Nokia shows off touchscreen 'Tube' mobile, their touted 'iPhone killer'

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It’s good of Nokia to join the hordes of mobile manufacturers vying to topple Apple from the Touchscreen throne, with news breaking today about their ‘Tube’ concept phone.

It was shown off at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference over in California, where the Vice President of Forum Nokia, Tom Libretto, claimed Apple’s five million sold units is a drop in the ocean compared to Nokia’s, as “we’ve done that since we’ve had dinner on Friday”. Forgetting, of course, they’re mostly entry-level PAYG models…

Sony Ericsson aims to attract the youngsters with the Def Jam W910i phone

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Sony Ericsson has teamed up with Def Jam Records and The Carphone Warehouse, to ‘bring the bling’ as the press release states, with the limited edition W910i Walkman handset.

Coming bundled with MPS 75 speakers, the phone contains exclusive Def Jam tracks and video, including ditties from Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Ludacris, Ne-Yo and Fabolous (full list under the jump). Exclusive…

The LiMo Foundation announces Platform Release 1, available at end of 2008

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We haven’t heard much about the LiMo Foundation in recent weeks, it appears the Mobile World Congress sparked a few stories regarding Linux-based software platform, then all went quiet on the western front.

Until today, when news reached me claiming the Foundation has announced the LiMo Platform Release 1, which has been tested in handsets available commercially. It will be available later this…

First photos of the BlackBerry 9000 smartphone with HSDPA and Wi-Fi debut on the internet

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The news has been doing the rounds for a while, so it’s reassuring to see Engadget Mobile has secured actual photos of the new BlackBerry 9000, the first to feature HSDPA and Wi-Fi.

Seen above on the far right, its sleek lines and curves coupled with the silver edging secures the BlackBerry’s status for at least another 12 month contract length. Engadget raved about their hands-on moment…