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Apple [AAPL] is launching the iPhone 4 this Friday in 17 more countries. The countries where the iPhone 4 is landing includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. This adds to the current five countries which are the UK, US, France, Germany and Japan.

Prices haven’t been revealed yet, but we suspect they will fall somewhere between the US and UK pricing in most places. Mobile Crunch suspects prices in Australia will be $1000 AUD for the 32GB model which works out at about £20 cheaper than the iPhone 4 32GB UK price of £599. [Read more…]

Google Android smartphones are now able to play original Playstation games thanks to a new emulator that has been launched called PSX4Droid.

The new Android Playstation Emulator works best with high end smartphones such as the Droid, Nexus One and other more recent devices that have a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. The downside is that the emulator, on some games, is pushing smartphones quite hard and the Droid looks to struggle a little whilst running Need for Speed. [Read more…]

Several weeks ago, Microsoft [MSFT] announced that there would be no third party UI enhancements to Windows Phone 7 which in turn, would give every Windows Phone 7 user the same experience in terms of the UI regardless of what smartphone they are using.

We heard today though that HTC still plans on making some UI enhancements that will see a version of HTC Sense used on Windows Phone 7. In an interview, Drew Bamford of HTC said…

‘Microsoft has taken firmer control of the core experience, meaning that the Sense UI couldn’t be fully integrated into Windows Phone 7 devices, but that they would ‘augment the OS with extra functionality, which he remained tight-lipped about.

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If you purchased an iPhone 4 bumper from Apple [AAPL], you should be getting an email through soon that informs you that a refund is being processed.

For those who have purchased an iPhone 4 bumper case, the refunds will all happen automatically from what we understand. For those who haven’t purchased a bumper case yet, you will be entitled to a free bumper or similar case depending on stocks. This promise runs for a few months till September 30 where it will be re-evaluated. [Read more…]

Windows Phone 7 is set to challenge the likes of iOS 4 and Android when it launches in a few months time. Microsoft [MSFT] has dropped quite far behind in recent years due to it’s outdated Windows Mobile OS. The new revamped OS is called Windows Phone 7 and has been built from the ground up. A new UI has been created, compatibility with old apps has been cut off and Microsoft is making a clean start with this OS.

We have heard what the hardware requirements are in the past such as the specific processor, specific amounts of memory, camera resolution, screen resolution and other details. We have also seen some sample handsets from the likes of Samsung and LG amongst a few others. What we haven’t seen, until now, is a list of official manufacturers who will be creating the hardware to run Windows Phone 7.

The list includes HTC, LG and Samsung as we expected. Dell and ASUS will also be building hardware. [Read more…]

Andy Lees, the Senior Vice President of Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft [MSFT] sent out an email to employees letting them know that they will be getting a free Windows Phone 7 and that when they do, they should show it (or evangelise it) to friends, family and colleagues. We first heard this from a tweet yesterday, so it’s good to see that further confirmation has arrived.

We also learn in the email (below) that Microsoft is pushing it’s staff to develop apps and is asking them to download the developer kit as soon as it’s ready and get on with creating apps. Microsoft looks to be making a huge push with Windows Phone 7, and they need to as they are quite a bit behind other in terms of releasing the new OS. [Read more…]

The HTC HD2 has a lot of potential locked up inside. The processor on the HD2 is a Snapdragon that can run at 1GHz. The new OverClock applications lets you push it even further to what looks to be 1.267MHz making it run faster than it was designed to do. We of course mention that you should only overclock if you are willing to risk things a little.

On the flip side, you can also lower the CPU speed down to 768MHz to save battery life if needed.

The application has been out a while now, but has received an update recently that lets you more easily control the clock speed through a slider. [Read more…]

We’ve had a few weeks of no details regarding the iPhone moving to other networks in the US. A few weeks ago we heard it was getting close to arriving at Verizon [VZ] and now we hear again (perhaps the second time this year) that T-Mobile will be getting the iPhone from Apple [AAPL].

This rumour (pinch of salt required) indicates that T-Mobile US are very close to closing a deal with Apple which would see the end of the AT&T exclusivity.

T-Mobile USA is very close to getting the iPhone in the fall, ending Apple’s exclusive relationship with AT&T, according to a highly placed source at the wireless company.

Talks between Apple and T-Mobile are at an advanced stage, our source says, and it’s 80 percent likely that the iPhone will be coming to T-Mobile in Q3.

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RIM has put up details on it’s site about the new upcoming BlackBerry 6 that will be launching soon. The details this time revolve around the media capabilities of the device and show what it can do in terms of music and video.

RIM has added music album art and discovery to BlackBerry 6. When you upload music to a smartphone running BlackBerry 6, album art is pulled down automatically if available.

The photos section has also been updated in BlackBerry 6 and allows users to easily sort through photos on the device. Organisation allows you to search by event or date. [Read more…]