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No Windows Phone 7 upgrade for HD2

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  HD2 seemed one of the few devices that would run Windows Phone 7 OS flawlessly. But Microsoft today dropped the bomb saying that HD2 doesn’t make the cut to receive the upgrade, as previously rumored. As a matter of fact no phones currently running Windows Mobile 6.x OS will receive an upgrade. Why? Well, […]

LG outs Snapdragon carrying Maxx (LU9400) feature phone

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  Qualcomm’s powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor is a perfect match for smartphones that includes multitasking processes and lots of features. However, LG thinks otherwise. Back in its homeland, they have launched Snapdragon toting Maxx (LG9400) feature phone for its own LG Network. Maxx has a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, a 3D UI presumably S-Class, HD Video, […]

LG Windows Phone 7 handset found in the wild

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  Things like these make tech show watching worthwhile. At the Engadget show, Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman was caught on tape showing the very first Windows Phone 7 device. The pre-production phone is an LG-make so we don’t have the technical specs yet. However, Engadget has confirmed few visible features like a sliding four-row QWERTY keyboard, […]

Pre/Pixi users getting webOS 1.4 update today

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  Sprint posted a message on its forums (taken down now) claiming details of an upcoming software update for Palm Pre and Pixi users. The update v1.4 will be transmitted over-the-air (OTA) starting today and despite a somewhat lengthy changelog, it’s the integration of Adobe Flash 10 that makes the update special. The Flash however […]

HTC Incredible or Supersonic caught on video

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  A new video showing HTC phone has been leaked. While we’re not sure if it’s the Incredible or Supersonic, the general consensus is that it could be the Incredible since the phone in the video has a navigation pad (apparently, an optical mouse) which Incredible possesses. To rehash, Incredible is destined to come on […]

Nokia announces N97 mini Gold Edition

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  Nokia has got a special edition of its N97 mini phone. It’s the Gold Edition that targets the fairer sex with its stylish and eye catchy 18-carat gold casing and pre-installed ELLE 360Fashion news widget. Internally, there’s no change as the phone still features the same 3.2-inch screen, sliding QWERTY keyboard, 8GB internal memory, […]

Samsung announces Jet 2 in India

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  Samsung has announced Jet 2 in India and to be honest, it’s the same as original Jet but apparently with an “easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone”. The Jet 2 feature set remains the same with 800MHz applications processor, 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display (WVGA), Dolfin browser, DLNA compatibility, Media browser, one-finger zoom, […]

Nexus One’s OLED screen not as spectacular as one thought

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  OLED screens are touted as vibrant and detailed. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case with Nexus One whose been undergoing an in-depth display test carried out by the folks at DisplayMate technologies and DisplayBlog. The researchers pit the Nexus One display against iPhone 3GS’ LCD and surprisingly, it’s the LCD that is […]

HTC Desire ROM gets cooked for Nexus One

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  Leaked Desire ROM has found its way out and Paul over at Modaco forums was quick enough to port it to similar spec’d Nexus One. The ROM is available now for brave Nexus One users to try it out who doesn’t mind ROM’s alpha state to get HTC’s unique Sense UI, Flash 10.1 amongst […]