

Developers can expect some additions with the final development tools release The production version of the Windows Phone 7 development tools will be released 16 September with the online applications store due to open in early October. The latter date could indicate that the first handsets with the radically redesignedÂ mobile operating systemÂ might be announced about the same time.
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Google Androidâs dirty secret: You buy an Android phone, you hand power back to the telecoms

Google Android began with the greatest of intentions...
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Nokia drops features to lower cost of latest smartphone

Windows Phone 7 nears the finish line with SDK release date

Even as Windows Phone 7's launch rapidly approachesâ€"currently expected to be October for the EU, November for the US â€"developers are still using incomplete beta tools for creating applications for Microsoft's new phone platform. Though the company has still not announced exact launch dates for the phones, it has revealed a few more key developer details. The final, complete developer tools will ...
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Motorola has issued a cease and desist order against a Web site that was hosting leaked Droid X software.
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SANYO Joins Hand with 200 Nationwide Stores For 30% Projector Growth in 2nd Half of the Year

Sanyo intros 1080p pocket cam with 3x optical zoom

Sanyo has introduced the VPC-PD2BK, a pocket cam capable of shooting 1080p video at 30fps. The camera also allows users to capture 10-megapixel stills. Face detection, 3x optical zoom and digital image stabilization are available in either mode.... Sanyo - Zoom lens - 1080p - Camera - Camcorder
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HTC Corporation introduced HTC Wildfire

Share apps, updates and experiences with the latest social powerhouse from HTC
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BlackBerry standoff: Some questions and answers

What are BlackBerry services? Which aren't? A: Mobile push-email and messenger. RIM delivers these two services through mobile operators, such as Airtel and Reliance Communications.
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Samsung advert features Master Chief. Or does it?

Samsung advert features Master Chief. Or does it? Will the real Master Chief please stand up? We're going to have a problem here.
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Sprint quietly sells 3G femtocell, Verizon set to follow

Coconut palm replacement draws opposition

The coconut palm trees that line North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West will be removed during the roadway overhaul next year, and replaced with a different type of palm that does not produce... read more
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Verizon Wireless Salutes ZTE's First Handset on The Nation's Most Reliable Network

Detroit - Verizon Wireless, the company with the nationâ€™s largest and most reliable wireless 3G network, and ZTE USA, Inc., introduce the Verizon Wireless Saluteâ„¢.
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Apple Patents a Desktop Touch-Screen Computer

It was only a matter of time. You can touch your iPod, changing songs with the swipe of a finger. You can touch your iPhone, clicking away on a virtual keyboard or zooming into images and maps.
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City of Palm Springs bringing back a familiar face

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Kick Off Party On Sept 21st

It would appear that Research In Motion is getting ready to debut their BlackBerry Torch 9800 within Canada. We know the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is â€œcoming soonâ€ and many launch dates have been thrown around, but there is still not a concrete date with some credibility behind it. However, RIM is preparing a series of [...]
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