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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 announced a while back ago that it will postpone the launch of Android phones in China following the cyber-attacks suffered from Chinese hackers. But as Google doesn't seem to want to offer support for upcoming Android handsets in China manufacturers like Motorola and Lenovo are going on with their Android plans.

Furthermore China has officially stated that it's willing to allow the use of Android smartphones on its territory. According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology future Android phones will be able to operate without restriction in China as long as they adhere to the nation's laws.


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Good news for Android fans as LG has recently launched its second Android handset known as GT540 Swift at the CES in Las Vegas. It is a stylish touch screen Smartphone that will come pre-installed with a dedicated SNS Manager, which will enable users to easily manage and use popular social networking services like Facebook, Twitter & Bebo. It will be launched globally in April this year and expected to be available at an affordable price.


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It looks like Nokia has some interesting plans for next year. Although nothing is official, word on the street is that Nokia wants to launch dual SIM phones in the second quarter of 2010. Is that something we secretly crave for?

Sure we live busy lives and carrying two phones can sometimes be pretty annoying, but do we really need dual SIM phones from Nokia? Let's say that you need one private line for your family and friends but you also need a professional, work-related phone. Wouldn't you want to use a smartphone for your work-related phone calls, SMS messages and emails and a regular, not-so-smartphone for your private calls?


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Those of you looking for a new BlackBerry this season should head over to AT&T. The company has officially announced a new holiday promotion. The carrier will offer most BlackBerry phones for 50% off the regular price as long as you get a new AT&T 2-year contract too.

And, interestingly enough, AT&T will also include RIM's latest BlackBerry Bold 9700 in the offer. The other included BlackBerry phones are the BlackBerry Bold 9000, BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Curve 8520, BlackBerry Curve 8320 and the BlackBerry Curve 8310.


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The word on the street is that Nokia will launch fewer smartphones next year? Is that right? Does that sound like the smart thing to do? Sure Apple has only one smartphone which it keeps updating every year. Does Nokia want to follow such a marketing strategy?

According to Antii Vasara, Nokia's head of smartphones R&D said that fewer smartphones means that Nokia will "cut down unnecessary differentiation" and "have a far more focused portfolio for next year."


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The mobile phone is a daily companion today and for those of you who need a diabetes data tracker for windows phone here is a solution. SiDiary allows to track your daily data with up to four different drug types. You can track a combination of pills and insulin or use our software to support you, if you are just using weight control within a base therapy. You can search for nutritions on this device as well as creating all statistics or trend analysis and also the bolus suggestion is available on this platform.


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Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a very confident man, well what do you expect from someone who is at the helm of Google really, nothing less! Schmidt seems quite confident in Android and its future, lets hope it was not in vain.
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BlackBerry Storm update ya'll, it is on the horizon, make that today, right at this very moment to be more precise, so if you are one of those die hard BB fans who happens to own a Storm, you gonna love this update.
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So you have your BlackBerry which does everything you want, so why would you or anyone for that matter have a need for this inPulse bluetooth SmartWatch thing I'm hearing about.
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