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  Whaddyareckon?: Functionality vs. popularity

  In this week's Whaddyareckon? we're finding out what's more important when you buy a gadget: decent tech specs or the ability to draw jealous glances on the bus.

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  iPhone: Google Talk, new security threats

  Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, however these new applications come in light of new security scares.

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  Optus 3G iPhone pricing announced

  Optus will sell Apple's 8GB 3G iPhone for the outright price of AU$729 and AU$849 for the 16GB model, when purchased with Optus prepaid SIM cards.

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  Apple considering slider-style iPhone?

  A new report suggests that Apple has developed prototypes of an iPhone with a hardware keyboard that slides under the display, but it won't be out until next year.

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  Telstra unveils T[Life] Melbourne

  Telstra has thrown the covers off three new stores in Melbourne including the company's largest retail outlet located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.

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  Nokia acquires Symbian, sets up Symbian Foundation

  Finnish phone-maker Nokia has announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian and to develop a unified open-source Symbian operating platform.

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  HTC Touch Diamond lands Down Under

  HTC has announced the Australian availability of the Touch Diamond in Sydney today, with the phone set to hit these shores between the end of July and early August.

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  Asus' Lamborghini phone takes design award

  Ferrari may preen for the most attention, but Lamborghini is the auto house that gets the bragging rights for now.

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  Vodafone: No 'dollar-a-day' broadband for Aussies

  Vodafone New Zealand has launched a new "dollar-a-day" mobile broadband service, but the carrier's Australian office has told users not to hold their breath for a similar deal here.

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  Photos: T[Life] Melbourne

  Telstra's new T[Life] store in Melbourne is glossy and enormous, and those south-of-the-border should count themselves lucky. Everyone else we bring you a virtual walk through.

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  Samsung mid-year roadshow

  Even with CommunicAsia 2008 just days away, Samsung has made time this week to show off some of the best of its upcoming mobile handset line-up.

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  Samsung i900 sneak peek

  Samsung has been hinting at a hot new release and our friends at CNET Asia managed to get a bit of face-time with this sexy new model.

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  Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

  It's not the Android phone we'd been hoping for, but HTC's Diamond looks like a real gem. The team from CNET.co.uk were on hand at the launch, armed with a camera, to bring us this exciting first look.

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  Windows Mobile 6.1 screenshots

  Windows Mobile 6.1 may not be available in Australia until August, but that doesn't mean we can't take a peek.

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  Hands-on: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

  After twisting a few arms and issuing some idle threats our colleagues at CNET Asia have scored a some sexy hands-on pics with Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1.

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  5-megapixel camera phone showdown

  After reviewing four 5-megapixel camera phones we thought it was time to have a good old fashion camera phone showdown.

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  Bamboo concept phone

  In response to an online greener gadgets competition, Dutch designer Gert-Jan van Breugel has conceived a fantastic looking phone with components made from completely recyclable bio-plastic and bamboo.

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  Photos: Nokia shows off flexible phones

  The partnership between Nokia and Cambridge University bears fruit in the form of a concept handset, unveiled at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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  Oi!: Telstra readies Next G mobiles for barcode invasion

  Uncross those eyes! It may look like a 3-D image but it's in fact a barcode designed to direct your web browser to a relevant web page, or a phone number to dial.

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  Oi!: iPhone remote: Controlling iTunes from bed

  Have you reached the point of ultimate laziness and can't even be bothered to control iTunes from bed? Use your iPod or iPhone instead.

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  Oi!: Motorola ZN5: Kodak and Moto in tag-team shocker

  Motorola and Kodak, two brands that are losing their once almighty grip in their respective fields, enter the ring together to make up lost ground on their heavyweight opponents.

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  Oi!: Windows Mobile 6.1: making phones fun?

  Microsoft is intent on "making phones fun" and Windows Mobile 6.1 is the company's first step to realising this goal.

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  Oi!: Telstra prepaid handset recharge

  Telstra prepaid customers now have access to a "My Pre-paid" button on their handsets giving them the ability to recharge their accounts from their phones.

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  Oi!: HTC Touch Diamond vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

  Only a phone face-off can decide which of these feature-packed business-focused smartphones will rule the boardroom.

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  Oi!: Brand Tags' clouds cut through marketing hype

  CEOs and marketing types talk about improving or maintaining "brand values" all the time. But what do we really think of the companies that deliver us our modern existence? The site Brand Tags is attempting to find out.

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  Oi!: BlackBerry Bold 9000 makes official debut

  Research in Motion officially took the wraps off the highly anticipated and much-rumoured smartphone, complete with a new name, the Bold.

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  Oi!: A mobile network with a difference

  Have you ever heard of a mobile service provider that isn't a big, faceless corporation, and that gives back to the community?

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  Apple iPhone vs Nokia N95

  Will Apple's iPhone reshape the mobile phone market? Are there better devices actually available already? We put the iPhone head-to-head with its competition to see how it stacks up.

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  Top 5 PDA-phones

  These hybrid devices combine the organisational features of a traditional PDA with the communication capabilities of a mobile phone. To make your life easier, here are our current top five picks.

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  Best free Windows Mobile software

  You dig your Windows Mobile device, but you'll love it more when it's loaded up with free software for entertainment, security and work. Find the best and brightest free downloads for your faithful handheld.

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  Samsung i900 sneak peek

  Samsung has been hinting at a hot new release and our friends at CNET Asia managed to get a bit of face-time with this sexy new model.

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  Photos: Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond

  It's not the Android phone we'd been hoping for, but HTC's Diamond looks like a real gem. The team from CNET.co.uk were on hand at the launch, armed with a camera, to bring us this exciting first look.

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  HTC Touch Diamond lands Down Under

  HTC has announced the Australian availability of the Touch Diamond in Sydney today, with the phone set to hit these shores between the end of July and early August.

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  Top 10 PDA-phones with QWERTY keyboards

  If you're a road warrior who receives and sends plenty of e-mail, then these mobiles with full keyboards will make your life much easier.

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  Asus' Lamborghini phone takes design award

  Ferrari may preen for the most attention, but Lamborghini is the auto house that gets the bragging rights for now.

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  Hands-on with Samsung's i900

  Leaked images and specifications have led to much speculation about the new Samsung SGH-i900, a Windows Mobile 6.1 PDA-phone. We had one in our hands for a few brief moments, and bring you this quick and dirty hands-on description.

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  BlackBerry 8707g

  The BlackBerry 8707g is reasonably zippy and easy-to-use, but lacks many common smartphone features like Wi-Fi and microSD memory expansion.

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  Palm Centro

  Not the flashiest phone around, but its jaw-dropping price, ease of use and vast software ecosystem, make it a good choice for first time smartphone buyers and Palm OS aficionados alike.

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  i-mate JAMA 201

  The JAMA 201 smartphone looks the part of a smartphone, but it's not good enough to be the real deal.

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  HTC Touch Pro

  With the tech-savvy still drooling over the Touch Diamond, HTC has followed up with the announcement of the Touch Pro. The obvious difference is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, though under the hood HTC has tweaked a few key specs.

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  BlackBerry Pearl 8110

  The 8110 isn't so much an updated model as it's virtually identical to the previously released Pearl 8120, excluding the fact that the 8110 includes a GPS chipset, but is without Wi-Fi.

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  HTC Touch Diamond

  A swanky new 3D interface is just the tip of the iceberg for HTC's latest mobile. Add HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 4GB of storage and you have a handset worthy of challenging this year's strongest smartphones.

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  HTC Touch Pro

  With the tech-savvy still drooling over the Touch Diamond, HTC has followed up with the announcement of the Touch Pro. The obvious difference is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, though under the hood HTC has tweaked a few key specs.

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  Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

  With high-speed data, a three-inch touchscreen and A-GPS, Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 looks to be the Windows Mobile equivalent of a hamburger with the lot.

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  HTC Touch Diamond

  A swanky new 3D interface is just the tip of the iceberg for HTC's latest mobile. Add HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 4GB of storage and you have a handset worthy of challenging this year's strongest smartphones.

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  BlackBerry Bold 9000

  With HSDPA, GPS and Wi-Fi packed into a very sexy-looking handset, it's difficult to find flaws or omissions in what we know of the BlackBerry Bold 9000 so far.

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  Palm Treo 750

  A bevy of OS enhancements and access to Telstra's Next G mobile broadband network easily make the Treo 750 the best Windows Mobile device we've ever used.

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  Nokia E61

  What do you call something that looks like a BlackBerry, acts like a BlackBerry and yet offers a lot more than most BlackBerry devices? Nokia calls it the E61.

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  O2 Xda Atom Exec

  An incremental upgrade to the Atom, the Atom Exec is an incredibly feature-rich, well-designed smartphone.

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  HP iPAQ rw6828

  The BlackBerry for non-corporate users who require extensive multimedia capabilities, in addition to push e-mail.

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  BlackBerry 7250

  As a tool for the email-centric, the BlackBerry wins plenty of praise on its own merits and the addition of wireless modem functionality further sweetens the deal.

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