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Engadget: We’re not looking at general availability yet, but those happy hacking cats unravelling the iPod touch have decrypted the ramdisk and are now busy installing applications. Already, Mail, Maps, and other 3rd party apps are up and running on their jailbreaked touches. The race is on between the cat and the mouse to see […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Oh man, what a day. Earlier today, I got my prepaid iPhone activated after a long struggle, which you can read about here, along with an easy solution. After all that, what time was it? Time To Hack! So what did I discover? I found that your activated iPhone […]

Engadget We just got our grubby little paws on that new Palm Foleo. We’ll give you one guess about what we think. Ok, ok, look, it’s an interesting device and an interesting concept, and we’re long-time Palm fans. We like the scroll wheel, the keyboard and screen were very nice, and the browser works excellently […]

Gizmodo: So what if you’ve got a fancy EV-DO card? Sierra Wireless‘ new AirCard 597E not only brings Sprint’s EV-DO Rev A to your laptop, but GPS as well.
It has a built-in antenna that supports GPS navigation through
Sprint’s network. There’s no pricing yet, but it’s expected to come out
mid-June with support for PCs […]

New York Times:Luddites who have been afraid to make the leap to Internet calling can finally get a taste of the 21st century. The Philips VOIP841 acts as a standard landline telephone but can also make calls using the Internet phone service Skype, allowing a switch from Alexander Graham Bell to Buck Rogers in seconds. […]

Crave:
Rumor has it that T-Mobile is prepping the nationwide launch of a Wi-Fi service that would let customers use the technology to make voice calls with their cell phones. HotSpot at Home, which is currently in trials in Seattle, would expand on the carrier’s current Wi-Fi network of 8,000 Internet access hot spots. T-Mobile declined […]

Crave: There’s been much ado about the possibility of a Microsoft Zune cell phone lately, and Crave has joined the chorus of musings with several posts of our own. While a Microsoft exec said last year that such a device is a possibility, CEO Steve Ballmer wasn’t so optimistic when he was asked that very […]