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LG Korea unveiled two new mobile DTV devices that are headed for the U.S. in 2010. The first is an upgraded version of the LG Lotus equipped with a long antenna and an integrated digital TV tuner. For those that have forgotten this rather forgettable phone, the original LG Lotus is a boxy QWERTY clamshell that launched on Sprint in late 2008. And, if a boxy cell phone with an ungainly antenna doesn’t suit your fancy, then perhaps a shiny, black portable DVD player with a built-in 800 channel DTV tuner may. No word on pricing or availability but both devices are expected to get the official nod from LG’s US division at CES 2010 next week in Las Vegas.

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We may never know exactly why AT&T suspended online sales of the iPhone to residents of New York last night, but it doesn’t matter anymore — the site’s been updated and online sales are back… online. In other news, previously spiking sales of pants in the New York area have suddenly flatlined.

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It’s pretty simple: Apple’s iPhone OS is basically the only major smartphone operating system without an official or unofficial Google Voice client. We used to have GV Mobile and VoiceCentral, but as we all know, those were abruptly removed from the App Store and even Google’s official client was turned away. Well, at least Apple didn’t Amazon your iPhone and take away the Google Voice applications you already bought/downloaded, right? They might as well have as GV Mobile was rendered useless after a Google Voice-side update, and with no way of updating existing user’s applications, anyone who had been a GV Mobile user up until that point in time was out of luck.

GV Mobile is now available for jailbroken iPhone devices for free, but there’s something better coming up… GV Mobile 2.0. We’re really excited to tell you about it, too. It has been polished and refined — it had an injection of features — and we love using it, even in its non-final and beta form. For starters, dialed calls connect almost instantly, your iPhone contacts and favorites are accessible right within the app, there’s voicemail transcription viewing, and even multiple Google Voice account support. Advanced features like call forwarding phones, do not disturb settings as well automatic syncing, and even Growl support are on the to-do list, but for now, we’re just happy to have GV Mobile back on our non-jailbroken iPhone. Hopefully Apple reverses course and lets this version through their pearly gates when it is finished, though we wouldn’t bet the farm on it. Couple application shots after the break!

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One of our tipsters helped us uncover a gold mine of information on those two mysterious Motorola handsets that have been making random appearances all around the globe this week. The Motorola XT701 “Sholes Tablet” and the XT800 “Zeppelin” have appeared alongside the already announced Motorola MT710 on Motorola’s website in China. The XT701 still retains that funny hump and will feature:

• Android 2.0 with full suite of Google applications
• Cortex A8 quad-core processor
• WLAN (WAPI / WIFI) 802.11 b / g
• Support for 3G (WCDMA / HSDPA 10.2M / HSUPA 5.76M)
• 3.7-inch-wide touch-screen super FWVGA capacitance, 854X480 resolution, high-definition display
• 5 million pixel auto-focus camera, Xenon flash
• Built-in gravity sensor, infrared proximity sensors, ambient light sensor model
• Android Market support (pending)
• aGPS
• 32GB Micro-SD(HC)
• FM Stereo FM radio
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Fashion Touch Interface
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

Hit the jump for the specs of the Motorola XT800, a dual CDMA-EVDO/GSM handset headed to China Telecom.

• Android 2.0 with full suite of Google applications
• CDMA EVDO / GSM dual-network
• 3G network support, WIFI / WAPI free switching
• 3.7-inch high-definition resolution of 854×480
• HDMI high-definition (720p) output
• 5 million pixel digital camera, auto focus, dual LED flash
• Cortex TM – A8 multi-core processor
• MOTO-specific Nicam -professional intelligent noise reduction
• GPS
• 32GB Micro-SD
• Electronic Compass & Support for gravity sensing
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• FM Stereo FM radio
• Standard 3.5 mm headphone jack

Follow the read link for additional images and details on these two Motorola handsets.

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It was a slow rollout today, but the promised Zune HD Twitter app is now live in Marketplace. We’ve been playing with it a little since we got it, and while it’s definitely one of the more attractive mobile Twitter clients we’ve come across, it’s also distressingly laggy: it’s stalled out several times just scrolling a list of tweets, button presses go ignored, and refreshing data seems to cause all sorts of consternation — our Zune’s dropped its WiFi connection several times now. Not sure what’s going on with that, but we’ve definitely seen some far more polished apps running on the Zune, so we’re hoping these glitches get cleaned up soon.

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The Google Nexus one just released by Google a few days ago and now it is the talk of the world. This phone is really slim but looks like all other cell phones. The Google Nexus One is really some phone made by Google because they are allowing the buyers to choose the carrier they want to sign up with as long as people pay full price for the unlocked Nexus One but people might as well buy Nexus One accessories.

We got a pretty good glimpse of HTC’s rumored Legend back in that huge roadmap leak a few days back, but now we’re circling back for a better shot (and a few more details) of the probable Hero successor in all its roughly-rendered glory. High-end aficionados are probably still going to want to set their sights on the Bravo (or the Google Phone, Nexus One, Passion, what have you), but this sucker won’t be a slouch, either — it looks like it’s signed up for a 600MHz MSM7227 and, more importantly, a WVGA display. We’d already known this from the last leak, but what’s new here is the presence of HTC People II and Footprints II, suggesting that Sense is going to get some sort of refresh to commemorate the launch. Add in the alleged metal casing, and we bet this thing’s gonna be a looker in the flesh; needless to say, March can’t come soon enough.

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American, please stay away from this phone, you guys are too broke, and this phone is just for the rich Chinese. I am sorry, this is just a joke. In fact, this gorgeous Sharp SH800M will only be launched for China Mobile in China, no other nation but China. The Sharp SH800M is Sharp’s first phone that support China Mobile’s unique TD-SCDMA network, a strategy to tap into the world’s largest cell phone market. The SH800M phone is said to feature 5-megapixel digital camera with LED flash, autofocus, geotagging, and etc. Besides that, it also supports CMMB mobile TV standard, a standard developed and specified in China by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT), allowing users to watch live TV channels using the phone. The phone is said to have DOLBY MOBILE chip that output virtual 5.1 surround sound output.

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It’s not the first time we’ve seen the iPhone used as an experimental means of education, but a London school’s recent announcement of its plans has caught our attention. The Gumley House Convent School — a small, Christian School for girls ages 11 to 18 — in London has laid out its plan to use give Apple’s smartphone to a select group of 30 students as a test educational measure. Previous efforts we’ve seen to rope the iPhone into modern education have been mostly at the collegiate level, but Gumley’s plan is still a bit vague. The girls will have free access to all of the phone’s features with the exception of actual calls, and the trial will last until the end of the school year. Like we said — the school’s not given out details as to what the actual rules of use will be — but we have a feeling this will all end in some wild bout of texting overload.

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Motorola made an investment in Sensitive Object, a company that focus on multitouch technology development. Sensitive Object’s Anywhere MultiTouch platform extends tactilization to any surface of a device allowing for virtual controls and next generation user-interfaces. The unique software technology leverages acoustics to analyze sound waves departing from the point of a touch to precisely and cost-effectively transform any product into a touch device. Sensitive Object’s ReverSys software can be deployed in any product benefiting from “touch-based” user interfaces including touch screen and touch control in various markets such as mobile devices.

“Natural user interface (NUI) and in particular interacting with a device through touch is an area of rapid development and great excitement,” said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. “Sensitive Object provides an innovative and unique approach allowing new ways of interaction. We’re most excited to be involved in their growth and success.”

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