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If you are thinking of grabbing yourself a new Desire or Nexus One, then here's some good news! New displays are to be integrated in both the Desire and Nexus One.



"HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced Super LCD display (SLCD) technology into a variety of HTC phones including the HTC Desire and global Nexus One later this summer. The SLCD display offers an exceptional natural balanced color, clear contrast, broad viewing angles and improved power efficiency.

“HTC is experiencing high-demand for many of our phones, specifically our phones with 3.7 inch displays. The new SLCD display technology enables us to ramp up our production capabilities quickly to meet the high-demand,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “The SLCD displays provide consumers... [Read More]

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Ok... so I don't own an iPhone (yet)... but if you are one of the owners of a new iPhone 4, you may like to check out this case...



"Great news for anyone suffering from the reported antenna issues. Proporta has created the Antimicrobial iPhone 4 Reception Case which actually stops the reception problem.

It’s an alarming, but not entirely surprising fact that the filthiest things we encounter on a regular basis are computer keyboards and our mobile phones. In fact, the average mobile has 25,127 germs per square inch, whilst the average toilet seat has... [Read More]

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A friend of mine used to say... "There are three types of people in the world that matter, those that can coun't and those that cannot".

It is a bit like devices... there are thos of us that like to 'play' with the firmware... and there are those that do not (and I am not sure what happened to the third?).

If you fit into the 'like to play' group, then there's good news from the US Government, who simply say 'Jailbreak Away'.



"Jailbreaking your iPhone has always been a legal grey area, with Apple saying you’re breaking the law and everyone else either keeping well out of it, or defiantly waving Cydia-equipped iPhones in Apple’s face. The US government have now stepped in to put the issue to rest and perhaps surprisingly, have concluded that jailbreaking falls under... [Read More]

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Our new iPad dedicated forum is now up and running.



If you have an iPad, please swing by and share your news and views.

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Just a quick note to let you know that our new BlackBerry Resources Area is now live.



To kick things off, we've added a BlackBerry Hardware forum and also a BlackBerry Software forum. If you have a request for a dedicated BlackBerry forum (hardware, software, etc...), then please let us know and we'll look at adding one in for you.

Please also remember that if you are a software vendor and you are interested in having a dedicated support forum hosted here on the Technology at Play site - please let us know.

Apart from that, enjoy!

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Here's some good news for BlackBerry (and Android) users of Google Voice... Google Voice has been updated to allow for faster calls!



"At Google we are obsessed with speed. Our mantra is faster = better. This is true for our Google Voice mobile apps as well. When you want to make a call, your phone should connect you as quickly as possible, whether you’re calling via Google Voice or not.

Today we are launching an enhancement to the Google Voice mobile app on Android and Blackberry phones, which makes placing calls much faster. We call this feature “direct access numbers.” Here’s how it works:

Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send us the phone number you wanted to dial. Then the call... [Read More]

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If you are considering a new BlackBerry device... this one may be for you. News has started to surface highlighting the new BlackBerry 9780.



"Earlier some information about the BB 9780 was uncovered stating that the device will be OS 6 ready and that is going to be a GSM device. The 9780 is rumored to be a refresher of the 9700 device. Just as soon as we were done digesting the new information Salomondrin the 007 of BB devices released a new image of the unannounced device. The image shows the device running BB 6 and is rumored to be a touch screen but that is not confirmed at this time and it could be just a refresher with more memory. The image also shows the unbranded device with a full black bezel and housing. With the device being a GSM device the likely carrier are AT&T and T-Mobile is the US. So... [Read More]

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SPB TV is already available on iPhone, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and WebOS smartphones... and with the new WAP version, SPB TV is now available to all 3G based mobile phone users (eg: Nokia phones, etc).



"SPB TV has been successfully deployed by several mobile operators, including Singaporean mobile operator StarHub and Russian operators SkyLink and MTS. SPB TV has already reached the one million user milestone. It features exclusive and patent-pending usability innovations and provides mobile users with must-have TV features, such as a TV browser with quick channel-launching and channel-switching, a TV guide for all offered channels and more.

SPB TV WAP Version

SPB TV has received several... [Read More]