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A number of cool devices, gadgets and applications were announced & launched at the CES in Las Vegas last month. The next big event to watch out for is the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which takes place this month from February 15 to 18. One of the reasons why Mobile World Congress is gaining so much importance this year is due to the fact that Microsoft will be launching its new Windows Mobile 7 operating system at this event.

During the last few years, Microsoft has witnessed a steep fall in market share due to the launch of new and innovative mobile operating systems by Apple, Google & Palm. This is because Microsoft's primitive Windows Mobile operating system simply failed to compete with Google's Android OS, Apple's MAC OS and Palm's Web OS. It's been quite some time now since Microsoft announced the Windows Mobile 7 OS and WinMo fans have desperately been waiting for the new OS to launch. Good news for WinMo fans as Microsoft will be announcing and launching the Windows Mobile 7 OS this month at the MWC in Barcelona.


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In case you own a Palm Pre and you'd like to play Game Boy games on it then all you have to do is install VisualBoyAdvance on your webOS smartphone right now. In fact some Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games might also work right now on your Pre handset.

Game Boy and Game Boy Color games work perfectly but Game Boy Advance games like Mario Kart Short Circuit can only offer about 60% of the normal speed with the sound enabled and 90% of the normal speed if you decide to ditch the sound for more performance.


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Google has launched a new HTML5 powered Google Voice Application for iPhone and Palm Smartphones. It will provide a richer & faster web-based experience to users having devices that are running iPhone 3.0 software and above or Palm webOS. HTML5 is a new web technology that provides more flexibility and interoperability, and enables more interactive and exciting websites and applications.

The new Google Voice App. provides an optimized voice inbox, free of cost sending & recieving of text messages and the ability to create homescreen icons. It also allows users to use their Google Voice number as their outbound caller ID.


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We've seen Verizon make the Plus versions of the Palm and Pre official already and now it looks like Best Buy is also going to sell the two smartphones all over the USA. The phones should be available shortly and if webOS is your favorite OS in the world then maybe you'll want to try one on Verizon's network.

Best Buy has not started selling them but reports suggests that various locations already have them in stock so if you're lucky you might get a glimpse of your future Palm Pre Plus or Palm Pixi Plus earlier than expected.


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Last week we found the Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus rumored prices for you and it looks like Verizon has decide to confirm everything. Big Red has made those pricing details official so get ready to buy them next Monday, January 25.

Both webOS phones will be available for subsidized prices if purchased with new 2-year contracts from Verizon. The Palm Pre Plus will cost $149.99 after rebates and subsidies while the Palm Pre Pixi will be available for $99.99 on contract.


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Revealed a while ago, the Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus are Verizon's first webOS phones. Big Red has waited patiently half a year to finally deliver them to its customers.

And starting today it looks like we have some hot pricing details for you. The Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus will be available starting with January 25 from Verizon Wireless stores.


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We have previously told you how Verizon will launch the Palm Pre and the Pixi at some point in 2010. Well it looks like Verizon has special plans for Palm's webOS smartphones. The carrier will launch upgraded versions of the phones in question so if you're a webOS fan you should definitely consider getting a Pre or a Pixi from Big Red.

The Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus haven't been officially announced yet but a specs sheet covering both devices has been conveniently leaked.


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Verizon is going to launch a bunch of new phones in the near future, the LG VS750, the Motorola Devour A555 and, most importantly, the Palm Pre Plus.

We already know that Verizon is training its employees in order to be prepared to answer webOS and Pre-related questions but it looks like Verizon will not be simply satisfied with the Palm Pre. The company plans to launch an upgraded version of the smartphone, the Palm Pre Plus.


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Palm has a new SDK for developers and this time around it's a totally new concept. Project Ares is a web-based environment ready to offer developers all the resources they need to develop applications for webOS smartphone.

Project Ares works in any browser you might want to use as it comes with support for Firefox, Safari and Chrome. All you have to do is sign in your developer account and try the public beta of Project Ares.


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In case you forgot about it, Verizon will launch the Palm Pre and the Pixi at some point next year. Sprint's exclusivity deal for the Pre is going to expire soon so that's why Verizon Wireless employees are going to go through online training for Palm and webOS.

Nothing is official about the Verizon Palm Pre yet and we have no idea when the Pixi will be sold by Big Red either. But according to some leaked screenshots, the company has begun training its employees on Palm's newest smartphones.


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