Ha..today The Pharos Traveler 137 was announced. It is a new Windows mobile 6.1 Professional touch screen PDA phone, that has some decent specs. But most notable is the fact that it is has AWS 1700MHz 3G (cough T-Mobile support cough), and it has AT&T 3G. But on the AT&T part, it is lacking the 850MHz 3G band, which AT&T is/will use in certain markets for their 3G network. So, based on that, I doubt this is for AT&T.

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10131645-100.html

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-06-2009/0004949671&EDATE=

[blockquote]Traveler 137 Specifications

    * Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
    * Hardware partner: Pharos works closely with Inventec
    * Processor: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528MHz
    * Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM, 512MB Flash ROM
    * Phone: unlocked GSM quad band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, EDGE / GPRS, Tri-band 3G, 1700/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS 384Kb/s, HSDPA 7.2Mb/s, HSUPA 2Mb/s
    * Talk time: up to 4 hours talk time and 200 hours standby time
    * Display: 3.5" TFT LCD with touch panel, 480 x 800 Wide-VGA with 65,000 colors
    * Wireless: GPS aGPS compatible, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth(TM) v2.1 + EDR , FM tuner
    * Camera: 3 megapixel for picture or video, .3 megapixel on the front for video conference
    * Expansion: USB 2.0, micro SD slot support SDHC, stereo audio jack
    * Battery: 1380 mAh Li-Ion, rechargeable/replaceable
    * Size: 4.60in (L) x 2.40in (W) x 0.51in (H)
    * Weight: 4.9 ounces[/blockquote]


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[b]Pic credit: Pharos[/b]

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Remember the T-Mobile Dash that came out in 2006? Well in May 2007, T-Mobile decided to upgrade it software-wise by upgrading it from Windows Mobile 5, to Windows Mobile 6. Now, as today, T-Mobile has again given it a minor upgrade. This time in terms of hardware. Again I say minor upgrade. I emphisized minor upgrade because this time, they changed the front of the phone from the silver and black, to all black. Even the buttons have been changed in terms of color.

It does look better in black. But, we take it they didn't even bump up the CPU, which stands as an OMAP 201MHz CPU.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/01/01....k-ninjas-swoon/

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell....bile-Dash-Black




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Announced at Nokia World 2008 was the Nokia N97. The new high-end smartphone in Nokia's N-series line up. It features a Qwerty keyboard which is most commonly found in the Nokia E-series and a touch screen which is most commonly found in Nokia's N7xx/8xx series.
Also interesting on this devices is the 3.5, 16:9 aspect ration wide-screed LCD at a resolution of 640 by 360. That makes the device excellent for watching movies while on the go.

To hold the media content to be displayed on that wide-screen is 32GB of built in flash as well as an expansion slot (microSD) which supports up to 16GB more. No N-series phone would be complete without an above average cell phone camera to match, and the N97 comes well prepared. It has a 5 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens along with dual LED flash to round out its high end feature set. Like most Nokia smartphones the N97 will be running Symbian OS, S60 5th edition to be specific.

According to the specifications released the device will support GSM 3G around the world except for on T-Mobile USA's network since the phone does now support the needed 1700MHz spectrum. GPRS and EDGE will be supported across every GSM network though due to the Quadband 850/900/1800/1900 spectrum support.

For a full list of features visit the Nokia specification sheet (pdf) here: Nokia N97 Data Sheet
To see a video of the Nokia N97 in action click here: Nokia N97 Video

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As with most smartphones, it was only a matter of time before some one got a variant of linux running on the iphone.
The team over at “Linux on the iPhone” have gotten the linux 2.6 Kernel booting on the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and the 1st generation iPod Touch.
Right now the project is in the very early stages of development and linux is not yet very useful on the iPhone. This proof however that things are going in the right direction for the project.

What is working now:
- Framebuffer driver
- Serial driver
- Serial over USB driver
- Interrupts, MMU, clock, etc.

What does not work:
- Write support for the NAND
- Wireless networking
- Touchscreen
- Sound
- Accelerometer
- Baseband support

As this project progresses, more of the does not work items should be resolved.

A video demonstration of linux on iphone can be viewed here: tp://www.vimeo.com/2373142

For further information and to download the files to try on your iphone/touch visit here: http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2008/11/linux-on-iphone.html

This post was done from a mobile device.

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Rogers has announced that the Nokia E71 will be launched on their network soon.
This is good news for Canadian GSM users who are looking for a Symbian business centric device.
This device was detailed in a previous post here: Nokia E71 lands in New York

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Access (the company that makes the Netfront mobile web browser and the company that bought Palm OS) announced on October 23rd that their ALP (Access Linux Platform) is about ready to go for mobile devices.
There are two version of the OS ALP 3.0 and ALP mini. 3.0 is intended for high-end feature phones while ALPmini is designed for less powerful devices.
As can be told by the name ALP is a linux based Operating System yet Access claims that it is fully compatible with the older Palm OS applications.


ALPmini is ready to be used now by OEMs while ALP3.0 is soon to be released.
As can be seen in the screen shots the netfront web broswer is preinstalled which is no surprise considering that is a product of Access.
This probably means that the web browsing experience on an ALP powered phone should be better than average assuming the version in ALP is similar to that of the Windows Mobile version of their browser.
A dedicated site for ALP can be viewed here: Access Linux Platform WebSite

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The Opera 9.5 beta mobile browser that has been available for Windows Mobile 5/6 for a little while now has now been ported to Symbian UIQ3 devices. So now owners of such smartphones can get a glimpse of what the new browser has to offer as well.
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The download for Opera Mobile 9.50b beta is available here: Opera Mobile 9.50b beta for UIQ 3

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AT&T will sell the Apple Iphone 3G in Puerto Rico, and the USVI on October 17th, according to AT&T. The requirements have not changed since Apple/AT&T launched the iphone 3G here in the states in July.

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26136

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AT&T to Sell iPhone 3G in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands On Oct. 17 Dallas, Texas, September 30, 2008 AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that it will launch iPhone™ 3G in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Oct. 17. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast1 on the nation's fastest 3G network, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs thousands of third-party applications available through the Apple App Store. AT&T is making it easy for customers to prepare for their iPhone 3G purchase by posting "Get iReady" tips and frequently asked questions at www.att.com/iphone. The site also includes a link for customers to check their upgrade eligibility and other wireless account information. "iPhone will arrive for AT&T customers in Puerto Rico on October 17," said Jose Juan Davila, vice president and general manager of AT&T's wireless operations in Puerto Rico. "AT&T is committed to offering the most innovative products and services to our customers, and we are pleased to be part of this great milestone in our market." New AT&T customers who wish to port or retain their phone number from another wireless carrier should consider bringing a copy of a bill from their current service provider. Customers will be asked to provide account information as it appears on record with their current provider, including: * Account number * Name of the account holder * Account holder's Social Security number or Tax ID * Billing address * PIN or password (if applicable) Pricing and Eligibility iPhone 3G will be available for $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. These prices require two-year contracts and are available to the following: * Customers activating a new line with AT&T. * Current AT&T customers who are eligible, at the time of purchase, for an upgrade discount. * Current customers who are not eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement. Current customers may also choose to wait until they become eligible for an upgrade discount. Eligibility is generally determined by amount of time remaining on a current contract and payment history. Current AT&T customers who are upgrading to iPhone 3G will pay an $18 upgrade fee and new AT&T customers will pay the standard $36 activation fee. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com. 1 Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions. Post by terryjohnson16 To discuss this topic, speak your mind here on the Reaper PC/PDA Forum: Click Here

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=223


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Today Nokia announced the XpressMusic 5800, a new touch screen-based device that is aimed at the youth market. The 5800 will come with several different radio configurations, including one for European markets and a quad-band GSM/EDGE dual-band 850/1900 MHz HSDPA variant for North America. It also packs in stereo Bluetooth, a-GPS and Wi-Fi. The screen measure 3.2 inches across and 640 x 360 pixels for QVGA resolution. It uses touch-resistance (not touch-capacitance) technology for the touch screen and haptic feedback. Other specs include stereo speakers, a 3.5mm headset jack and a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual LED flashes. The camera also shoots video at 30 frames per second. It will run S60 5th Edition, which is adapted to work with touch input. The updates to the S60 include a new contacts bar, a new media key and simplified menu systems. The 5800 will be boxed with lots of accessories, including an 8GB microSD card, though the phone will support cards up to 16GB. The phone will be available in European markets starting in the fourth quarter of 2008, and other markets, including the U.S., in the first quarter of 2009. Pricing information was not immediately disclosed.

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Nokia tips hat to Apple, RIM

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/10/02/nokia-tips-hat-to-apple-rim.html


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Nokia talked a bit about competitors today and was generally cool with throwing them a bone, while of course remaining confident in their own progress. For example, they respected RIM’s ability to work into the enterprise back-end while still claiming Nokia would overtake their numbers in the next couple of months thanks to a recent arrangement with Microsoft and Cisco. Similarly, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said of Apple, “We have a new, credible competitor in this business. You know I need to take my hat off … Of course we need to be able to respond to any competitor and we will.” When it comes to a statement like that, you can’t help but take a look at the Tube and wonder if that’s supposed to be their answer to the iPhone. In any case, that’s the classy way to talk about competition. When announcing their Q2 earnings, RIM rebuffed the idea that the iPhone posed any threat whatsoever, which some investors thought was ignorant and downright delusional. Despite decent growth numbers, RIM’s stock took a dive following the conference call, which was further compounded by the US stock market crash. It just goes to show that attitude towards competitors can say a lot about a company. Posted by dadeisvenm To discuss this topic, speak your mind here on the Reaper PC/PDA Forum: Click Here

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirms Zune on Windows Mobile

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/10/02/mic....ows-mobile.html




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While this isn’t the Zune phone that many have speculated is in the works in Microsoft’s R&D labs, it’s the next best thing. The media-playing (and presumably sharing) capabilities of the Zune music player have been confirmed to be coming to the Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that the Zune software that powers the Zune media player “will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc.” We can’t see how Ballmer could be any more clear about the Zune software hitting the Windows Mobile OS - presumably with Windows Mobile 7 in 2009 - to bring all that digital media-player functionality that Zune-fans have been calling for in a mobile phone. Ballmer’s vision for Microsoft has the company bringing the functionality of its Zune media player to Windows Mobile smartphones around the world. Rather than concentrate on manufacturing smartphones to chase Apple’s iPhone for market share, Zune on Windows Mobile essentially allows Microsoft to build up with mobile brand with more feature-appeal.

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When T-Mobile USA and Google officially announced the T-Mobile G1 device powered by Android, they mentioned that the device would come with a 1GB micro-SD card pre-loaded. But when asked how much external storage can the device acknowledge, 8GB using a micro-SDHC card was quoted on the current version of Android software presently on the T-Mobile G1, and that it would support a higher capacity in the future with a firmware upgrade.

But, today, Android Community got a good piece of info from a Google Spokesperson, that was quoted as saying:

“We have completed tests, and the new SanDisk 16GB card will run on the current version of Android. No new firmware required.”

This is indeed good news, for people that want to pretend the T-Mobile G1 can live and support as much mass storage as the arch rival Apple I-phone. Now, you can go out and order the T-Mobile G1, and go buck wild in the Android Market store and fill up those GB's waiting to be used.

Oh did we mention, the T-Mobile G1 supports Mass Storage, so you can plug your USB cable from the phone to your PC, and it will see it as an external drive.
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-g1-....-card-20080930/

Now only if we could get confirmation that the device can support 32GB of Micro-SDHC storage out of the box. Hopefully the 32GB micro-SDHC card will be sold soon.

Nokia launches Linux-based Qt Extended mobile platform


Nokia announced today the launch of Qt Extended 4.4, a complete mobile and embedded development platform based on the open source Qt toolkit. It is designed with a modular architecture that provides building blocks for assembling a Linux-based software stack for various embedded devices ranging from phones to set-top boxes.

Nokia acquired Norwegian software company Trolltech earlier this year for $153 million and is now working to consolidate Trolltech's technologies in order to simplify the Qt software ecosystem. The release of Qt Extended 4.4 is part of an effort to rebrand and overhaul Trolltech's former Qtopia platform.

The Qt Extended platform consists of 19 separate components that span a broad range of functionality, including messaging, multimedia, and productivity.

"Qt Extended is designed to accelerate software development for a wide range of consumer devices, such as video IP phones, media players and other advanced devices," said Nokia's Qt software vice president Sebastian Nystrom. "With the new release of Qt Extended, we are making it easier to differentiate the user experience and the feature set."

The Qt Extended platform

The underlying telephony stack supports GSM, GPRS and VoIP. For those capabilities, the platform supplies reference implementations that hardware makers can replace or extend. These pieces are wrapped with an abstraction layer that gives application developers easy access to the functionality in a consistent way across Qt Extended devices.



The Qt Extended messaging component spans the full range of mobile communication technologies, including SMS, MMS, e-mail, and instant messaging. It is built on top of Telepathy, a modular communication framework that is also used on Nokia's Maemo platform and is increasingly being adopted on the Linux desktop. The platform includes a messaging library that provides application developers with a high-level API for composing messages and manipulating the system's message data store. It also exposes Telepathy-based services, including XMPP communication via the Telepathy's Gabble connection manager.

In addition to including audio and video playback infrastructure, the multimedia framework in Qt Extended also offers a set of common widgets for building multimedia applications. The top layer of the multimedia stack is the Phonon abstraction library. Qt Extended supports Helix and GStreamer backends for Phonon, but adopters can also make their own to plug into the stack. The multimedia stack also supports a DRM implementation that is compatible with the Open Mobile Alliance DRM standard.

The platform's built-in personal information management (PIM) layer is constructed on top of the SQLite database library. It is fully extensible and can be accessed by multiple applications at the same time. The toolkit includes synchronization APIs and widgets that can be used to develop new PIM applications. The platform includes a reference implementation of a very basic PIM suite.

The user interface is, of course, built with the Qt widget toolkit. The layout and design of the menu system, dialer, and window manager can be customized with XML-based theming descriptions. It also includes an extensible input method system that supports basic handwriting recognition, standard phone numerical pads (with predictive text), and qwerty keyboards.






Qt Extended comes with a lot of other useful things, including the QWebKit widget for building mobile browsers and rich Internet applications, support for Bluetooth and WiFi, and some important architectural components, like a policy-based security system for sandboxing applications and an interprocess communication layer that leverages Qt's signal and slot model.

Running Qt Extended

Nokia is distributing two basic reference platforms built on top of Qt Extended. One of them is a GSM phone platform that is designed for the OpenMoko handsets, and the other is for a desktop video phone device. These reference platforms can be used as a starting point for device makers that are building their own Qt Extended hardware products and can also be used by third-party application developers who want to target Qt Extended devices.

There are numerous commercial products that run various flavors of the Qt mobile platform, including the Sony Mylo, the Dash navigation system, and the Netflix Roku streaming video box. I've experimented with a previous version of the Qtopia phone reference platform on one of Trolltech's now-defunct Greenphone devices, but the best way for developers to do application testing and get a real hands-on feel for the platform now is to test it on an OpenMoko phone.

Relative to some other mobile platforms that we have looked at recently, Qt Extended is a strong contender, and it has a lot of nice capabilities. The biggest strengths are the quality of the development tools and the flexibility of the toolkit. There are a lot of things in Qt that make it a real asset on mobile devices. For example, it's easy to create visually rich touchscreen-friendly Qt widgets using SVG and CSS.





Qt Extended is distributed under the same kind of dual-licensing model as the desktop toolkit. Qt developer Lorn Potter commented on this in a blog entry this past weekend. "Qt Software and Nokia are still committed to releasing Qt and Qt Extended under the GPL as open source, and will continue to do so," he wrote. "Changes are a part of life and what make it exciting. The Open Source community has nothing to fear by this name change, or by Nokia buying Trolltech."

Check out the Qt Extended launch web site for more details about the platform and some demo videos.

Reported from: Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200....e-platform.html

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OS News http://www.osnews.com/story/20344/Nokia_....Mobile_Platform

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Microsoft has reportedly delayed Widows Mobile 7 until the second half of next year. The timing of this report comes on the heels of the announcement of the Google's T-Mobile G1 Android phone announcement. It now seems that the releases of the mobile OS has been pushed back to the second half of 2009.

This could be bad news for Microsoft in the mobile spaces since Google, Apple, and RIM are all releasing getting attention with new OS releases and updates this year.

The first mention of Windows Mobile 7 here at Reaper PC/PDA was on January 8th of this year at this post: Windows Mobile 7 Plans revealed

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http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/09/24....endly-approach/

"Our goal, when the T-Mobile G1 becomes available in October, is to provide affordable, high-speed data service allowing customers to experience the full data capabilities of the device and our 3G network. At the same time, we have a responsibility to provide the best network experience for all of our customers so we reserve the right to temporarily reduce data throughput for a small fraction of our customers who have excessive or disproportionate usage that interferes with our network performance or our ability to provide quality service to all of our customers.

We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access over our 3G network. The specific terms for our new data plans are still being reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this broadly with current customers and potential new customers."

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This will be Research In Motion aka RIM's first flip phone. And of course, T-Mobile will be the one to market it exclusively in October until the end of 2008. This of this device as the Blackberry Pearl but with a newer OS, and in a flip form factor. It will have Wi-Fi, and support T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home UMA service. It will come in two colors. A red version and a black version.

Phonescoop got the scoop recently at CTIA IT Wireless:
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=219&p=1523

Along with that in Oct, T-Mobile will be offering a few more color options for their Pearl 2 8120 lineup.

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HTC announced the HTC Touch HD. This baby looks sweet. Well they got the idea unofficially from RIM and borrowed the Blackberry Storm's design.

A member named mobiman2008, posted about the HTC Touch HD over at Modoco.com



Here are some known specs (whether they be finalized or not, these are has been listed at the moment):

• 3G (More likely its going to be Tri-band 850/1900/2100MHz) Please HTC add AWS 1700 so us T-Mobile USA customers can you this to the fullest extent.
  
• 480 x 800 pixel WVGA touchscreen display
  
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
  
• TouchFLO 3D UI band-aid
  
• Qualcomm 7201A processor @ 528MHz
  
• 512MB ROM / 256MB RAM (+32MB on processor)
  
• 115mm x 62.8mm x 12mm
  
• 3.5mm headset jack on the top!
  
• Integrated GPS
  
• 5 Megapixel camera (!), no flash (not !)
  
• No D-pad or scroll wheel, does have a stylus
  
• microSD slot
  
• 1350 mAh battery
  

http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-....e-htc-touch-hd/

It does look to be a finger-print magnet.

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A few months ago, Google formed an alliance, called the Android Alliance. Android is a Linux-based mobile OS, that is supposed to be open-sourced allows companies to make software for the OS platform, and allows the users to have more apps made available to them.

T-Mobile USA as well as Sprint, signed up a few months ago, to support the Google Android OS. T-Mobile USA has been the main supporter of the software and has been pushing HTC, which is one of the manufacturers making devices for the Android software. HTC has been so tied up lately by being committed to T-Mobile's upcoming Android device that, Sprint has to wait til next year to have their device come into fruitation.

Verizon and AT&T haven't been really interested in the Android OS hype. AT&T is tied up with Apple right now, making and improving you know what. Cough, I-phone, cough. Verizon might not seem to be interested since they like to control their devices, and what the customer can and can not do, thanks to the V-Cast OS.

T-Mobile USA will be offering a device called the HTC "G1" Dream device which will be offered as a pre-sale to their current customers in September, while offering the device to new customers sometime in October. T-Mobile USA is expecting this device and new OS to take off and provide some direct competition to Apple's iPhone device, which made it's way into the spotlight in June 2007. The iPhone 3G, the updated model to the model sold in June 2007, was launched last month, on July 11th.

Here is an article by the NY Times regarding this upcoming device, and how T-Mobile ties to this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/technology/15google.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

There will be more news regarding T-Mobile USA soon, once more news comes down the pipes.

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