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The head honchos at Sprint are promising to release a 3G voice/data femtocell solution before AT&T. Well, they better get moving because AT&T is set to release their version by the end of 2009. Sprint’s femtocell device plugs into your broadband router/modem and effectively boosts voice reception as well as EVDO Rev.A coverage. Should be sweet.

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Google recently announced that Google Search is now optimized for all feature phones in over 60 countries and 38 languages. This means any Google searches on your particular phone will be properly formatted and displayed and will effectively eliminate the need to zoom or scroll sideways. Check it out

• When available, News, Images, Blog, Video and Product Search results are blended right into your result page
• Many of your favorite Google Search features now appear in the first result to provide direct answers to your searches
• We continue to optimize specific results for mobile, so local listings for restaurants in London, for example, provide easy-to-select phone number links

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It looks like Toshiba is set to officially launch their TG01 handset on July 9th at a London event.  News of the TG01 surfaced in the beginning of February and with it came news that it was to include one of the faster cell phone chips on the market, the 1GHz Snapdragon.  Other amenities include a 4.1-inch touchscreen, GPS, 3G connectivity, an accelerometer and more stuffed inside a super slim 9.9mm thick body.  They’ve skinned the UI with their own proprietary system, but the phone will run on the Windows Mobile OS and will be upgrade ready from 6.1 to 6.5 when released later this year.

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Finally, T-Mobile has come clean with the actual launch date for the Dash 3G: July 8th. Expect the QWERTY handset to cost $170 after a 2-year contract signing, but it’s not clear yet if there will be a mail-in-rebate or not. The Dash 3G originally surfaced as the HTC Snap, which is being adopted by good old Sprint.

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The excellent Skyfire mobile web browser has been updated to v1.0.0.12114. This seems to be a significant update with the following changes:

• Reduced memory footprint
• History and cookie improvements
• Easier sharing via SMS
• Improved zooming behavior
• Several site-specific rendering issues fixed

The Skyfire browser aims to bring the experience of a full desktop browser to the following mobile platforms: S60 3rd Ed., Windows Mobile 5/6, and soon to be released BlackBerry OS.

Download here.

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ZodTTD, the genius behind psx4all, has ported the PlayStation emulator for the Palm Pre. Soon you can play the legions of PlayStation games right on your Pre, with performance that exceeds iPhone 3GS’s version of psx4all. Awesomely mind blowing that a full blown console is packed into a device that can fit in the palm of your hand.

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Apple released their iPhone OS 3.1 update to developers. So what’s new in this release? Not much for you consumers as this seems to be a developer oriented update. Check out what’s new:

• Around 15 new OpenGL toys for handling 3D models
• VideoEditorController API, which should let third party apps call up the video editing UI
• Video picker API, goes hand-in-hand with the above
• Plenty of obligatory “It seems faster!” reports
• Some are claiming that MMS is now enabled by default, though still not functioning properly on AT&T. Seems strange to us that this would come via an OS update and not a carrier file update

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Verizon customers will be happy to know that the much vaunted BlackBerry Tour will be available on July 12th in stores and online. You can pre-order it now for the introductory price of $200. By all accounts this new BlackBerry combines the strengths of the Bold and the Curve 8900, which is a rockin’ combination I must say.

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Those following the development of Mozilla Fennec should be excited to know that Mozilla released the second alpha of their Fennec Mobile Browser. Based on Firefox’s design principles, the new mobile browser for Windows Mobile 6 devices features touch screen optimizations and the “awesome bar” aka Smart URL Bar. Fennec Alpha 2 highlights include:

• Improved panning performance
• Newly designed theme
• JavaScript error console is now built in
• Improved add-on support
• Numerous bug fixes
• Improved UI polish

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Word on the street is that Palm just issued webOS version 1.0.4 for the Palm Pre.  It’s an over the air update so you won’t need to jack into your computer to receive this one.  This update addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software.  Props to Townsend Ladd Harris for helping Palm out with this.

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