For those who are afraid of flying, iPhone has a solution with a Flying without Fear course. This app is made to help the user face their acrophobia with frequently asked questions, an explanation of the flight process, as well as relaxation exercises.

Whoopi Goldberg endorses this app, who says that it cured her. The app itself is said to have a whopping 98 percent success rate which just seems way too high. Anyway, it is available for $4.99 at the App Store, along with the nice bonus of 2,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles.

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Yes, T-Mobile was down for a little while this morning, but not to fear, for their “rapid response teams have been mobilized to restore service as quickly as possible”.

This was a statement made several hours ago, and it would appear that everything has been restored. According to the company, only 5 percent of users were affected by this outage. However, New York was quite heavily affected, which makes the percentile seem a little small.

Everyone have their Sidekick data back? I’m kidding, seriously.

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A beta version of Opera Mobile 10 has just been released exclusively for Symbian powered smartphones. This new version has a couple of very enticing new features with the most highly sought after one being the fact that it is 50% faster than version Symbian versions.

Additionally, the version 10 beta adds tabbed browsing and a “speed dial” page similar to the one found as the default page in Google’s Chrome.

You can get the Opera Mobile 10 beta here.

via mobiletechworld

Tags: $10, Beta, Cell Phones, Mobile browser, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, opera mobile, symbian

AT&T has just announced their intentions to launch a whole slew of new features on November 8th. The first is an all new voicemail-to-text service which will, of course, change your voicemails into text messages making it easier for you to catch that number or name.

Second of all AT&T is planning to launch their Nation with Canada plans which will allow you customers to make calls between Canada and the US with no long distance charges.

And last but not least they will be launching 3 new channels for their Mobile TV service which we have little to no details about. Luckily, they will be dropping the base cost of the service from $15 to $9.99 and the unlimited service from $30 to $24.99.

via engadget

Tags: At&T, Canada, Mobile News, Mobile Software, mobile tv, service, voicemail

Following the plan of Rogers to lower the price of BlackBerry Bold 9700 that was announced yesterday, they added a more discounts to other BlackBerry models.

- BlackBerry Bold now costs $100 with a 3-year contract;
- BlackBerry Curve 8900 is priced a $80 also with a 3-year contract;
- and the BlackBerry Curve 8250 costs only $50 after signing the 3-year contract;

As you can see Rogers is doing good prices, that is, if you become their client for 3 years.

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According to a Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for cellphones and smartphones, also known as Krusell, the number 1 on the list of “sold mobile phones” is the iPhone - no surprise here. As for the second, we’ve got the Nokia XpressMusic, and on third place the HTC Touch HD.

Don’t forget to take in consideration that this list is based on the number of cases ordered from Krusell during the month of October 2009. It’s not an official worldwide list or anything of that sort.

1. (1) Apple iPhone 3G
2. (2) Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
3. (-) HTC Touch HD
4. (5) Nokia 3109/3110 Evolve
5. (9) Nokia 6700
6. (10) Samsung B2100
7. (3) Nokia N97
8. (4) Nokia 6303 Classic
9. (6) Nokia E51
10. (7) Nokia 6300/6300i/6301

() = Last month’s position.

Ulf Sandberg from Krusell, comments:

It is also fascinating to see the mix of new and old phones. Nokia 6300-series was launched by Krusell in March 2007 and is still going strong.

Tags: Cell Phones, Cellphone, krusell, Mobile News, top 10

Reports have surfaced that the highly anticipated HTC HD2 is to be available soon in both the European and Asian markets.

Additionally, HTC has said that the Windows Mobile powered device will be making its way onto North American shelves sometime in early 2010. They didn’t say an exact carrier but they did let us know that it would be “a major US” one.

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Tags: asia, Cell Phones, Europe, HTC, htc hd2, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Windows Mobile

Nokia announced a couple of new cellphones including the Nokia 2220 and the Nokia 2690.

The Nokia 2220 will be released this year and can be considered a basic cellphone, the goodies include bluetooth, a VGA camera, support for Ovi Mail, MMS, and being able to record FM radio broadcasts. Its price tag is set at $66.

As for the Nokia 2690, it’s a big brother of the 2220 and in addition to the previously mentioned features, it also has a 3.5mm jack and a 2GM microSD expansion card. This model will only become available in 2010, and cost approximately $80.

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Samsung’s new mobile, the SCH-W920, looks a lot like those old-school “wireless” phones from the eighties with the big antenna, only it doesn’t have an over-sized cradle to rest it on.

However, I guarantee your old cordless phone for the landline never had video calling capability, digital music player, a phonebook with 3,000 entries, a 3 megapixel camera, plus Bluetooth. The SCH-W920 will be available in black or white for a price of $425.

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MetroPCs has added a new cellphone to their catalogue, it is codenamed M750 and is made by Huawei.

The Huawei M750 boasts a 1.3-megapixel camera for the photos and videos, stereo bluetooth for better audio, and a slot for microSD memory cards. Additionally, it has a software with a QWERTY keyboard that can be used with the included stylus, making it a touchscreen!

Check out the Huawei M750 at MetroPCs website for more information.

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Sony Ericsson has recently presented a new cellphone strangely named Kurara, which is basically a touchscreen with Symbian S60 as the operative system.

In terms of features there isn’t much information available, the device will have a 3.5-inch AMOLED Touchscreen display, and one of the best parts is certainly the 8.1-megapixel with LED Flash. Unfortunately those are all the details we have so far, but as soon as we get more news on the Sony Ericsson Kurara you’ll be the first to know.

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There is a new LG phone in town as Rogers has launched the LG Eve. The LG Eve is an Android OS-based smartphone which should be ideal for people who are into Social Networking such as Facebook and Twitter. Among the phone features include a 5 megapixel camera, a 3” touch screen, QWERTY keyboard and a face recognition app. The LG Eve is now available at Rogers for $49.99 with a 3 year contract.

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Hot news for the two giants of the US that fight for a bigger share on the mobile telecommunications market, and I’m talking about AT&T and Verizon.

In this case it was AT&T that sued Verizon and the reason is pretty simple: a misleading advertising campaign, which is named “There’s a Map for that” and is actually a joke related to an AT&T campaign called “There’s an App for That”.

The misleading information is related to a map made by Verizon, in which shows that AT&T doesn’t have much network coverage. But the only detail they forgot to mention, is that they are only counting the 3G network and not EDGE network, and that’s why the AT&T map is full of blank spaces, which could lead to customers having bad ideas…

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Here’s an interesting iPhone app that will let you help out with other apps. This is Chorus, an App Store app that will aid in recommending apps to fit the user’s needs.

Unlike the Apple’s native App Store app, this doesn’t have a “top” list based on overall downloads. Chorus is designed to work in chorus with apps that have been recommended by other Chorus users.

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Despite originally being thought to be hitting Rogers on October 26th, the carrier has just come around now to offer the BlackBerry Bold 9700 for $299.99 with a 3-year contract. Of course, if you want to pick it up with no plan you have the option to shell out $599.99.

Now we just have to wait until TELUS and Bell put the device up for sale and we’ll be good.

via bgr

Tags: Bell, blackberry bold 9700, Cell Phones, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, Rogers, Telus

For a while now, Redfly has been making netbook-sized devices that can link with Windows Mobile phones, and they have recently added the BlackBerry to this service. It is compatible with the BlackBerry Bold 9000, the BlackBerry Curve 8900, and BlackBerry Tour 9630.

Users can take advantage of a netbook-sized keyboard for better emails and texts, and they can even browse the web. The Redfly with the 7 inch screen is about $200, and the 8-inch version is $250.

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Tags: BlackBerry, netbooks, REDFLY, Research In Motion

Who says developing an iPhone app is hard? Well with the appmii, you don’t have to worry about it! With the new appmii software, anyone can practically design and develop customized apps in no time. All you need to do with it is provide the ideas, directions and the appmii app will do the rest.

Appmii is available in two versions, the appmii basic (setup fee: $99.95 & monthly hosting fee: $4.95) and apmii pro (setup fee: $249.95 & monthly fee: $29.95). Get more information about the app at the appmii website.

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Whether it is at the beach or a simple dip in your pool, take your iPod with you every step of the way. Thanks to the the iSwim Waterproof iPod case and headphones, you don’t have to worry about submerging your iPod and getting it wet. It can be worn on a lanyard around your neck or as an armband, providing you with the musical entertainment in any rugged or watery condition.

The ISwim Waterproof iPod Case and headphones are available over at Find Me A Gift.com for $14.70.

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Five marquee games that are sure to be of interest for avid gamers today have hit the app store. A combination of sports, strategy and word games have been unveiled by EA Mobile for the iPhone or iPod Touch, familiar titles which bring their saga to Apple’s legendary mobile device. The games released are the following:

1. NBA Live
2. EA Sports FIFA 10
3. Mystery Mania
4. Hasbro’s Boggle
5. Command and Conquer Red Alert

As you can see, these are marquee games. Head on over to the iTunes app store now and get them!

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Now, it’s not everyday you see parts from an unannounced device go on sale but China Ontrade has what they are calling the iPhone 4 Generation Midboard.

Normally you could be quick to brush off such a seemingly obvious rumor but according to Gizmodo, China Ontrade had parts that on sale that were then used in the iPhone 3GS.

So, could this possibly be real? We’ll have to wait and find out.

Tags: 4th generation, Apple, Cell Phones, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Mobile News, Portable Devices