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Some weeks ago, we talked about sending MMS on iPhone. I still can’t understand it. But, moreovere, SMS sending is not an easy task on iPhone.

The SMS application lacks some useful features we had got used to. For example, sending the message to several receivers or forwarding existing messages.

Now we have found a better unofficial SMS application, provided by the community.

Of course, the installation is via Installer.app, that has become a de facto standard for installing unofficial applications on iPhone.

Via AppleSfera
Link iSMS

Sogecable and mobile operator Orange, have agreed to launch, by the start of 2008, a joint service composed of:

• Regular mobile phone service.
• High-speed Internet.
• Pay-per-view television. 

In a press release, both companies said that the service will include television contents for Orange’s third-generation mobile users.

The company didn’t provide neither financial details of the agreement, nor information about the number of subscribers they hope to add with the new services.

Last June, Sogecable signed a similar agreement with Telefónica, as Spanish telecom operator looking forward to combining television, Internet and voice calls in a single package to boost revenue and compete with others operators.

Via Cellular-News

This device, launched by Vodafone Spain, has some functions specially designed to ease its use by elder people:

• Send / receive calls.
• Send / receive SMS.
• Access to contacts.
• Special button to make emergency calls, either to a relative or to a emergency service.

Its screen is designed to be used by hearing-impaired and visually-impaired people. It also features an orange lighting and loud bell.

Emporia Life is available in the company from 0€ with new registration and  you can  only buy it either through the Vodafone online shop or calling at 902 53 53 00.

Via Gizmóvil 

Since the leak of some pictures of an Android prototype, a lot of people are talking and spreading rumours about a possible early release of an Android phone.

The last one sets the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (february 11-14) as the place and the time of that release. Although the prototype shown is far from being attractive, it is probably that Google may present a quite “cool” handset.

To be continued… in two months!

Meanwhile, you can check out the Mobile World Congress website for further information on the event.

The Nokia Siemens joint venture focused on network hardware announced several weeks ago the beginning of 2.6 Ghz band LTE trials. Now, at the end of 2007 we know that the tests have been a big success, reaching 173 Mbps during a Berlin based test.

173Mbps WOW!!! Well, it has been at best conditions possible, but even a 25% of that speed would be impressive nowadays. Recall that LTE is years away from being commercially launched, but this kind of news is the best publicity campaign possible for such a new technology. Isn’t it?

Via Engadget Mobile

Last friday, SevenClick celebrated its first Christmas Wii Golf Tourmanent. The event took place in SevenClick’s Lifestyle Room and it was open to SevenClick and TB·Solutions staff members. In the end, there were 6 golfers fighting for 2 prizes. The game chosen was PGA Tiger Woods 08 for Wii, what else?

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This is the new Asus M930W, a mobile phone that will have many features but none of them involve the use of GPS.

This device has a complex design. While it has a small screen and a numeric keypad on its outside, in the inside it features a larger screen and a QWERTY keyboard.

Here are some more features:

• 3.2 MP digital camera with auto focus.
• Triband GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA at 3.6 Mbps.
• 256 MB ROM and 128 MB of RAM.
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.
• HC compatible MicroSD port.
• Mini USB 1.1.
• Windows Mobile Professional.

Some people may see this handset as a true competitor to the Nokia E90, the current leader of the business smartphones market.

Via Ounae

In the picture above, you can see the new Motorola Rokr E8 music phone. Although this mobile has not been oficially announced, the FCC web site have published its technical specificiations. You can read them here.

The main features of this music phone are:

• Four large piezoelectric actuators under the keypad presumably provide some form of haptic feedback.
• Landscape display.
• Micro-USB port.
• Sliding key lock switch.
• Camera.
• Stereo Bluetooth.
• EDGE connectivity.
• Micro SD memory card slot located under the battery cover.

Via Phonescoop

According to CNN Money.com, Nokia’s management board member Anssi Vanjoki mentioned that Ovi is open to Apple. These are the exact words he said to Berliner Zeitung. “In Finnish, Ovi means door. And our door is open. Of course, Apple can get into our portal. We even invite  Steve Jobs to do so”. He also mentioned that iTunes would be a great enrichment to Ovi users.

Are you kidding me??? Why would Apple be interested in losing its dominant position in music market? I think that these words will remain as an anecdote. iTunes integrated into Ovi????

Via CNN Money.com

Voice over IP, performed on a mobile phone, is the future of telecommunications as well as the network operators’ biggest threat.

We already wrote about Gizmodo when, in september, a new version for Java-enabled mobile devices was released.

Now, both the Symbian and the Java versions, have been updated to version 1.1.006.  Apart from performance and stability improvements, a new contact search functionality have been included.

Download the new version here (For Nokia N73, N80, N81 N82 & N95).

Read the S60 series User Guide here.