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More Photos Of the Motorola DROID Xtreme / Shadow Pop Up

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Getting tired of the DROID Xtreme / Shadow photos popping up? Well, that's too bad. Thanks to DROID-Life there are more pictures of said smartphone and it'll be running either version 2.1 or 2.2 of the Android OS. The OS will be underneath a version of Motoblur or NinjaBlur if you will.

[Phandroid]



Apple Supposedly Launching the Next iPhone On June 18th On AT&T

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There's a new rumour going around that Apple will be releasing their next-gen iPhone on Friday, June 18th. Apparently, AT&T employees are expected to sell 25 - 30% more than usual - their sales quota has gone up - for the month of June. Of course, all of our questions should be answered at WWDC which takes place on Monday. Take it away, Steve Jobs.

[Boy Genius]

Gateway Unveils 13.3-Inch EC39C and 14-Inch ID49C08u Notebooks With LED-Backlit Touchpads

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Who needs an LED-backlit display when you can get an LED-backlit touchpad. The two notebooks were shown off at Computex and it's the 13.3-inch EC39C and the 14-inch ID49C08u. Both of these have "glowing" touchpads and have integrated mouse buttons - they only light up when you touch them. The 13.3-inch model features an Intel Core i5 ULV CPU and Nvidia's Optimus technology to switch between the GeForce 310 GPU and the integrated Intel HD graphics. The larger 14-inch model features an Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD, and an optical drive. The price and release date is still TBA so you'll have to wait for that.

[Engadget]

Acer Shows Off Aspire Ethos 5943G and 8943G Notebooks At Computex

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In early April we heard about the Acer Aspire Ethos 5943G and the 8943G notebooks. Well, Acer has been nice enough to display both of these notebooks at Computex and Engadget was good enough to approach them and try it out for us. Both models featured an Intel Core i7-720QM CPU, Blu-ray drives, an 8-cell battery, and the awesome trackpads. Engadget points out that the black dual-mode trackpad - "it's a standard touchpad until you press the circular button between the buttons, after which is turns into the system's multimedia controls.

The 15.6-inch 5943G notebook features 4GB of DDR3 RAM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics, while the 18.4-inch 8943G notebook features 8GB of DDR3 RAM along with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 graphics. Both notebooks should be available fairly soon (in the UK, at least) and you might want to save up a little bit of money for either of them.

[Engadget]

Apple To Refresh Mac Mini At WWDC, To Be Released On June 14th?

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There's a rumour going around that Apple will be updating their Mac Mini PC in the near future. Of course, we heard a while ago that they'll be replacing the DVI port for an HDMI port. Inside you'll also find a new Nvidia MCP89 chipset. With WWDC on Monday, we'll hopefully see a brief announcement on this refresh. They could start offering the new Mac Mini on June 14th.

[Gizmodo]

Sagem Puma Phone Hits Italy For €299, Promotion Could Win You €500

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It looks like the Sagem Puma Phone has just hit at least one carrier in Europe. It looks PosteMobile, "an Italian MVNO that uses Vodafone's network", now has the handset for €299 ($360 USD). This handset sports a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 3.2MP camera, GPS / HSDPA support, and a solar panel on the back. PosteMobile also has a promotion (here) going on where you can win €500 ($603 USD) in "telephone traffic." Of course, if you don't want this model there'll be the Puma Phone 2 running Android next year.

[Unwired View]

10-Inch Asus EPad Shows Up At Computex, Running Windows 7 With an Atom CPU -- With Video

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Here's yet another tablet from Asus, dubbed the EPad. This is another 10-inch tablet with Windows 7 so it's essentially a netbook without a keyboard. The specs are still unknown, so you can just check out the video below if you want. Not even the Atom CPU inside is known right now, so you'll have to wait a bit longer for that.



[Engadget]

MSI Unveils GT660 3D Notebook At Computex, Hitting the UK Later This Year

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At Computex, MSI has shown off their GT660 notebook which has 3D capabilities. Of course, it uses Nvidia's 3D Vision technology so you'll need the 3D glasses you see on the keyboard. Inside you'll find a quad-core Intel Core i7-720QM CPU, up to 12GB of RAM, two HDDs, and Nvidia's GTX 285M GPU. This is going to hit the UK later this year and the base model will cost you £1,300 ($1,893 USD)

[Pocket-Lint]

GCF Approves the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro For Europe and North America

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GCF has just approved of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro for Europe and North America. There's really not much to tell you here, but any carrier in either region could get it right now. For North America we have AT&T in the US and Rogers, Bell, and Telus in Canada.

[Phandroid]

HP Reveals New Atom-Powered Classmate PCs At Computex

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HP has just shown off a new Classmate PC at Computex. This new PC features a 10.1-inch display, a plastic body with the SUSE Linux 11 OS. Of course, this is going to be Intel Atom-powered and it also has VGA / two USB ports, a 4-in-1 memory card reader, audio jacks, and a front-facing webcam. Not much else is known about these upcoming Classmate PCs so we'll just have to wait around for RAM and internal storage.

[Electronista]

O2 UK Releases the Dell Streak / Mini 5 MID For Free On 18-Month and 2-Year Contracts

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As expected, O2 in the UK has just released the Dell Streak / Mini 5 MID. You can get this device for free on an 18-month contract for £40 ($58 USD) monthly or for free on a 2-year contract where you'll have to pay £35 ($51 USD). In case you need a bit of a refresher, this MID packs a 5-inch touchscreen Gorilla Glass display with a n 800 x 480 resolution, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, and Android 1.6 with an update to 2.1 later this year. Check it out on their website here.

[Phandroid]

Some Verizon Stores Now Offering the BlackBerry Bold 9650

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Boy Genius has just mentioned that some Verizon stores around the US are actually selling the BlackBerry Bold 9650 in stores a bit early. If you ask, they may be willing to give you one since some stores received their 9650's earlier than expected. It'll officially be hitting stores on June 10th so you should find it everywhere by then.

[Boy Genius]
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Telus Releases the Motorola i296 On their MiKE Network For $200 Contract-Free

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Telus has just released the rugged Motorola i296 in Canada thanks to their MiKE network. We already knew this was coming and it's now priced at $199.99 contract-free (here). The handset itself features push-to-talk functionalities, a 1.79-inch display with a 128 x 160 resolution, GPS support, Bluetooth, and a non-standard 2.5mm headphone jack.

[Mobile Syrup]

Acer Also Unveils the beTouch E120, Sports 2.8-Inch Display and Android

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We just heard about the Acer beTouch E130 and here's another one from the same company. Being dubbed the beTouch E120, this handset features a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen display, a 3MP camera, an ST Ericsson 416MHz CPU, and Android 1.6. Hopefully, it gets a version of upgrade to 2.1 or 2.2 before it releases. Of course, price and release dates are still TBA.

[Phandroid]

10-Inch Toshiba AC100-114 Netbook To Have Tegra T20 Chipset and Android 2.1

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Well, this is something new. Instead of waiting for Chrome OS, Toshiba could be planning to launch the AC100-114, which is a 10-inch netbook. This netbook will reportedly feature a 1,024 x 600 resolution display, the Nvidia Tegra T20 chipset, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, a 16GB SSD, WiFi b/g/n, HDMI / VGA / USB ports, a 1.3MP webcam, a 3-cell battery that will last up to 5-hours, and Android 2.1. Price and release dates are still TBA and we don't know for sure if this will hit the market. However, the specs do sound like they'd be perfect for Chrome OS (SSD and all).

[Liliputing]

Bell Releases the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) For $49.95

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Two days ago, both Rogers and Virgin Mobile released the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) in Canada for $49.99 on a 3-year contract. Well, today Bell has done the same thing, launching said smartphone for $49.95 on a 3-year contract. Of course, they also have it priced at $179.95 on a 2-year contract, $279.95 on a 1-year contract, and $329.95 contract-free (on Bell's site here). Now we just have to wait for WIND Mobile to step up to the plate and do the same thing; Telus still has to launch their black model as well.

[Mobile Syrup]

Acer Shows Off the beTouch E130, Like a Touchscreen Bold With Android - Without the Looks

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It looks like all the craze at Computex isn't amazingly thin laptops and prototype tablets. Acer, for the first time, has just revealed their beTouch E130 handset. This is sporting a 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard, an optical trackpad, WiFi support, 512MB of ROM, a microSD card slot, 256MB of RAM, a 3.2MP camera, an ST Ericsson 416MHz CPU, 3G connectivity, and Android. It was running Android 1.6 when it was on display but it could be getting an upgrade to either version 2.1 or 2.2 before it launches. The price and release date, of course, weren't mentioned.

[Unwired View]

Future Shop Now Selling the XPERIA X10 and the Motorola Milestone For $99.99 On a 3-Year

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If you head over to a Future Shop right now they're reportedly selling the Rogers Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and the Telus Motorola Milestone for just $99.99. These are both pretty great deals and the price drop is likely due to the new iPhone that's coming in the next couple of weeks (as soon as next week). Of course, since this is Canada you'll be locked up for 3-years. If you bite on the deal you'll also be getting a $75 gift card with your purchase so you'll be able to buy some accessories as well.

[Mobile Syrup]

Telus Releases the Nokia 3710 For $50 On Contract

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A bit earlier than expected, Canada has just got the Nokia 3710 on Telus. This handset is now available (here) for $49.99 on a 3-year contract, $79.99 on a 2-year contract, $129.99 on a 1-year contract, and $179.99 contract-free. I think that 3-year contract price is a bit high, but it's really up to you if you want to get it.

This flip phone features a 3.2MP camera with an LED flash, Bluetooth, aGPS support, and Nokia Maps.

[Mobile Syrup]

Sony Ericsson Working On a 5-Inch Android Phone With a QWERTY Keyboard

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There's a rumour going around that Sony Ericsson is prepping a smartphone that will likely be too big to fit in your pocket (not mine though). Apparently, it'll sport a 5-inch touchscreen display, a "hinged slide-out keyboard like the HTC Shift", and the Android 2.1 OS. The picture above is said to be a prototype of said smartphone, but who knows if it's legit. Sorry Sony Ericsson, this is an MID with phone functionalities to me.

[Engadget]

Nokia Unveils Four Low-End Handsets, C1 and C2 To Feature Dual-SIM Card Slots

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Nokia has just unveiled four new phones as a part of their C-Series line-up and they're all pretty standard phones. The first one (above) is the Nokia C1 (C1-00) which features an FM radio, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a flashlight, and a dual-SIM card slot. This will be available in Q3 of this year for just €30 ($39 USD).

Next up is the Nokia C2 (C2-00) which also features a dual-SIM card slot along with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a VGA camera, an FM radio, and a microSD card slot. This handset will reportedly be available late this year for €45 ($55 USD). Sadly, this handset isn't anything like the C2 that everyone was hoping for. On May 1st, we heard that the C2 would have a unique rotating QWERTY keyboard - you can check out that post here. Hopefully that handset lives to see the day of light though.

The handset you see above is the Nokia C1-01 - thanks for making things even more confusing Nokia - and it'll be available in Q4 of this year for €39 ($47 USD). This will come in a bunch of different colours and will not feature dual-SIM card slots.

The last one is the Nokia C1-02 which, again, doesn't feature a dual-SIM card slot. This handset also doesn't have a camera and will be available in Q4 for €35 ($43 USD).

[Unwired View, Slash Gear]

DigiLife Shows Off Their 10-Inch iOne Android Tablet With Integrated Pico-Projector

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At Computex, this pretty interesting tablet from DigiLife was spotted. It's being called the iOne and it's a 10-inch tablet with a capacitive touchscreen display and the Android OS. The most interesting part about this tablet is that it features an integrated VGA pico-projector. It's just a prototype right now and inside you'll find a Samsung Cortex A8 CPU. There are actually two microSD card slots on this tablet which is another great thing. The price isn't mentioned yet but this model right here could cost around $300 - the release date hasn't been mentioned yet. There's a video below so you'll have to scroll down past the picture.



[Slash Gear]

HTC EVO 4G Invades Sprint's Website, Get One Quick!

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As expected, Sprint has just released the HTC EVO 4G, their latest and best handset. It's going for $199.99 on a 2-year contract which should surprise nobody. Of course, you should probably make sure that you can take advantage of the 4G - even though it's not as fast as it will be in the future. Check it out on Sprint now.

[Engadget]

Innoversal Unveils 10.1-Inch Lattice Prototype Tablet With Pixel Qi Display and 8MP Camera

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Dubbed the Lattice, Innoversal has unveiled this 10.1-inch prototype tablet. It's sporting a Pixel Qi display that has a 1,024 x 600 resolution. Inside of this tablet you'll find an Intel Atom 1.66GHz CPU, 16GB to 64GB of internal (SSD) storage, an SDHC card slot, WiFi / Bluetooth support, 3G connectivity, an 8MP camera, a miniUSB port, Windows / Linux / Chrome OS options, and a 6-cell battery. The most shocking part about this tablet is that it features an 8MP camera, which surprised me. I think they should've traded in that 8MP sensor for a 5MP sensor and then they should've added a front-facing webcam. Of course, everything's subject to change since this is just a prototype.

Update: Engadget has mentioned that "if all goes well" the 16GB model with 3G and WiFi support could launch globally this September for somewhere between $530 and $550. Check out their website for some short hands-on footage as well.

[Electronista]

Modu T-Phone To Hit the Market For $400 To $500

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Apparently, a company named Modu is going to be releasing the phone you see above, dubbed the T-Phone. It's a lame name for a lame phone. The company is looking to price this handset at $400 to $500 which is definitely overpriced considering that there appears to be no camera on this. The good news is that it will have a full touchscreen display along with 3G connectivity. That's all we know right now though.

[Engadget]

Proof That Nokia Is Going To Launch a Windows Phone 7 Handset In the Future?

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About a month ago, we heard that Nokia would be releasing a Windows Phone and it seemed quite far-fetched at the time. The picture above appears to be proof that Nokia will really be releasing a handset with Windows Phone 7 on it. We don't know if this is outdated or not so we'll really just have to wait until Nokia unveils their first Windows Phone. Wow, that's weird to say. Anyways, check out what Eldar had to say here.

[WMPowerUser]

BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx II / Delta) Successor To Have a 5MP Camera and BB OS 6.0

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There's a rumour going around that the BlackBerry Onyx II is being worked on right now and it'll be the successor to the Bold 9700. This smartphone will reportedly feature a 360 x 480 resolution, 512MB of RAM, a 5MP camera, BB OS 6.0, and the new WebKit browser. Of course, nothing is confirmed right now but apparently it'll be the first GSM device with OpenGL support.

Update: According to The Cellular Guru, this smartphone will be codenamed the BlackBerry Onyx Delta

[Phone Arena, CrackBerry]

HTC Scorpion Supposedly Headed To Verizon and Bell, A Couple of Windows Phone 7 Handsets Leak Too

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Remember the HTC Scorpion from February? It was rumoured that this handset features an ARM Cortex 1.5GHz CPU, Android 2.2 "Froyo" and WiMAX. Apparently, this handset is set to launch on Verizon in the US and even in Bell in Canada. According to WMPowerUser, the HTC Gold is headed to Sprint, the HTC Schubert is headed to Telus, the Mondrain is headed to Rogers, and the HTC Spark is going to Bell and Verizon with the Scorpion. Most of these handsets specs are unknown but there's a rumour going around that the Mondrain will feature a 1.3GHz Snapdragon CPU along with Windows Phone 7. Most of these devices should be shipping with Windows Phone 7.

[WMPowerUser, ElectronistaPhone Arena]

Samsung SGH-T369 Hits the FCC, Another One Headed To T-Mobile

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Another Samsung handset has just hit the FCC (filing here) and it's the SGH-T369. This is slightly different from the T359 that we know will be hitting T-Mobile on June 23rd. It looks like it'll sport the same kind of design but the spec sheet is slightly upgraded. The T369 that hit the FCC looks like it has a 2MP camera along with Bluetooth 2.0. Since the T359 will be hitting T-Mobile on June 23rd, this handset should be coming in the later months.

[Phone Arena]

Huawei S7 Tablet Runs Android, Shows Up At Computex

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We heard about the Huawei S7 a couple of weeks ago and it decided to make an appearance at Computex. We already know that this tablet is rocking a 7-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, phone functionalities, 720p HD video playback support, WiFi / Bluetooth support, and Android 2.1. It's going to be powered by a Snapdragon CPU - likely the 1GHz single-core model. We don't know the targeted price or the release date right now so we're still going to have to sit tight for that.

Update: According to Engadget, the S7 definitely features the Qualcomm 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon CPU. Other specs include a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD card slot. Check out their website for a short video.

[Slash Gear]