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Facebook updates profile page, sums up your entire life in three lines

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Facebook has been doing some redecoration to the profile page template and they’ve made it a better representation of you. The new Profile page starts with a concise summary (where you work, live, what languages you speak, etc.) and follows that up with a perfect incarnation of the “a picture is worth a thousand words” mantra…

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Lufthansa is launching W-Fi and GSM access on its intercontinental flights

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It seems those offline breaks you had to take during long flights are coming to an end, as Lufthansa is launching a Wi-Fi service on its intercontinental flights. The servie, aptly called FlyNet, will be available for free until the end of January 2011 and will expand on all the company’s intercontinental flights throughout 2011.

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Here is how you port the Nokia C6 firmware to the Nokia 5230

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Software porting is pretty common in the world of WinMo and Android while Symbain users have much to catch up. Luckily, there have already been a handful of Symbian smartphones enabled to run other handset’s firmware, including the Nokia 523x family, which has just been treated to the latest Nokia C6 firmware.

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The Motorola XT800+ is the luxurious, faster and Froyo-running XT800 GLAM twin brother

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Motorola does well two things: making customers angry by not releasing software updates for its handsets on time or at all and designing mobile phones. Indeed, the recently unveiled Motorola XT800+ is among the best looking Android phones launched this year. Oh, and it is smart, too.

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Best Buy offers Droid Incredible, XPERIA X10 for free this holiday season

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Best Buy is celebrating the holidays and have decided to play smartphone Santa – they are offering smartphones for free. The catch, of course, is that you have to get them on a 2 year contract, but the daily deal includes phones from all major carriers.

Currently, they’re offering mostly Androids but there’s a BlackBerry too… Read more »

BBC iPlayer goes international, lands first on the iPad

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BBC is already running the iPlayer service in UK, allowing its viewers to catch up with all TV and radio shows aired in the past seven days. Its first international landing will be on the iPad, where all users will be able to watch on demand their favorite shows from the past week.

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Ovi Maps 3.06 beta now lets you download maps directly to your phone

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Ovi Maps has an upcoming update – v3.06 – which is still in beta. Nokia is still working on it and they’ve reported a few improvements – the most notable change is that you can now download maps for offline usage directly on the device (without having to use the Ovi Suite on the computer)…

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Sony Ericsson Satio, HTC HD7 and HTC 7 Mozart full-resolution samples enter our Photo Compare Tool

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A couple of weeks ago we introduced our new Photo Compare Tool and since then we’ve been working hard to fill up its database with more samples to make it all the more useful. We are now pleased to announce the first series of new additions, lead by the third 12MP cameraphone Sony Ericsson Satio and the only 8MP WP7 device HTC 7 Mozart.

The other handset to have debuted in the PCT is the HTC HD7 (its review is due today). We have also added Read more »

Angry Birds Seasons out now, free update for iOS, brings the Halloween chapter on Android

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As promised Angry Birds Seasons is out now. Both iOS and Android versions include 25 Christmas-themed levels, but you can’t play all of them at once. Each level becomes available on the corresponding day of the month, so you’ll have to wait until Christmas to beat the pig boss.

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Flash 10.2 beta is out, promises 1080p video playback at 0% CPU usage

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HD video, 0% CPU utilization and Flash – that has to be a joke, right? But Adobe isn’t laughing and promises just that with Flash 10.2 beta. This is achieved by letting the graphics card do all the heavy-lifting.

Other goodies like improved multi-monitor support and faster overall rendering (not just video) have been added to the new version… Read more »

AR. Pursuit augmented reality games is another reason to buy the AR. Drone

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I’m sure there are lots of reasons to get the cool AR. Drone by Parrot, but in case you need more – here is another one for you. The iOS AR. Pursuit multi-player game is an awesome way to get some 3D action.

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An undocumented iOS 4.2 feature saves on battery, reduces network strain – gets disclosed by unlikely source

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The iOS 4.2 update for the iPhone has been out for a while now and it’s mostly minor stuff that has been added, but it apparently contains a cool hidden feature. It adds support for a new tech called Network Controlled Fast Dormancy, which should make battery life go up and network load go down.

And you’ll never guess who discovered this hidden feature… Read more »

Copy/paste, multi-tasking and more coming soon to Windows Phone 7 devices

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Rumor is a Windows Phone 7 update is planed for January 2011. It is said to be MASSIVE and should bring along tons of improvements including support for copy/paste, multi-tasking and more.

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Windows Phone 7 smartphone from Acer coming soon

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When Acer first entered the smartphone business Windows was their weapon of choice and it remained like this for quite a while. Later on Android entered stage and things started cooling off between Acer and Microsoft.

Apparently the limitations of Windows Phone seemed too great to Acer at first. Yet now that Windows Phone 7 has been released Acer’s CEO Gianfranco Lanci went on record saying that his company has realized that the new platform actually offers a lot of customization options. Read more »

A Nokia N87 prototype breaks loose, this might be its only chance to taste freedom

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The phone you’re looking at right now – Nokia N87 – is considered to be the successor of the N86 cameraphone and there is a good chance that it’s the last of its kind.

A 12 megapixel camera, xenon flash, 28mm Carl Zeiss camera lens and the old-school Symbian S60 3rd edition ticking inside the classic-looking body – you have to admit those things just don’t seem like a good fit nowadays.

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