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It’s official: Dell launches Inspiron Mini 9 with Vodafone Europe

It’s official: Dell launches Inspiron Mini 9 with Vodafone Europe

Oh baby! Remember last night I reported a tip about Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 ultra-mobile device coming, possibly to Vodafone? Woosh. It’s arriving across Vodafone Europe in late September. I just got the release from them. It’s obviously got built-in HSDPA broadband. You’ll be able to get it directly from Dell or from a Vodafone [...]

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Dell Mini Inspiron coming to a UK operator shortly

Dell Mini Inspiron coming to a UK operator shortly

I had a tip in this evening from a reader who reckons that the Dell Mini Inspiron — as seen by Gizmodo (pictures from Gizmodo too) — is heading to a UK operator shortly. Almost every operator has got in on the laptops-for-30-quid-a-month thing — and they’ll thrown in a USB data dongle. Well. If [...]

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Nokia N85 and N79 hitting the UK next month

We’ve a guest post today from World of Nokia‘s Dan Carter on the manufacturer’s newest additions coming soon — over to you Dan: – – – – – First of all hello everyone from me on my first guest post and thanks to Ewan for the chance to post on the site I have been [...]

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The mysterious phone I’m testing

The mysterious phone I’m testing

A little while ago I got a note from 3. “Would you like to try out one of our new handsets?” asked the chap. “Sure!” I said. I’m always interested to see what’s coming next. The chap wouldn’t be drawn on the identity of the handset. Quite a good idea, if you want to get [...]

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Motorola still suffering as sales keep sinking

It looks like things are getting worse before they get better chez Motorola. It’s just put out the latest set of results for its mobile devices division and there’s all the bad news expected plus a bit more for good measure – sales were down 39 percent year-on-year, losses were up and the company sold [...]

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NTT tests out smelly mobiles

NTT Com’s engineers look like they might have a bit too much time on their hands: the company has revealed its planned to test its ‘Mobile Fragrance Communication (Kaori Tsushin Mobile)’ service for 10 days this month. Users taking part in the trial will be treated to smell emanating from their mobiles to accompany the [...]

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Almost everything you wanted to know about the zzzPhone

Almost everything you wanted to know about the zzzPhone

The zzzPhone: The first mass-consumer customisable mobile handset. I can’t tell you how exciting it was, a few months ago, flicking through the zzzPhone order form and choosing the specification of my new handset. GPS or no? How much memory? Size of camera? Did you say 7 megapixel? Heh. It was brilliant. I ended up [...]

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Cheaper devices getting smarter

Phones look like they’re getting cleverer: one in three mobiles will be a smartphone by 2013, according to ABI Research, up from one in ten today. Nokia remains the most popular smartphone seller, with 52 percent of the market, while Symbian is found on 65 percent of devices. The expected growth in smartphone numbers is [...]

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Moto courted by Asian manufacturers in spin off deal?

The ongoing “will they, won’t they” saga of Motorola’s handset division spin-off has taken another turn today. According to Financial Times partner mergermarket.com, some companies have stepped forward to begin talks with Moto. The site reports that “many leading Asian telecommunications equipment and device manufacturers” who have previously denied interest in taking over the unit [...]

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