NEW YORK–Nearly six months after its next generation of music phones hit the market in Europe, Nokia is finally bringing the latest XpressMusic phones to the U.S.
T-Mobile USA on Tuesday unveiled the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone, a slim, music-playing handset, at a party here that featured specialty cocktails …

Original post by Marguerite Reardon

T-Mobile has launched the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic candybar handset today in your choice of red, orange, or purple accent colors. The 5310 XpressMusic offers dedicated music playback keys, a 3.5mm audio port, and a microSD card slot.
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Original post by Ricky Cadden

Nokia says its expects the growth of Linux on cell phones to continue. Linux is a dominant O/S in the IT community, but has so far enjoyed limited growth on cell phones. Nokia thinks that fact will soon change.

Nokia itself has used Linux for years in its Internet tablets, large phone-like devices used to access Internet on the go, but lacking calling functionality. “We will expand that range, and we believe that the role of Linux will grow,” said Nokia spokesman Kari Tuutti.
Linux is the most popular type of open source operating system which is available to the public to be used, revised and shared — meaning it has a large developer community which could result in more attractive programs and lower costs for the likes of Nokia.

Linux is the direct competitor to an O/S from Microsoft. Obviously, more commitment from Nokia is bound to be […]

Original post by Darren

AT&T has recently started offering its data customers free access to its WiFi hotspot network. In order to partake in the service, users must already subscribe to a $60 or more AT&T mobile broadband data plan.
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Now 70 Million Friendster Users Worldwide Can Stay in Touch Anytime, Anywhere
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DeviceAnywhere offers remote access to Palm handsets for more efficient application development on Palm smartphones
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Konami has announced that it will be creating games for the Nokia N-Gage gaming platform, starting with its award-winning Meta Gear Solid Mobile title. Other titles will follow throughout the year.
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The Rural Cellular Association, representing 80 rural U.S. carriers, has filed a complaint with the FCC regarding the exclusive handset deals that the major carriers have been using. They claim the deals are anti-competitive.
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Original post by Ricky Cadden

Huawei, a Chinese mobile device manufacturer, has recently offered a 50% stake in the company’s handset division to the highest bidder. AT&T and Vodafone have both been named as possible buyers, with bidding to begin next week.
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Original post by Ricky Cadden

The i-mate Ultimate 8502 Windows Mobile-powered smartphone has been approved by the FCC, clearing the way to bring the handset to the U.S. market. It sports a QWERTY keyboard with a large 2.6″ QVGA touchscreen display and a built-in GPS receiver.
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New SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSD/microSDHC and SanDisk Mobile Ultra Memory Stick Micro (M2) Card Lines “Wake Up Your Phone” to Increased Capacity and Fast Transfer Speeds for Music, Maps, Videos, Photos, Games and More
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Spurred by the popularity of Apple’s iPhone and user interface, global shipments of touch-screen display modules are expected to more than double from 2008 to 2012, according to iSuppli.

The worldwide market for touch-screen modules will amount to 341 million units and $3.4 billion in 2008. iSuppli forecasts the market will grow to 833 million units by 2013, expanding by 19.5 percent from 2008. Global touch-screen module revenue is forecast to grow to $6.4 billion by 2013, rising by 13.7 percent.

“The total number of touch-screen technologies including those in production and emerging products has increased from 16 distinct approaches in mid 2007 to 20 different touch-screen technologies this month,” said Jennifer Colegrove, senior analyst for emerging displays at iSuppli. “New touch-screen technologies are being commercialized and 12 types of touch-screen technologies now have commenced mass production.”

But this market is still volatile because of numerous acquisitions occurring while touch-screen applications either flourish […]

Original post by Mobiledia

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If you happened to come by one of those cigarette pack phones from China we saw awhile back, this may be the perfect mate for it: a music player made to resemble a lighter.

And not just any lighter, but a Zippo. The “Zarva Zippo MP320” is …

Original post by Mike Yamamoto

An amazing coffee table, a mouse… now an Apple remote? Is there nothing the classic NES controller can’t be modded into? Well, probably many things. But this one is at least simple to do and rather neat, involving a minimum of fiddling with solder and wires inside the NES. And you end up with a still fairly small Apple controller with added retro gaming chic. Are we witnessing a new modding culture to rival steampunk, I wonder? Controllerpunk? [Hacknmod— Thanks Joe]

Original post by Kit Eaton

The guy in the leopard-skin fez is Mike Edison, a former editor of High Times. The guitar that he’s strumming on not-so-convincingly is the ChroniCaster, a bulletproof plexiglass little number, complete with bong add-on for those whose motto is Fumo, Ergo Sum. I think this is all a ploy to publicize Edison’s new book, entitled I Like Words So Much I’m Going to Give My Autobiography a Mahoosive Title So That Everyone Will Get Tired of Reading It and Just Go Out And Buy It. Hello? Is Anyone There? Please Come Back, I’m Stoned and Paranoid. No, it’s called I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. Now, someone get him a glass of water. [YouTube via Boing Boing]

Original post by AddyDugdale

 
After releasing the CAMO Professional phone, here comes Mobiado with yet again another luxury phone as it unveils the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF mobile phone. This mobile phone beauty boasts of a shiny, metallic finish aside from touting itself as the world’s thinnest mobile handsets. Measuring a mere 10.6 mm thin, the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF beats the thinnest mobile phone released so far - the Vertu phone at 22mm. Being a luxury phone, we would expect the 105 ZAF to be made of the finest materials. And indeed it was. Adorned by sapphire crystals from front to back, users will definitely be forced to take good care of this mobile phone. The phone’s keypads were made of stainless steel and its body with anodized aircraft aluminum. The Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF also supports quad-band GSM/dual-band WCDMA networks. And for its other features, the Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF boasts of […]

Original post by Arnold Zafra

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.As of today, the Burj Dubai skyscraper in the Middle East stands at 650 meters, and here’s a diagram found on the SkyscraperCity forums, comparing it to all the other towers. The construction has finally surpassed the current tallest man-made structure, the Warsawa radio mast in Poland, which stands at 646 meters. Only another 169 meters to go before the tip of the aircraft beacon is up, then. Clicky for bigger. [SkyscraperCity—thanks, Brian]

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