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MSI Wind U160DX Netbook Sporting Atom N455 CPU and 15-Hour Battery

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It looks like the MSI Wind U160 netbook is about to get updated seeing how there has just been a leaked picture of the Wind U160DX. The design is still the same, but inside you'll find a new Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz CPU, some DDR3 RAM, MSI's Turbo Drive Engine, and a 15-hour battery. We should be seeing this at Computex in under two weeks.

[Engadget]



Google Nexus One Getting Android 2.2 "Froyo" In a Few weeks

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The official Google I/O Twitter account has just announced that Android 2.2 "Froyo" will be hitting the Google Nexus One in a couple of weeks. This is great news for those owners because Froyo is a huge update. Check out the tweet here if you want. More importantly, "Froyo will be made available to OEMs and the open source community in the coming weeks." That tweet is here.

[Engadget]

Expansys Taking Pre-Orders For the Samsung Galaxy S At £479.99, Shipping On June 1st

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It looks like the amazing Samsung Galaxy S is accompanied with a not-so-amazing price tag because it's quite expensive - of course. Expansys is now taking pre-orders (here) this handset and it's priced at £549.99 (€637 or $850 USD). This handset comes with a monstrous spec sheet, that include: a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen WVGA display, a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU, a 5MP AF camera, WiFi b/g/n, HSPA connectivity, and Android with a Touchwiz 3.0 skin over top of it.

Update: According to Phandroid, Expansys has updated their site regarding the Samsung Galaxy S. They're now taking pre-orders (here) for £479.99 ($694 USD) and it's expected to ship out on June 1st.

[Unwired View]

Intel Core i5-580M 2.66GHz Launching This Fall, Turbo Boost Bringing It To 3.33GHz

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Intel is looking to launch at least another Arrandale mobile CPU in Fall of this year. This will include the Core i5-580M which will replace the i5-540M and will step up the 2.53GHz clock speed to 2.66GHz. It's going to consume 35W of power and will keep the Turbo Boost technology to bring the clock speed all the way up to 3.33GHz (up from 3.06GHz). The integrated graphics will be increased to 766MHz as well - up from 500MHz. This is pretty similar to the Core i7-620M CPU, except the (L3) cache of the Core i5-580M will be using 3MB instead of 4MB which is what you'll find in the i7-620M. This is funny because Apple just refreshed their MacBook Pro line-up and this Core i7-620M model is the fastest one you can get.

Electronista mentions that this could be implying that the Core i7-620M could be getting upgraded in the near future as well.

[Electronista, Notebook Italia]

HP Releasing Tablet Before the End of October, No Plans On Bringing WebOS To Netbooks

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According to Digitimes, HP's Taiwan VP has just mentioned that their tablet is set to launch before October of this year. Right now, we don't know if this one will have Windows 7 or WebOS, but I'm hoping that it's the WebOS-based "Hurricane". Unlike Google's Android, HP mentioned that there are no plans for WebOS to hit netbooks.

[Venture Beat, Crunch Gear]

BlackBerry 9800 Leak Shows New WebKit Browser, Gets 100/100 On Acid3 Test

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Another leak of the BlackBerry 9800 aka Mr. T has been spotted and this time it's given us a sneak peak of the upcoming WebKit browser in the new BB OS 6.0. It's showing off tabbed browsing in the photo above and this is great news. As you can see in the picture above, the Acid3 Test shows that BB's new browser scores a perfect 100 / 100.

Update: According to CrackBerry, there have been a couple more pictures of the BlackBerry 9800 in action. Both of the pictures that leaked out are below, showing off the on-screen QWERTY keyboard and the back of the smartphone. It's starting to look like RIM is nearing a final unit because the back of the handset is looking much better than when the pics of this handset leaked out a couple of months ago.

[Engadget]

WIND Mobile Slashes the Price Of the HTC Maple and the Huawei U7519

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Canada's WIND Mobile has just slashed their prices on two of their handsets, the HTC Maple and the Huawei U7519. The Maple is going for $200 - down from $300 - while the Huawei U7519 is now $90 - down from $130. You can credit Mobilicity with this price drop.

[Mobile Syrup]

Amazon Germany Taking €469.50 Pre-Orders For the Nokia N8, Launching On August 24th?

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Thanks to Amazon Germany, you can now pre-order the Symbian^3 based Nokia N8. In case you forgot, this handset is packing quite a spec sheet with its 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 12MP AF camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, Xenon flash, and 720p HD video recording, a microSD card slot, 16GB of internal storage, an HDMI output, and Symbian^3. You can pre-orders yours here for €469.50 ($587 USD).

Update: According to Engadget, one of their trusted sources have mentioned that Nokia is launching the N8 on August 24th which is quite a long wait.

[Phone Arena, Slash Gear]

Verizon To Launch the LG (VS750) Fathom On May 27th, Full Release On June 3rd?

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Apparently, Verizon in the US could be planning to launch the LG (VS750) Fathom on May 27th. This will be the first LG Windows Mobile phone to hit Verizon so it's kind of a big deal. The first launch will be available on Verizon's B2B channel and then everyone will get a chance at it on June 3rd with the full release. This handset still isn't official so waiting for someone - anyone - to announce it already.

Update: According to Mobile Crunch, this handset should be available for $99.99 on a 2-year contract and $499.99 contract-free.

[Phone Arena]

HTC Vision To Be the Desire With a Physical QWERTY Keyboard

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Okay, so apparently the HTC Vision could be something to look forward to. According to another leak, this handset could be running Android and could basically be the HTC Desire with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This is great news because it should keep the same specs as the Desire, which are already great. This also means it'll be getting an Android 2.2 "Froyo" update in the future.

[Engadget, Slash Gear]

Google TV Gets Officially Unveiled, Sony Launching Theirs In Fall

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Google unveiled their Google TV project at Google I/O yesterday. They're going to try to eliminate the need for channel hopping by integrating Google's search to find whatever you need. Thankfully, you'll be able to use Android devices as a remote but there'll also be remotes with QWERTY keyboards as well (like the Logitech Harmony one). The browser on-board is Chrome so there's no surprise that Sony is joining the party (they already have Google Chrome pre-installed on their Vaio line-up of PCs). There'll also be full Flash 10.1 support because Google is so "open". The "Google TV-specific" Android SDK will be launching in early 2011, so it's still about half a year away - there'll be an Android Market for these TVs as well. There's a video below so don't miss it! It'll explain things much clearer.

Update: According to Engadget, Sony - as expected - will be the first company with a Google TV and you'll find it in an HDTV or a Blu-ray set-top box. This will be available starting this Fall. Logitech will be launching their own "companion box" as well and this will be bundled with the QWERTY Harmony remote. It'll be powered by Android 2.1 and will have an Intel CE4100 Atom CPU inside. DISH Networks will also be on-board with this as well, so look out for it to hit Best Buy's in Q3 of this year.



[Engadget, Mashable]

MSI "SketchBook" Is a Wild Concept; Keyboard On One Side, Graphics Tablet On the Other

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MSI just couldn't wait until Computex to show off this wild concept / prototype of theirs. Dubbed the "SketchBook" - for now at least - sports a rotating base that has a keyboard on one side and a full-size graphics tablet on the other. We don't know if this will hit the market so the price and release date is still being determined. There was a non-functioning prototype shown off at an Amsterdam event yesterday, but that's just about all the details we know right now.

[Engadget]

Lenovo ThinkPad X100e Netbook Hits the FCC With WiMAX

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As expected, the Lenovo ThinkPad X100e has just hit the FCC with integrated WiMAX capabilities - thanks to the Intel 622ANXHMW card. This netbook is still sporting the same old AMD-based specs so you won't find anything else too surprising inside.

[Netbooked]

Google Announces Version 2.2 (Froyo) Of Android, Brings the World's Fastest Mobile Browser and Slew Of Other Great Features

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At Google I/O yesterday, they announced version 2.2 of Android which being called Froyo - as you may already know. This new iteration is said to bring a 2-5x speed boost - thanks to a JIT compiler - as well as the world's fastest mobile browser. Of course, there'll also be other goodies like tethering, Adobe Flash 10.1 / AIR support, auto-updating apps, and the ability to install apps on an SD card. Froyo will also have Cloud-to-Device API as well as better Enterprise support, including Exchange support and improved security. HTC mentioned that if you're device began shipping in 2010, you'll likely be getting an upgrade to Froyo so you're free to get the HTC Desire or the DROID Incredible, or the EVO 4G now.

Update: Engadget has pointed out that the Froyo SDK is now available!

[Slash Gear, Engadget, Beta News]

Four Top Global Carriers Launching a LiMo-Based Phone This Year

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Some carriers and manufacturers just won't give up on LiMo. It has just been announced that four top global carriers will be launching phones based on LiMo by the end of this year. This includes Orange, Telefonica (O2 / Movistar), Verizon, and SK Telecom. Of course, we don't know if they'll all get the same phone or one for each carrier so we'll have to wait. We'll be keeping an eye on this one - just a bit.

[Engadget Mobile]