Apple supposedly may release a midrange iphone in addition to the iphone 5. If it comes to pass, cheaper iPhones with more powerful hardware,the goal is to defeat the Androids low to mid-priced smartphones. It is rumored that Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the stage on October 4th to introduce the new iphone as well as the possibility of other next-generation hardware. The Hardware will run iOS 5, an updated mobile operating system. This includes combatability with Twitter, a new feature called Newsstand which brings together e-news subscriptions, a reminder app as well as other featers.Apple is also launching its icloud service, which will sync user information and send it to various devices via the cloud.

Apple has been able to dominate most of the general conversation about smartphones, although Android has successfuly taken a portion of the market over the past two years. Rumors show that a possible iOS maye appear on sprint which will increase the iPhone overall sales by 6 million units. A sprint iphone would leave T-mobil as the only U.S carrier without the iphone. Improved iPhones as well as cheaper iphones, with an upgraded operating system, apple is moving forward strongly in competiotion with the Android.

Want an unlocked phone, but not willing to pay for it or go through some lengthy hacking process. SIMable hopes to make unlocking stupidly simple with a small SIM card add on.

SIMable is a VERY thin chip that you stick to a carriers SIM card which makes the phone behave as if it were unlocked.

SIMable is an innovative little chip that frees your SIM card to work in the vast majority of mobile phones. We all know that the very latest 3G devices can be very difficult and expensive to unlock and SIMable is the 10 second solution without invalidating any warranty on your precious handset.

It is important to note that SIMable does not alter the phone’s software, and when you remove SIMable your phone will be returned to its locked state. Might be worth something to someone. Available for £16.99.

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Who in this world doesn’t always carry their mobile phone? It is the most intimate relationship between person and machine. Now, it’s time for make the mobile phone work for you, rather then the other way.

At CTIA last week Nokia was showing off their Shoot-to-Translate mobile phone application. The way the application works is with your Symbian phone you take a photo of the foreign print text text to be translated, and beneath the photo the translated text appears.

Besides the CTIA demonstration not much more information has been released, but I think that this single application, if executed correctly, can be the next killer application in the mobile phone world.

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So you have a laptop, and you have a cellphone yet the two don’t talk. What’s the deal wit THAT?! With the CradlePoint PHS300 you can turn a Blackberry, RAZR or other cellular device with USB into a personal 802.11b/g wireless hotspot.

All you need to do is plug the USB cable from your supported cell phone into the router and you’re ready to go. The router supports NAT, has a Firewall, access control, UPnP, and 64/128-bit WEP (11b/g), WPA/WPA2, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. Priced at $179.

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In what I feel is a surprising turn it seems Dell will reenter the handheld market again after exiting in late 2007.

Dell reportedly plans to resume its handheld device business and the company may team up with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to develop Windows Mobile-based handheld devices, according to market sources in Taiwan. [...]

Dell apparently has accelerated its move towards the handheld device segment following Acer’s recent announcement of acquiring Taiwan-based smartphone maker E-Ten Information Systems, the sources added.

Foxconn, an important partner for Dell, is also reportedly recruiting talent from other Taiwan-based handset makers in preparation for accepting orders from Dell, the sources pointed out.

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Axim line, but wondering if Dell will be producing a smartphone?

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Gosh, seems like Sprint buyout rumors have been around forever. The latest? T-Mobile to swallow up the hemorrhaging cellphone provider, Sprint.

Sprint Nextel may be a takeover target, according to one of the nation’s largest investment banking firms.

Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile and the world’s sixth largest phone company, may consider acquiring Overland Park-based Sprint to block a price war in the mobile phone industry, analysts for Merrill Lynch said today.

The Wall Street firm said Sprint’s operational problems and shaky position in the U.S. wireless industry may force the company to cut prices even further to attract customers.

“In such a price war scenario, we think T-Mobile would face the most pressure, and Deutshe Telecom would see the increased urgency to drive market repair,” according to the firm’s report.

T-Mobile generally is considered to be the low-cost alternative among the top five U.S. mobile phone companies. Last week, Sprint introduced an unlimited voice and data wireless plan that undercut other U.S. companies.

A Deutsche acquisition is possible now because of Sprint’s share price and the weakness of the U.S. dollar, Lynch said.

Now, I really don’t understand WHY T-Mobile would want to buy Sprint. Yes, it would give them a HUGE shot in the arm with subscribers but T-Mobile would them be operating 3 separate networks – iDen, CDMA, and GSM. Not such a wise business move if you ask me.

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Sprint announced today the introduction of an “Simple Everything” plan for $99. What do you get for the money? Unlimited voice, data usage,text, e-mail, web-surfing, Sprint TV, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect and Group Connect and will be available tomorrow.

For families there will also be an incremental $5 discount for each incremental line, up to five lines on the same bill.

This seems like a better deal than what Verizon started offering earlier this month but of course, that’s for you to decide. Fine print is embedded below for your perusal, or check out the Press Release.

The embed will allow you to zoom in or go full screen and isn’t as deadly as a .PDF file.

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