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Nokia just announced a new device, the Nokia N97.  It’s a bit to late to go into detail about it so here are some pics and video from
Jonathan Greene www.atmasphere.net
Video
Robert Scoble

http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118-scobleizer/283228-nokia-n97-169-video
Flickr pics
Also Nokia Maps 3.0 now in beta and a new IM/email app.
I will post more later.

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Great news for the S60 enthusiasts out there, like myself.  Nokia has gotten the 6650 in AT&T stores starting tomorrow.  It has been a while since we in the the US have had access to a Nokia Symbian smart phone from a mobile service provider.  The 6650 is not tricked out and laden with extras […]

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A friend of mine and the voice community at large Carl Ford, along with Scott Kargman are launching something very special with Rich Teharani of TMC.  Drum roll please……. let us welcome the 4G Wireless Evolution Website and conference in Miami next February.  The websites are supposed to launch today and I’m sure there will […]

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My good friend Idan Gafni pinged me earlier today to let me know some good news.  His firm Ugunduzi was one of the key factor in launching Israels first IVVR based portal and its biggest private portal on channel 10s’ internet department called nana10.
Here is a quote from the article I read at TalkingMobile
IVVR (Interactive […]

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I was interviewed yesterday by Jim Finkle from Reuters.  We talked about Mobile VOIP for a while and I was introduced to a new company called DeFi and I told Jim all about Truphone (one of my favorite services).  There’s an error in the pricing that I have already requested they correct.
I’m excited to be […]

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The folks over at Qik must be dancing today.  They just went public with the fact that the new touch screen Nokia 5800 Express Music Phone will come with Qik loaded on it.  Qik in my opinion is a revolutionary software similar to FlixWagon.  It gives users the ability to live broadcast whatever they want […]

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I was just reading one of my favorite blogs GigaOM and Stacey Higginbotham compiled the jist of the Q2 US mobile provider results. I find it very interesting that it seems like T-Mobile is just barely doing ok and that Sprint is not burning out. Not surprising AT&T and Verizon are both making […]

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A little late to the table with the actual announcements but you can find the press releases below for my next phone the Nokia E71 and the other phone released yesterday (also very exciting) the E66.
PRESS RELEASE
Email made easy: Nokia unveils two new Nokia Eseries devices optimized for personal and professional email
June 16, 2008
Slim, stylish […]

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This is great news for the Nokia E Series lovers like myself out there. Nokia has added 2 new sibilings to the E Series family in the way of the E66 and the E71. Both have stellar product sheets and here they are, Nokia E66 and Nokia E71.
I was lucky enough to get […]

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Truphone as many people know is one of my favorite companies.  They have a great product and good implementation.  They need a little work on their pricing plan but that’s neither here nor there when it comes to todays news.
It was announced today that Truphone purchased Sim4Travel.  They are as far as I can tell […]

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