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The finishing touches and details are handled by the Mozilla Foundation, very shortly thereafter the browser version for mobile phones to be available for download. The announcement is a special weight given that Firefox is the second most popular browser in the PC and competitors that offer solutions for mobile phones can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Nobody can deny that we know booming Internet access via mobile phone and the abundance of offers made by mobile operators worldwide to boost clearly become a reflex gesture, that’s the browsing and chat anytime and anywhere, by phone. So, given that there are clear “bread to eat”, Firefox is preparing intensively to attack this market and gained reputation in the PC should weigh very much for rascal browsers.

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When we say “full touch we think of a gadget with only a few buttons to be used in navigation, or even one, see the iPhone, all other commands are given on the touch screen.

Synaptics Fuse is a concept that would lead to sensitive gadgets to another level. It comes with an AMOLED WVGA touchscreen, a Cortex A8 processor and PowerVR SGX graphics chip.

In addition, however, the phone has almost all the back turned into trakpad, that is also a touch sensitive area for 2D navigation and the sides are placed touch sensors, but also pressure, so call me when it is tightly in hand.

The interface of this phone was also tailored to match, icons ready for the increased activation in a kind of 3D animation, which looks like when it is tight, your whole curve.

Although this phone is a concept as can be spectacular but it does not seem to be more practical and more mobile than existing full touch now on the market. To operate trackpad the back of the phone it takes two hands, and commands given by means of pressure sensors, although funny in a first phase, it could become tiring on long-term. That only if users are not somehow to keep a phone that instead of practicing device for forearm muscles.

A more extensive Fuse concept will be made to major exhibitions profile next year in Las Vegas and Barcelona.

Mozilla Firefox for mobile phones could be launched before the end of this year, reports the BBC, quoting Jay Sullivan, Mozilla vice president of Mobile.

Mobile version of Mozilla, called Fennec, is currently in the last stages of testing and will be released until December 31, 2009, as told by Sullivan. “Lanser could be delayed only in case of unforeseen emergencies,” he said.

Fennec will be able to synchronize with the PC version, that is Mozilla Firefox, transferring the information necessary to continue the session started, from PC to mobile.

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Researchers said that mobile phone use exposes users to greater health risks are more likely to be heard and taken seriously.

A committed U.S. wants to put labels on phones, somewhat similar to those that appear on cigarette packets. Thus, all mobile phone users will be informed about risks. San Francisco Commission will meet in January 2010 to implement this idea.

Although not proven exactly, use the phone and involve a level of radiation to which the user is exposed, both during the call and standby time.

The argument is pretty much the logic of the committee: “You want to wait until we have conclusive proof of cause and effect or want to listen to the advice of specialists?” has sustained one of the officials.

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Aside from the 5730 XpressMusic phone, Nokia has also announced the new 5330 xpressMusic handsets. This new music phone boasts of instant access to music, a standard 3.5 mm jack that provides crystal clear sound and an extended battery life that gives 26 hours of playback time. In addition, the Nokia 5330 also features online sharing through Ovi, Facebook and MySpace.

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The Nokia 5330 is a slider phone with 2.4-inch True Color TFT display, a numeric keypad and dedicated touch music keys for music play/pause, forward and rewind functions.

For its web browsing features, the Nokia 5330 supports mark-up languages including HTML, XHTML, WML as well as the following protocols – WAP, HTTP, HTTPS. Likewise, it supports SMS, EMS, MMS, audio messaging, IM, and cell broadcast.

Other key features of the Nokia 5330 include aGPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, LED Flash and full-screen viewfinder. The phone supports video recording at 15fps-9fps, 5x digital zoom, video white balance modes with automatic, daylight, tungsten, flourescent and other settings.
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T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced the availability of the new T-Mobile Shadow. Featuring a more rounded and compact design with two new color options, support for T-Mobile Unlimited HotSpot Calling, and increased processing power, the new Shadow is the perfect device for sharing life’s special moments.

T-Mobile ShadowAvailable exclusively from T-Mobile, the Shadow is designed to significantly reduce the complexity often associated with many feature-rich devices, while maintaining the powerful calling, messaging and picture-sharing capabilities people crave to keep them connected.

The Shadow is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 and is the first Windows-based phone to provide support for T-Mobile’s Unlimited HotSpot Calling service, which provides great mobile coverage at home and unlimited nationwide calling from Wi-Fi networks, including T-Mobile HotSpot locations across the country.

We’ve just received word that Canada’s Fido Wireless has begun shipping out the first batch of Blackberry Pearl 8100 devices to its retail stores. A number of shops have already received their first packages, well ahead of the anticipated February 4th release date. The actual boxes are an oh-so-pretty baby blue color, similar to the current Bell Blackberry packaging. This is all well and good, but if you’ve been hankering for a Fido branded ‘Berry you’re still gonna have to wait. Their POS system still doesn’t contain any actual Blackberry plans, so reps won’t be able to activate the devices even if you find one friendly enough to give it a shot.

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Nokia has recently released firmware updates for two of its NSeries smartphones – N78 and N82. The N78 firmware has reached version 20.149.051.1 and among notable things updates Nokia Maps to version 2.0 and makes user interface more responsive. This includes faster transitions between screens.

As for the N82, firmware version 31.0.016 adds UDP (User Data Preservation), as well as an update to Nokia Maps, which in turn is more stable after the update. AllAboutSymbian has more details on this one.

Apart from the highlights mentioned above, new firmware versions also make sure overall stability is improved, as many of the known bugs have been fixed. Naturally, it is advised that you backup your device prior to hitting the “Update” button.

(via: Engadget Mobile)