Verizon Wireless has launched a new handset and calling plan for those aged 65 and over. The handset, called the Coupe, provides large keys and easy to use features for its target market.

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Palm has canceled the Foleo smartphone companion to focus on a unified platform strategy, while Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint has stepped down after three successful years.

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Yes, it’s true, Palm has cancelled the Foleo. To tell you the truth, we didn’t see this one coming, even though it was the worst idea that Palm has ever come up with. The announcement was made by Palm CEO Ed Colligan on the company’s blog, saying…

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This close cousin of the 6500 Slide has similar features, with sportier styling and a few added music features such as a dedicated slider music control on the front. Key features of this upper-end slide phone include 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera with advanced video capture, memory card slot, stereo Bluetooth, large QVGA display, and Flash Lite 2.1.

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Apple’s iPhone was the leading smartphone during the month of July, and sales equaled the leading “feature phone,” the LG Chocolate, according to a sales survey released Tuesday.

Market researcher iSuppli classifies the iPhone as a crossover phone, with attributes that put it in competition both with smart phones and with feature phones. While the iPhone has some features associated with smart phones, users cannot load third-party software onto the product, which is a key requirement to qualify for smart-phone status. iSuppli defines feature phones as handsets that have rich functionality.

iSuppli also published an aggressive sales prediction for the iPhone: 4.5 million units for the year. The firm also predicted that the iPhone, or some successor, would sell 30 million units in 2011, based on “consumer demand, Apple’s brand image, industry anticipation and iSuppli’s estimates of volume shipments by manufacturers and the market segment,” the firm said.

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