Korean Exonomic Daily appears to have had some hands-on time with the LG Optimus Windows Phone 7 smartphone.

Interesting information found in the machine translated article indicates that a voice to text message system might be built in to the Optimus. The service also moves out to emails and status updates by simply talking to the phone.

Other features include a 3.8 inch 800 x 480 resolution screen. Prior to this information it was estimated that the smartphone had either a 3.5 or 3.7 inch screen. [Read more…]

It appears that the official Google Voice app for iPhone could be launching within the next few weeks. TechCrunch managed to get information from a source close to Google [GOOG] that the app has already been approved and that it is being prepared for compatibility with iOS 4 and multitasking to allow it to run in the background.

Last year, Apple [AAPL] blocked the application, so right now it seems like a complete u-turn. It is believed that Apple making the guidelines public has allowed it in as a look through shows that the app doesn’t break any guidelines, meaning it should now be allowed in (which is has been). [Read more…]

T-Mobile has confirmed that tethering on the G2 will not be available in the beginning. T-Mobile also says that they are aware that users want tethering and the company is working on a solution to provide/support users at a later date.

“T-Mobile does not currently support handset tethering or offer a tethering rate plan. Though tethering and Wi-Fi sharing will not be initially supported on the T-Mobile G2, we know that consumers are interested in these features and we are working to develop a solution to support them in the future.”

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If you want to change the look of your iPhone, the normal method requires that you jailbreak it to get the kind of access you need to change things.

However, for those who haven’t jailbroken their iOS device, there is another way to now customise the icons used for apps. The method requires that you run some software on your Mac or PC and connect up your iPhone so that you can browse around folders of the device. [Read more…]

Rumours about two new Palm webOS based phones and a new TouchStone have started circulating.

The details of the devices were revealed in a certification database. The database used was the same one that originally tracked the launch of the Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus which indicates that this could potentially be the real deal.

The two new model numbers listed include the P102UNA and the P102EWW as well as the TouchStone charger. [Read more…]

The SHatter iOS 4.1 jailbreak looks to be moving along nicely looking at information provided by the iPhone Dev Team.

The video embedded below shows an iPod touch 4th gen model being jailbroke. The SHatter software will use the exploit found by pod2g.

In the meantime, we’ve put @pod2g’s exploit into a beta version of PwnageTool to test the waters. The SHAtter exploit was enough to convince the iPod touch 4G to restore to our custom IPSW. The successful result is shown below! It’s all working: customized Preferences to show battery percentage, Cydia, root shell…the works!

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Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that a press conference is being held on October 11 at 2PM in London. The press conference will run from 2pm to 5:30pm and is expected will be the Windows Phone 7 announcement as previously rumoured.

As well as launching the Windows Phone 7 OS, it is expected that press can get their hands on Windows Phone 7 devices at this time to test on location at the event. [Read more…]

New information reveals that Microsoft [MSFT] could be launching Windows Phone 7 on October 21. Neowin has spoken to people familiar with plans that suggest an event will happen on October 11 in New York City and then several events around the world will shortly follow in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Following those events it appears that Microsoft could give the go ahead to release several Windows Phone 7 devices to the market although it isn’t clear which countries will get the phones at launch.

Over here in the UK, Microsoft is planning for a London based radio station to promote the new operating system. Orange is also expected to be part of the launch. [Read more…]

If you want another look at the Windows Phone 7 operating system then check out the video below that features an LG E900 WP7 device.

The video is just over 20 minutes long and gives a walk through of many of the features of the device. [Read more…]

The Android 2.2 update for Motorola DROID X users went live recently. However, since the roll out it appears that some users are having problems with music and ringtones on the Droid X.

It seems like its a small set of users experiencing the problem rather than a high percentage. Right now Verizon has only said that they are looking in to it when asked.

As its a small percentage, we assume that most users are having no problems at all with the update and that all things went swimmingly. [Read more…]

You need to have a pinch of salt type mind set when you read this rumour. We hear today that Nokia is looking in to using Windows Phone 7 on some of its smartphones in the near future. The information supposedly comes from Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia, who wants the company to investigate alternative operating systems to use on handsets.

A while back, a similar rumour spread about the possibility of Nokia using Google Android. This was denied and hasn’t happened yet. We are inclined to think that this rumour is just the same and that Nokia will continue to work the same way as they have been for a long time. [Read more…]

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg has commented that the company plan to get rid of unlimited data plans with in the next four to six months.

Replacing the plans will be tiered data plans based on consumption of the user. As for pricing, it is unknown if Verizon [VZ] will go higher or lower than the likes of AT&T [T] who also recently got rid of unlimited data plans.

The CEO noted that Verizon values data differently to its competition. This doesn’t really make it clear if Verizon will become more expensive or cheaper than AT&T on a per MB calculation. [Read more…]