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Engadget: Here’s a fresh Apple rumor in the run-up to MacWorld: a TomTom GPS module for the iPhone. We just received this supposed photographic “evidence” of said device from a Dutch tipster. Our take? Might be, might not. TomTom is a Dutch company and a righteous, straight-talkin’ Dutchman would never tell such a fib, would […]

RCR Wireless News: A group of industry heavyweights—headed by Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC Corp., Qualcomm Inc., and Motorola Inc.—announced a new software platform for cellphones that includes an operating system, middleware, user interface and applications. The alliance said the first phones based on the “Android” platform will be available in the second half of next […]

Daily Tech Rag: Good news for the chatty among us and bad news for the easily-annoyed: the BBC is reporting that mobile calls on airlines could be a reality in Europe by as early as next year. The proposed plan would involve a picocell GSM base-station on the plane that would relay calls via satellite […]

Daily TechRag: We’ve known that Sprint is getting the slick HTC Touch for quite a while now but until today, pricing and availability for the Windows Mobile 6 device remained a mystery. Here’s the full scoop, straight from the horse’s mouth: the Touch goes on sale November 4th for $250 with 2-year service agreement and […]

The Boy Genius Report: Remember the HTC Juno? It is most certainly going to T-Mobile USA. While Juno is the codename, we haven’t got word of the official launch name yet. It’s a Windows Mobile based device and has a “consumer friendly interface, most likely HTC’s TouchFlo,” says our source. He also goes on to […]

GigaOM:Is Google (GOOG) Phone fact or fiction? Engadget says Google’s entry into mobile phone business is for real, and the company is going to announce it soon. Scott Kirsner talked to a bunch of folks over who are intimately familiar with the effort and outlined his findings in an article for The Boston Globe.
The story […]

Engadget: We are seriously not going to take credit for this, but holy crap, Palm just cancelled the Foleo, just like we asked them to! Palm CEO Ed Colligan just posted a message to the company’s official blog stating that they’ve decided to cancel the Foleo mobile companion “in its current configuration” in order to […]

Gizmodo: JB over at Crunchgear has the exclusive on the “upcoming” Google Phone, supposedly set to launch in Q1 2008. His source is someone inside HTC, the company that Google’s working with to pick one of 20 models to finalize their design.
On the software side, they’re going to build a special version of Google Maps […]

Pocket-lint.co.uk - gadget news and reviews: Remember that patent we showed you a while ago for the PSP phone? We reported that Sony Ericsson had filed patents for mobile phones with specific gaming features.
One design showed the phone having a swivel screen that moved in a gaming friendly 90 degrees and controls similar to the […]

PinStack.com: The New Pearl 8120…
* OS 4.3 installed
* WiFi w/ WiFi browser - but no built-in GPS (will most likely depend on the carrier)
* Improved version of SureType
* Improved email layout and display
* Improved voice […]