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UK:Virgin Mobile-Virgin Landline Free from April?

HTC Incredible Out?

Here is what it is reported to have snapdragon processor, Android 2.1 with Sense UI, 256MB of RAM, optical mouse pointer, and dual LED flash for the camera. The screen’s about 3.5 or 3.7 inches, WVGA resolution and possibly AMOLED.

LG Arena Max LU9400 Leaked!

LG Arena Max LU9400 reportedly features a 3.5” touchscreen, a 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and a notable 1GHz Snapdragon processor.
The Cyon branding on it more or less confirms that the LG Arena Max will be released in Korea though there’s still no official announcement about it just yet. There is no info when exactly LG will announce the Arena Max, but Cetizen says the handset might be out in March.

“Pics” of Nokia Mystic?

Nokia Mystic is a QWERTY phone, packing a 5 megapixel camera.It is a C6 series phone

Nokia C5 work based Symbian S60v3 FP2 OS, the C6 has equipped by Nokia with Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS and it supports UMTS/HSDPA connectivity. Rest of the Nokia C6 features are same as the C5 with 2.2-inch QVGA display,camera, GPS function, FM radio and 50MB internal memory.

It is expected that the phone will be announced at Mobile World Congress 2010, in Barcelona, about a week from now. It will most cost around $274 this summer.

Samsung Armani Touch Screen Phone

Samsung Armani II(Samsung B7620U) is a touch screen phone powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. Launched in China a couple of days ago, is customized to support Chinese language display and input. The Armani II runs on a 800MHz processor. It has Wi-Fi / WAPI, 3G, and Windows Mobile Apps. It costs about 10,000 RMB, roughly $1450 USD.

Roam on Page Plus Cellular now at just $0.29 per minute

Page Plus Cellular has lowered roaming rates from $0.59 to $0.29 per minute.
Page Plus’ Yassine Yassine said: “We are continuing to make changes that offer more value to our customers. People want to save money wherever they can, and every little bit helps. Our standard prepaid mobile plans and monthly bundle plans of voice, text messaging and data offer an extremely affordable alternative to traditional postpaid cell phone plans.”

Pregnant women & New moms can now get Health tips via SMS

Aneesh Chopra(U.S. CTO) launched Text4baby, an “unprecedented mobile health public-private partnership” designed to promote maternal and child health among underserved women. The service provides timely and expert health information through SMS to pregnant women and new moms through their babies’ first year.

By texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE for Spanish), women receive three free SMS text messages each week timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. These messages focus on a variety of topics critical to maternal and child health, including birth defects prevention, immunization, nutrition, seasonal flu, mental health, oral health and safe sleep. Text4baby messages also connect women to prenatal and infant care services and other resources.

In addition to the U.S. government, founding partners include National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), Voxiva, CTIA – The Wireless Foundation, grey healthcare group and founding corporate sponsor Johnson & Johnson. Then there are sponsors (WellPoint, Pfizer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, MTV, etc.) and mobile operators, which are distributing free text messages. Speaking of operators, all major players and some smaller ones are on board to support the initiative: Alltel, Assurance Wireless, AT&T (NYSE: T), Boost Mobile, Cellular South, Cellcom, Centennial Cellular, Cincinnati Bell, Metro PCS, N-Telos, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, T-Mobile (NYSE: DT), U.S. Cellular, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless and Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM).

ContactFlow App for Iphone

ContactFlow lets iPhone users browse their contacts in a cover flow style.
If you like the idea, you can download ContactFlow here.
It will cost you. $1.99.

Droid gets multitouch in Maps

Droid gets multitouch in Maps, Canada will Milestone from Feb. 18.Telus will soon be acquiring the Motorola Milestone into their mobile device line-up. The Motorola Milestone with Google’s Android 2.0 operating system will be released on Feb 18, 2010.
Consumers who deposit $50 will be among the first in Canada to receive the Milestone on February 18.
Here is what you will get:-
A large touchscreen display, side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel photo snapper, a nice range of connectivity options, and a great deal of services that are enabled courtesy of Google’s Android 2.0 operating system it has on board.
It is exciting news that Canada will be receiving yet another Android device, and also that it will be the first HDPI, high density, screen on an Android device for Canada.

UK’s HTC Hero updated

Orange UK’s HTC Hero has got a minor firmware update.Its not any groundbreaking update but a minor one.It reportedly has a new People widget with a 3 x 3 grid.

Fujitsu F-04B launched

Fujitsu F-04Bits A splittable phone with Projector, Dual Keyboard, Touchscreen.
It be separated into a display unit and a keyboard unit.
One part is a 3.4-inch touchscreen with a 12.2MP camera , acceleration sensor, Blu-ray recorder connectivity, e-wallet function etc. You can use only the screen part to watch movies, listen to music, send mail, watch TV (1Seg) and keep the QWERTY keyboard part in your bag.While, the Keyboard unit, it can be used as a keyboard

Tweet for free on 3 in February & March

Throughout February and March all 3 mobile phone customers will be treated to completely free Twitter. Whether you’re using Twitter’s mobile site, or taking advantage of a special integrated mobile app on phones like the INQ Mini 3G, INQ Chat 3G and the Sony Ericsson T715, tweeting messages and pictures is completely free of charge.  Those with an internet add-on can use Twitter without using any of their monthly internet allowance 

Bell high speed fibre rollouts enable new Internet and TV services

Bell today announced several new fibre initiatives supporting its broadband investment strategy, including the deployment of Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in Québec City and to new housing developments in Ontario and Québec, the launch of enhanced Bell Fibe Internet services, and the introduction of Bell IPTV service in 2010. 

AT&T FamilyMap App Launches on App Store

AT&T today announced the availability of the AT&T FamilyMap App on the App Store. The app provides families with a more seamless experience when locating and connecting with one another on the go using iPhone. The AT&T FamilyMap app brings a streamlined approach to helping families stay up to speed on each other’s whereabouts by locating wireless devices within a shared family account. The app provides iPhone users with access to FamilyMap’s popular features, which until now, were only accessible through a computer.

Siri virtual assistant available at the App Store

DARPA-based virtual assistant is now available at the App Store.It can basically perform any function that you would expect your personal assistant to like like finding restaurants, hearing reviews, and even booking tables.

Siri asks simple questions and reacts to your answers,it’s a lovely companion to your happening lifestyle.

The most important point is it’s free!!!