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You thought about shipping off to Warsaw for the Imagine Cup 2010 finals, didn’t you? ‘Tis a shame you didn’t, because Microsoft is fixing to hand out Windows Phone 7 prototypes to every last finalist at the show (around 400, we’re hearing). The winning team has already received their handsets after receiving a mighty round of applause from developing Beastware, and while it’s impossible to tell from images so far, the phones that they acquired look to be the same as the Samsung device we toyed with back in June

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In a blog post, Andy Rubin, chief of its Android division, said the the company will now focus on selling the Nexus one through existing retail channels–and will soon stop selling the handsets online altogether.

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Nokia has officially announced the existence of three new handsets – the Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 all of them enabled with QWERTY keypads. The handsets which, according to Nokia, aim to put better messaging and social networking tools in the hands of more people around the world at affordable prices feature full email support, IM communities and social network integration.

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WASHINGTON: The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says the Taliban — up to 27,000 fighters in the country’’s south — is his main focus, Geo news reported.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal says the insurgents are effective because they can dictate terms to the local population on the largely Pashtun area. The Taliban stronghold area will be the focus of the new U.S. surge of 30,000 forces.

But McChrystal told Congress on Tuesday that he is also focused on a separate enemy in Afghanistan.

The Haqqani (Huh-KHAN-ee) network of fighters are Afghans who direct the fight against U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan from the Waziristan tribal region in Pakistan.

McChrystal said that if the Pakistan government became “intolerant” of the Haqqani network on its side of the border, his forces in Afghanistan could finish off the al-Qaida linked group.
Pakistani help could defeat Haqqani gang: US General

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Enterprising Chinese have had access to BlackBerrys for some time now, but they’ve been met with limited sales for many of the same reasons that internationally successful products often fail in China: high prices, cheap clones, and a general lack of understanding of the local market’s needs and behaviors. RIM, like any smart manufacturer, would love to find a way to effectively tap into the market, though — and they’re trying to make headway today on news that they’ve partnered with number one carrier China Mobile on customized devices. By “customized,” we mean that these bad boys will support TD-SCDMA, which is China Mobile’s proprietary 3G tech — probably the only carrier in the world that could get away with that, thanks to its nine-figure subscriber count — and will be offered through local distributor Digital China, whose market expertise RIM is hoping to capitalize. The silver bullet here might be the fact that China Mobile has committed to subsidizing the handsets; China is a huge prepaid market, but if they can get ‘em cheap enough, they could have a shot.

BlackBerry, meet TD-SCDMA: RIM partners with China Mobile originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. – (Business Wire) Ooma, Inc. today announced two enhancements to its product and services lineup that offer increased functionality, call quality and additional cost savings for consumers. First, the Ooma Telo Handset™ is now available for purchase at any Ooma authorized retail locations and leading online shopping destinations for $49.99. Second, Ooma has created an International Calling Bundle for Premier level customers, offering aggressive savings on international calls.

The Ooma Telo Handset unlocks all the functionality of the Ooma Telo, enabling users to operate all of their favorite Ooma features from the palm of their hand. Each Ooma Telo supports up to four handsets. The new International Calling Bundle, available for Ooma Premier customers, allows Ooma users to place calls to friends and family in over 70 countries and talk up to 500 minutes for the low rate of $4.99 per month or less than a penny per minute.

“Every home is different. By offering new choices in device form factors and options for extending phone conversations around the world, Ooma continues to provide features and functionality that exceed consumer’s expectations in a phone service,” said Rich Buchanan, CMO of c. “The Ooma Telo Handset marks our foray into offering a phone form factor that leverages our technology leadership to further advance the home phone. Our international bundle offers the affordability and flexibility to stay in close contact with friends and family regardless of the miles that separate them.”

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It may look a lot like the General Mobile DSTL1, but SciPhone’s N21 still has its very own soul. Our BFFs over at Engadget Chinese were able to wrangle one in, and naturally they took the opportunity to score a photo shoot and host it for the world to see. There aren’t too many surprises to be found, but if you’re looking for a pinch of KIRF, twin SIM slots, a 5 megapixel camera and the not-exactly-newest version of Google’s mobile operating system, you know where to look.

Sciphone’s Android-toting N21 unboxed, dual SIM slots caught rockin’ the suburbs originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Anyone looking for the hottest T-Mobile-powered BlackBerry experience that money can buy need only wait a few dozen hours now, because the carrier has just revealed that it’ll be launching the latest rendition of the Bold — the 9700 — on Monday, November 16 for $200 on contract. Your hard-earned cash reels in T-Mobile’s very first 3G BlackBerry underpinned by a 3.2 megapixel camera and 480 x 360 display, beating AT&T’s launch by a solid six days. Enjoy, folks.

T-Mobile launching BlackBerry Bold 9700 on November 16 for $199.99 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like quite a few folks have got their hands on the Acer Liquid as of late, and lucky for us they’ve been rather loose-lipped with their thoughts on the subject. As suspected, the handset is running a 1GHz Snapdragon that’s been under-clocked to 768MHz. And it looks like Acer didn’t go crazy with the User Experience either, pretty much staying true to its Google Android 1.6 roots, albeit with a number of additions, including: social networking integration (Facebook and Flickr contacts and photo sharing), nemoPlayer for multimedia files, DataViz for Microsoft Exchange support, and the Spinlets music streaming service. In addition, Acer has redesigned some of the widgets, including the clock and the task manager, which now includes a preview of open apps. All-in-all, it seems to be a pretty solid Android handset with a few useful additions — but as always, the verdict is out until we get our hands on one. In the meantime, hit up the read links below for a generous helping of screenshots, hands-on pics, and impressions.

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It’s not often that a manufacturer pushes a Windows Mobile version bump in a timely fashion, so color us impressed to see that Samsung has now released an official 6.5 upgrade for the Jack on AT&T. 6.5 is a relatively minor bump over 6.1 in the non-touch Standard world — Professional devices are getting the lion’s share of improvements — but users will be happy to find that they’re getting an updated Internet Explorer Mobile, Windows Marketplace access, and automated free connections to AT&T WiFi hotspots (anything to offload cellular strain, right?). Grab it now from Samsung’s site, make sure your battery’s charged, and let ‘er rip.

Samsung unleashes WinMo 6.5 upgrade for AT&T’s Jack originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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