added on the 3rd June 2008 by Phone arena team at phone arena.com

The Motorola Napolean Q9 is a new world phone slated to be launched on Verizon Wireless.  However, unlike past word phones which only supported the European GSM bands, the Napolean has quad-band GSM support meaning it can be used on American carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile.  Interestingly, BGR was able to pop its AT&T SIM in and get the device working; normally VZW world phones are locked and only Vodaf ... Read more »

added 3rd June 2008 by Phone arena team

Canadian CDMA carrier Telus has launched a promotional page for the HTC Touch Diamond, and the Samsung Instinct is headed to Bell Mobility and possibly Telus as well. Here in the US we know the Instinct as a Sprint exclusive, but it would appear their exclusivity is limited to the our borders. The Touch Diamond has also recently ap ... Read more »

3rd June 2008, 4:00 PM   by Eric M. Zeman   updated Today, 2:13 PM

Today HTC announced that it is bringing a CDMA version of the Touch Diamond to Canada's Telus. The GSM version of the Touch Diamond was first announced in May. It has HTC's new TouchFlo 3D user interface, along with a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, 4GB of on-board memory, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and GPS. While this particular announcement is specific to Telus' Canadian subscribers, it is not unreasonable to assume that HTC will also offer this same, or similar, phone through either Sprint or Verizon, both of which carry the original HTC Touch.

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3rd June 2008,10:57 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

Forum Nokia has created a new set of tools, including an SDK, for developers to create widgets that work with WidSets. WidSets is a widget hosting application that works with a variety of Series 40 and S60 phones. The hope is that by providing better support to developers, it will boost the number of developers creating widgets, and, in turn, the number of widgets available to consumers. Widgets can be downloaded from the WidSets web site. Many of them are free.

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3rd June 2008, 9:36 AM   by Eric M. Zeman   updated Today, 7:44 AM

Google has created a version of the Google Talk program that allows users of the iPhone to hold regular instant messaging conversations from the browser of their iPhone. One caveat is that Google Talk needs to be open in your iPhone's browser. If you navigate to another page, your status will be listed as unavailable. You'll become available again once you return to the Google Talk page. Google Talk works with Gmail contacts and AOL buddies. The service is free.

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3rd June 2008, 12:39 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

Access has launched a beta site that provides widgets to users of Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. The NetFront Browser Widgets community site is a place where Windows Mobile users can search for and test widgets. Users will, however, be required to download and install the NetFront Browser Widgets Player.

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