Today Verizon and Motorola announced two new handsets, the VU30 and VU204. Both are clamshells that have GPS and can use Verizon’s VZ Navigator service. Both wil be available in the fourth quarter.

VU30 Rapture: The Rapture has a touch-sensitive external display that can be used to access the music application and camera. It also has […]

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Verizon this morning added an unusual slider media phone that combines some budget and mid-range features in the same device. The Samsung Sway is capped at 1X RTT for data and so needs to use USB to sync with Verizon’s V CAST Music store rather than download over EVDO. However, the phone counters this with […]

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Didiom has launched a new public beta service for its mobile music placeshifting and music download service. The application allows users to wirelessly access their personal iTunes library on over 100 different mobile devices including the BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices.
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Today AT&T and Pantech announced the C610, a new 3G clamshell. The C610 has dual-band GSM/EDGE radios, with HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth and features a 1.3 megapixel camera and video sharing. It has a-GPS, supports turn-by-turn directions, and has a microSD card slot. The C610 can playback multiple media formats, and it ships with Napster and […]

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With more and more states adopting hands-free laws, it may be time to suck it up and get a Bluetooth headset—even if it makes you look like a giant douche. Fortunately, Amazon has a deal going on today only that drops the price of several headsets to only $20. [Amazon]
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T-Mobile issued a statement regarding the availability of the HTC G1 Android phone, which will go on sale beginning October 22. The spokesperson said: “Given the great anticipation and the heavy pre-sale demand for the T-Mobile G1, [T-Mobile] nearly tripled the number of phones initially available for delivery on the Oct. 22 launch date, and […]

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Governor of Alaska and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s media sound bytes have been mashed by Fun Mobility into six free ringtones.
Sarah Palin Tones Include:
– Foreign Policy Experience
– Lipstick on a Pig
– Quiz Show: Palin’s straight talk on the Bush Doctrine
– Shore up the Economy
– VIP Nominee
– Blizzard of words
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Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said that the forthcoming BlackBerry Bold is still undergoing network testing at AT&T. He said AT&T is making sure the Bold doesn’t experience any network issues similar to that of the 3G iPhone. He didn’t provide a release date.
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So finally the Nokia 5800 Tube is confirmed and official, but aside from their landmark entry into the touchscreen era, this also opens up new doors for the Finnish company. Granted that the 5800 is just the first of many devices, one of the many possible successors is an E90-ish touchscreen-packing model. Considering that the […]

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Microsoft’s Ballmer has just confirmed that Zune software will be coming to Windows Mobile devices as well as other phones, as sort of a really late follow-up to Robbie Bach’s comments on the same subject. Ballmer goes one step further than Robbie, who just made vague comments on the platform, and said this:
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