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Nokia today announced a brand new touch screen phone, Nokia N900 that is powered by Maemo software, an open-source Linux-based software that delivers PC-like experience on a handset-sized device. The release of Nokia N900 instantly crowns the new king of mobile phone of the year. The N900 is powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 process with up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration, enough to support PC-like multitasking experience. Storage and memory wise, it has 32GB internal memory, and is upgradeable to 48GB via a microSD card. Besides that, it has a big high-resolution WVGA touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, fast HSPA and WLAN connectivity, and full Adobe Flash(TM) 9.4 support.

Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 empowers users to have dozens of application windows open and running simultaneously while taking full advantage of the cellular features, touch screen and QWERTY keyboard.

“With Linux software, Mozilla-based browser technology and now also with cellular connectivity, the Nokia N900 delivers a powerful mobile experience,” says Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Markets, Nokia. “The Nokia N900 shows where we are going with Maemo and we’ll continue to work with the community to push the software forward. What we have with Maemo is something that is fusing the power of the computer, the internet and the mobile phone, and it is great to see that it is evolving in exciting ways.”

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Samsung announced that sales of the Samsung Star S5230 surpassed the 5-million mark this month. The Star (model number S5230), launched in May, is the fastest model in Samsung’s history to reach the milestone.

Launched first in Europe, one million of the touch screen devices were sold in the first month and a half alone, after which the company expanded sales efforts to include markets in CIS, Southeast and Southwest Asia, East-Central Africa, China, and Central America.

“We’re very pleased by this success,” said Young-hee Lee, Vice President of Marketing, Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics. “We see the demand for touch screen phones increasing and we will continue to offer consumers a diverse range of products, supported by unique marketing campaigns.”

The Star was launched as an affordable mobile phone, appealing to young consumers with its slim, 11.9 mm body and 3-inch WQVGA touch screen. It also boasts high-tech features such as Samsung’s exclusive high-quality sound technology, DNSe, as well as a SmileShot-enabled camera and Bluetooth v2.1.

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Need a new phone to take to college that’s easy on the wallet and relatively easy on the eyes? Then perhaps we can interest you in two new Samsung feature phones that are all set to make their Big Red debut on September 8th. First up, the u960 Rogue, which features a touchscreen display, landscape-slider form factor, full-QWERTY keypad, 3 megapixel camera, GPS and EV-DO connectivity. Next is the u450 Intensity, which has a sliding QWERTY keypad, 1.3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. The cost? $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate for the Rogue and $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate for the Intensity, both on a 2-year contract.

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Federal antitrust authorities have allowed Sprint to move forward with the purchase of  Virgin Mobile for a cool $483 million.

The Federal Trade Commission announced the decision Monday. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter or in early 2010, subject to various approvals, including from Virgin Mobile shareholders, the Federal Communications Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On July 28, Overland Park Kan.-based Sprint (NYSE: S) said the companies’ boards had approved a definitive agreement for Sprint to buy Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM), based in Warren, N.J., for an amount that includes the value of Sprint’s current 13.1 percent ownership of Virgin Mobile.

Sprint hopes the acquisition will give it a stronger foothold in the booming prepaid market, in which it has gained more than 1.5 million customers this year with its Boost Mobile business. Sprint will keep the two brands to target different audiences, cross-sell other Sprint services and save through combining general and administrative operations.

Virgin Mobile was formed in mid-2002 as a joint venture between Sprint and United Kingdom-based Virgin Group Ltd., each of which invested as much as $150 million. In 2007, Virgin Mobile became a public company in which Sprint and Virgin Group remain investors. The Sprint network powers Virgin Mobile’s service.

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It’s been a long time (at least in the mobile world) since the Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) XPERIA X1, the company’s flagship smartphone, was launched. And, we’ve been hearing about the X1’s successor, the aptly named Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2, for quite some time. Today, we’re hearing that Sony Ericsson might just be preparing to announce the anticipated XPERIA X2 at some sort of press event that has yet to be announced.

SEMCblog has confirmation that Sony Ericsson will be announcing something next week. The XPERIA X2 (codename: Vulcan) is at the top of the list of possible launch candidates. If true, we could very well see the X2 being unveiled as the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional smartphone with an 8.1-megapixel camera (with autofocus), touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and some hefty on-board memory stores.

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Low-end Samsung Glint is now available for all Alltel Wireless subscribers looking for a simple and easy to use phone for texting and making phone calls. The entry-level clamshell comes with a VGA camera, two screens (internal is 128×160 pixels), Bluetooth connectivity (stereo), MMS support, and the ability to sing along two carrier’s services – Alltel Mobile Web and Alltel Shop from where users can grab some mobile content. As for the size, the Glint measures 3.78×1.87x.76 inches.

Again, as I already mentioned above, it’s a super-simple phone which lacks features, but is good enough for basic mobile operations…

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The HTC Sense UI might just be the best thing to happen to Android since, well, since Android was launched. The HTC Hero comes packed to the gills with smartphone hardware, like it’s 5-megapixel camera, 3.2-inch capacitance-based touchscreen, GPS, WiFi and smudge-resistant Teflon coating, but it’s the HTC Sense UI that makes the Hero really shine. Still, the Hero’s interface does have a couple niggling faults. The analog clock update ritual and lags between homescreen transitions have been sticking points for HTC. So much so that HTC is preparing to release an updated HTC Hero ROM that should fix those problems.

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mocoNews reports that Nokia continues to lead other manufacturers with 44.3 percent of the global market share of smartphone shipments, having shipped 16.9 million in the second quarter, according to research firm Canalysis.

RIM holds 20.9 percent of the market and Apple trails behind with 13.7 of the market share, having sold 5.2 million iPhone smartphones last quarter. Apple saw growth of 626 percent in the quarter year-over-year.

Global smartphone shipments grew 13.4 percent in the second quarter compared with the same quarter last year.

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Samsung today announced the availability of a new noise-canceling Bluetooth headset named WEP970, which is the upgraded version of the award-winning WEP850.

Samsung WEP870 unites a premiere noise-canceling Bluetooth mono headset with high-fidelity Bluetooth music streaming to premium stereo ear buds all in one device. Featuring multi-connection technology, the WEP870 can be paired simultaneously with two Bluetooth enabled devices at once. The WEP870 is a mono-style headset with chrome trim and a graphite finish that can be worn on either ear to facilitate calls or listen to music through its high fidelity earpiece. The headset also features a stereo earbud lanyard that can be attached to the headset and worn comfortably around the neck for full music enjoyment.

There is no information about its pricing.

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We started off the week with my 2 part look at the Nokia 6790 Surge, a new smartphone for AT&T that Ricky is currently testing for his review. You can find part 1 of the Nokia Surge video here, and part 2 over here.

Russell also put together a 2 part look at LG’s Viewty Smart, which is available in the UK and much of the rest of Europe. Part 1 of the LG Viewty Smart video and part 2 are both worth watching. Russell’s written review will be posted soon.

And just yesterday I posted a video showing how 3M’s Mobile Privacy Film works on a RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900. The privacy film is like a screen protector that prevents the people sitting next to you from being able to read what’s on your phone’s display. It works really well.

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