Vodafone is now taking pre-orders of the all-new Blackberry Storm2. The new Blackberry Storm2 features Wi-Fi and is expected to hit stores by October 26. Among the new features of the Blackberry Storm2 include the “Sure Press” technology, Blackberry OS 5, quad band, a 3.2 megapixel camera with zoom and 2GB of internal memory. The Storm2 will come free for customers who avail of it at Vodafone with a £35 month contract.

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With the growing number of Blackberry phone users today, the next thing they need would be the apps to install in them. And while the Blackberry App World has now become accessible to most, the next thing that comes into mind is which apps are free and ideal to have.

If you have a Blackberry or are planning to get one, here are the top 5 apps you may want to consider:

1. Blackberry App World 1.1. App that allows you to store apps to your Blackberry’s memory card.
2. Ka-Gloom Free. A high-pressure game of falling blocks.
3. Pandora. Music-playing app for the listening pleasure of Blackberry owners.
4. Weather Eye. Aids in providing weather information for any city.
5. Viigo. News-gathering app for the latest news and information.

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Thanks to Zumobi, Palm Pre owners can now access the latest news, entertainment and lifestyle content right on their device. Known to cater to the various smartphones known today, the Palm Pre is the latest addition to that roster of compatible mobile devices. Also, another app has been released for the Palm Pre and this is for the baseball fans who want to catch the latest in the world of baseball. Sporting News Baseball is the said app and is now available as well.

The evolution of the mobile phone in bringing emphasis on mobile news and updates has been around and with the Palm Pre just being recently released, the number of apps compatible with this gadget is slowly growing. The new apps are now available for free at the Pre’s on-device beta App Catalog.

“We know that Palm Pre users will enjoy The TODAY Show and Sporting News Baseball on their new Pre phone, and we look forward to other great applications for the Palm Pre from The Zumobi Network.”

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Associated Press timed it perfectly as it has announced the availability of the AP Mobile News widgets, preloaded or made available for download on the new Nokia N97 mobile. For the record, the N97 starts shipping today.

Similar to online browsing, Associated Press presents an easier way of getting the latest news and photos right on your mobile phone. Consumers can scroll through stories and AP photo galleries as well as watch AP videos. The widget is available in English, French, Spanish and German languages.

“With just a single icon on their touch screen, we are giving Nokia N97 users access to multimedia versions of their world, national and local news,” said Jeff Litvack, AP’s general manager of mobile and emerging products. “One year ago, when we launched AP Mobile, our goal was to be the news button on the most popular smartphones. Having our AP news widget preloaded on the Nokia N97 is a fantastic start.”

The rollout of the Nokia N97 follows the May 26 launch of Ovi Store by Nokia, where AP News, www.apnews.com, was the No. 1 U.S. mobile news app for the opening.

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Get ready to dump your mobile chargers as Intel is going to change the way you’re charging your mobile devices. The company is thinking about using all that free energy that roams around the world. Intel will develop sensors that will be able to get that sunlight, radiation and even body heat and then turn it into usable energy for various gadgets. It looks to me that Intel might just have something here. So let’s dream with them and wait for an actual product. But then again, we were dreaming about cold fusion and that never turned out to be possible yet!

via Yahoo

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Commandos sent to get the Mumbai terrorists were surprised to find BlackBerries in the bags of terrorists. After the authorities have cut the cable feeds to the hotels the terrorists followed the news and the world by going online from their handset. What’s surprising is that the officials were surprised to find smartphones with terrorists. And with all the technology available they were not capable of tracking down cell phone usage from inside the hotels before while they were negotiating?

It’s always sad to report such news but we shouldn’t be so amazed that more and more people are using advanced communication technologies, no matter what their intentions are.

via businesssheet

Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile News, Mobile News, Research In Motion

You must remember the “Wassup” commercials which Budweiser used quite a lot. We’ve seen various spin offs and now we have an election “Wassup 2008″ video. And there aren’t any cool phones in this version right here. It would be really weird to see one, as the commercial talks about unemployment, health care, the war, the environment and the current financial crisis which basically affects all the previous issues. Wassup 2008 talks about change and it hints at presidential candidate Obama. Who will Americans vote for? How will that influence the mobile industry?

via TechCrunch

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AT&T has announced that it has a new division ready. The AT&T Emerging Devices lead by Glenn Lurie, the former president of National Distribution for AT&T Mobility, will introduce wireless capabilities into various devices besides handsets. Good! My coffee mug needs wireless pronto!

The commander-in-chief Lurie is the guy that got the iPhone from Apple. So I guess he knows what he’s doing when he’s looking for new devices to introduce to AT&T’s subscribers.

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Do you have a phone with a really big touchscreen LCD? Do you have an unlimited data plan and some good 3G coverage? If you have mostly positive answers and you have a passion for TV shows then I’m sure you are going to appreciate the new YouTube service. Together with CBS it will offer full-length TV shows.

The full episodes will include non-skippable ads but I’m sure that’s not going to be a problem. CBS and YouTube will split the revenues and you will get the free shows. The only downside to all this is that the service will be available only in the USA for now.

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China is the major market in the world for basically anything. With a good product and a good marketing campaign, your company can make lots of money of the Chinese market. In the cell phone business that appears to be the case. It looks like the total number of mobile subscribers in China has gone up significantly and it reached 616.02 million subscribers by the end of August. That’s twice the population of the USA. Even Europe doesn’t have as many cell phone users as China.
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Earth population is somewhere around 6.5-6.7 billion people and rising. The over number of mobile subscriber is estimated to be around 4 billion. That means pretty soon every person on Earth might have be paying for a cell phone plan. Sure there are lots of people who are paying for two or more plans but more and more people are discovering cell phones and signing up for various contracts.
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A new Samsung handset has just been approved by the Federal Communications Commision. It is going to be called the Samsung SGH-J808E. As of the moment, details for this is still very vague. I guess we all need to just wait for Samsung to provide us with more specs and details.

At this time, we only know that the phone will support Cellular/PCS GSM/EDGE and will come in with Bluetooth support.

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If reading news on a tiny mobile phone screen does not appeal to you, you might want to check out Rocketron, a news service that you listen to on your phone. Launching today at DEMOfall 08, Rocketron allows you to navigate the news by voice command, and do things like skip a story that you don’t want. News sources include Reuters and The Washington Post.

All you need to do is dial (408) 907-2323 while in the USA and you get access to news from various categories including business, technology, sports and politics. The Rocketron mobile service allows you to further fine-tune the categories by supplying additional keywords on their website or simply speaking into the phone. It is a free service, but will be ad-supported.

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It’s not the first time we hear rumors about Sony thinking break up thoughts for Ericsson. The duo had one of their worst quarters and it appears that Sony is again considering a possible rupture from the European manufacturer.
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CCID Consulting from China is expecting a huge amount of cell phones to be manufactured in China by the end of 2008. 605 Million cell phones are expected to arrive from Chinese manufacturers this year. That’s a 55 million more handsets produced than last year.
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I think working for Psystar must be really thrilling. Imagine a roller coaster ride full of adventures, where the last stop has written Jail all over it. Or does it have Remarkable Success written all over it?

As you can see I am yet to decide who will win the Apple vs Psystar court friendly battle. Sure Apple has a strong case but Psystar’s attorneys will not be easily defeated. Oh come now, you must remember Psystar! The guys which conveniently started to ship out cheap Mac clones to lots of people? You know, the cheap PCs with a Mac OS running at full speed? The kind of a deal that would piss off a certain Steve Jobs?
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Vodafone has just reached a deal with the Government of Ghana. Vodafone will buy 70% of Ghana Telecom which is a top three carrier in Ghana. The price for that huge chunk? $900 million which isn’t that much at all. Vodafone can surly afford that right?
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If I was a cell phone manufacturer I would spend a great deal of my free time thinking about how I could efficiently enter the Chinese market. With 592 million people owning a cell phone, China might just be one of the most profitable markets out there. That means at least another 592 million Chinese, but probably more, do not own a cell phone yet.
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Not that this is breaking news to anyone but Apple is going to make lots of money off the 3G iPhone. And I say this a millionth time (ok I might have said it ten times so far), they will make money because it’s an Apple iPhone, with a great Apple long term marketing plan. The Samsung iPhone will not sell as many handsets. Nor will the HTC iPhones. I’d dare RIM to make as much money from their future Thunder which might be so much better than the second generation iPhone.
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Sprint will launch the Palm Treo 800w earlier than expected. We’ve heard that before but it appears it has just been confirmed (check out the picture). Although rumored to arrive on July 22nd, this Palm is going to arrive prematurely. Corporate version will be available even sooner than that, on July 9th. Is Sprint trying to get some attention around the July 11th day? You know, the day the iPhone will be out in stores?
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