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Phillips has finally announced the X800, this new edge to edge touchscreen phone. The timing couldn't be better to do it with the regular iPhone shortage around the world, the new BlackBerry Bold release, the HTC Touch Diamond coming out and the new iPhone rumors spreading more and more. And all these things are happening as we speak so let's welcome the X800 to the ballgame.

Let's look at some numbers here:

2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
ype TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
240 x 400 pixels (Wide QVGA), 2.9 inches
microSD (TransFlash)
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Bluetooth v2.0 w
USB support
Camera: 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels with autofocus and video
Built-in handsfree
Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion

Ok, I feel like something is missing from the X800... Didn't hear any 3G? HSDPA? EVDO? EDGE? Safe to say this Phillips X800 might compete with the regular old iPhone.

I am still in awe after what I've been reading and writing about the brand new RIM creation. I am talking about the BlackBerry 9000. The Bold. Possibly one of the worthiest adversary of the future 3G iPhone. Besidest those two, there's also HTC Touch Diamond, which has to be mentioned out of fairness to the game. And this one will also have their piece of the pie as it's an outstanding piece of engineering.

According to rumors the future of RIM is even brighter. The BlackBerry 9500 Thunder is coming to town. It's the next generation of BlackBerries. All touch and no keyboard (I hope purchase of an additional keyboard is going to be an option). What will the Touch do? Well it will be served by Verizon WIreless in the USA and by Vodafone in Europe. What will it deliver? 3G EV-DO Rev. C / GSM HSPA support, everything else and more! That's about all the details we have for now but we'll be here to mark more specs down when Touch becomes available later on this year.

If you are always watching a top hit show or two on NBC, you will take this as good news. What if I told you they are free? If you own an iPhone or an iPod Touch that is. If you bought any Zune lately you will have access to any of those shows in exchange for some of your dollars. How cool is that? Shouldn't all users, whether Apple's or Microsoft's get the same treatment? How come what others have to pay for is free to the others?

But wait, who said those free episodes' quality is watch worthy? You have to go to NBC.com from your http://www.mobilewhack.com/gold-iphone-black-night-edition/ or iPod browser and you will be offered the option of watching those episodes you wanted. Only this won't be quite that easy. It has already been reported that video quality is quite sloppy.

Some of you may already know about the rivalry between NBC and Apple's iTunes which seems not to extend to iPhone. Or in fact it does and they are going for iPhone's reputation. Is NBC trying to convince people it's iPhone's fault for not delivering crystal clear video? I am an Apple fan so I could be biased when asking that question but I think it isn't. NBC uses 3gp codecs for these free episodes and those codecs don't exactly merge that smoothly with Apple's OS...

Any Zune owner here? I'd like to know how NBC's videos run on your Zune thingy.

Continue reading:NBC Shows on iPhone and Touch

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NBC's MobiTV to Bring On-Demand TV to Mobiles
NBC May Sue TiVo
AT&T Mobile TV with FLO Goes Live on May

Tuesday, May 6th, HTC invited London at 11:30AM (if you are in the neighborhood) to "witness the next wave of HTC Innovation". I wonder what they are preparing to release as in the mean time we have found this leaked photos and following specs which might match an all new Touch Diamond smart phone:

• 2.8-inch VGA display,
• WinMo 6.1 Pro,
• WiFi,
• Bluetooth 2.0
• eGPS,
• FM tuner
• Quad-band HSDPA 7.2
• 4GB internal flash,
• microSD slot,
• 528MHz CPU,
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus,
• 10.7mm thick,
• (rumored) an orientation sensor / accelerometer

So is this the all new 3G Touch Diamond? We'll keep you posted this Tuesday! Stay tunned!

Who said the iPod Touch can't be an iPhone? Well, some really brilliant folks think it can. Lifehacker posted an article on how to transform your iPod Touch, into an iPhone. Well, not physically, but at least functionally.

However, it can't really do everything the iPhone can do. But what it can do, is place calls via VOIP using a freeware application called SIP-VOIP.

The article mentioned the things that you need. A jailbroken iPod touch, a Touchmod mic, and the freeware SIP-VoIP application.  All you really have to do is install the SIP-VOIP application, set up an SIP Account and setup SIP-VoIP to make your calls. Very easy huh? Well, for a more detailed instruction/tutorial, check out their article here.

Here's a quick tip for those who have the iPhone or the iPod Touch. Check out this flexible stand by NAJA King. Its a flexible stand perfect for your portable media devices. It rotates for wide screen viewing and is designed with a 3 foot soft flexible coil that is slender yet durable.

Its secure and sturdy design can be folded and compact enough to bring with you as you travel from place to place.

Here are additional specifications for this stand:
-For all iPhones or iPod Touch (select type at checkout)
-6 inch flexible coil*
-Rotating head 360 degrees
-Secure grip holding power (device stays put)
-Anti scratch grips
-All steel construction
-Made in the USA