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Looking for a cool Father's Day gift idea? Check out Logitech's new portable Bluetooth speaker which will let Dad listen to his favorite tunes on his mobile phone -- even when his phone is in his pocket.

The Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI) Pure-Fi Mobile boasts four 2-inch speaker drivers--two active, two passive--and a rechargeable battery that will deliver 12 hours of AC-free playback time. In addition to supporting wireless streaming from A2DP-enabled audio players, the Pure-Fi Mobile can double as a standard Bluetooth speakerphone.

"Millions of people now use a mobile phone to listen to music. If you're one of those people, now you can toss your ear buds aside and pump up the volume," said Mark Schneider, vice president and general manager of Logitech's audio business unit. "So when you're at a party, at the park, or just hanging out at home, your mobile-phone music will always sound great when you use the Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system."

The product isn't available quite yet but according to Logitech's site, it will sell for $150 and be available sometime this month. You can get detailed product information here.

One way I keep up with the phones consumers are buying these days is to visit Amazon.com and check out their bestselling list.

Blackberry has 3 in the Top 10 including the #1 selling phone - the BlackBerry 8310 Curve. There are two other Smartphones in the Top 10 which means half of the top 10 selling phones on Amazon.com are Smartphones.

I don't have specific data to back this up, but I bet if you looked back even a year ago, the percentage of Smartphones in the Top 10 was significantly lower. This trend will continue as the price point of Smartphones drops and consumers realize that they WANT and NEED to do more than talk and text on their cellphones.

Only surprising thing to me on this list is that the LG Vu shows up at #8 and #10. I haven't heard a lot about this phone but the reviews are solid and it looks like a great device. Next time I'm at the AT&T store, I'm going to check it out.

Earlier today we have reported the new SuperNova series from Nokia, here are a few more Nokia 7610 Supernova  pictures, not in good resolution though. Now we knew a total of 3 SuperNova fashion phone, including the Nokia 7310 Supernova which was leaked last week and available for sale in Taiwan and China.

The Nokia 7610 Supernova is a new slider phone carries the fashion phone design. It has great display screen, features and 3.2 megapixel camera. GSM Quadband network is supported, although you will only get GPRS / EDGE data connection on this beauty. Check out the specification below:

• Network: GSM Quadband (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• GPRS / EDGE
• Camera: 3.2 megapixel with flash LED, autofocus
• microSD card slot, support up to 2GB
• Dimension: 98 x 48 x 15mm
• Weight: 99 grams
• Display: QVGA screen supporting 16 million colors, 240 x 320 pixels
• S40
• 64MB internal memory
• Bluetooth
• FM radio with RDS
• 330 minutes talk time
• 300 hours standby time

Back View of Nokia 7610 SuperNova

The 3.2 megapixel camera module at the back (where is the flash LED?)

An overview of Nokia 7610 SuperNova and its accessories, it is not sure if this picture is showing the retail package content.

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Fring has just released a new 3.35 version for S60 phones. fring is a free, downloadable mobile phone application enabling free mVoIP (mobile VoIP) calls, real-time presence and live chat with multiple IM providers. fring users or “fringsters” mVoIP communicate with other fring users, landline or cellular phones using SkypeOut and SIP providers as well as PC contacts through Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Twitter and ICQ, all through one integrated contact list.

 

See below for the change log:

• Improved stability - with significantly less interruption, logouts, etc
• Made voice quality even better all round
• Added speakerphone for Symbian 9.2 (Not sure which Symbian you are?)
• Enabled file transfer from Yahoo! & Skype so you can now swap music, pics & vids over WiFi or 3G from mobile to mobile and mobile to PC! Its quick, reliable and of course free! No need for MMS, cable, Bluetooth or Infrared.

The easiest way to update your fring version is to point your mobile internet WAP browser at www.fring.com and download fring directly to your mobile.

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ModeLabs Group today announces the launch of the Bluetrek Metal, an ultra slim, ultra light Bluetooth headset. The Bluetrek Metal is a Bluetooth headset whose main used material is metal, it is extremely thin - 4mm thickness and very light; its weight doesn’t exceed 5.5 grams. Its battery life lasts up to 5 hours in talk mode, and more than 7 days in sleep mode.

Thanks to the use of metal, ModeLabs engineers rose up to the challenge of making an ultra-thin, slick designed and firmly modern Bluetooth headset. The Bluetrek Metal is discreet thanks to its comfort and extremely light weight, and suits perfectly the current consumers expectations. It proves once again the innovation ability of the group, both with the used materials and the design and technologies it was able to conjure explains Henri-Nicolas OLIVIER, CEO of ModeLabs Technologies.

The Bluetrek Metal is part of the Bluetooth products line developed by ModeLabs Group: the Bluetrek Bizz (3 in 1 USB headset), the Duo Stereo (mono and stereo headset) or even the X3 (water, shock and dust proof). Those products are already distributed by leading mobile phones retailers.

The Bluetrek Metal will be commercially available everywhere in France in June, and in Europe as well. It will be available with 39 euros (aluminium black+silver version) and 49 euros (silver stainless steel version).

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Today, NVIDIA introduced the Tegra family of processors, a single-chip computer capable of the rich high definition and internet experiences on small pocket type devices. NVIDIA Tegra is a tiny computer-on-a-chip, smaller than a US dime (10-cent piece), designed from the ground up to enable the “visual PC experience” on a new generation of mobile computing devices while consuming the smallest amount of power.

The NVIDIA Tegra 650 processor is the second product in the Tegra line, the first being the NVIDIA Tegra APX 2500 processor, which is enabling the next generation of Windows Mobile smartphones. With the launch of this new processor, the NVIDIA Tegra products will reach consumers towards the end of the year.

“Creating Tegra was a massive challenge. Our vision was to create a platform that will enable the 2nd personal computer revolution - which will be mobile centric, with devices that last days on a single charge, and yet has the web, high definition media, and computing experiences we’ve come to expect from our PC,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA. “Shrinking down a 50 watt PC architecture will not create the discontinuity this industry needs. The culmination of nearly 1,000 man years of engineering, Tegra is a completely ground-up computer-on-a-chip architecture that consumes 100 times less power. Mobile internet and computing devices built with Tegra are going to be magical.”

NVIDIA Tegra is a heterogeneous processor architecture with multiple processors, each architected for a specific class of tasks - an 800 MHz ARM CPU, a HD video processor, an imaging processor, an audio processor, and an ultra-low power GeForce GPU These processors are used together or independently to deliver a wonderful experience while utilizing a minute amount of power.

NVIDIA Tegra 650 also features:

• All-day media processing, for 130 hours audio, 30 hours HD video playback
• HD image processing for advanced digital still camera and HD camcorder functions
• Optimized hardware support for Web 2.0 applications for a true desktop-class internet experience
• Display support for 1080p HDMI, WSXGA+ LCD and CRT, and NTSC/PAL TV-Out
• Direct support for WiFi, disk drives, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals
• A complete Board Support Package (BSP) to enable fast times to market for Windows Mobile-based designs

“With NVIDIA’s Tegra processor line, we will continue to see impressive mobile innovations in Windows Mobile products,” said Todd Warren, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s mobile communication business. “Microsoft is dedicated to providing people best-in-class mobile experiences, so that people can carry a single device for work and play.”

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AT&T customers who have seen mysterious charges for ringtones and other content on their monthly bills may be eligible for refunds as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement.

Customers will able to claim refunds for charges that appeared on up to three of their cell phone bills between Jan. 1, 2004, and May 30, 2008, according to Jay Edelson, lead counsel for the plaintiffs. Edelson's firm has filed similar suits against Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.

Vendors of ringtones and daily text message services with horoscopes and jokes solicit customers to sign up by entering their phone numbers on websites or by sending text messages. The charges, which can be hidden or poorly explained, show up later on cell phone bills, often as recurring charges.

The carrier keeps some of the fee and passes the rest to the content provider.

AT&T now requires customers who sign up for third-party services with recurring fees to confirm by replying to a text message. It also requires the content providers to send monthly reminders with instructions on how to unsubscribe from such services.

"AT&T has taken aggressive action to put industry-leading safeguards in place to protect our customers from unauthorized changes from third parties. We believe this settlement is consistent with that approach," said AT&T spokesman Marty Richter.

Richter had no estimate for how much the settlement will cost AT&T. Given that the company already let customers contest the charges, he said the number who will get refunds through the settlement will be small.

The settlement was approved preliminarily on Friday by the Superior Court of Fulton County, Ga. A final approval hearing for the settlement is scheduled Dec. 8. Claims under the settlement must be filed within 90 days of the final approval of the settlement.

Notifications will soon go out to 70 million current AT&T Mobility customers.

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Motorola today announced the upcoming availability of Good Mobility Suite version 6.0 which will provide organizations with more secure and manageable mobile access to enterprise information and applications. Good 6.0 will let smartphone users access data and applications behind corporate firewalls.

The Good Mobile Connection feature is an attempt to transform smartphones into mobile laptops, said Dan Rudolph, Director of Product Marketing for Motorola Good Technology Group. He said it's the first "managed service" VPN as it allows users to connect to any TCP-based resources, like networked PCs or file servers.

"The mobile VPNs on the market right now simply don't work well," said Rudolph. "The user experience can be awful because you have to constantly re-login to the VPN and repeatedly reset networking configuration screens when you lose coverage."

Good Mobile Connection uses the company's network optimization center infrastructure, which allows the VPN session to continue during gaps in service coverage. The connection is secure, and users doesn't have to go through any extra steps, Rudolph said.

Another addition to the suite is Good Administration Center, which lets IT departments easily manage a mobile fleet. From a Web-based portal, IT can enforce security policies, push and update software, and even turn off smartphone Bluetooth ports.

There is also a robust reporting center, Rudolph adds. For example, IT departments will be able to determine how many smartphones are on AT&T's network, information that might come in handy during data plan purchasing negotiations.

Good 6.0 is expected to be available later in 2008 through resellers, carrier reseller partners and directly through Motorola Good Technology Group.

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The Hard Rock Cafe in San Francisco has begun an aggressive new ad campaign that sends passersby with a coupon on their mobile handset, via Bluetooth. Consumers can redeem the coupon by showing their mobile handset to the server or cashier.
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