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“Tetris is one of the largest selling and recognized brands in gaming history. Famous worldwide, this simple yet addictive game will keep you entertained for hours. 60 million players can’t be wrong. You’ve played it before, now play it anywhere on your Palm Handheld or Treo Smartphone. It’s a deceptively simple and completely addictive. After its humble beginnings in Russia, this timeless puzzle game became a worldwide phenomenon enjoyed by all. Because of its unique yet simple randomness, it is always a fresh experience and never the same game twice. * Authentic original Tetris, the one game you MUST have on your Palm Handheld or Treo Smartphone * Timeless game, contemporary game play * Stunning graphics * Ghost and next five Tetriminos display * Amazing Tetrimino smooth scrolling * Original Russian folk music and game play sound * The one game that everyone plays; Tetris is loved globally by all cultures and all agesThe object of the game is to position the falling Tetriminos across the bottom of the Matrix. Tetriminos are shapes created from 4 blocks (Minos) joined together into 7 different patterns. The Tetriminos must be rotated as they fall and positioned across the bottom leaving no open spaces. When an entire horizontal line fills with Minos, the line clears from the Matrix. If lines are not completely filled with Minos, they will not clear from the Matrix, and the Tetriminos will continue to stack up higher and higher. If the stack of Tetriminos reaches the top of the Matrix, the game is over!” Check this Classic game here:

It’s been confirmed — The Da Vinci Code is bad for you. The virus, that is. A computer bug bearing the controversial film’s name has affected dozens of mobile phones and laptops in the city. The virus, which spreads via wireless Bluetooth technology, causes a message to pop up on Bluetooth devices: ‘Receive message via Bluetooth from Da Vinci Code?’ Once a curious mobile phone user accepts the message, the virus enters the system and destroys the phone’s data. A picture depicting an eye and a cross appears on the desktop and phone’s gallery. System crashMridul Sharma (32), an operations manager at an event management firm, received the virus during a corporate presentation a few days ago. “The Da Vinci Code name actually excited me. I assumed the file was either an MMS clipping or a still and accepted it. My entire system collapsed and data was deleted. I had just bought my Nokia N91 handset worth Rs 31,000 and had to pay Rs 1,500 to format my mobile hard disk and reload the software,” said Sharma. Common virus“I received the virus on my laptop and phone. Apparently my Bluetooth device was active. The technician who repaired my phone told me this was a common virus, which had simply been renamed The Da Vinci Code to attract the users,” said 35-year-old Sanjay Menon. Abhishek Datta, a software expert, said, “Once a phone is affected, formatting is the only option. You cannot retrieve your data.” via ww1.mid-day.com

“Mobility-enhanced code release to drive open source collaboration, reduce browser fragmentation & deliver true web rendering on smartphone devices World Wide Web Conference 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland – Nokia today announced the release to the global open source software community of the source code for S60 WebKit, the engine for its leading-edge Web Browser for S60, marking a turning point in the drive toward an open code base for web browsers used on mobile devices. Nokia’s contribution of the S60 WebKit source code, with key mobility enhancements that make WebKit easier to port to different mobile platforms, will enable reduced fragmentation in the next generation of mobile browsers, simplifying content development for the mobile web and accelerating adoption of mobile browsing by millions of smartphone users worldwide. The web browser source code released by Nokia comes under the terms of the open source BSD License, a highly permissive software license with few requirements that is one of the most popular licenses among free software developers worldwide. The source code will be made available to open source developers through the WebKit Open Source Project (www.webkit.org). Nokia’s open sourcing of the engine to its high-performance S60 mobile browser, which replicates on handheld devices the true web-page rendering of complete desktop browsers, marks the start of a collaborative open source effort that will enable smartphone users industry-wide to push beyond the millions of mobile-friendly pages currently on the web and begin to experience full web browsing of the estimated 25 billion pages on the Internet today.” More at Nokia’s press-release. via i4u.com

“Toshiba today announced an expanded line-up of large capacity miniSD Memory Cards with the introduction of a 2-gigabyte (GB) capacity card.”As mobile phones increasingly offer high-resolution cameras and support for digital music, demand is growing for a small, versatile, high capacity storage device for images and music. For the growing percentage of cell phones equipped with a miniSD Card slot, Toshiba’s new 2GB card addresses these requirements,” said Brian Kumagai, business development manager, NAND Flash, for TAEC.With the addition of the new 2GB miniSD Card, Toshiba will expand a product line-up that already extends up to 1GB. Key Features The 2GB storage capacity is ideal for mobile phones with megapixel cameras and music player functions and is able to store up to 35 hours of music. Maximum writing speed of approx. 5MB/s Adopts CPRM advanced copyright protection functionThe Toshiba 2GB miniSD Memory Card will be available in June 2006 priced at $109.99.” via slashphone.com

“French-speaking Mobinaute appears to have sneaked out some details about the upcoming replacement model for the E-Ten M600.The Taiwanese company is rumored to be readying the M600+ Pocket PC Phone, which should rejoice the mobile community with a number of improvements over its predecessor. The list includes: 256 MB ROM, 2.0-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth 2.0. The original model is equipped with 128 MB ROM, 1.3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth 1.2, respectively.Apparently, E-Ten is not intended to make any improvements to the GSM radio sub-system of the handset, which is pretty sad and may turn many potential buyers away from the revamped model.No word on the availability nor pricing of the M600+ as of this writing.” via pdalive.com

“When it comes to smartphones produced by HTC, it really is nothing new to see them offered under different brands, sporting different names. After all, just about every handset offered from i-mate is really an HTC phone in a thinly-veiled disguise. The latest in this trend is the rumoured i-mate Jas Jam, a rebranded version of the hot HTC Hermes Pocket PC phone.Apparently a blend between the company’s Jas Jar and Jam/Kjam line of phones (also made by HTC), the i-mate Jas Jam is also the same as the MDA Vario II offered through T-Mobile. The feature set is quite impressive, with Windows Mobile 5.0, a 300MHz processor, 2.1 megapixel camera, 128MB ROM, and 64MB RAM. Perhaps the most attractive thing about this particular phone is its ability to connect to just about anything just about anywhere. In addition to the standard GSM and GPRS, the Jas Jam can also make use of UMTS, HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.” via mobilemag.com

“Integrating, these mysterious titles attract everyone’s attention. The Chocolate Phone, which is the main subject of this review, is really an eye-grabbing thing, making people wonder whether it is a phone in your hands, and if yes, why it lacks buttons? But once the spring mechanism has revealed the controls, the initial astonishment turns into stupor. And it normal, firstly because this is a handset after all, but the numeric keys are laid out as if it was a chess-board; but secondly! Once unsprung, the flat, glossy becomes an easily distinguishable cell phone, as the controls mounted on the top half get lit up with red.” Read this review at mobile-review.com

“BackupBuddy.Net makes it easy for everybody to securely backup their Treo over the Internet: it’s simple, automatic, and inexpensive! You have carefully put all your precious information into your Treo, then you accidentally drop it, lose it, or hard-reset it, and…poof! – you’re missing half of what you need. And you know it’s the important info that you’re carrying around with you, the kind you really can’t afford to lose. We think that if there’s anything more important than backing up your desktop PC’s information, it’s backing up your Treo’s information. BackupBuddy.Net is an easy to use backup application for the Palm Treo that you can use to quickly and securely keep your Treo data backed up over the Internet. And because your data is stored securely in a datacenter you can restore it instantly, even when you’re away from your desktop PC and have just picked up that replacement unit for the one you accidentally dropped in the pool while on vacation.” Check this great product here:

“While it’s neither official released yet nor O2 Germany has given a press release, the device, formerly known as “O2 Xda Hermes”, appeared now in O2’s own web shop as “O2 Xda trion”. So what’s the hard facts now? It’s coming with a Samsung ARM CPU with 400 MHz (instead the previously by T-Mobile announced 300 MHz only), it’s quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS (with a later upgrade option to HSDPA). It’s sporting a 2 megapixel camera on the back (with photo light) and a QCIF camera on the front for UMTS video telephony and for sure it comes with Windows Mobile 5.0 including AKU 2 which supports the Microsoft Messaging and Security Feature Pack (push E-Mail with Exchange) and – as far as the::unwired heard – A2DP Bluetooth stereo! Also it is expected to support the SIM Access Profile. Talking about Bluetooth, the O2 trion will supports Bluetooth 2.0 and W-LAN/WiFi g. Last but not least, it has 128 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM which can be extended with microSD memory cards. And indeed, as you can see above, the O2 version is confirmed now to have this two extra buttons around the d-pad, one for the Start menu and one for OK/closing applications. While the Xda trion isn’t available for order yet, it’s just announced at O2 Germany’s web shop as a “coming soon” device but you can register for an E-Mail update. Neither a price, nor a release date was given yet. So yes, the device above looks like the earlier photos, the::unwired received exclusively from an anonymous friend before and the O2 version is indeed this grey/silver design with the silver/blue thumb keyboard, similar to the UK version of the HTC Universal (aka O2 Xda Exec). Looks good. The only disappointment might be the QVGA screen. I wish it would has a VGA screen like HTC’s first UMTS device, the Universal.” Read it all at theunwired.net

“Strategy Analytics Says Nokia 9300 Outperforms Treo 700W and Blackberry 8700c. These results come from over 70 hours of hands-on consumer testing by the Strategy Analytics Advanced Wireless (AWL) Panel.Strong user ratings for the feature applications, menu/user interface and input of the Nokia 9300 gave it the edge over its competitors, including a 7 point advantage over the Windows Mobile based devices for application usability. However the 9300 was the lowest rated device for perceived style appeal. As found in previous AWL testing, participants who were unfamiliar with a Blackberry struggled with the steep out-of-the-box learning curve of the 8700c.”The Nokia 9300 excelled in the ease of use of its applications, as well as having the most user-friendly menu and simplest means of input,” commented Paul Brown, a Wireless Analyst at Strategy Analytics. “Having a large keyboard is a clear advantage of the 9300 – but this detracts from its style appeal, with the consumer still favoring a small and compact device.” The Treo 700w was rated the most stylish device.”The release of the Motorola Q has been much anticipated,” added David Kerr, Director of the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics. “The Q is another stylish iconic design from Motorola, but the question remains whether it can match the performance of the Nokia 9300 and the still wildly popular Treo.” Read this nice article at slashphone.com