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Details of Sony Ericsson's upcoming Symbian smartphone known as the Kurara were released a few months ago. Now we have news that Sony Ericsson is soon going to officially announce the Kurara and its real name is ‘Vivaz'. The Kurara AKA Vivaz will come with some nice features including support for High Definition video recording. It is expected to be available in selected markets in this quarter.

The Vivaz will have a similar Symbian S60 theme to the Sony Ericsson Satio and it will have a similar design to the upcoming Xperia X10 Android Smartphone. It will cost around $700 and will be available in four colors including Silver Moon, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby.


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Motorola has a new Android phone sneaking around called the Backflip and it doesn't look half bad, unfortunately the handset is similar to the Motorola Cliq in specs so don't expect a powerful phone, I suspect the Backflip is targeted at teenagers and those who need a smartphone running Android on the cheap.
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The phone on everyone's lip right now is the Nexus One, aka the Google Phone that has been in the rumor mill for as long as i can remember. Currently there's a video out showing off the 3D Neo Core Benchmark, nothing special but nice to see the phone in action.
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And here comes videos of Google's Nexus One android phone. It just shows the boot animation and some today screen, but thenexusone.com promises this is just one of many videos to come. Watch after the jump.


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I know what you're thinking, people! How is this possible? Did the iPhone get a secondary camera all of a sudden? I'm afraid not! But that fring application which you've grown to love over the years has delivered again. fring has decided to bring one-way video calls over Internet to the iPhone.

And it looks like Apple is willing to allow such nonsense. All you need is an iPhone, or iPod touch for that matter, an active connection to the Internet and iPhone OS 3.0 or later installed. You'll be talking with your friends in no time. But you'll have to choose between seeing the other person or letting them see you. Two-way video calls aren't possible just yet.


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We mentioned the new version of Microsoft My Phone yesterday and now we have shoot a video preview to view what we talked about. We show how it syncs, how to store your phone's location and sharing of photos via social networks. Check out the video below.



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Sony Ericsson announced their first Android powered handset, the XPERIA X10, and now it has a hands-on video. It shows both the device and the Rachael user interface. It highlights the devices Timescape, Mediascape, and browser map features and functionality. Check it out after the break.


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At the recent HD2 launch event HTC's CEO Peter Chou indicated a good point of view when comparing HD2 and iPhone. It is the screen resolution. The iPhone sports a relatively low screen resolution of 480 pixels down and 320 across, but the latest Windows Mobile device, like the HD2, has 800 pixels down and 480 across. In short this means that more data can fit on the screen at a time, translating to less scrolling in email, a higher resolution view of photos, better web experience, etc.


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Folks at BeetzStream has just released a Beta version of their brand new app SmartRss. They have meda it with iPhone UI style and the result is candy looking Rss Reader for your Windows Phone.


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The long waited Motorola Droid android phone finally show its face. Pocketnow has just got a Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless this morning and they made a hardware tour video below.


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