and have announced release of the TM506: A new slim clamshell phone specifically designed for web surfing. The unit offers up an outer display with caller ID. Users can capture photos or video clips with an internal 2.0-megapixel camera with My Album, slide show and video blogging capabilities. Music …

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managed to get their hands on the manual for a new Motorola flip phone heading toward Verizon. Previously only known as the VU30, the handset has now been dubbed “Rapture”. Apparently someone at Motorola or Verizon thinks this phone is in line with the second coming of Jesus Christ. Of course, they could be using one of the - either way, probably not the smartest word to play etymologist with.

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In digital content news, MTV New Media has teamed up with “Hustle & Flow” director Craig Brewer for real-life music drama about the Memphis music scene. Called $5 Cover, the 15 webisode show will feature working Memphis musicians, their music and the drama of their lives.

$5 Cover will be available online at www.fivedollarcover.com, and on mobile devices. Along with the show, MTV hopes to build its digital empire …

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First the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and now the Treo Pro - it’s starting to look like if you’re aiming to make up for a few years of stale design, you call in HTC to make your handset for you.

is reporting that sources at handset vendors have pegged Taiwan’s good ol’ High Tech Computer as the manufacturer of Palm’s pretty little newcomer that leaked place last week. It certainly isn’t the first …

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Besides being a master lyricist with such classic lines as “Gurl B Double O-T-Y-M-E A T You Know It Dats Dat Bootymeat”, Soulja Boy also happens to be a cell phone aficionado and a super amazing gamer. Knowing this, Danger apparently sent him an otherwise unreleased Xbox 360 themed Sidekick LX, which he in turn filmed and put online. Update: And by that, of course, we mean he and pretended it was special.

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With a notable chunk of the mobile market being made up of IM-addicted hooligans, a solid AIM application is pretty much an absolute must for any platform. It’s somewhere that Windows Mobile has been lagging behind for years - while there are plenty of AIM offerings for the devices, the vast majority look and run like they were designed for Windows 3.1x rather than any modern UI.

Realizing this, AIM …

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’s got the scoop on LG’s newest all-in-one multimedia endeavor, which will be known as the LG KC910 until someone gets around to rebranding it.

Skipping the obvious aesthetic comparison to that other touchscreen handset, we’ll go ahead and get to the marrow of the story: this one’s a friggin’ beast. Check out these specs:8 mp shooter w/ Xenon flash and Schneider-Kreuznach30 FPS video recording at 640×480, …

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Aching to try out the Skyfire browser, but just can’t seem to find a way ?

In order to get the word out there about the recently added, Skyfire has decided to open up the doors to everyone for the next 8 days.

On the eve of the Olympics, we added Silverlight support to Skyfire, meaning that Skyfire users can watch any ofthe 2200+ hours of Olympics coverage provided by NBC on their mobile phones. To celebrate Michael Phelps’s …

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Sometimes, the FCC can be an outlet for the of goods. Other times, the only things they have to share are things like the Nokia 2680 slider phone.

There’s nothing wrong with the Nokia 2680 - baseline handsets are a key product for the huge chunk of the market that isn’t completely obsessed with their phone. Hell, we wouldn’t even make fun of you if you bought it. I mean, how could we? With a presumably low-end camera, …

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(Sort of) Good news, everyone! Sprint has decided to cut prices on their phone-as-modem tethering plans, taking it from $50 dollars per month down to $15. Of course, there’s a bit of a catch.

With the change, tethering has become an add-on rather than a stand-alone option. First you’ve gotta rock a separate data plan, which will set you back somewhere between 30 to 70 bucks a month depending on which plan you need. So …