Class action lawsuits have been filed against T-Mobile in several states. So far, the lawsuits have been on hold while the legality of the lawsuits has been under question. T-Mobile’s contracts state that customers can’t file class action suits, and have to use arbitration to settle any issues. State and federal law clash over the [...]

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Apple has filed a new patent – known as Solar cells on portable devices. Clearly, they hope to integrate them into small devices, such as iPods and iPhones. Judging by what the application says, Apple wants to cover the device in question in a layer of solar cells. Should this come to fruition, it would [...]

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Hopefully, the announcement of Nokia’s upcoming E66, E71, and 7310 handsets isn’t that far off, now that the official press images have shown up on several news sites. The E66 is the successor to the E65 slider, and the E71 is the successor to the E61, with a full QWERTY keypad. Both devices will ship [...]

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Making 5 megapixels in cameraphones redundant is this beauty from K-Touch. T 8 megapixel C280 with 3x optical zoom features 1600 ISO support and uses Canon’s own DIGIC III image processing. The phone was presented in the China market during CHITEC 2008

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AT&T has without fanfare begun pro-rating its early termination fees for contracts, Unwired View notes. The plan reduces the penalty for canceling service from its normal $175 by $5 increments for each month of active service. Subscribers ending service the month before their contracts expire will each pay $60 to back out; a more realistic [...]

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After those spy-shots, its time to give you a lowdown on what to expect from the new Palm Treo 850. According to friend of TamsPPC, “This is not the PalmOS version of the Centro.” Codenamed “Skywriter”, the device is a little wider, but much slimmer than the Centro.

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Hmmm, it’s hard to image someone would be able to get away with this, but the iPhone inspired iCondom is quite entertaiing.
iCondom’s pokesperson Steve Jones claims their product “opens a new era in the history of safe sex” and has “latex with memory”.

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“iPhone may be a beautiful phone but without a proper case it can easily slip away. On the other hand, that same case makes the device look uglier, but I guess that’s a trade off for protecting it against falls.
Now, thanks to Brando’s Super Grip your iPhone won’t slip any more. As matter of fact [...]

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Last week Nokia promised an update was coming to the North American version its venerable N95, the N95-3. But, the company played coy and failed to mention any details other than availability in “early June.” We’re not even out of May yet but the 20.2.011 firmware update is ready and initial reports are good. Boot [...]

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The Icebar V2 is a shatterproof and waterproof crystal clear polycarbonate case with built-in speakers, helping you to keep your 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation iPod Nano safe and sound in wet environments.

It has stereo speakers that produce excellent sound for their size, as well as a phono socket if you want to keep [...]

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Handset makers from China are increasing their market share and topped other countries in growth from 2006 to 2007. Haier and ZTE were the fasting growing handset makers, both based in China. Another Chinese company, Huawei was fifth. Next year, you can expect Apple to be in the top list. Haier is now the number [...]

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Nokia has leaked a number of new handset designs, and a new User Interface. The first handset has a swivelling form-factor, ala the 7370…or that’s what you get when you open it with your left hand.

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Today FCC Chairman Kevin Martin made public the agency’s plans to hold another auction for spectrum. This new auction, called AWS III, would sell off a 25MHz chunk of airwaves in the 2155-2180MHz range. The winner of this spectrum would be required to offer free broadband services to 50% of the population within four years, [...]

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The LG Decoy, also known as the VX8610, is drawing near to its release date, if the fact that full on press photos of the device have been released are any indication. The device will have a stow away Bluetooth headset, which is the devices claim to fame. While it has been done before overseas, [...]

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Thin phones are all the rage these days, particularly with females – will long phones take over next though? They will if designer Tamer Koseli has his way. He has created a concept, called Need, of what he believes is the longest phone in the world, coming equipped with two displays (OLED for time, battery [...]

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