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Firefox for Mobile Now Available on Nokia’s Maemo Platform!

"We’re pleased to announce that Firefox is now available for Nokia’s Maemo platform. Starting today, Nokia N900 owners can enjoy many of the same Firefox features they know and love on the desktop on their mobile device. Bringing Firefox to mobile devices is the next step toward fulfilling Mozilla’s mission of providing one Web that everyone can access, regardless of device or location. Secure, powerful, and customizable, Firefox is the most modern mobile Web browser available and is opt...

VisualBoyAdvance Hits webOS with a Vengeance

"VisualBoyAdvance for webOS has come a long way since it was started on January 14th. For those unaware, VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is an opensource Gameboy, Gameboy Colour and Gameboy Advance emulator available for numerous operating systems. DtzWill, with the aid of people at WebOS-Internals, has sucessfully ported and enhanced it for webOS. It's up and available now in Preware. If you're interested in trying it out, be sure to read though the wiki page thoroughly. The wiki lists all t...

Mobiado 712ZAF phone debuts, Windows Mobile 7 coming soon, cell phone bans don’t work

Mobiado has unveiled a new mobile phone aimed at the rich that has a boxy and rather unattractive profile. The handset is called the 712ZAF and it comes in several colors at an undisclosed price. Microsoft has announced that Windows Mobile 7 is coming “in the next few weeks.” That has led to reports that the new mobile OS will turn up at MWC 2010 in early February. A new study from the Highway Loss Data Institute has found that the ban on driving and talking on a handheld phone has...

InvenSense MPU-3000 for smartphone, ZAGGsparq charger unveiled, Nokia Q4 profits up

A company called InvenSense unveiled the world’s first motion processing unit for smartphones today. The device is called the MPU-3000 and will bring a 3-axis gyroscope and more to smartphones. ZAGG has unveiled a cool new external battery and charger for any USB charging phone or other device called the ZAGGsparq. The thing can recharge an iPhone four times before it needs recharged. Nokia has announced its Q4 numbers, and they are great. Profits for the quarter were up a whopping 65%. ...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 review Another one in

"It was back in February 2008 that the XPERIA lineup was born and it took Sony Ericsson almost two years to bring about the XPERIA X1 successor. The long waiting is over now and the XPERIA X2 is keen to prove to us all it was worth it.Both devices obviously have lots of features in common (it's the same amount of memory - both RAM and ROM, and the same CPU) but there are - possibly - enough improvements to make the XPERIA X2 a strong successor and a valuable upgrade. And by telling you that,...

HTC Magic’s Sense update ready for download

"An updated ROM is now available for HTC Magic customers to download. As always, HTC is committed to providing customers with the best possible mobile experience.Installation Instructions: ROM Version:3.05.401.3Improved FunctionsThis ROM Upgrade for your HTC Magic will let you experience HTC Sense on your phone. HTC Sense lets you create a phone just right for you. You can customize your experience to be any way you like. Discover intuitive experiences that make everything you do on yo...

Apple iPad Available Late March, Optional 3G

"Apple today introduced iPad, a portable tablet with Multi-Touch display, 0.5 inches thick body and weighs just 1.5 pounds. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March starting at $499. Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore wi...

Nokia Q4 2009 results, smartphone world market share up 5%

"Nokia has released their Q4 2009 results, reporting an operating loss of EUR 426 million, with net sales EUR 12 billion (down 5% YoY). Nokia's device and service division's profits were EUR 1.14 billion, up 130% year on year. Margins in devices and services were 14.9% (up 5.5% YoY and 3.5% QoQ). Converged devices sales (smartphone) were 20.8 million, compared with 15.1 million units in Q3 2008 and 16.4 million units in Q3 2009. As such, worldwide converged device ('smartphone') marketsh...

Ovi Maps (free navigation) hits the Nokia N97

"Despite expectations that Ovi Maps 3.3 with free navigation would hit the Nokia N97 in a firmware update, it has popped up on Software Update (in the Applications folder) anyway as a 8MB download. Obviously, it's not recommended if you're starting off with less than about 30MB of free space on disk C: - in which case, you're better off waiting for it in a firmware release. Do please comment if you spot this for another Nokia phone that wasn't previously covered!I can't emphasise enough h...

ColorWare Nexus One, Nokia cell phone speed radar, custom Omnia HD ROM runs 50 apps at once

ColorWare has been adding a splash of color or four to gadgets for a while now. The company has now announced that it is offering coloring services for the Google Nexus One for $175 on your handset. Nokia Research has developed something a bit strange. The gang has placed a radar speed detector into a phone. Exactly what plans Nokia has for the tech is unknown. A custom ROM for the Omnia HD smartphone has tipped up that allows the device to run 50 apps at one time. I can’t imagine thing...