In a recent development, Google is in the process of pitching its vaunted Gphone to Verizon Wireless. According to recent reports, Google is in serious discussions with Verizon Wireless to put its mobile "GPhone" software on Verizon phones. This puts an end to the endless speculations doing the rounds in which people were believing that it is not a phone but somewhat like an operating system or a software that integrates many of Google's mobile services, like Web search, Gmail, Youtube, and Google Maps, onto phones. The new Google mobile OS is believed to be an open platform on which application developers would have free reign to develop a slew of new applications and services. The new Google software...

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The Subscription music business was to pick up with mobile phones entering the lives of more and more people. But this has not exactly happened as U.S. operators are still focused on selling individual tracks over the air on an a la carte basis only. The recently launched AT&T's Napster Mobile-branded full-song, over-the-air download service has Napster which is first and foremost subscription music service but its wireless extension is not. Users can buy individual tracks for $2 or a five-track pack for $7.50. The music industry and subscription music service providers agree that this scenario need to be changes. And to be fair, AT&T and other U.S. wireless operators intend to get there soon. There's just a lot...

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We had told you about T-Mobile's latest baby. This slider phone is all set to make waves and comes powered by Windows Mobile 6 and features a 2.0 megapixel camera with video capture. It only runson an EDGE network and it also features WiFi support. But we have told you all that before. So, it's not time to take a look at the video and see the phone in action. ...

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T-Mobile's new Phone called the Shadow puts a new light on Smartphones. The phone benefits from its completely revamped Windows Mobile home screen with a middling audio quality. T-Mobile worked with Microsoft and HTC, which manufactured the phone and you now have a phone that's organic and easy to use along with the device's controls, which include a back arrow to easily move back screen-by-screen no matter where you are in the phone, and a masterful jog-wheel that doubles as a five-way navigation button. The main highlight of the design is the inverted L design. You also have five menu choices line the left side of the display and pressing down on the five-way navigation button lets you quickly...

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The Neonode N2 phone has been making waves in Europe for some time now and soon its going to create the same excitement in the US. The phone has finally landed in the hands of FCC which suggests that a US launch can be expected soon. The N2 sports a 2-inch touchscreen that fills up most of the front of the handset, along with a 2 megapixel camera, a miniSD card slot, and quad-band GSM / GPRS capabilities but no WiFi. We hope that N2 will find a lot of fans across the Atlantic soon. ...

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Skype is expected to sell service provider 3's first mobile phone, a deal on this should be finalized soon. Skype plans to introduce the phone in the countries where 3 operates, the source said but there is no timeframe or anything said about where the phone would be sold first. Skype spokesman Chaim Haas confirmed that 3 and Skype are working together on a new product to make Skype completely mobile. More details on this are expected from Skype in the last week of October. The new phone will be the first that will be developed by Skype and will be easier to use than existing cell phone models that support Skype. ...

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It's the thinnest of them all and no we are not talking about a keeping a tab on someone's weight out here but a LCD screen for mobile devices. Sharp Corporation has successfully developed a 2.2-inch super-thin LCD for mobile devices with a thickness of only 0.68 mm making it the worlds thinnest. The new Sharp Mobile Advanced Super View LCD with a thickness of only 0.68 mm is based on proprietary Sharp fabrication techniques for thin LCDs, in particular, glass substrate and backlight technologies. This really Advanced Super View LCD delivers superior image quality like that of an LCD TV thanks to a high contrast ratio of 2000:1, wide viewing angle of 176°, and a fast response speed...

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In a recent move, Trolltech has discontinued its Linux-based "Greenphone" development platform. This was earlier being called as the first Linux-based mobile phone with user-modifiable firmware, the device will be superseded by various third-party products,such as portable media players, navigation devices, and home automation equipment. Trolltech had made news with the Greenphone at LinuxWorld 2006. As the first Linux-based mobile phone with user-modifiable firmware, the phone was designed to provide wireless carriers and third-party application developers real-world target hardware. The phone enabled Trolltech to quickly pull together its Greensuite ecosystem of phone software providers.After the launch of the Greenphone, another open phone has appeared on the market and it is FIC's Neo1973. Trolltech has subsequently adopted the Neo1973 (aka...

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The race for the next president of South Korea is heating up and with that the population of "thumb people," who are cell-phone users who can send a detailed text message in the blink of an eye is also growing. Cell phones and text messaging are becoming so big right now that mobile-voting is now being considered in this election. In one of the world's most tech-savvy countries, where an estimated 87 percent of people own at least one cell phone, mobile voting can be considered as one of the best options to lure young voters to vote. South Korea is not the first country to implement text-message voting. Switzerland did it in its general elections in 2005, with...

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Getting an affordable GPS tracking device will now become easy. Now at a very low cost you can download KoolTrax today and turn any Windows Mobile 5+*, GPS enabled mobile phone into a GPS tracking device. That's how easy this can be. Now you don't have to buy a dedicated BlueRanger tracking device for your family or your staff, all they need is a Windows Mobile 5+ mobile phone with GPS and KoolTrax software. KoolTrax™ turns a Windows Mobile 5+*, GPS enabled mobile phone into a fully functioning GPS tracking device with all the location and panic-button alert functionality of BlueRanger. This technology uses an Internet connected Windows PC with the BlueMap software that is installed and you can...

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Now the music will not stop. AT&T will now deliver Napster songs directly to your phones. AT&T would offer wireless song downloads from Napster Inc's digital music service. AT&T, which already lets Napster subscribers transfer music from their personal computer to their cell phone via a cable or a storage card, said it would sell Napster music directly on its phones for $7.49 for a bundle of five songs, or $1.99 for a la carte purchases. This would start by mid November. Even though the price may put off many consumers AT&T is confident that this would attract young music fans who want to make spontaneous purchases. AT&T did not mention on which phones the Napster service will work....

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HTC has renamed the HTC Polaris as the HTC Touch Cruise. It too will have the TouchFlo user interface (v, but it will also come equipped with a GPS.The specs of the phone are Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional, 2.8” 320x240 display, 128 MB RAM, Qualcomm MSM7200, 400 MHz, WCDMA 2100 MHz, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, EDGE/ GSM/GPRS, quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz, Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11 b/g, GPS/AGPS, Digital compass, FM radio, Camera: 3 mega pixels with auto focus, miniUSB, USB 1.1 Expansion and MicroSD slots. This phone will be launched next month. ...

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After the big arrival of the iPhone, there were a number of look look a likes that made their way into the market. One such iPhone copy was the HTC Touch. But now a new one is about to enter the fray. Car maker Audi is all set to bring the Audi Mobile Device which is actually a touchscreen concept 3G/wifi phone with an MP3 player and sat nav system that can plug into a car’s dashboard. It also functions as an access authorisation system for getting into the vehicle and its menu system is modelled on the existing Audi MM interface found in high-spec Audi cars. The super phone can even be used to turn on the vehicle’s...

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Skype is getting ready to enter the cellphone market very soon. Skype is currently collaborating with a UK wireless carrier to develop a new cellphone which has been code-named "white phone" and will be released later this month in Italy, Britain, Hong Kong, and Australia. Both the companies could license the technology to other carriers or potentially sell them directly to consumers in the US. Looks like something really new and exciting is on the way from Skype. Wait and watch....

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A new Hello Kitty phone is out and this one is the best looking one to come out as yet. It has the cute Hello Kitty looks to it but also looks a lot like the C150 phone.The phone comes with a totally branded Kitty UI and decorations that can be applied to the phone in whatever way the users want to. All this comes in a nice looking box and also some cute items to go with the handset. We are sure Hello Kitty fans are going to be in for a treat with this one....

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