Enjoy our roundup of some of the best mobile phone stories that you may have missed this week:
1. Help Nokia See the Future.
You may recall we told you our version of a dream mobile phone recently, well Nokia also want some input regarding what you’d like to see the phone of the future contain. Once they have enough information, they will create a render of said phone and present it on their Nokia Conversations blog during May.
2. Is the BlackBerry Slider the Talladega?
The mysterious Talladega BlackBerry phone has been linked with the equally mysterious BlackBerry Slider we have been seeing leaked shots of recently. Now, with an upcoming RIM tradeshow in a month, rumours have been flying that the devices are one and the same. Oddly, the rumour says that the ‘T’ will be a challenger to the iPhone, which as Engadget rightly points out, the Storm was also labelled as. Make you mind up RIM!
3. Nintendo DS Phone?
Once one starts, they all have to have a go! We’ve heard some more on Sony’s PSP Phone recently, and now Nintendo are rumoured to be preparing a 3G version of their DS handheld console, just in time for the Christmas period this year. Could it incorporate a phone, or Bluetooth for a headset?
4. HTC HD2 WinPho7 Rumours End.
But they don’t end well, as Microsoft has confirmed at this week’s MIX10 conference that their new OS won’t be finding its official way on to the current holder of ‘Best Windows Phone Ever’ crown.
5. Palm Continue to Struggle.
With an expected total of 650,000 units to be sold in the third quarter, Palm’s actual figure of 408,000 is worryingly low, especially as that is down on this time last year, before the Pre even went on sale.
6. Copy and Paste is Coming Say Microsoft.
We wrote about the new Windows Phone 7’s similarity to the iPhone earlier this week and now it has gone one step further. The lack of copy and paste will be rectified in a future build of the new operating system! Honestly, change the word Microsoft for Apple and we have a carbon copy of stories written pre-iPhone OS 3.0.
7. Silver Desire On Its Way.
We’re very excited about the new HTC Desire, but if we had one small complaint, it would be the slightly drab colour scheme seen in the pictures so far. But, as this snap proves, the Desire will also be available in a very slick looking brushed-aluminium style silver!
8. Higher Average App Spend in USA.
A study commissioned by app store Getjar has shown that buyers of mobile applications in North America have an average spend of $1.09, while app buyers in Europe have an average spend of $0.80.
9. GPS On the Increase.
New research has shown just how popular GPS has become on mobile phones, by indicating a 92% increase in global shipments of GPS-enabled handsets, giving a total of 150 million phones!
10. Oh Mobiado, How We Love You.
The 712AF was not a pleasant mobile phone in the first place, with its fiddly-looking keys and by today’s standards, small 2.2″ screen. But now you can get one with 18-karat yellow or rose gold for an undisclosed enormous sum. Aren’t we lucky.
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