The Javelin has been slowly making its way into our websurfing paths recently and there have been a few more developments in the news just in the past few days.Hardware specs for this awesome new handset have come out and they look pretty spectacular. Although there is no 3G connectivity, there are some other pretty sweet goodies.

Check it out:
* 512 MHz Processor
* 256 MB onboard flash memory (more room for apps)
* Hot-swappable microSD slot - located under the battey door
* 480 by 360 high-res HVGA+ display
* Wi-Fi b/g with UMA + GPS
* Micro USB charging/syncing port, w/ high speed data

The above specs make for a pretty devestating smart phone. And as long as the physical interface is on par with all of the previous Blackberries this will be a winner. For me the lack of 3G is minor considering the Wi-Fi and GPS.

What do you think? Is this on your christmas list?

The Apple juggernaut hit a new high recently after announcing that there have been over 60 million software downloads from the App Store. These downloads, after being up for only a month, are apparently generating $30 million in revenue. Bare in mind this is just as the iPhone is picking up steam.

Steve Jobs is obviously ecstatic and he confirmed so in a Wall Street Journal interview. The other bit of information he also confirmed was the presence of the rumored and highly controversial ‘Kill Switch’ for non approved applications. We brought you this news previously.

Jobs says “Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull.” There isn’t much elaboration upon why it is so irresponsible, but we’re it will put many hackers out there to work against this kill switch. When do you think the hack will be out?

All that aside Apple still seems like it’s on the path to mobile phone gold and maybe we should turn our portfolios to those stats and not the apps we aren’t supposed to be running.

11 iPhone 3G Useful Tips

1.Scroll to Top of Screen: iPhone users can automatically scroll to the top of the page by tapping on the “top bar”

2.Domain Resolution : When typing a URL in Safari, you don’t have to type the “www” or the “.com”.For instance, for www.cnn.com just type “cnn” in the URL box. Note: Your search engine must be set to Google, not Yahoo
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3. Domain Suffix : Hold down the “.com” key for “.net, .edu, .org” keys. Note: Slide your finger from .com to .net/.edu/.org.

4. Press & Hold For Alternate Characters: Hold a letter for a popup of various versions of the character

5. Click & Hold URL’s : In Safari, hold a link to see the URL and site name.

6. Soft Reset : Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep button to restart your iPhone. A white light will flash, the screen will shut off and then turn back on. Keep holding until the screen turns back on.

7.Take a Screenshot : To take a screenshot, hold the home button and click the sleep button. The screen will flash white and the screenshot will be stored in your camera roll.

8.Set Parental Controls : You can enable certain restrictions or parental controls on your iPhone. You can block explicit lyrics, Safari, YouTube, iTunes, or the App Store. Just go to Settings, General, Restrictions.

9.Save Any Image from Safari: To save any image from the web to your camera roll, simply press and hold the image. A menu will appear asking “Save Image” or “Cancel”. Once the image is in your camera roll, you can set it as your wallpaper.

10. Fast Forward/Rewind Music & Video - Press and hold the skip forward/back arrows to fast forward or rewind rather than skip tracks. Also, press on the album art to manually FF/rewind.

11. Delete Emails - You can do both “bulk deletes” and “individual deletes” when browsing email. To do a bulk delete, simply click Edit, check off the desired emails, and then choose delete or move. To delete a single email, simply “cross it out” by swiping your finger across the email, then press delete.

Source: www.ismashphone.com 

Despite earlier speculation, the rumors of a possible Android and LiMo collaboration have been quashed. Google claims that they are close to completion with their technology and any kind of input from anyone else would ruin the user experience. Thus they have no interest in LiMo.

This may prove tough for Google in the long run as they are starting to fall behind fast in the market. Despite the end of the year estimate from Android’s Eric Chu for Android’s release, LiMo might already have another round of phones on the market. This will be loss ground for Google.

What to do you think? Any preferences towards either system? Is all the Android hype worth the wait? Will the release date even effect google?

People have been speculating about news from iPhone hacker Jonathan Zdziarski that the iPhone 3G has the ability to contact Apple headquarters and communicate what kind of apps you have on your system. From that there it is believed that Apple will be able to disable those apps thus “black listing” them.

The function seems to be tucked away deep in the iPhone’s programming according to Mr. Zdziarski, the author of iPhone Open Application Development, making it more suspicious and slightly sneaky. What else do they want our phones to send them covertly?

What are you trying to hide Apple? Remember, we paid for this iPhone 3G please let us use it as we see fit.

Motorola just came away with a huge victory by securing multiple contracts for China’s growing GSM network. The contracts are valued to be worth $431 Million US. This is a huge step for Motorola in taking further moves to become the global GSM leader.

According to the contracts Motorola will be providing GSM support, hardware and services to the China Mobile Communications Corporation. The advancements made possible by Motorola will make China’s restructuring GSM network even more powerful with its upgraded services.

This is one of many Motorola’s power moves in the GSM market. Their step into the next financial frontier of China is only going to make them more and more powerful. Maybe it’s time to call our brokers?

Don’t you ever wish when you’re watching James Bond flirt with international hotties that maybe you could just be like him for a minute or a have a few of those amazing toys? Well wish no longer!

It has just been announced by Sony Ericsson that they are releasing a special edition C902 to coincide with the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. The Titanium C902 will be sported by James Bond in the new film and you’ll be able to get your hands on it as well. Unfortunately Sony Ericsson has yet to release any press photos but we can imagine that the color will be matching to to Bond’s sleek and sexy style.

Features wise the phone is the same as the original C902 but comes with a few 007 goodies like wall paper, themes and games.

So grab one of these and get your international spy game on!

Time is an amazing thing. With enough of it you can do a lot of different things: invent the light bulb, devise a theory for relativity, even cure diseases. I just never knew you could do this:

Touch Tone Phone Symphony - Watch more free videosThis guy has some skills!

Where are cellphones going? How are you going to get the largest screen possible on the most compact device?

There are a rumors floating around of designs being geared toward all screen clamshell phones. This would incorporate Apple’s iPhone buttonless feature with a clamshell system. No buttons and all screen. This would mean a large, folding screen incorporated into a small device. The goal is to keep usability and increase screen size.

All designs are in the concept phase now. The model pictured above has been named Plica. This is definitely an exciting look at what our phones could be looking like in the near future.

What do you think? Do you want to lose the buttons and go all screen?

Whoever thought there was an economic slowdown wasn’t counting the mobile phone industry. In the second quarter of 2008 units sold has grown an estimated 15 to 22 percent. And there’s no slowing down from this industry.Nokia holds the lead with 40% of the market with Samsung in second with 15.2% according to ABI Research.

It is speculated that the Apple iPhone 3G has sparked competition, sales and growth in the mobile phone market with their aggressive marketing and pricing strategies. It’s created an exciting competitive market where innovation is driving price growth.

Whatever the cause, maybe we should start paying attention and dip a little bit into Nokia stocks? It might relieve us a little bit from the state of the housing market. I’ll try it!